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Nvidia GeForce 690 GTX graphics card: specifications, overclocking, reviews

When it comes to high-end video game cards, the first thing that comes to mind of any person versed in video accelerators is the 690 GTX chipset. Why it is, because the market is full of new products that have great performance? It's all about the potential of the video adapter, which managed to attract the attention of users by its characteristics, to become for them a trouble-free device that is guaranteed to cope with any load.

In the focus of this article - the legend of the gaming market, the GeForce 690 GTX video card from the manufacturer Nvidia. The potential buyer will get acquainted with the characteristics of the chip, see an overview of popular devices in the computer market and find out what the owners think about the video adapter. Having studied the feedback of IT specialists, any person will be able to decide for themselves whether to buy a device or not.

Double tariff

The graphical accelerator Nvidia GeForce GTX 690, presented to the world community, is nothing more than a bunch of two chips of a very popular and no less fast GTX 680 video adapter built on the GK 104 core. Accordingly, it is not difficult to see what characteristics the novelty possesses.

  • The number of transistors is 7 billion pieces (680 chips have exactly half of them - 3.5 billion);
  • A technical process of 28 nanometers;
  • Number of stream processors 2х1536;
  • Blocks ROP 2x32;
  • Core frequency 915 MHz (a little understated, compared with 1006 MHz for 680 chips);
  • The memory bus is honest 512 bits (680 had 256 bits);
  • The memory operates at an identical frequency of 6000 MHz, and its throughput is 192.2 Gb / s;
  • Type of memory GDDR 5;
  • Naturally, the memory capacity of the 690 GTX is doubled and is 4 GB;
  • Pixel fill rate of 58.6 gigapixels per second (versus 32.2 Gp / s for 680 chips);
  • Maximum power consumption 300 watts (680 models had 195 watts);
  • Standard support for SLI, DirectX 11.1 for both chipsets is the same.

Oddities with energy consumption

Judging by the feedback of the owners of the video card based on the GTX 680, many questions arise to the manufacturer's official statements regarding the maximum consumption of electrical energy. Many video cards in peak loads showed an obvious search in Boost mode. Therefore, the claimed 300 watts for the new 690 GTX chip look very suspicious, because the power of the two graphics cores uses a 10-phase power system. Do not forget about the memory modules, which take energy not from the air - it turns 10 + 2 phases.

Without going into details, we can say the following: the manufacturer of Nvidia completely changed the power consumption of the video adapter. To work in the normal mode, in peak loads, the power consumption is 260 W (adjusted to most standard computer systems not of the gaming class). For fans of overclocking, the chipset BIOS has a cut-off that will not allow overclocking the adapter by more than 35% (in such cases, the power consumption is 399 W). There is something to think about overclockers and innovators, who use liquid nitrogen in the dispersal, because the lock at the controller level can not be removed by everyone.

Feel yourself Gordon Freeman

Finding the original GeForce GTX 690 from Nvidia is not as easy as it sounds. After all, the market is full of products of famous world brands, which prefer to use their own design of the boxed version with the device. However, those who are lucky to get a video card in the factory version, will experience a lot of new and very pleasant sensations from getting to know the product. This is the original packaging, which is made in the form of a wooden box.

Judging by the reviews of the owners, to feel like the hero of the famous Half-Life Gordon Freeman is pretty nice. After all, to open a wooden box in which life is stored for a gaming computer, without a crowbar it is unreal. A lot of positive emotions are provided to any buyer. Yes, and others just obzaviduyutsya, seeing the exclusive packaging from the very Nvidia. Having removed the device from the package, the owners will quickly find an application for a wooden case: storage of interface cables, cogs and other computer trivia. Yes, and as a safe for storing banknotes, the box fits best.

Unique appearance

The video card Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 in the factory version has a truly unique and impeccable appearance - the very perfection! Apparently, many representatives of chipsets in the world market also decided, as they did not install their own cooling systems for this wonderful adapter.

The traditional plastic casing of Nvidia's technologists was replaced by chrome-plated aluminum. And the top cover is not integral: there are polycarbonate windows through which the radiator plates are visible. In the middle of the casing there is one cooler. And if at first, its power and efficiency of blowing cause doubts, then after the launch, the user will feel the full power of the turbofan. Thanks to the tightly closed side faces, the air with a huge force is taken from the back of the video adapter, and passing through the edges of the radiator, a strong flow out the other side of the outside.

The radiator is a homogeneous platform that, with the help of special stands, touches each chip on the PCB. On top of the platform, on either side of the cooler, there are two nickel-plated aluminum plates, through which heat is transferred.

Build quality

When it comes to the quality of manufacturing components in the production of video adapters, many people have a smile on their face. In fact, the video accelerator is a usual consumable. But judging by the feedback of the owners, this rule does not work, if the price of the device on the market is 1000 y. E.

The printed circuit board is flawless: there are no unnecessary tracks, only solid capacitors and modern chips are installed. I am glad that there are no power components on the back side of the board that need additional cooling. The radiator hood is docked with the cooling platform perfectly. Even after dismantling, the user does not need to adjust anything with heat-conducting plates or spring-loaded screws, as is often the case with budget devices. There is a negative to the radiator grill from the side where the interfaces are located. It is no different from cheap models - the same sharp angles and sharp edges, which can easily cut your finger when installing the GeForce GTX 690 graphics card in the system unit.

First!

It is no secret to anyone that Nvidia is working closely with Gigabyte Corporation, so it's no surprise that the Taiwanese manufacturer was the first to introduce the game video card on the world market. Entering the market, the novelty conquered the hearts of all fans of high-performance games, because the potential of the video adapter could not be revealed even by a quad-core Core i7 processor (we are talking about the first generation of chips sold at the time of the announcement of the video card), which means that the accelerator is uniquely fulfilled with a margin for the future. But ardent fans of the Taiwanese brand of special enthusiasm did not get from Gigabyte GeForce GTX 690.

The fact is that one of the best video card manufacturers refused to install a proprietary cooling system on their product, considering that the adapter is already well-blown by a turbocharged fan in the factory version. In fact, take a finished product, paste on it a corporate label and pack in a beautiful box can each manufacturer in the market of computer devices. The technical specifications of the map have not been changed. Quite a strange decision from a Taiwanese manufacturer.

Market affordable devices

Oddities in the video card market are just beginning. Asus GTX 690 video adapter, which is positioned as an inexpensive device, increased the nominal frequency of the device's graphics cores to 1019 MHz and presented its product to users at a very attractive price (up to 950 USD). Judging by the feedback of the owners, the company provided the utility utility ASUS GPU Tweak, which allows to perform controlled overclocking at the BIOS level in the set to the video accelerator. No changes were made in the cooling system by the company's technologists. This once again underscores that in the factory performance Nvidia has a huge potential for overclocking. It turns out that everyone who wants to save on the purchase of the GTX 690 video accelerator should be looked at in the direction of the product from ASUS.

A ray of light on the video card market

The curtain with the appearance of the video adapter Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 was opened by the marketing specialists of EVGA. It turns out that the manufacturer imposed a ban on the modification of the design of the video card. With what it is connected, it is not difficult to guess - PR for someone else's account for the company Nvidia is not a novelty (at least remember 3D glasses, which also could not be modified). But something has clearly changed in the market, if under the brand EVGA the world saw a dual-core novelty in the new design. The video card GeForce GTX 690 with a water block is proudly called Hydro Copper and has a recommended retail price within 1100 y. E.

It is clear that the novelty from EVGA is initially positioned for overclockers. And in synthetic tests with analogs made in the factory execution, it will not have a single competitor. This is even indicated by the preliminary overclocking from the manufacturer: 1050 MHz for each graphics core and 6300 MHz for memory. And this is not the limit.

Start is given

Naturally, after the announcement of the product from EVGA in the pursuit of a potential buyer, ASUS wanted to take part, which had previously been "tied up" by an agreement with Nvidia. So the world saw the legendary video card Asus MARS III GTX 690, the characteristics of which were changed by the final manufacturer. First of all, it should be noted that the video adapter is not positioned in all countries. Sales of it are allowed only in the Asian and American markets, but it will not be difficult to acquire it through Internet auctions to Russian citizens.

The second aspect is the "fine-tuning" of the amount of video memory, which was increased by the addition of chips up to 8 gigabytes. The board, accordingly, received 16-phase power and became more voracious (360 W). ASUS has installed its own cooling system consisting of three turbofans that perfectly handle the heat removal from the radiators that fit tightly to the PCB of the device. Overclocking the graphics core manufacturer did not, giving this opportunity to the owners. To do this, the ASUS GPU Tweak utility is included in the package.

And the rest of the producers?

Many fans of Zotac products, judging by their negative reviews, extremely disliked the attitude of the manufacturer to the buyers. Piar video adapter in the media clearly did not attract fans of resource-intensive games to this brand. After all, everyone expected, even if not their own cooling system, but at least combat coloring (black with yellow trim). Not surprised by the brand and performance, because overclocking GTX 690 was quite possible. It is clear that the company has banned Nvidia to modify the appearance, but this problem somehow managed to understand other, less popular players in the market of computer components.

Silence in the market from the well-known companies MSI and Gainward. Although in the old days it was under these brands on the shelves of stores you could meet devices with passive cooling. Comments IT professionals are reduced to one: there is no reason to overpay for products that, in addition to the price in the market, do not differ from the factory copy of Nvidia. In addition, the option with a wooden box instead of cardboard packaging is much more pleasant.

Alternative from Nvidia

After the presentation of the novelty - the single-core GTX 980 chip, many potential buyers are trying to figure out whether to give preference to a video card that is similar in characteristics to the legendary video accelerator GTX 690. In fact, these are two completely different video adapters that are not only in different price categories, but And belong to different generations. Performance in games and the same price only show buyers that the dual-core chip has a huge power reserve, which after a generation will not reveal its full potential.

If to speak in an accessible language, then it makes no sense to change your favorite GTX 690 video adapter to a novelty. The GTX 980 is a powerful graphics card that supports DirectX 12, the core runs at 1300 MHz, but it does not have a decent potential for overclocking, because the frequency limit for this A time interval has already been reached. For the GTX 980 with a bit width of 256 bits, the GTX 690 (512 bit) accelerator is clearly too tough. This is the policy of Nvidia: you can not beat a middle-class video adapter representative high-end, which is a generation lower.

So I want comparisons

To argue for leadership with the GTX 690 in synthetic tests, AMD company was excited, introducing the world its dual-core novelty Radeon R9 295X. Even if the amount of video memory is 8 GB, and the width of the bus is twice that of AMD. The remaining technical characteristics are quite similar to the competitor. Therefore, the test between video cards takes place at the level of technology. And if in synthetic tests the GTX 690 is a little bit ahead, then in games Nvidia clearly loses. Experts say that the performance gain is related to the bandwidth of the memory bus and even overclocking of the GeForce video adapter will not bring significant changes. However, this comparison clearly shows users the full power of the graphics accelerator, which is able to cope with dynamic games, both now and in the near future.

Finally

As practice shows, it's better to save up finances and purchase a decent video card from the high-end niche, rather than from year to year to settle for budget devices. Let potential buyers not be confused by the manufacturer's stated price of 690 GTX. The video adapter is fully recouped. Each person decides for himself what is important for him: a quality picture at the maximum settings or low cost. The main thing is to remember that worthy things always have a corresponding price.

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