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Review: NVIDIA (GIGABYTE) GeForce GTX 285 - another high-end contender

by Parm Mann on 15 January 2009, 14:00 3.4

Tags: GV-N285-1GH-B, Gigabyte (TPE:2376), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), PC

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 295Inno3D GeForce GTX 280Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 OCGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 285Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2Sapphire Radeon HD 4870Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
133.87104.8395.4113.47100.8384.27110.07


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 295Inno3D GeForce GTX 280Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 OCGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 285Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2Sapphire Radeon HD 4870Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
127.4387.9379.3396.079071.13102.97


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
BFG GeForce GTX 295Inno3D GeForce GTX 280Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 OCGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 285Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2Sapphire Radeon HD 4870Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
91.4756.7750.762.2361.245.374.43


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars paints a similar picture. At 1,920x1,200, the GeForce GTX 285 is closing in on the AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2. Once again, the dual-GPU solutions come into their own at ultra-high resolutions.

Readers on a budget should note, however, that framerate domination isn't always essential. The GeForce GTX 285 is quick, but cheaper cards such as the Radeon HD 4870 provide perfectly-playable frame rates in full-HD.