We have with us an ASUS special edition series video card that is equipped with a large heatsink for better performance but also better overclocking capabilities. ASUS presents the GeForce 9800 GTX+ Dark Knight TOP edition card ready to rumble on the PC. And in fact ASUS has released several GeForce 9800 GTX+ versions and this time they have combined their TOP edition with the more silent Dark Knight version. That give us a mix between quiet though overclocked, which is actually a nice twist from ASUS to bring to these GeForce 9 series graphics cards. And although we all thought this refresh GTX+ wouldn't have been a real success the variations being released just beg to differ. - t-break
Well we have has just released a new version of NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor) software. NiBiTor is the original and definitive BIOS tweaker that supports the latest NVIDIA graphics cards, and which is updated on a regular basis. NiBiTor allows graphics card enthusiasts, or the hardcore overclockers to have full control over some advanced features and functionality found on firmware of supporting cards. And doing so users gain some extra performance, enable certain hidden features, tweaking memory latencies, provide extensive information, adapt bootup settings, changing fan speed options and/or get extra stability on their NVIDIA based graphics accelerators which will just give them that little extra value.
Just a few short weeks ago, NVIDIA launched their 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 their flagship GeForce GTX 295, which means there isn't that much wiggle room for its partners. Nevertheless, board partners whose bread and butter is delivering factory overclocked parts have taken the GeForce GTX 285 cards with open arms. The BFG GeForce GTX 285 OCX is the US based board partner's flagship and it comes with some fairly impressive frequency increases as you'd normally expect from a card carrying the OCX label. - Bit-Tech
Recently we have been checking some pretty high-end graphics cards, and while it's all well and good checking out the $149 plus fair, the real money is made for the manufacturers in the budget, to mid range cards. So, if you are looking at the current generation of ATI's GPU's, and anything smells like high-end is too much for you, perhaps the Radeon HD 4670 from HIS is up your street. And it wouldn't be a bad choice either cause it does have some great features at a decent price tag. Of course it all depends what you are looking for and you can't assume top performance, but can easily settle for what it can deliver. But in the end that is all up to each of you to make that decision depending on your budget. - XSReviews
Sapphire have shocked the world with the explosive performance of the Radeon HD 4870 X2 last year. This board still stands uncontested as one of the fastest Radeon based card on the market, and Sapphire have tried to make the fastest, even faster. Sapphire has unveiled their latest graphics board, a limited edition, factory overclocked version of the Radeon HD 4870 X2 with built-in water cooling which has been released within their exclusive Atomic range. Remember, not many graphics card manufacturers include water cooling with their cards. Only BFG, who is specialized in NVIDIA based cards, have come close but not close enough with their GeForce GTX 280 fitted with a water block. - CPU3D
Considering how long it took to get our first high-end graphics card samples, it's interesting that they are now one of our most often reviewed pieces of hardware. Not to be the exception to the rule is our recently acquired GeForce 9800 GT from XFX. The smaller brother of the more well known GTX branding, the GT saw excellent sales during these GeForce 8 series for it's high-end performance, with lower end price tag. And this time it is back for another refresher on gaming performance, but also with a again a lower price but that is about it, as the clock settings have not changed since. If that will let it reign again is doubtful but it will certainly do well in most current games, but also upcoming titles. - XSReviews
Since the market is currently concentrated on the high-end cards and the never ending struggle over the top performance throne, we decided to shift our attention to a board that will not cost you an arm and a leg, ATI's mid-range Radeon HD 4670. Now ATI's Radeon HD 4670 is comparable to NVIDIA's GeForce 9500 GT, and back when it was launched, the Radeon HD 4670 card literally buried the GeForce 9500 GT. Today we decided to take a look at Club3D's non reference Radeon HD 4670 card that has a dual slot cooling solution which should make this card much less noisy, and of course cooler than the reference board which we tested before. That alone is already a great added value - FudZilla
The GeForce GTX 285 is the most powerful single GPU card, and EVGA's SSC edition is already established among the top GeForce GTX 285 graphics cards, and only the recently announced FTW version ends up faster. The card's clocks are much higher than reference, resulting in better performance of course, but it also comes at a high price. You can always find cards cheaper than EVGA's top models, but don't expect them to match EVGA's performance or warranty. The best, crème of the crop chips are chosen to run SSC cards, and these cards run at higher speeds and end up having a longer life than other cards overclocked to these speeds. Still, we don't expect you to simply take our word for it. - FudZilla
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 is currently the fastest single chip graphics card around. It was just launched on 15th of January this year, and the launch was particularly interesting since many partners already had their overclock versions of the cards. We have seen that the GeForce GTX 285 is faster than the previous GeForce GTX 280, which is a direct result of the 46MHz overclock, and the card now runs at 648MHz. With the 55nm manufacturing process in motion, NVIDIA was encouraged to overclock their cards as the aforementioned process results in a die shrink. And which in turn, results in better thermal properties and lower power consumption, and that is benefical to the overall performance. - FudZilla
Unlike their GeForce GTX 295 we can install three of the GeForce GTX 285 cards into a compatible system and what you essentially end up with is three cores. And while this is less cores than just a quad SLI based GeForce GTX 295 setup which only offers two cards but a grand total of four GPU's, the performance on a GeForce GTX 285 is superior to a single core on the GeForce GTX 295. With the help of Inno3D, ASUS and Gigabyte, today we will be having a look at how a 3-way SLI setup performs and what kind of performance improvements we get as we slot in not only a second card, but a third. Looking over at Newegg, you can pick up the GeForce GTX 285 card for $399 at the moment. - TweakTown
The crisis that hit the world economy has major influence at IT industry. NVIDIA announced losses in range from 40-50% compared to previous quarter and lot of other companies are firing employees as response on the incoming troubles. Nevertheless there are companies that are not influenced too much by all this and one of them is ATI. Since the launch of their Radeon HD 4800 series, ATI managed not only to regain its feet, but also to kick back and since that moment ATI didn't make a bad move what so ever. Last two moves were price drops on the Radeon HD 4870 as reaction towards NVIDIA models and replacement of the Radeon HD 3850 models, to regain some more market share. - InsideHW
GLY GTX275 (OC) PCIe 0896MB - Rev 01
