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XFX 285 GTX 1GB Review - NVIDIA GTX 285 1GB tested

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Written by Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq
Wednesday, 18 February 2009

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Recently NVIDIA released their new core named GT200 and the GeForce GTX 260 and GeFroce GTX 280 cards based on it. The core is manufactured by the 65nm process unlike AMD ones that are for quite a while now made by the 55nm process. Now NVIDIA released GT200b, or in other words the old GT200 core only with smaller size, that generates less heat, consuming less power and capable of higher frequencies. Withe it there are two cards available - GeForce GTX 295 1792MB and GeForce GTX 285 1024MB, and while the first one is more or less just two GTX 260 with slight upgrades on a single board in SLI mode, the second - GTX 285 is the improved variant of the former NVIDIA top model - GTX 280. And now we must find is the GTX 285 worth its price, by testing the XFX GTX 285 1024MB.

As we cleared it up in the MSI N295GTX - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB review, GT200b is nothing more than GT200 with smaller transistors. So this is where we say that in essentially GeForce GTX 285 is GeForce GTX 280 with roughly 10% frequency raise, altered PCB and and slightly altered cooler. That of course in no way prevents manufacturers from attempting to make you think you're buying the newest revolutionary PC gaming product, by using използвайки alluring boxes with appealing black and green colours as proof of this! Oh, wait... that's how XFX cards always look like. :)

**Specifications if the last video card generation from AMD and NVIDIA**
Model	GeForce 9800 GT	Radeon HD 4850	GeForce 9800 GTX	GeForce 8800 GTX	GeForce GTX 260	Radeon HD 4870	GeForce GTX 280	Radeon HD 4870 X2	GeForce GTX 285	XFX GTX 285	GeForce GTX 295
Shaders	112	800	128	128	192	800	240	2x 800	240	240	2x 240
Rasterizing operators (ROPs)	16	16	16	24	28	16	32	2x 16	32	32	2x 28
Core model	G92	RV770	G92	G80	GT200	RV770	GT200	2x RV770	GT200b	GT200b	2x GT200b
Transistors in the core (millions)	754M	956M	754M	681M	1400M	956M	1400M	2x 956M	1400M	1400M	2x 1400M
Memory capacity	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	768 MB	896 MB	512 MB	1024 MB	2x 1024 MB	1024 MB	1024 MB	2x 896 MB
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	384 bit	448 bit	256 bit	512 bit	2x 256 bit	512 bit	512 bit	2x 448 bit
Core frequency	600 MHz	625 MHz	675 MHz	575 MHz	576 MHz	750 MHz	602 MHz	750 MHz	648 MHz	648 MHz	576 MHz	576 MHz
Memory frequency	900 MHz	993 MHz	1100 MHz	900 MHz	999 MHz	900 MHz	1107 MHz	900 MHz	1242 MHz	1242 MHz	999 MHz
Price	$120	$140	$160	$220	$240	$200	$330	$430	$400	$380	$500

As you can see from the table, XFX GTX 285 is identical to the referent NVIDIA model in each and every way. The price of the referent GTX 285 however is not one directly provided by NVIDIA, we were only able to find manufacturers that offer their cards at about it (485$). Most cards based on NVIDIA GeFroce GTX 285 1024MB though are sold for about 520$ especially the ones of well established brad names. And XFX usually tend to cost additional 5-10% more than rival products, so nothing unusual her. And now before we get to the more serious part of the review, the tests and results part that is, we'll get a quick look at the card and see whether it's fair for it to be so pricey.

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