Are nonreference pcb designs of any value when comparing GPU models?

terry4536 · Dec 19, 2013

I 've been comparing GTX 770 models lately. I have pretty much decided on an EVGA GTX 770 SC ACX 4GB. My question revolves around weather or not a Asus "10+2 power design" is of any practical improvement over the EVGA design. A couple of watts in efficiency doesn't make any difference to me. A 2.5X improvement in capacitor lifetime sounds good, but do you really care if the capacitors in your GPU last 50 years? The only aspect that would be an improvement is the elimination of coil whine. But I don't think that they accomplished that. So, what is the community's opinion? Are these gimmicky PCB designs a practical everyday GPU improvement?

nikita787 · Dec 19, 2013

terry4536 :

Not really.... the only thing they really improve
is overclocking and maybe 10 mhz added clockspeed. Considering that it isn't really worth it imo.

terry4536 · Dec 19, 2013

Not really.... the only thing they really improve
is overclocking and maybe 10 mhz added clockspeed. Considering that it isn't really worth it imo.

I'm not sure of the overclocking improvement either. In virtually all of the reviews, comparisons were made to the reference non-overclocked EVGA model. When I found a few reviews of the GTX 700 SC ACX, it was one of the best at overclocking. The Asus cooler was a couple of degrees lower, but that was about it. (I had narrowed it down to the Asus or EVGA.)

I found some video unboxings/reviews that showed the ACX cooler. The overall quality looks very high. The deep nickle/chrome plating on the EVGA ACX cooler looked like something off of a car show hot rod. Compared to the Asus cooler, the ACX was much better in overall quality. The Asus cooler looks cheap by comparison

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