KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 Hall of Fame Appears

Soon, there will be yet another GeForce GTX 680 graphics card for sale, one that only European stores will get to see, not that the US won't have something similar on hand. 

The new NVIDIA Kepler-based video controller bears the KFA2 brand and, rather than being formally launched, got listed earlier than intended in the UK. 

For those who do not know, KFA2 is Galaxy's Europe brand, which is why US customers won't be seeing the newcomer. 

Speaking of which, the graphics board is called GeForce GTX 680 Hall of Fame, or HOF for short. 

It uses an unusual white PCB (printed circuit board) and has a custom cooler too, not that the latter is all that surprising. 

Speaking of customizations, it bears mentioning that the GTX 680 HOF boasts CPL-made single-phase chokes, International Rectifier DirectFET and tantalum capacitors. 

In other words, it is one of the toughest GTX 680 boards to grace the market, or will be as soon as it actually arrives. 

Another thing that stands out is the presence of two 8-pin PCI Express power connectors. 

If we didn't already have the specs spelled out, that would have been more than enough to imply high factory overclocking. 

That said, the GK104 GPU is made to run at 1,202 MHz by default, and 1,267 MHz when GPU Boost is in effect. 

The numbers are far beyond even those on the ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP, which we wrote about yesterday (April 20, 2012). 

The 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM were left to work at the same 6,008 MHz as the reference video board. 

Other specs include a Galaxy GX31 custom controller for the VRM (software voltage control, monitoring and power draw tracking over SMBUS), a 256-bit memory interface and, of course, a special cooler, with three 90mm LED fans and aluminum fins. 

Finally, KFA2 gave the GTX 680 HOF three mini DisplayPort outputs and a standard DisplayPort, rather than one DisplayPort, two DVI and HDMI. The price is £529.99, or $854 / 646 Euro.

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