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— Gigantic 1G memory on board.

— PCI Express 2.0 support.

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ASUS GeForce GTX 280. Graphics processor: GeForce GTX 280, Processor frequency: 602 MHz. Discrete graphics card memory: 1 GB, Graphics card memory type: GDDR3, Memory bus: 512 bit, Memory clock speed: 2214 MHz. Maximum resolution: 2560 x 1600 pixels. DirectX version: 10, OpenGL version: 2.1, Dual Link DVI. Interface type: PCI Express 2.0. Cooling type: Active

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GeForce GTX 280 Review, and Why Everyone Should Care

NVIDIA is releasing two new high-end graphics cards called GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 (official photo gallery), both are part of the GTX 200 Series. The timing is perfect: it will allow the NVIDIA to sweep contracts for the second half of the year. In the GPU world, performance is the name of the game, and this is not a small update. Engineers have improved many aspects of the GPU, increasing efficiency and performance wherever they could, in addition of adding raw processing power by integrating more 240 stream processors* (versus 128 previously) along with additional internal memory and to optimize performance. Let’s cut to the chase: here is the minimum that you should know about the GTX 200 Series:

Highlights

• The fastest single-GPU card
• 240 Stream processors (1.3Ghz, GTX 280)
• 1GB of Memory
• 60% less idle power
• N-SLI supported (limited only by the motherboard and chassis)
• 2 Dual-Link DVI (think two 30″ displays)
• Requires a 6-pin and an 8-pin PCI-E power connectors
• Not DX 10.1

The Board

Not surprisingly, the board is big and if you look at our photo gallery, you will see that it barely fits in my Cooler Master Wave case. You will need a good power supply (“PSU”, $100-$300 depending on models) to power it. I chose a Cooler Master 750W, but what’s important is that you have one 8-pin PCI-E and one 6-pin PCI-E power connectors. Although a 750W PSU would be a better choice, it should run with a 500W PSU (depending on what else is in the PC) but in any case, get one that has a 120mm (or larger) fan, because it is quieter. In my setup, the only issue that I have is that the PCI-E connectors are sticking out, making it hard to close the case.

Graphics Performance

Yes, it outperforms the Radeon HD 3870 X2 by a good margin (about 2x in 3DMark Vantage and 1.5x in Unreal Tournament 3) in high-resolution with the best image quality. That is because in these conditions, the GTX 280 can use its massive bandwidth. However, the difference could be less dramatic when using lower-resolutions or lesser quality settings (filtering, anti-aliasing…). I’ll spare you the 12-page review filled with benchmarks, (but we’ll be adding pointers to some at the bottom of this review later).

The point is: it’s the fastest single-GPU solution out there.

HPC: Badaboom Review (H.264 Encoder)

BadaBOOM from Elemental Technologies is an Windows Vista application that converts a video file from one of many formats to H.264, using the stream processors of the GPU to perform High-Performance Computing (HPC). BadaBOOM converts a media file (audio, video) an order of magnitude faster than a CPU-driven converter. We have seen it convert to H.264 at about 120 frames per seconds using a good to very good quality setting. Anyone who has compressed video files knows that this is uber-fast!

High-Performance Computing isn’t new: this is the second generation of GPUs with a computing-friendly architecture (the first one being the GeForce 8 Series). However, this is the first time that anyone with an MP3 player, a camescope or a PC TV recorder could find a GPU to be really useful (for something other than games or scientific apps). Needless to say that YouTube and the likes should jump on the bandwagon. Designers will be pleased to learn that Adobe is already working on a GPU accelerated version of Premiere. Hopefully Photoshop will get the HPC treatment too.

Conclusion

The GeForce GTX 200 Series is technically impressive. Today, it simply has the best single-GPU performance and the best architectural efficiency. However, the real star is the fact that High-Performance Computing is going mainstream. In time, even low-end graphics processors will have enough processing power to outperform a high-end, many-core CPU in specific tasks such as video compression. Heck, some people are even looking at performing virus pattern matching using the GPU! In cold cash, this means that a $50 or $100 upgrade towards a GPU could yield a gigantic boost in perceived performance, making the GPU even more relevant to have a computer. HPC works on all GeForce 8 GPUs (and beyond).

As always, if you have some questions, please drop a comment, I’ll try to reply while I have the board installed.

*Note that NVIDIA, Intel and AMD all have different definition for what”cores” and “stream processors” are, so they are not directly comparable.

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Review, testing of the video card ASUS GeForce GTX 280 TOP.

Introduction.
In this review, one of the top video cards at the moment will be presented to your attention. Not only is it based on the new NVIDIA GTX 280 chip, it is also a TOP modification from ASUS, which means higher nominal frequencies.

I can’t boast that such video cards as ASUS GeForce GTX 280 TOP often fall into my hands — far from it, but it happens a couple of times a month. A potential buyer is often scared away by the price of this video card (ASUS GeForce GTX 280 TOP) — $630.
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Complete.

The video card comes in a standard big green box with a picture of a female knight and key features.

The box contained:

1. Video card.

2. Instruction.

3. Driver disk.

4. Software CD.

5. DVI-to-VGA adapter.

6. Power adapter 6 pin.

7. TV-out-to-HDTV adapter.
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9. Leather disc case.

The last two points made me happy, if we already meet a disc case in many boxes, then here is a leather rug — so far for the first time.

Specifications.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX280

-GPU: GeForce GTX 280 (GT200)

— Interface: PCI-Express x16

— GPU operating frequencies (ROPs/Shaders): 600/1300 MHz (nominal — 600/1300 MHz)
nine0005 — Memory frequencies (physical (effective)): 1100 (2200) MHz (nominal — 1100 (2200) MHz)

— Memory exchange bus width: 512bit

— Number of universal processors: 240

— Number of texture processors: 80 (BLF/TLF)

— Number of ROPs: 32

— Dimensions: 270x100x33 mm (the last value is the maximum thickness of the video card).

— Textolite color: black

— Support: SLI, 3-Way SLI

This video card has higher frequencies:
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2. On memory 2430 Mhz.

3. Shader unit 1460Mhz.

Card temperature rating.

Given the rather high power consumption of the card, the results are very good.

Test configuration.
1. Core Quad Q9450.

2. GA-EP45C-DS3.

3. 2x2GB Hynix Original DDR-800.

Tests in which the system participated:
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2. World in Conflict.

3. 3Dmark 06.

1. Crysis.

The tests clearly show that the single-chip solution is not far behind the previous two-chip solution. But increasing the frequencies gives a solid increase in performance.

2. World in Conflict.

In this new game, we see the unconditional leadership of the discussed card.

3. 3Dmark 06.

And here is a synthetic test on the side of a two-chip solution of the previous generation.

Conclusion:
As you can see, it is quite difficult to decide what to take if you have $600. On the one hand, the cheaper dual-chip GF9800GX2 often performs better in games that support dual-chip solutions. On the other hand, the new GTX 280 performs effectively in all games, but sometimes shows slightly lower results.
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Maximum anisotropic filtering CUDA support yes, version 1. 3 Additional power required yes * Check with the seller for exact specifications. Reviews of ASUS GeForce GTX 280 670Mhz PCI-E 2.0 1024Mb 2430Mhz 512 bit 2xDVI TV HDCP YPrPb I bought it after gtx260, zero difference, I don’t even know why… So everything is normal, the power for which she 6 + 8 pin is not clear at all … ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 1650 1410MHz PCI-E 3.0 4096MB 12000MHz 128 bit 2xHDMI 2xDisplayPort HDCP Strix Gaming 17604 ₽ ASUS DUAL GeForce RTX 3070 1725MHz PCI-E 4.0 8192MB 14000MHz 256 bit 2xHDMI 3xDisplayPort HDCP 68170 ₽ ASUS DUAL Radeon RX 5700 XT 1795MHz PCI-E 4.0 8192MB 14000MHz 256 bit HDMI 3xDisplayPort HDCP EVO OC 107740 ₽ ASUS DUAL GeForce GTX 1660 1500MHz PCI-E 3.