The GeForce® GTX 680 is the fastest and most power efficient GPU we've ever built. But we didn't stop there. GPU Boost dynamically boots clock speed for extra performance. New FXAA and TXAA modes eliminate jaggies. And NVIDIA® Surround lets you game on three monitors from a single GPU.
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Kepler GPU Architecture
NVIDIA's Kepler GPU architecture has been designed from the ground up not just for maximum performance in the latest DirectX 11.1 games, but optimal performance per watt. The new SMX streaming multiprocessor is twice as efficient as the prior generation and the new geometry engine draws triangles twice as fast.
NVIDIA GPU Boost
Up until now, GPUs have operated at a fixed clock speed when playing 3D games, even if they have the potential to run faster. GPU Boost intelligently monitors graphics work load and increases the clock speed whenever possible. The result is that the GPU always performs at its peak and you get the highest frame rate possible.
NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync
Nothing is more distracting than frame rate stuttering and screen tearing. The first tends to occur when frame rates are low, the second when frame rates are high. Adaptive V-Sync is a smarter way to render frames. At high frame rates, V-sync is enabled to eliminate tearing; at low frame rates, it's disabled to minimize stuttering. It gets rid of distractions so you can get on with gaming.
High-Speed GDDR5 Memory on Board
Enhanced memory speed and capacity ensures more flowing video quality in latest gaming environment especially in large scale textures processing.
Microsoft® DirectX® 11.1 Shader Model 5.0 Support
DirectX 11.1 GPU with Shader Model 5.0 support designed for ultra high performance in the new API’s key graphics feature, GPU-accelerated tessellation.
NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Ready
Bringing a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC, 3D Vision transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D., you can watch 3D movies and 3D digital photographs in eye popping, crystal-clear quality.
NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Surround Ready
Expand your games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate “inside the game” experience with the power of NVIDIA 3D Vision and SLI technologies. NVIDIA® Surround™ also supports triple screen gaming with non-stereo displays.
OpenGL® 4.2 Optimizations and Support
Full OpenGL support, including OpenGL 4.2
HDCP Capable
Allows playback of HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and other protected content at full HD resolutions with integrated High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) support. (Requires other compatible components that are also HDCP capable.)
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology support
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding tasks such as video transcoding, physics simulation, ray tracing, and more, delivering incredible performance improvements over traditional CPUs.
NVIDIA PhysX™ -Ready
Full support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.
NVIDIA SLI Technology
Used by the most demanding gamers worldwide, SLI lets you link up to three GeForce GTX 680s together for astounding performance. And with NVIDIA’s track record for fast and frequent software updates, you’ll not only get the best performance in existing games, but future games too.
GPU | NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 680 |
Graphics Bus | PCI Express 3.0 |
Memory size | 2048MB or 4096MB GDDR5 |
Core clock | Base clock: 1006 MHz Boost clock: 1058 MHz |
Memory clock | 3004 MHz (6008 MHz) |
Output | 1x DVI-I; 1x DVI-D,1x HDMI,1 x DisplayPort |
Memory Interface | 256-bit |
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) | 192.2 |
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) | 128.8 |
CUDA Cores | 1536 |
HDCP support | Yes |
Full Microsoft® DirectX®11.1 Shader Model5.0 Support | |
NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Ready, 3D Vision Surround | |
DirectCompute Support | |
HDMI Support | |
Built for Microsoft® Windows Windows 7™ & Vista™ | |
OpenGL® 4.2 Optimizations and Support | |
Graphics Card Power | 195 W |
Card Dimensions | 4.37 inches (height) X 10 inches (length); 2 slot |
Package contents | WinFast GTX 680 graphics board |
User manual & software disc | |
Quick installation guide | |
DVI to VGA converter | |
6-pin Power Cable x2 | |
System Requirements | WindowR 7, XP and Vista |
PCI Express or PCI Express 3.0-compliant motherboard with one x16 graphics slot | |
DVD ROM drive for software installation | |
A VGA or DVI compatible monitor | |
Minimum 550W with a minimum 12V current rating of 38A or greater system power supply | |
Software Bundled | WinFast Graphics Driver CD (w/ WinFox III) x 1 |