NVIDIA released their GeForce GTX 295 earlier this year which had two GT200 cores on the same graphics card. And when ATI released their Radeon HD 4890, NVIDIA decided to compete with the GeForce GTX 275 which is based on one of the chipsets used in the GeForce GTX 295 dual GPU based graphics card. This brings us the advantage of 240 stream processors combined with the memory architecture of their GeForce GTX 260 improving performance while costing less than the GeForce GTX 285 version. Somehow this is a rather special product due to using specs from both known products to create something in between. Today we are looking at the XFX GeForce GTX 275 Core edition card. - Motherboards

XFX GeForce GTX 275 896MB Classic Version Review

XFX bundles their card in a rectangular shaped box with the GeForce GTX 275 name emblazoned on the cover. The rear of the box has a list of the key features of the video card and 5-star support. One of the sides has the minimum system requirements, another has NVIDIA specific features. XFX's card uses a dual slot cooler shaped like a rectangle. The XFX logo is inlaid on the cooler with yellow stripes on the top and bottom of the cooler. The cooling fan is standard with a hexagonal cutout instead of the circular cutout on other cards of this type. XFX really has put a lot of thought into the looks and feel of their graphics card.

From a performance point of view the GeForce GTX 275 Core version from XFX performs exactly as specified from a standard GeForce GTX 275 card. The card outperforms the Radeon HD 4890 in a number of the applications as well in a head to head comparison. The inclusion of Far Cry 2, adds to the value of the card as most video cards do not come with any games. If you buy the card from Newegg you also get a copy of Call of Duty. Two games will give you plenty of play time in full DirectX 10 beauty. PhysX games will look and play like nothing else with the GeForce GTX 200 series as the cards from ATI do not support it.

The next generation of video cards is coming out probably by the end of the year with the release of Microsoft's Windows 7 but that is music for the future. The card overclocks well with a 700MHz core clock reached stably. The card sells for around $249 and is widely available online and is hot roduct, for those wanting a good gaming card, but can't just afford a more than $300 graphics card for their system. Don't think twice just get the Core edition.