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The latest NVIDIA graphics card on the graphics market right now is the GeForce GTX 275. Like all other GeForce GTX 200 series cards it is based on the 55nm based GT200 chipset. While it doesn't bring anything new technology wise. It still has interesting specs, it is basically half a GeForce GTX 295 video board running at 633MHz speeds. Cause that is really what it is when you are simply looking at the GPU specs and the board details. Though you can see it as a GeForce GTX 285 edition with a 448-bit memory interface, or in fact you could also see it as a GeForce GTX 260 with 240 shaders and higher clocks. And really you can see it as a special version in between which was the whole idea. - techPowerUp Inno3D GeForce GTX 275 OC 896MB Graphics Review
Inno3D's package uses metal highlights and a pretty lady to catch your attention. All the important product features can be found on the front of the package. The design looks a bit too stickery to us, but works very well. Apart from the sticker the card looks like any other GeForce GTX 200 series card. It uses two cooling slots as expected. Unlike the Zotac version, the Inno3D GeForce GTX 275 uses a green PCB. These graphics cards has two DVI ports, the most common output configuration today. If you want to use the card with your big TV screen you can use the included HDMI adapter and the gold plated connectors are a nice touch. You may combine two or three GeForce GTX 275 video cards in SLI for improved performance or better image quality. The cooler of the GeForce GTX 275 is just identical to that on the GeForce GTX 285 and as such should do quite well. Two 6-pin power connectors are present on the video board, and both are required for operation of the graphics card. Now according to Inno3D their GeForce GTX 275 OverClock version will be available at approximately $240 however it might vary according some to the region. Even though there are no fundamental architecture improvements, the Inno3D GeForce GTX 275 does not disappoint. On average it outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 285. If that is still not enough performance somehow, you could do some additional overclocking for even more performance. Hardcore overclockers might be a bit disappointed by the use of a non Volterra voltage regulator which means that there is no software control for the GPU voltage. The only drawback of this board is that the fan is ramping up to be quite noisy under load. Unfortunately it seems that there is no way around this with the stock cooler since even at this high fan speed the card is running at around 90°C with no room left for optimizations. Since Inno3D has been working with Arctic Cooling in the past, we do have high hopes that we will see an iChill cooled version of their GeForce GTX 275 board soon. That might be the better option for this new graphics version, and will keep the GeForce GTX 275 running cool and more silent going from their previous iChill products. So we are somehow looking forward to the future.
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