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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 3-Way SLI Graphics Review

The SLI technology from NVIDIA has come a long way, with modern day games it isn't plagued with the same issues that we saw only months ago. Does this mean that 3-way SLI is the best option? No, not really. But SLI is a great option and manages to offer some serious power. And two things have made SLI good today, though one is that their drivers have become better and better with every release. NVIDIA deserve a good pat on the back for that. The other is thanks to Intel who has implemented SLI into the X58 chipset. This actually paid of just the last months and has made a big impact on their sales and performance.

It was good to see that NVIDIA learnt to swallow its pride and realize that the best thing for them and their technology was to let Intel implement SLI into their chipsets. Though while now there's some serious performance on offer, there still continues to be a huge list of cons to a setup like this. And price is one of the biggest and the other thing is that unless your CPU is clocked high, be it by overclocking or buying a top of the line Core i7 you're just not going to get the performance that you should be getting out of the setup. But that is also why the X58 platform is so great combined with those excellent new quad cores.

Then there is of course the heat that comes out the back of your case which is simply huge and in a small area you're really going to be feeling it. We also have some serious power getting sucked up, meaning a decent power supply is a real must. And sure, the list of cons are big, though if you look at the pros such as performance, more performance and then a little bit more performance again, it's not hard to accept a 3-way SLI setup with open arms, because as mentioned it offers great performance. In the end that is what it is all about and why the 3-way SLI is designed to enhance the gaming performance to a next level.

As a quick reminder, this GeForce GTX 285 graphics card sells for around $399 at Newegg. This is a good, stable and very fast setup that's going to cost a small fortune really. However the thing is though, when you have the money, want the power and just love gaming, you are not going to be disappointed!