bit-tech News: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 285 graphics card

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Hi all,

 

We have just published a review of *Nvidia's GeForce GTX 285 graphics

card* - if you could post a link on your site that would be very much

appreciated.

 

*Link:*

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2009/01/16/nvidia-zotac-geforce-gtx-285-1gb/1

 

 

*Picture:*

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2009/01/nvidia-zotac-geforce-gtx-285-1gb/fp_img.jpg

 

 

*Quote:

*/From Nvidia¡¦s side of the fence, the GeForce GTX 280 is the obvious

competition and while the GTX 285 is faster, you have to ask if it¡¦s

worth the additional outlay over the few GTX 280s that are still

available. Obviously, we¡¦ve tested the standard clocked version here,

but there¡¦s an XFX GeForce GTX 280 clocked at 640MHz core (not that much

lower than the GTX 285¡¦s reference clock) on sale at Scan for ¢G275

including VAT which makes us wonder whether it¡¦s worth spending the

extra ¢G20 or so on a 285.

 

Of course, there are power consumption benefits to the 285, but they¡¦re

small. The other thing we haven¡¦t covered is overclocking, but based on

our brief experience with overclocking, the 55nm cores seem to clock a

little better ¡V the XFX GeForce GTX 280 XT is likely to be close to its

clock speed limit out of the factory.

 

For someone upgrading from an existing GTX 200 series graphics card,

there¡¦s no point in looking at the 285 ¡V the performance increase just

isn¡¦t there and there are similarities between this launch and the

GeForce 8800 Ultra¡¦s launch. This time though, there isn¡¦t a frankly

huge price premium for the new model. With that in mind, if you¡¦re

upgrading from a GeForce 8-series card, it might be worthwhile

considering over the older GeForce GTX 280, but if you wanted a real

performance boost, you¡¦ll need to look at the GeForce GTX 295 or Radeon

HD 4870 X2.

 

That puts us in two minds about the GTX 285 ¡V while it does nothing

wrong on principle, it doesn¡¦t do a lot to convince us that it wants to

be a part of your next build. Simply put, if you want the fastest single

GPU graphics card in your next build, the GeForce GTX 285 is it ¡V there

are, however, better value and faster graphics cards out there, which

means the GeForce GTX 285¡¦s position in the market is a little awkward./*

 

*Cheers guys!

 

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net