NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 260 is not a new card. In fact, it's been available for over a year in its 216 Core form. So is it even worth a look at today? Where Gigabyte's "Super Overclock" version is concerned, yes. Although it costs less than a stock GTX 275, this new card beat it out in almost every single game and setting we put it through.
It's not often we get to take two brand-new GPUs and pit them against each other in one launch article, but that's what we're doing with ATI's HD 4890 and NVIDIA's GTX 275. Both cards are priced at $249, and both also happen to offer great performance and insane overclocking-ability. So coupled with those and other factors, who comes out on top?
The first mid-range offering of NVIDIA's GeForce 200 series is here, in the form of the GTS 250. As a follow-up to the company's 9800 GTX+, we already have a good idea of what to expect. But, various improvements aim to make things interesting, such as a redesigned PCB, smaller form-factor, single PCI-E connector, improved temperatures and refreshed pricing.
When NVIDIA released their GTX 285 card last month, it became the fastest single-GPU card on the market, and that fact still remains. But with our insatiable appetite for more performance, we can't help but be curious as to how the cards perform when overclocked. So let's check that out, with the help of EVGA's SSC Edition.
When NVIDIA released their GTX 285 and 295 earlier this month, they successfully reclaimed the performance crown for both single and dual-GPU graphics cards. We're finally putting both of these models through our grueling testing, in both single card and SLI configurations, to see just how much value can be had when compared to previous offerings.
| Title | Author | Date | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA's ION Platform: Hands-On Impressions | Greg King | January 23, 2009 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ATI HD 4870 1GB vs. NVIDIA GTX 260/216 896MB: Follow-Up | Rob Williams | December 8, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ATI HD 4870 1GB vs. NVIDIA GTX 260/216 896MB | Rob Williams | November 24, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ASUS GeForce EN9800GT Matrix | Rob Williams | November 21, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| XFX GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition | Rob Williams | October 31, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ASUS EN9800GTX+ 512MB Dark Knight | Rob Williams | October 21, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| NVIDIA to Enable SLI on Select X58-based Motherboards | Rob Williams | August 28, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| NVIDIA's PhysX: Performance and Status Report - Part 2 | Rob Williams | August 6, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| Palit GeForce GTX 280 1GB | Rob Williams | July 10, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| NVIDIA's PhysX: Performance and Status Report | Rob Williams | June 27, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| Palit GeForce 9600GSO Sonic 768MB | Rob Williams | May 22, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ASUS EN9600GT Silent 512MB | Rob Williams | May 5, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ASUS EN9800GTX 512MB | Rob Williams | April 9, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| Gigabyte 9600 GT 512MB | Rob Williams | April 7, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ASUS EN8800GTS TOP 512MB | Rob Williams | April 2, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ASUS EN9600GT TOP 512MB | Rob Williams | March 31, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| Palit GeForce 8800GT Super+1GB | Rob Williams | February 27, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ASUS EN8800GT TOP 512MB | Rob Williams | February 25, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| Palit GeForce 8600GT Super+1GB | Rob Williams | February 19, 2008 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| Sparkle Calibre P850+ 8500GT 512MB | Rob Williams | August 21, 2007 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| Gigabyte 8600GTS 256MB Silent Pipe 3 | Rob Williams | August 13, 2007 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| eVGA e-GeForce 7900GS KO | Rob Williams | June 18, 2007 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| ASUS EN7950GT HTDP 512MB | Rob Williams | November 21, 2006 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| eVGA 7800 GT PCI-E 256MB | Rob Williams | August 22, 2005 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |
| BFG PCI-E 6800 GT OC 256MB | Rob Williams | June 15, 2005 | NVIDIA-Based GPU |