Introduction

Last week, NVIDIA released their GeForce GTX 650. The card is based on the same GK107 graphics processor that we have seen on the low-end GeForce GT 640. The GK107 GPU is using a scaled down Kepler architecture design with just 16 ROPs and 384 shaders. It is positioned above the $100 mark, which clearly makes it an entry-level solution.



KFA² has released a close-to-reference board with the GTX 650 EX OC. It comes with a small overclock out of the box; however, memory clock has remained the same.

KFA² is asking $120 for their card, which is the same as the reference design.

Packaging

Contents

You will receive:

• Graphics card
• Driver CD + documentation
• PCI-Express power cable
• DVI adapter

The Card

The card uses a compact cooler that looks a bit "plasticky". The card, just to get an idea of how short it is, is just as long as the PCI-Express slot.


The card requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include two dual-link DVI ports and one mini-HDMI. You may use all the outputs at the same time.

An HDMI sound device is included in the GPU as well. It is HDMI 1.4a compatible and includes HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies support. The DisplayPort outputs are version 1.2, which enables the use of hubs and Multi-Stream Transport.


The card has no SLI connector. All SLI data is transferred over the PCI-Express bus.


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