Legit Video Card Reviews
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 Graphics Cards by EVGA and PNY
| Manufacturer: | NVIDIA |
| Product: | GeForce GTX 280 Series Graphics Cards |
| Date: | Mon, Jun 16, 2008 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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PNY GeForce GTX 280
The PNY GeForce GTX 280 graphics card we are looking at today is part of the XLR8 series, which is performance oriented. The front of the retail box is nice and clean looking with nothing more than the model name on the front.
With the retail box seal cut, you’ll find two boxes inside along with a features card. The smaller top box contains the accessories while the larger lower container holds the graphics card along with the users guide and the driver disc.
The bundle of the PNY GeForce GTX 280 includes the quick start guide, the installation CD, a single dual-link DVI to VGA adaptor and the component video out adapter.
The PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 280 is clearly based off the reference design and was identical in every way down to the BIOS and the clock frequencies.
The rear of the graphics card doesn’t have too much in terms of things to look at, but we bet you didn’t know it is held on by ten screws until just now!
The two GeForce GTX 280 graphics cards that we just presented are as different as night and day. One uses air cooling with reference clock frequencies and the other used water cooling with overclocking settings. Let’s take a look at the test system and see how they perform!
Next Page - The Test System
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Page 1 - NVIDIA Brings The Muscle - GeForce GTX 280
Page 2 - The GeForce GTX 200 Core Page 3 - EVGA GTX 280 Hydro Copper 16 Page 4 - EVGA GeForce GTX 280 - Detailed Page 5 - PNY GeForce GTX 280 Page 6 - The Test System Page 7 - Tomb Raider: Anniversary Page 8 - Company of Heroes Page 9 - World in Conflict Page 10 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Page 11 - BioShock Page 12 - Crysis Page 13 - Call of Duty 4 Page 14 - 3DMark 2006 Page 15 - 3DMark Vantage Page 16 - Lightsmark 2007 Page 17 - Age of Conan Page 18 - Folding on NVIDIA Graphics Cards Page 19 - Temperatures Page 20 - Power Consumption and Final Thoughts |
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