55nm GTX285 Climbs to Head of Single-GPU Cards
We have looked into 55nm GeForce GTX260 VGA Card, now let’s turn to 55nm GTX280. It features brand-new PCB design and enhanced default frequency. Besides, it’s been given a new brand – GeForce GTX285.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX280
Adopting P891 as reference design, GeForce GTX285 remains 10.5” length just as GTX280. And its cooler is dual-slot designed with dual DVI and S-Video output. The graphic memory carries on 1GB GDDR3, and its stream processors is 240. The frequency of GeForce GTX285 remains to be confirmed, but its performance can get up to 110% of GTX280.
We can regard GeForce GTX285 as GTX280 Overclocking Edition with less power consumption. GeForce GTX280’s Maximum Graphics Card Power is 236W, and it requires a 6-pin and a 8-pin PEG Power Connectors. However, GeForce GTX285’s power consumption has been reduced to 183W with only 2 6-pin PEG power connectors needed.
GeForce GTX285 with highest clock and lowest power consumption is undoubtedly the most powerful card in single-GPU cards, while new GeForce GTX260 arouses the most attention in middle and high-end cards’ price war. Dual-GPU GeForce GTX295 is expected to regain the crown of performance. All of these will happen in January 2009.
After unveiling details of NVIDIA new-line products, we will follow some news about AMD’s plan to fight back, such as RV775XT. (Special thanks to one of our readers who provides information)
December 11th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
This 285GTX rocks!
December 11th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Less power, less heat, more performance. Very nice.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
yeah,Keep fighting,we wan price drop of other cards XD
December 12th, 2008 at 4:59 am
Wow, 110% LOL.. maybe just 10%
December 12th, 2008 at 6:56 am
I already have about 120% the performance of a standard GTX 280 from overclocking… they musn’t be raising the speeds that much.
December 12th, 2008 at 9:23 am
EarlZ:110% of GTX280, not a 110% increase. 110%=10% increase. Capisce?
December 12th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
i want anal
December 12th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
L0L 10%! omg .. 280 in some game 50fps now with this 285 55fps .. good .. LOL
December 13th, 2008 at 9:13 am
@Bojcha: This isn’t meant to be an upgrade for people who already own a GTX 280. It’s a lower power, more efficient replacement for that card for people who have yet to move to a high end card.
December 13th, 2008 at 9:44 am
As some ppl here said something similar, they think they NEED to buy it because it’s a new model.
Weird thinking… you don’t have any> buy it… you have some > don’t waste the money… get drunk!
December 13th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Well, wait up, cuz with lower power consumption and 55nm, I think nVidia will be able to push the clocks even higher than mentioned, for core and shader clock. Memory o’course shall remain the same cuz there won’t be any change in it. I expect atleast 130% of GTX280 a.k.a. 30% increase in performance. And don’t forget, this card can then be further overclocked.
December 18th, 2008 at 3:42 am
That is NOT S-Video output, its HD-Out, since the geforce7 nvidia cards AND amd cards have a circular plug, that a dongle attaches to to give you component out AND s-video out. You can NOT plug an S-Video cable directly into that circular port!
December 18th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I’m rockin a geforce4 MX440. Don’t be jealous.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Geforce MX 420 64MB OC’d from 250/333 to 350/450. Plays Doom3 at min settings at ~15fps. Old-new rig w/7900gt got jacked. Bulding new rig next year.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
What’s the performance penalty if one were to plug the GTX285 into an old PCIx16 slot?