Testing Configuration and 3DMark Vantaqe
System Setup and Comparisons
For my testing I put the new BFG and ASUS GTX 285 cards up against an aging BFG GTX 280 OC card, an overclocked GTX 260+ as well as the Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB card – a bit outside the price range of the new GTX 285 but you can use that data point to compare it with the single HD 4870 or GTX 295 as well.
UPDATE: BFG apparently has had some issues with yields at these speeds and we got an email THIS MORNING that the clocks were being pulled back on the OCX model. The new clocks will be 702 MHz/1584 MHz/1332 MHz, respectively. The changes shouldn’t result in too dramatic a shift in the performance numbers we are showing you in this piece though.
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
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Motherboards |
EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard – NVIDIA GPUs
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Memory |
OCZ Technology 2 x 2GB DDR-1333
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Hard Drive |
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Sound Card |
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value |
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Video Card |
BFG GeForce GTX 285 OCX 1GB
ASUS ENGTX275 TOP 1GB BFG GeForce GTX 280 OC 1GB AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA Forceware 181.20 Beta
AMD Catalyst HD 8.12 Beta |
| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling 1000 watt |
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DirectX Version |
DX10
/ DX9c
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit |
- Crysis
- Far Cry 2
- 3DMark Vantage
Interestingly, as the resolution increases, the new GTX 285 cards look better and better when compared to the GTX 280. The BFG model is about 18% faster at the Extreme preset than the original, but still overclocked, GTX 280 card.
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Thank you for such a
Thank you for such a comprehensive review! I was having a headache trying to find a graphics card to replace the one that burnt out in my old PC, and for someone who doesn’t know a thing about how such things work this was a hell of a good read. Now, time to find reviews for a new printer too!
Simon
With so many graphics cards
With so many graphics cards and drivers coming from Nvidia and Radeon at such a fast rate, it can be hard to keep up with all the changes and updates. It is even harder to decide whether to change to the newer one because of compatibility issues. I think your review really helped me a lot. Thanks!
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