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Written by Nebojsa Todorovic
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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| nVIDIA |
GeForce GTX 280 |
GeForce 9800GTX
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| GPU |
GTX280 |
G92 |
| Fabrication Process (nm) |
65 |
65 |
| N° Transistors (billion) |
1.4 |
0.754 |
| GPU Clock (MHz) |
602 |
675 |
| Shader Processors Clock (MHz |
1296 |
1688 |
| Shader Processors |
240 |
128 |
| Memory |
GDDR3 |
GDDR3 |
| Memory Clock (MHz) |
2214 |
2200 |
| Memory Bus (bit) |
521 |
256 |
| Memory Size (GB) |
1 |
0.5 |
| Memory Bandwidith (GB/s) |
141.7 |
70.4 |
| ROP |
32 |
16 |
| Texture Filtering Units |
80 |
64 |
| HDCP Support |
Yes |
Yes |
| HDMI Support |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bus Technology |
PCI-Express 2.0 |
PCI-Express 2.0 |
| Power Connectors |
1x8pin +1x6pin |
2x6pin |
| Max Board Power (W) |
236 |
168 |
| 1280x1024 |
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1680x1050 |
| 3DMark05 |
21065 |
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3DMark05 |
20571 |
3DMark06 [Final Score/SM2.0/SM 3.0/CPU Score]
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17515 / 7134 / 7647 / 5421 |
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3DMark06 [Final Score/SM2.0/SM 3.0/CPU Score]
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16669 / 6822 / 7070 / 5434 |
| FEAR |
74 / 148 / 352 |
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FEAR |
48 / 133 / 271 |
| PREY |
574,0 |
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PREY |
259.2 |
| Crysis |
53,4 |
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Crysis |
42,1 |
| Unreal Tournament 3 |
175,4 |
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Unreal Tournament 3 |
154.1 |
| Call Of Duty 4 |
90,5 |
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Call Of Duty 4 |
88.1 |
| World in Conflict |
28 / 60 / 131 |
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World in Conflict |
27 / 59 / 130 |
| Call of Juarez |
106,6 |
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Call of Juarez |
90.6 |
| Company of Heroes |
106 / 228 / 449 |
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Company of Heroes |
89 / 194 / 407 |
| Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions [Snow / Cave] |
99,4 / 106,4 |
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Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions [Snow / Cave] |
79,6 / 100,8 |
1280x1024 4xAA + 16xAF
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1680x1050 4xAA + 16xAF |
| 3DMark05 |
19660 |
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3DMark05
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18874 |
3DMark06 [Final Score/SM2.0/SM 3.0/CPU Score]
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14426 / 6019 / 5653 / 5429 |
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3DMark06 [Final Score/SM2.0/SM 3.0/CPU Score]
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13080 / 5483 / 4915 / 5429 |
| FEAR |
60 / 119 / 243 |
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FEAR |
48 / 92 / 180 |
| PREY |
240.4 |
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PREY |
216.3 |
| Crysis |
46.5 |
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Crysis |
36.4 |
| Unreal Tournament 3 |
129.4 |
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Unreal Tournament 3 |
111.7 |
| Call Of Duty 4 |
87.5 |
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Call Of Duty 4 |
82.1 |
| World in Conflict |
28 / 58 / 126 |
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World in Conflict |
27 / 55 / 127 |
| Call of Juarez |
83.1 |
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Call of Juarez |
69.5 |
| Company of Heroes |
102 / 203 / 428 |
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Company of Heroes |
90 / 179 / 433 |
| Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions [Snow / Cave] |
86,1 / 105,0 |
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Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions [Snow / Cave] |
68,3 / 94,6 |
Conclusion
When it comes to performances nVIDIA is once again „the king of the hill“. Every game we tried was playable even at largest resolutions like 2560x1560 with AA and AF. Everything except of course, Crysis which couldn’t run perfectly smoth on maximum resolution with AA and AF enabled. But every other game isn’t a problem for GTX280. The final verdict for this card is simple: it’s new, it’s no doubt the best SingleGPU card today, and it will satisfy even the most hardcore gamers for whom this card is intended for. You are probably wondering when will we explain the part with G70 and 71? Well, if you want the best graphics card right now, and you have enough money (around 550€) you should go and buy nVIDIA GeForce GTX280. If you are one of those who will find this product to expensive and wont buy it just because of that (despite you actualy can) rest assured that nVIDIA GeForce GTX280 is geat product. Of course you can always wait for „G71“ (as it was case with G70) version of GTX280 that will be produced in smaller production process, with less power consumption and lower price.
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