BFG Tech GeForce GTX 285 OCX 1GB
BFG Tech GeForce GTX 285 OCX 1GB
Manufacturer:BFG Tech
UK Price (as reviewed):£367.99 (inc. VAT)
US Price (as reviewed):$405.99 (ex. Tax)
Core Clock: 702MHz
Shader Clock: 1,584MHz
Memory Clock: 2,664MHz (effective)
Memory: 1GB GDDR3
Warranty: Ten years (parts and labour) in Europe
Just a few short weeks ago, Nvidia launched the GeForce GTX 285 and while it’s the fastest single GPU-based graphics card we’ve ever tested, we felt that it was priced in a rather awkward manner. Nvidia set its price point at not that much less than the flagship GeForce GTX 295, which means there isn’t that much wiggle room for partners.
Nevertheless, board partners whose bread and butter is delivering factory overclocked parts have taken the GeForce GTX 285 with open arms and today we’ve got another one in the labs from BFG Technologies. The BFG Tech GeForce GTX 285 OCX is the US-based board partner’s flagship GTX 285 and it comes with some fairly impressive frequency increases as you’d normally expect from a card carrying the OCX label.
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The stream processor clock – the defining performance characteristic for the G80-derrived GPUs like GT200b – has been boosted by over 100MHz and represents a seven percent increase in shader throughput. The memory has also had a seven percent clock speed increase as well and while that doesn’t sound impressive, when you consider the raw frequencies, it really is.
The memory on this card is humming along at over 1,330MHz (2,660MHz effective), which equates to more than 170GB/sec of memory bandwidth combined with the GTX 285’s 512-bit memory bus.
As for the card itself, it is understandably a reference design card with a sticker on the heatsink shroud. Don’t let that distract you though because the cooler is effective and quiet – something that we’ve come to expect from Nvidia in recent times. Moreover, the down-sized GT200b GPU is much more frugal than the 65nm version when it comes to power consumption and heat – this is part of the reason why BFG Tech has managed to crank the memory clock so high.
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It’s worth noting that the whistling problems we encountered during our original review were still apparent on the two BFG Tech GeForce GTX 285s we’ve got (we’ll be looking at GTX 285 SLI performance very soon). According to Nvidia, the problem is only apparent on 220V mains connections and there will be a fix for this – in the form of a cable attachment – coming soon, but we don’t have an official ETA for it yet.
In the bundle, there is a DVI-to-HDMI converter, a DVI-to-VGA dongle, a single six-pin PCI-Express supplementary power connector, an HDTV breakout adapter and an S/PDIF cable. There’s also a driver CD, a quick install guide and a couple of case stickers. It’s disappointing that BFG Tech has only included the one PCIe power adapter, but we understand why these days – just about every power supply in the last four years includes at least one six-pin PCI-Express power connector.
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It also comes as no surprise to see that there’s no game bundled with the card – BFG hasn’t done that on any of its recent cards, and it chooses to instead focus on providing a better warranty for its customers.
Overall, the bundle is characteristically light and follows what we’ve come to expect from BFG Tech. That’s fine though, because the major attraction to BFG Tech’s cards is not its bundle – instead, it is the warranty.
Warranty
The company offers a ten year warranty on its products in Europe (because of EU legislation) and a lifetime warranty across the Atlantic in the USA and Canada. The only downside is that the warranty does require activating directly with BFG within 30 days of purchase in order to get the full term, otherwise you’ll just be limited to a statutory one-year warranty – that’s a fair shake in our opinion, but it’s something you need to be aware of.
In addition, BFG also offers its customers free 24/7 technical support via a free 1-800 number, (it’s a USA number, you’ll need to use SkypeOut to call it free of charge from elsewhere), or via email. The RMA process itself is all handled by UK/USA based RMA centres, so don’t worry, you won’t have to pay for a FedEx to the States should you have problems with your card.
BFG Tech also has a 100-day trade up programme, but it’s only available in the United States at the moment. We’re told that it is coming to Europe, but when, we don’t know – it’s been talked about for a long time and we haven’t had an update on progress recently. All we know is that the logistics of the programme are still being worked out for the European market.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285: post-launch pricing comparison — Graphics — News
NVIDIA has been on the charge this past fortnight with a pair of graphics cards that lead the way in terms of performance.
Last week it was the GeForce GTX 295, a £400 heavyweight that stands alone as the fastest single-board graphics card in the world.
This week it’s the GeForce GTX 285, NVIDIA’s second 55nm part and one that takes the crown of fastest single-GPU graphics card. Despite its performance credentials, though, the card launched yesterday with a whopping-great asking price of around £315 for a stock-clocked model.
Fast it may be, but when a similar-performance Radeon HD 4850 X2 can be had for just £260, we found the latest-greatest GeForce very tough to recommend. Echoing our thoughts, HEXUS.community member sleepyhead added «at that cost, you may as well go the whole hog and get a GTX295».
Furthermore, with performance leadership back in its grasp, NVIDIA’s new high-end pricing has somehow inadvertently made rival AMD offerings appear to be very good value for money.
Inflated launch-day prices for the GeForce GTX 295 are slowly-but-surely being eradicated, now let’s take a look at GeForce GTX 285 pricing and availability some 24 hours after launch.
Here’s our summary:
UK Market |
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| etailer | Product | Availability | Price (inc. VAT) |
| SCAN.co.uk | GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 285 | In stock | £321.17 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 285 | In stock | £332.67 | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 285 | In stock | £332.67 | |
| BFG GeForce GTX 285 OC | In stock | £332.67 | |
| XFX GeForce GTX 285 | In stock | £344.17 | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 285 SC | Pre-order | £355.67 | |
| BFG GeForce GTX 285 OC2 | Pre-order | £355. 67 |
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| XFX GeForce GTX 285 XXX | In stock | £367.17 | |
| XFX GeForce GTX 285 Black Edition | Pre-order | £367.36 | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 285 SSC | Pre-order | £369.15 | |
| BFG GeForce GTX 285 OCX | Pre-order | £378.67 | |
| As always, UK-based HEXUS.community discussion forum members will benefit from the SCAN2HEXUS Free Shipping initiative, which will save you a further few pounds plus also top-notch, priority customer service and technical support backed up by the SCANcare@HEXUS forum. | |||
| dabs.com | GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 285 | In stock | £315.98 |
| XFX GeForce GTX 285 | Pre-order | £306. 99 |
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| XFX GeForce GTX 285 Black Edition | Pre-order | £355.99 | |
| XFX GeForce GTX 285 XXX | Pre-order | £323.98 | |
| ebuyer.com | ZOTAC GeForce GTX 285 | In stock | £294.99 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 285 | In stock | £329.99 | |
Availability, then, is fairly widespread with generous availability from the likes of Scan, Dabs and Ebuyer.
From the three aforementioned etailers, the cheapest in-stock offering is Zotac’s GeForce GTX 285, available from Ebuyer.com at a cost of £294.99. Readers should note, however, that the lowest GeForce GTX 285 price is still some £20 more than a pre-overclocked GeForce GTX 280 — a card that’s likely to offer similar performance.
Overclocked models range in price from around £320 all the way up to the dizzy heights of £380.
Far too close to the performance-leading GeForce GTX 295, and making very little sense, we feel.
While availability looks good, and prices appear to be edging down to £300 or less, it remains hard to ignore the cheaper alternatives — namely the Radeon HD 4850 X2 for £260 and the overclocked GeForce GTX 280 for £275.
Moving on, how about pricing in the rest of Europe and the US? Head on over to Page 2 for an up-to-date comparison.
Video card BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 OCX 1GB GDDR3 Rev.B Retail BFGRGTX2851024O
Product code:
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- Info BFG Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 OCX 1GB GDDR3 Rev.B Retail BFGRGTX2851024OCXBE
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Model:
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Virobnik code:
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Short description:
Core: 702MHz, RAMDAC: 400MHz, Memory: 1024MB, GDDR3, 2664MHz, 512bit
| General characteristics | |
| Video card type | office/gaming |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 |
| Connection type | PCI-E |
PCI Express 2. 0 support |
yes |
| GPU code name | GT200 |
| Process | 0.055 µm |
| Number of monitors supported | 2 |
| Maximum resolution | 2560×1600 |
| Connection | |
| Connectors | 2xDVI, TV-out, YPrPb, HDCP support |
| Additional features | |
| Need for additional power | yes |
| Specifications | |
| GPU frequency | 702 MHz |
| Video memory size | 1024 Mb |
| Video memory type | GDDR3 |
| Video memory frequency | 2664 MHz |
| Video memory bus width | 512 bit |
| RAMDAC frequency | 400 MHz |
| SLI/CrossFire support | yes |
| 3-Way SLI support | yes |
| Math block | |
| Maximum number of pixel/vertex pipelines | 240/240 |
| Pixel/vertex shader versions | 4. 0/4.0 |
| Maximum number of texture units per pixel pipeline | 1 |
| Maximum anisotropic filtering | 16x |
| Maximum grade FSAA | 16x |
| Standards support | DirectX 10.0, OpenGL 2.1 |
GeForce GTX 285 video card [in 1 benchmark]
NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 285
- PCIe 2.0 x16 interface
- Core clock 648MHz
- Video memory size 1 GB
- Memory type GDDR3
- Memory frequency 1242MHz
- Maximum resolution
Description
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 285 sales on December 23, 2008 at a suggested price of $359.
This is a desktop video card based on Tesla 2.0 architecture and 55 nm manufacturing process, primarily designed for office use. It has 1 GB of GDDR3 memory at 1.24 GHz, and coupled with a 512-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 159.0 Gb/s.
In terms of compatibility, this is a dual-slot PCIe 2.0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 26.7 cm. An additional 2x 6-pin power cable is required for connection, and the power consumption is 204 watts.
It provides poor performance in tests and games at the level of
3.92%
from the leader, which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
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General Information
Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of the GeForce GTX 285, as well as when sales started and cost at that time.
| Performance ranking | 606 | |
| Value for money | ||
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007-2013) | |
| GPU | 9023 8 GT200B | |
| Type | Desktop | |
| December 23, 2008 (14 years ago) | ||
| Exit price | 359$ | |
| Price now | $158 (0.4x) | of 158889 (A100 PCIe) |
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Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher the better.
Features
GeForce GTX 285’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak about GeForce GTX 285’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Number of stream processors | 240 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| 240 | ||
| Core frequency | 648 MHz | out of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 1.400M | |
| Process | 55 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| 204 W | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) | |
| Max Temp | 105°C | |
| Texturing Speed | 90 238 51.8 billion/sec | out of 969.9 (h200 SXM5 96 GB) |
| 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility and dimensions
Information on GeForce GTX 285 compatibility with other computer components.
Useful for example when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one. For desktop video cards, these are the interface and connection bus (compatibility with the motherboard), the physical dimensions of the video card (compatibility with the motherboard and case), additional power connectors (compatibility with the power supply).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 902 38 26.7 cm | |
| Height | 11.1 cm | |
| Thickness | 2 slots | |
| Additional power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 9003 4 |
| SLI support | + |
RAM
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 285 — type, size, bus, frequency and bandwidth.
For video cards built into the processor that do not have their own memory, a shared part of the RAM is used.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum memory | 1 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 512 bit 9 0239 | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock | 1242MHz | out of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory Bandwidth | 159.0 Gbps 90 034 | from 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 285. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for laptop ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| Video connectors | HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI | |
| Multi-monitor support | ||
| HDMI | + | |
| Maximum resolution via VGA | 2048×1536 | |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF |
Technology
Technology solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 285 are listed here.
You will need this information if your graphics card is required to support specific technologies.
| High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) | 128bit |
API 9 support 0219
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 285, including their versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | ||
| Shader model | |||
| OpenGL | 2.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)) | |
| OpenCL | 1.1 9 0034 | ||
| Vulkan | N/A CUDA | + |
Benchmark tests
These are the results of GeForce GTX 285 rendering performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest video card at the moment.
Overall benchmark performance
This is our overall performance rating. We regularly improve our algorithms, but if you find any inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in the comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
GTX 285
3.92
Passmark
This is a very common benchmark included in the Passmark PerformanceTest package. He gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation by running four separate tests for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the latter is done in 4K resolution if possible), and a few more tests using DirectCompute.
Benchmark coverage: 24%
GTX 285
1540
GeForce GTX 285 in games
FPS in popular games on the GeForce GTX 285, as well as compliance with system requirements. Remember that the official requirements of the developers do not always match the data of real tests.
Relative performance
Overall GeForce GTX 285 performance compared to its nearest desktop competitor.
AMD Radeon HD 6790
104.34
AMD Oland
102.81
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake)
101.79
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
99.74
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
99.49
ATI Radeon HD 4890
98.21
Competitor from AMD
We believe that the closest equivalent to GeForce GTX 285 from AMD is Radeon HD 4890, which is slower by 2% on average and lower by 4 positions in our rating.
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Here are some of AMD’s nearest GeForce GTX 285 competitors:
AMD Radeon R7 M465X
105.36
AMD Radeon HD 6790
104.34
AMD Oland
102.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
100
ATI Radeon HD 4890
98.21
AMD Radeon 550X
95.15
ATI Radeon HD 4870
90.05
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firestream
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Recommended processors
According to our statistics, these processors are most often used with the GeForce GTX 285.
Core 2
Quad Q9550
4.6%
Core i3
2120
3.