EVGA
HEXUS covered
NVIDIA's
GeForce GTX 285 since it was launched two weeks ago.
Following on from that, we took a look at an overclocked card from
Inno3D,
but surmised that GeForce GTX 285 pricing, currently
between £310 and £375, was too
close to the
range-topping
dual-GPU
GeForce GTX 295 for it to be a real contender in the high-end
space.
Still, that hasn't stopped NVIDIA's partners engaging in case of
one-upmanship, with EVGA now releasing the GeForce GTX 285 FTW (For The
Win), clocked in at 722MHz core, 1,670MHz shader, and a blistering
2,772MHz memory, made possible by the use of some tasty 0.8ns RAM. It
compares favourably with the stock frequencies of 648/1,476/2,484MHz,
but the obvious thorn in the side will be price, which'll be
around £380, including VAT, going on current EVGA
pricing of GTX 285s.
Now, it doesn't need a rocket scientist to tell you that it won't beat
out the twin-GPU monster in benchmarks, and then we wonder what the
real point is when this end of the market is all about performance. US
customers get a slightly easier financial ride, with the card available
for around $449, or $50 less than the GTX 295.
Exacerbating the problem is that pre-overclocked GeForce GTX 280s,
ostensibly the same GPU underneath, but not quite as fast, can be
purchased for
around £260, and Sapphire's ever-recommended Radeon
HD 4850 X2 2GB
is also a good bet at £250.
Still, if you're adamant that a high-end GeForce GTX 285 is exactly the
card you want, EVGA's is the fastest air-cooled one we've come across.
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More importantly, the dual GPU solution doesnt count as crossfire I believe, so you can easily add 2 4850x2's together.
I believe it's because the internal crossfire is driver-based and therefore transparent to the system. Besides which, ATIs CrossfireX supports 4-GPU crossfire anyway. The point of 4850X2 + 4850 is that it would roll in at around £370 - £390 and be a direct price comparison to high end GTX285 and 295s...
I did wonder briefly whether it would be possible to chain 2 4850X2s and a vanilla 4850 together for 5 GPU action, but I suspect the drivers may have something to say about it :censored:Quote
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