The KFA2 MDT x4 ships in a long, heavy box with graffiti/grunge style artwork. There is primary focus is on the ‘one card = 4 monitor' functionality.
The box is very durable and contains the card, along with a plethora of converters, an installation guide, and software disc.
An extensive bundle, featuring 3 mini HDMI to HDMI cables, several power converter cables, three HDMI to DVI converters and a Displayport to DVI converter cable.
The KFA2 MDT x4 card is beautifully finished, with three fans enclosed in a proprietary cooling system made from metal and tough plastics. The rear of the card has a backplate for protection and improved cooling efficiency.
The KFA2 MDT x4 card is SLI capable in 2,3 and 4 way configurations.
The card requires a single 6 pin and 8 pin power header for stable operation.
The KFA2 MDT X4 is different from any other GTX580 on the market. It has a single full size DisplayPort connector, and three mini HDMI connectors in parallel. KFA2 supply a mini HDMI to HDMI cable for each of these three ports. They also supply a Displayport to DVI converter cable in the box.
The interesting part of the KFA2 operating methodology is that the three mini HDMI ports can be spanned into a single output for 5760×1080 gaming … and if the user has 4 screens, then the panel connected to the DisplayPort can used separately for main desktop duties.
The KFA2 MDT X4 has several rows of heatpipes running in parallel down the side of the card, across the racks of aluminum fins under each fan. It is very heavy.
When the graphics card is installed, the sides of the card glow blue with ‘LED stripes', as shown above. And very nice it looks too!
This particular GTX580 ships with the GF110 core @ 840mhz. It has been a while since we have tested a GTX580, so a quick refresh is in order …. a reference GTX580 is meant to ship with the core clocks at 772mhz, meaning we have a 68mhz overclock, out of the box.
The KFA2 MDT X4 card ships with 1.5GB of GDDR5 connected via a 384bit memory interface. It has 48 ROPS and 512 Cuda Cores.