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ASUS Exclusive InnovationAsus Exclusive Voltage Tweak Technology delivers up to 50% better performance while DIRECTCU Thermal Solution deploys 2* 8mm flattened copper heat-pipes to contact GPU directly for reaching up to 20% cooler than generic GeForce GTX460.
ASUS SplendidAsus New Splendid Video Intelligence Technology can amazingly reduce over 30% in CPU loading. Therefore, full HD images enabled by ASUS’ graphics cards can be fine-tuned to deliver vibrant visual representations in conditions most favorable to the human eye. With the New Splendid, watching movies on the PC is as good as watching them on top-of-the-line HDTVs.
ASUS GamerOSDAsus GamerOSD makes it possible to boost graphics card performance without exiting the game. Activate GamerOSD anytime during gameplay and adjust the GPU clock for instant overclocking. Real-time FPS (frames per second) status is also available to keep track of performance improvements.
ASUS SmartDoctorAsus SmartDoctor includes a group of special tools to monitor the Fan RPM, AGP Power Level, GPU and RAM temperature, and has a slide bar for easy manual overclocking. In combination with embedded HyperDrive and SmartCooling technology which can dynamically overclock and change the fan speed for better performance and convenience, Asus SmartDoctor provides you with the best graphics card investment protection and best performance when overclocking.
Full Microsoft DirectX 11 SupportThe new DirectX 11 GPU with full Shader Model 5.0, DirectCompute 11 and tessellation support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.
NVIDIA PhysX TechnologyNVIDIA PhysX technology enables a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience.
Pros: + Idle wattage: it's very very power saving in idle most, just about 20W. My system with an x4 620@3,25 only consumes 90W with this card at idle. + overclocks well to (869core@1.05v//2178 mem) using MSI afterburner. Although this is not great, several other 768s can get this far without voltage boost. It's still very good to achieve over 39% overclocks compare to a regular 768 card doing 625. The memory also overclocks well, 20% more than stock's 1800 mem. With this overclock, this card is at or better than the HD 5850 performance. Very nice. + the HSF is top notch, even after clocking running Kombuster brings it to about 64C which is incredible. I'd say this cooler is about 15C better than a reference design.
Cons: + uses massive amounts of wattage when overclocked. After some calculation this card is using about 200-210W after overclocking at max load using Kombuster//Crysis burn. It was surprising to me that at stock it's probably only 130-140W. Still the added performance is worth it. + You need a high ventilation case because the HSF dumps all the heat _into_ the case instead of exhaust to the back, I use a haf 932 and placed a 92mm fan right behind the card, but I can imaging people who overclock and has poor case ventilation will have heat problems. + noise, at 50% fan, it's audible at night when it's pitch quiet outside, but when I put on headphones it's no bother.
Overall Review: I gone from a HD 4850@700/1200 to this card@869//2178. I must say it's running anywhere from 35%-75% faster in various games I tested, 3d vantage has it doubling the score of 4850 but that's synthetic benchmark and doesn't mean much. The best thing is DX11 for me, I can now play Lost Planet 2 and few other games in DX11 mode w/ some excellent eye candy over DX9 mode. The added speed also allow me to turn up AA from my usual 2x-4x to 8x or 16x, very nice visual improvement in games. + Overall, a great upgrade, the included free game I don't play.