A Closer Look
Our first impressions of this card are extremely positive, as it just looks fantastic! There are two large cooling fans in there, providing a massive amount of airflow. Of course, the large fan blades should operate great at low RPM too.
The GPU can passively cool in low load scenarios too, and that’s party thanks to the huge amount of metal hiding under the shroud.
Further cooling performance comes from this stunning backplate. It looks great with the ventilation cutouts, and even the EVGA logo is ventilated.
This means the card is going to be able to breathe a little better, passively cool better, and will be much more rigid to prevent droop. Furthermore, backplates look awesome, so there’s that.
The front side of the of the card looks good too, with the fan shroud wrapping around to show off some of that brushed metal finish. Here you will also find two 8-pin power connectors, which is more than enough power for those eager to overclock.
The card features four heat pipes through the fin stack. One of them is thicker, which I’m guessing is the one directly linked to the GPU core.
Conenctivity is decent too, with three Display ports, one HDMI, and a DVI-D. The only downside, is that it takes up more than two slots, most likely just for stability, rather than the actual size of the GPU.
The mesh highlights on the front, as well as the logos on the card come with built-in white LED lighting. That’s right, now RGB, but this is a much classier approach in my opinion.
