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nVidia GeForce GTX 260
| Author | Edward Chester |
| Published | 11th Jul 2008 |
| Manufacturer | Leadtek |
| Supplier | Overclockers.co.uk |
| Price | £174.99 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £205.61 (Inc VAT) |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersOnce again, I'm ignoring GPGPU performance for the time being and I'm going to concentrate on what is still most important - gaming! When more GPU accelerated software becomes available we'll come back to take another look at this hardware.
All our testing uses a variety of manual run throughs and automated timedemos but regardless of which test method is used we run through multiple times and ensure results are consistent. The average of our consistent runs is then reported to you. The test setup is as follows:
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
- GTX260: Forceware 177.34
- Other nVidia cards: Forceware 175.16
- ATI: Catalyst 8.4
Cards Tested
- nVidia GeForce GTX 260
- nVidia GeForce GTX 280
- nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX
- HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870
- ATI HD 3870
- ATI HD 3870
Games Tested
- Crysis
- Race Driver: GRID
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
- Call of Duty 4
- Counter-Strike: Source
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ilovethemonkeyhead said on 11th July 2008
Loggitt said on 12th July 2008
Overall your review is well done. However, your review doesn't fully address the running temperatures of the cards reviewed with a graph. Other reviews I've read are sh... more
Ed said on 14th July 2008
Well, I was also concerned at the running temperatures of both ATI's cards but they seem perfectly stable. Also, if there was any real worry about the operating temperatures, ... more
NidStyles said on 12th November 2008
THe card's are designed to be able to handle the high temp's. Doesn't mean I want those high temp's in my case to begin with. I also don't like driver'... more
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i think the crossfire support thing might be the most defining feature in this battle. is there any information on how the GTX 260 performs overclocked against the HD 4870?