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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 NewslettersWhile it hasn't been a huge commercial success and its gameplay is far from revolutionary, the graphical fidelity of Crysis is still second to none and as such it's still the ultimate test for a graphics card. With masses of dynamic foliage, rolling mountain ranges, bright blue seas, and big explosions, this game has all the eye-candy you could wish for and then some.
We test using the 32-bit version of the game patched to version 1.1 and running in DirectX 10 mode. We use a custom timedemo that's taken from the first moments at the start of the game, wondering around the beach. Surprisingly, considering its claustrophobic setting and graphically rich environment, we find that any frame rate above 30fps is about sufficient to play this game.
All in-game settings are set to high for our test runs and we test with both 0xAA and 4xAA. Transparency anti-aliasing is also manually turned on through the driver, though this is obviously only enabled when normal AA is being used in-game.
As you'd expect the GTX 260 sits just behind its big brother the GTX 280. However, the most notable thing is where it lies in relation to the equally priced ATI HD 4870. The two cards deliver almost exactly the same performance. This is a good start.
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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?