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nVidia GeForce GTX 280 Review

Author Edward Chester
Published 25th Jun 2008
Manufacturer nVidia
Supplier ebuyer.com
Price £369.57 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £425.00 (Inc VAT)
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Features Score 9 for Features
Performance Score 10 for Performance
Value Score 6 for Value
Overall Score 8 for Overall
nVidia GeForce GTX 280
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As I alluded to earlier, the GTX280 launch has coincided with a massive push on nVidia's part to promote GPGPU. However, while this may be interesting it is still far from being of great significance to anyone looking to by one of these cards. So, until the whole GPGPU spectrum evens out and we get some sort of standards coming into play we will leave analysis of GPGPU performance out of the equation. So, let's get those games fired up instead.

Common System Components

  • Intel Core 2 Quad QX9770
  • Asus P5E3
  • 2GB Corsair TWIN3X2048-1333C9 DDR3
  • 150GB Western Digital Raptor
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit

Drivers

  • GTX280: Forceware 177.34
  • Other nVidia cards: Forceware 175.16
  • ATI: Catalyst 8.4

Cards Tested

  • nVidia GeForce GTX 280
  • nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX
  • nVidia GeForce 9800 GX2
  • nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
  • nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512
  • ATI HD 3870 X2

Games Tested

  • Crysis
  • Race Driver: GRID
  • Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
  • Call of Duty 4
  • Counter-Strike: Source


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comment life said on 27th June 2008

I thought this was a fantastic review Ed, very in-depth and informative. Looking forward to a GTX260 review, as there is no way I'm shelling out 400 quid on a graphics card! T... more

comment Varis Vitols said on 3rd July 2008

life said on 27th June 2008

In that case, why don't You have a look at Radeon HD 4870? It outperforms GTX 260 in almost every case, particularly with AA enabled... more

comment Roman said on 3rd July 2008

What are your comments on the explosive heat and noise that the GTX 280 generates?

comment Flight Instructor said on 27th March 2009

I like your reviews, in particular when they refer to games hardware, but I only use flight simulator, is it possible to include this type of game when reviewing hardware.

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