Nowthisisthe G T X 6 80 SuperOvercoatgraphicscard, andit's likenothing I'veeverseen.
Eventhoughin 2012 the 6 80 wasoneofthebestgamingcardsyoucouldbuy, Gigabytedecidedthatit's stillneeded.
A littleextraspice, unlikethetraditionalside, amountedfans.
SeenonprettymucheveryothernonpassiveGPUinexistence, thisbehemothfeaturesfivetopmounted 40 millimeterindustrialservergreatpropellersaspartof a designknownasWindForcefive X.
I'vechosenthewordpropellersfor a reasonyoulaterdiscover.
Now I'vespokenabouttheexistenceofthiscardinthepastin a videotitledGraphicsCardsyoucan't buyandshowingyou a fewstandard 6 80 benchmarksalongsideit.
ButthankstothepowerofeBay, I finallygotthechancetoownoneoftheseveryuncommonvariantsin a movethatonceagaincontradictsmyassumptionofftheunavailabilityoffcertainhardware.
Lookingatthedesign a littlemore, andwhile I'm prettysureyou'd agreeitisn't thecoolestlookingthingintheworld, thosetopmountedfansmakequickworkofwithdrawingwarmairthatwouldotherwisegettrappedbythesolidmetalbackplates.
Andofcourseyou'd havetohavebeenquick, becausewhilstthisisn't therarestGPUwe'veeverlookedat, whichstillveryuncommonthefirstthing I didbeforebenchingitallcleaningitupforthatmatterwastotesttoseeifitworksatriskofrippingthePC.
I sloppedoutofthemotherboard.
I connectedthisweightymammothup, switchedonthesystemandgotimmediatelydeafenedbywhatsoundedlike a CH 47 ChinookhelicoptertakingoffinsidemyPCcaseafterconfirmingitdisplayed a pictureandthatthedriversinstalledwithoutcausinganysystemcrashes, I tookitbackoutsidetoremovetheheatsinkon, blowawaysomeofthatdust, althoughitdidn't initiallylooktoodirty.
I knewthat a fivefangraphicscardcouldn't possiblygosixyearsduckfree, and I treatedittosomenewthermalcompoundto I'm stillinorthesizeofthislad.
Whatanabsoluteunit.
I alsodiscoveredthislittleextremebuttontoduringthecleaningprocess, whichallowsyoutoswitchthebiosoffthecardandtinkerwiththeclockspeedswithoutworryofbreakingits.
Firstup, wehave a newgameonthelistoffrequentlyrequestedtitlebythenameofRainbowsixSiege.
While I haven't had a chancetoplayanyofthegameitselfyet, I havehadplentyofexperiencewiththeingamebenchmarkedalltogaugeinACyourideaofperformance.
I ranthetestfivetimesonworkedouttheaverageofthefiverunstocomeupwiththefinalfiguresaroundtheTall A 10 80 p resolutionwith 100% renderscaleandusedthemediumsettingswithantialiasngoff.
Thiscardhastwogigsofmemory, soanyhigherthanmediumandwewouldexceedthe V RAMlimits.
You'llalsonoticethatwhenpairedwith a risein 5 1600 thedupeyouwillberunningat 100% orclosetoitthroughoutalloftoday's titles, meaningitisoperatingatmaximumperformance.
Thiswasactually a prettysimpleandstraightforwardtest.
TheGameautoselectedthehighpreset, and I decidedtojustgowithit.
Inreturn, I saw 115 framespersecondonaverage, withverylittleorpracticallynonexistentstatusthroughout.
Theperformanceresultswilldependonthemap, butyou'llbeaveragingatleast 90 f.
P s.
Nomatterwhatmapyouplayon, I wouldimagineatleastthiswasthecaseonthefourdifferentones I testedouttemperaturewise, youwon't reallyseethiscardexceeds 70 degrees.
Sowe'llcontinuewithourthemeof 10 80 p mediumsettingsaswemoveontoplayunknowns.
BattlegroundsonopenWorldbattleRoyaltitlethatrunsprettywellnowon a widevarietyofholdwear.
I hadthe 60 f p s targetinmindthroughoutmostoftoday's testing, butdidn't havetomakeanymajoringameadjustmentstoanyoftoday's games.
Okay, in a lotofreleases, therewillbesomeinstanceswherethisisn't thecases I'lldemonstratelater.
Butduringmy 40 minutesofpub G playtime, I had a prettygoodexperience.
Gameplaywise, notsomuch.
I suckatthis, butperformancewise, I wasveryhappywithwhat I saw, whicharethreeis a fewyearsoldnow, butwe'llstillput a lotofhardwarethroughitspaces, especiallywhenturningthesettingsup I selected.