The official specification chart of NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 780 GPU has been unveiled confirming the details we have been reporting since last month. The GeForce GTX 780 has already been announced publicly in China at the GeForce E-Sports event so only the launch remains which would take place on 23rd May “23:00″ globally.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Official Specifications Unveilied

The GTX 780 would be the flagship product of the 700 series and would be based on a cut down version of the GK110 core codenamed “GK110-300-A2″. This core would have 2304 cores and a 3 GB GDDR5 memory which would operate along a 384-bit memory interface. The core is maintained at 863 MHz with Turbo boost of 900 MHz while the memory operates at the reference 1502 MHz or 6 GHz effective clock speed. The GPU would be powered by an 8+6 Pin connectors which represent a 250W TDP while display connectors include Dual Link DVI, HDMI and a single display port.

The GPU would make use of the cooler from GeForce Titan which would allow for better thermal specs providing users more overclocking headroom. The pricing is suggested around the $599, while overclocked models which would also be available at launch are going to cost slightly more. You can check out the be benchmarks for GeForce GTX 780 GPU here. Latest reports point out that the custom models won’t be available at launch but rather be released a bit late for an extra cost.

NVIDIA went ahead and publicly announced the flagship GeForce GTX 780 at the GeForce E-Sports festival in mainland China. The GeForce GTX 780 would be officially launched next week on 23rd of May 2013. VR-Zone and 4Gamer managed to take some shots of the public announcement by Scott Herkelman, NVIDIA’s GeForce General manager, at the event which can be seen below.

NVIDIA Announces the GeForce GTX 780 in China

It doesn’t comes as a surprise for NVIDIA announcing or showcasing a GPU early before launch. The company showcased their GeForce GTX 680 at GDC 2013 and ran a demo of EPIC’s Elemental demo through it. Later on, NVIDIA announced their dual chip GeForce GTX 690 at the NGF 2012 festival in China prior to official launch and availability. The GeForce GTX 780 would be announced in China but the official availability date is scheduled for 23rd May 2013 followed by GeForce GTX 770 a week late on 31st May 2013.

The GTX 780 would be the flagship product of the 700 series and would be based on a cut down version of the GK110 core codenamed “GK110-300-A2″. This core would have 2304 cores and a 3 GB GDDR5 memory which would operate along a 320/384-bit memory interface. The core is maintained at 863 MHz with Turbo boost of 902 MHz while the memory operates at the reference 1502 MHz or 6 GHz effective clock speed.

The retail images of NVIDIA’s upcoming GeForce GTX 780 and GeForce GTX 770 have been revealed by HardwareMX. Both models which have been pictured are from AIB partner of NVIDIA “PNY”, along with the pictures we have also got the final specifications for both upcoming graphic cards.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 – The Flagship GeForce 700 Series GPU

The GTX 780 would be the flagship product of the 700 series and would be based on a cut down version of the GK110 core codenamed “GK110-300-A2″. This core would have 2304 cores and a 3 GB GDDR5 memory which would operate along a 320/384-bit memory interface. The core is maintained at 863 MHz with Turbo boost of 902 MHz while the memory operates at the reference 1502 MHz or 6 GHz effective clock speed.

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The first benchmarks of the upcoming GeForce GTX 780 have been unveiled by Chiphell forums. The benchmarks show that the GeForce 700 series graphic card is on average 20% faster than the GeForce GTX 680.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Benchmarks Unveiled

The GTX 780 would be the flagship product of the 700 series and would be based on a cut down version of the GK110 core codenamed “GK110-300-A2″. This core would have 2304 cores and a 3 GB GDDR5 memory which would operate along a 320/384-bit memory interface. The core is maintained at 837 MHz with Turbo boost of 902 MHz while the memory operates at the reference 1502 MHz of 6 GHz effective clock speed.

The GPU would make use of the cooler from GeForce Titan which would allow for better thermal specs providing users more overclocking headroom. The pricing is suggested around the  500-600 Euros mark for GeForce GTX 780 while overclocked models which would also be available at launch are going to cost slightly more.

AMD’s Richland APU prices have been leaked along with the release date by Chiploco. According to the details, AMD would release their complete Richland APU lineup on 4th June 2013 and would bring a new and improved Piledriver core architecture along with Radeon HD 8000 graphics core.

AMD Richland APU Prices Leaked – Launch Confirmed On 4th June

AMD Richland APUs would be the company’s third generation of accelerated processing units fused with a refined version of the current x86 Piledriver architecture. Richland would be using upto four Piledriver modules with enhanced clock speeds aimed to deliver much better performance without increasing the power consumption.

AMD Richland APUs would be available in both 65W and 100W models, would also feature AMD’s HD 8000 integrated graphic processors based on the VLIW4 core. The APUs would come with native support for DDR3-2133 MHz memory and would aim to deliver 20 – 40% average GPU performance increase over Trinity through faster clock speeds as seen through the benchmarks exposed here. The AMD Richland APU lineup can be seen listed below along with their respective prices :

The largest AIB partner of NVIDIA, EVGA has released a new teaser trailer of their upcoming AXC cooler which would be equipped with the GeForce GTX 780 and GeForce GTX 770 graphic cards launching by in the last week of May.

EVGA Teases ACX Cooler for GeForce GTX 780 and GTX 770

The ACX “Active Cooling Extreme”cooler teased by EVGA makes use of a dual fan cooling solution with a large aluminum heatsink array that covers the GPU core and electrical components. It should be known that GPUs using this cooled would come with factory overclocks.

MSI has finally announced two new motherboards in its latest Z87 MPower brand, the Z87 MPower MAX and Z87 MPower. Both motherboards are built specifically for enthusiasts and overclockers.

MSI Z87 MPower MAX Motherboard

he Z87 MPower MAX features 20 (8+12) VRMs further boosting the overclocking capabilities of the board. Along with these, MSI Z87 MPower would use Hi-C Caps, Super Ferrite Chokes, Digital PWM, Enhanced Dual BIOS and the OC essential features which include Clear CMOS switch near at the I/O plate, Debug LED, Easy button 3, Multi BIOS II, V-Check Points and more. Overclockers can add additional power to the processor with Dual 8-Pin connectors which is the same scheme as their XPower Z87 motherboard.

The electrical components are well hidden beneath the large U-shaped heatsink block referred to as “M” cool design. The Z77 MPower used heatpipe cooling system which ran through a set of heatsink, it could be possible that a similar cooling mechanism is featured on the new Z87 MPower motherboard. The motherboard does retain its black and yellow design scheme. Another heatsink would be allocated to the PCH that comes with a striking half “M” design scheme that looks nice.

The packaging of ASUS’s upcoming GeForce GTX 780 graphics card has been revealed. The picture is the second this week of the upcoming card which arrives on 23rd May, Inno3D’s GTX 780 was also leaked which can be seen here.

ASUS TUF series motherboards are known for their remarkable cooling technologies such as the TUF  Thermal armor and TUF Thermal radar. The upcoming Z87 TUF series motherboards which include the Z87 Sabertooth and the Z87 Gryphon are loaded with these features and details can be found below.

ASUS Z87 TUF Series Motherboards Pictured and Detailed

The ASUS Z87 TUF motherboards lineup includes a total of two new products which range in different tiers. The Z87 Sabertooth is the flagship product of the series followed by the Z87 Gryphon which retains most of features while being a M-ATX form factor board.

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ASUS has unleashed their complete Z87 motherboards lineup including the flagship Z87 ROG based Maximus VI Extreme that’s built specifically for hardcore overclockers and enthusiasts. Other motherboards that have been unveiled include the Z87 ROG Maximus VI Hero and Maximus VI Gene which are detailed below.

ASUS Z87 ROG Motherboards Pictured and Detailed

The ASUS Z87 motherboards lineup includes a total of 10 new products which range in different tiers. Starting with the flagship overclocking lineup which includes three motherboards:

• ASUS Maximus VI Extreme
• ASUS Maximus VI Hero
• ASUS Maximus VI GeneZ