“The highest clocked GTX 280 and GTX 260 cards from XFX are evaluated. We’ll find out the highest playable gameplay settings in Crysis, Call of Duty 4, Age of Conan, and Race Driver: Grid. We highlight real-world gameplay differences between the XFX GTX 260 XXX and GTX 280 XXX Editions and find which is the best value.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- Point of View GeForce 9400 GT 1024 MB Wall-E Edition @ techPowerUp
- NVIDIA 9500 GT: Mainstream Graphics Update @ AnandTech
- ATI HD Radeon 4850 vs NVIDIA Geforce 9800 GTX @ Madshrimps
- ASUS ENGTX260 TOP @ TechARP
- ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ ZONE Edition @ TweakTown
- Leadtek GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB Extreme Video Card Review @ TheTechLounge
- BFG GeForce GTX 280 OCX @ DH
- Inno3D GeForce iChiLL 9800 GT – the coolest card in the world @ HEXUS
- Sapphire 4870 X2 @ hi-tech Reviews
- ATI Radeon HD 4870 Overclockin Guide Rev. 2.0 @ TechARP
- PowerColor PCS+ HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 – Faster Yet Cooler @ Hardware Zone
- MSI Radeon 4850 R4850-V101 @ motherboards.org
- AMD HD4870 X2 Crossfire @ t-break
- Palit Radeon HD4870X2 Videocard Review @ PCSTATS
Adult only graphics cards
XFX brands their overclocked graphics cards as XXX; but if EVGA can use FTW, then I guess it isn’t too inappropriate. Both the 260 and the 280 models are available, and [H]ard|OCP benchmarked them on a system with a QX9770 overclocked to 3.6GHz. They even managed to get a bit of an overclock out of these factory overclocked cards, which may put a sparkle in the eyes of some enthusiasts. Drop by to see how they stack up against the HD4870 and HD4780 X2.