So then, overall seen the GeForce GTX 285 performance really is exceptionally good. Well done Point of View, and as such the GeForce GTX 285 EXO edition comes very much recommended.īoth Inno3D and Point of View receive the Gaming essential award, though we feel that Point of View has the stronger bundle and card of the two. By doing so this is one the the most competitive cards released today as value for money wise it just brings a lot to the table.
Evga nvidia geforce gtx 280 ssc full#
It's a competitive price and next to that it comes with three year warranty and actually bundled with the card is Far Cry 2, the full game. Point of view will introduce this card at a 359 EUR price level onto the market. Performance was marginally close towards the SSC edition from eVGA, and that's absolutely lovely to see as this makes the EXO version one of the fastest cards tested today. Point of View - The green Dutch team delivered an excellent product with their GeForce GTX 285 EXO edition. Other than that, again a lovely product, for which you'll receive two years warranty and a lot of golden bling :) We liked the bundled games, yet do think the primary gaming (Company of Heroes) title is getting a little bit outdated.
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We addressed the shader tweaks with Inno3D and I'm happy to report that Inno3D's future "Overclock" products, will have the shader domain overclocked as well.Īnyway, as always they offer a good, stable and high quality product. So how much this all weighs for you is only a question you can answer for yourself. Fact is though, as you have seen, the performance difference among the three brands we tested was rather small. Inno3D - Again we noticed a very nice product, but we are a bit saddened by the fact they will not overclock the shader domain, though. A very nice product for sure, and if you care to spend the extra dough for an SSC edition, it should be on top of your list. It's what made eVGA big, known and reputable. Obviously you'll have to chip in a little more dough for the overclocked editions, but what I like very much with eVGA is that these hefty overclocks are protected with an excellent warranty policy and you're obviously eligible for the step-up program. In fact, it was the fastest GTX 285 product we tested. Speaking of the AIBs, let's run down the brands tested today.ĮVGA - Of course eVGA does what it does best, delivering a very fast clocked product with the SSC model. You don't have to tweak and overclock yourself, and the high clock frequencies fall within the product warranty. Yep, products with faster than reference clocks have become good business. NVIDIA will set a performance baseline which obviously has some headroom for faster frequencies, and for each overclocked model an AIB release, the AIB's can charge you more money. It's funny though, overclocking has become a pretty good business. But when you add another 10% to 15% performance thanks to the default overclocked editions, the gap is getting bigger. From a reference GTX 280 towards a GTX 285 you'll maybe get an extra 10% jump in performance. Much respect for that.Īlso there are some worthwhile improvements, and these are to be found in the faster clocked versions as presented by the AIBs (NVIDIA's board partners). Thanks to the 55nm fabrication node, NVIDIA improved performance per Watt and that's a really good thing. On a positive note, we do get a slightly higher clocked product, that brings additional performance and we also see that overall power consumption went down. That knowledge alone is floating in the back on my head like a ghost, the GTX 285 is a nice, yet a small step forwards compared to the GTX 280. On average such Ultra products offered 20% more performance. I did expect something a good deal faster than the last-gen fastest single GPU based graphics card ? Or maybe that was just me expecting too much ? A couple of years ago, a GTX 285 (incremental refresh update) would have been what you guys have learned to know as an "Ultra" product (GeForce 8800 GTX towards Ultra for example).
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In all fairness, after such a rough season for NVIDIA I did expect them to set the bar a little higher, and bring pot roast to the table.
Evga nvidia geforce gtx 280 ssc upgrade#
So an upgrade towards the 55nm node did bring in some additional gaming performance.
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On average it's roughly 10% faster than the reference GTX 280. the GeForce GTX 280 was the fastest single GPU on the globe, the GeForce GTX 285 is now the fastest single GPU on the globe.