| Monday, January 5 2009 |
It's time for some new information, provided by our colleagues over at OCWorkBench. As reported by them NVIDIA is preparing to launch its new GeForce GTX 285 card on January 15th, while the dual-GPU GeForce GTX 295 is planned to debute on January 8th, during the first day of CES 2009. These two video cards will be NVIDIA's future top performing products. We're already familiar with the specs of GeForce GTX 285. It will be based on a 55nm production node with 183W TDP, and will have reference clock speeds of 648MHz for the core, 1476MHz for the shaders, and 1100MHz (x2) for the memory. On the other side, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 is a dual PCB, dual GPU card, that will beat the mighty ATI Radeon 4870 X2. Some of the facts that we already know include: 2x GPUs with a total of 480 shader processors, 1792MB memory (896MB per GPU), 576MHz core frequency, 1242MHz shader frequency, 999MHz DDR3 memory frequency, and Quad-SLI support. That's all folks, put aside some $ for next week.
Source: OCWorkBench
Source: OCWorkBench
User comments
by: BigBruser13not with power supply requirements, youd have to run them in a commercial environment, not the retail market, after 2 cards at least.
Holy moly can you imagine if one GTX295 can beat a 4870 x2 then a quad sli set up with
2 of them would be freaking outrageous performance like you could probubly play crysis
with 1920 x 1200 fully maxed out and get playable frame rates. MAYBE!!
by: newtekie1gotta love eVGA
I still can't wait to step-up my GTX260 to the GTX285 for free!:rockout:
by: BloodTotaleVGA does whats called a step up program. I almost did it for my 8800 card but didn't have the money.
Still waiting on the response of how to get a free step up
I meant 2xGTX 295 in sli because there are 2 processors on each PCB so it would be a quad sli. You thought I meant 4 cards.
by: erocker
I plan on doing the same, but for free?!:eek:
by: tcorbyn
HOLY CRAP! How are you doing that m8???????
by: BloodTotaleVGA's step-up program and an invoice that says I paid $399 for my GTX260. Got to love invoices that list the original price before rebates. :)
Still waiting on the response of how to get a free step up
I see. I guess I'm shelling out $150 bucks then.:ohwell:
just curious but am i the only one to just now notice that GTX280's are $324 bucks, only 50 bucks more than a GTX 260, and that the GTX 260 55nm are already out?
Is it time to upgrade my HD 4870x2 already? Damn it! I just bought Gateway P 7811.
do you guys really need smth more than an 4870x2??????!!!!!!!!!! if you can get it , get it but do you really need it?
No, I don't need it, which is why I'm getting the GTX285.
There are some out there that just have to have the best of the best though. You can bet there will be people with two GTX295's.
Personally, I am tired of dual-GPU setups, too many hassles. I'll be sticking with single GPU setups for a while.
There are some out there that just have to have the best of the best though. You can bet there will be people with two GTX295's.
Personally, I am tired of dual-GPU setups, too many hassles. I'll be sticking with single GPU setups for a while.
by: newtekie1so are you 1 that always needs BB;), those that need it have the BB syndrom which in turn leaves them in debt. Thats what i like about PCs, you can balance the requirements to your needs and wants.
No, I don't need it, which is why I'm getting the GTX285.
There are some out there that just have to have the best of the best though. You can bet there will be people with two GTX295's.
im thinking of upgrading my 8800 GT to a GTX 280, after the prices drop and stabilize. what do you guys think? anyone have the GTX 280 and any suggestions about it. i'll post a thread about this in a week or so after prices equalize.
by: pepsi71oceanmight aswell take it a step further with the 285/295, since they claim to draw less power if im not mistaken.
im thinking of upgrading my 8800 GT to a GTX 280, after the prices drop and stabilize. what do you guys think? anyone have the GTX 280 and any suggestions about it. i'll post a thread about this in a week or so after prices equalize.
those that need it have the BB syndrom which in turn leaves them in debt. Thats what i like about PCs, you can balance the requirements to your needs and wants.[/quote]+1 on that. i totally agree with you
by: eidairaman1No, I'm not one of those that always needs BB, read my first sentence. :)
so are you 1 that always needs BB;), those that need it have the BB syndrom which in turn leaves them in debt. Thats what i like about PCs, you can balance the requirements to your needs and wants.
by: pepsi71oceanI've gone single and dual GTX280. I loved both. I have a single 280 right now, and I can say with confidence it's the best video card I've ever owned. Far better than the 4870x2.
im thinking of upgrading my 8800 GT to a GTX 280, after the prices drop and stabilize. what do you guys think? anyone have the GTX 280 and any suggestions about it. i'll post a thread about this in a week or so after prices equalize.
by: newtekie1bleh, that will leave you in debt.
No, I'm not one of those that always needs BB, read my first sentence. :)
by: BigBruser13Ok this is Crysis your talking about, that F##King game could bring down NORAD. Bill Gates super computer would probably give him the finger if he played crysis on it.:D
Holy moly can you imagine if one GTX295 can beat a 4870 x2 then a quad sli set up with
2 of them would be freaking outrageous performance like you could probubly play crysis
with 1920 x 1200 fully maxed out and get playable frame rates. MAYBE!!
O.o I play max settings on 16x10 and I bet you if I could play on 19x12 I'd still get at least 30 fps since I get 40-50 fps now with a single GTX280. Anyway I'm preaching more about system optimization. You get that down and Crysis ain't so bad.
EarthSim Machine would give them the finger.
by: eidairaman1:laugh::laugh::roll:
EarthSim Machine would give them the finger.
by: BingeGood point, this is a wild tangent, but COD 4 states it will not play on an AMD XP, well i have a card that is well beyond their min spec, CPU is at 2.2GHz vs 1.867 (M2500 OC to 3200) after changing a .asi file to a .bak the game runs without crashing, and to my amazement the machine runs that Game Excellent in MP (auto settings do set the game high)
O.o I play max settings on 16x10 and I bet you if I could play on 19x12 I'd still get at least 30 fps since I get 40-50 fps now with a single GTX280. Anyway I'm preaching more about system optimization. You get that down and Crysis ain't so bad.
I can say ive done some system tweaks that people never think to try (ones that are service related are the major players)
thanks for the input,
i want see on hand tests
tbreak.com just reviewed the GTX285, http://www.tbreak.com/articles/40/1/Zotac-GTX285-AMP-Edition/Page1.html