• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

GTX 285 good buy?

Buy or don't buy?

  • Yes, cheap and performs well.

    Votes: 10 35.7%

  • Waste of money, POS.

    Votes: 18 64.3%
  • Total voters
    28
  • Poll closed .
Animalpak

Animalpak

Joined
Feb 8, 2008
Messages
2,665 (0.45/day)
Location
Switzerland
System Specs
Processor i9 9900KS ( 5 Ghz all the time )
Motherboard Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390
Cooling EK Velocity + EK D5 pump + Alphacool full copper silver 360mm radiator
Memory 16GB Corsair Dominator GT ROG Edition 3333 Mhz
Video Card(s) ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti 12GB OC
Storage M.2 Samsung NVMe 970 Evo Plus 250 GB + 1TB 970 Evo Plus
Display(s) Asus PG279 IPS 1440p 165Hz G-sync
Case Cooler Master H500
Power Supply Asus ROG Thor 850W
Mouse Razer Deathadder Chroma
Keyboard Rapoo
Software Win 10 64 Bit
although very slowly DX11 are a beautiful sight to behold, there are more and more games become much more beautiful with DX11... So you need DX11 GFX today !
 
ShiBDiB

ShiBDiB

Joined
Jul 21, 2008
Messages
5,175 (0.90/day)
System Specs
System Name [Daily Driver]
Processor [Ryzen 7 5800X3D]
Motherboard [Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS]
Cooling [be quiet! Dark Rock Slim]
Memory [64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3600MHz (16GBx4)]
Video Card(s) [PNY RTX 3070Ti XLR8]
Storage [1TB SN850 NVMe, 4TB 990 Pro NVMe, 2TB 870 EVO SSD, 2TB SA510 SSD]
Display(s) [2x 27" HP X27q at 1440p]
Case [Fractal Meshify-C]
Audio Device(s) [Steelseries Arctis Pro]
Power Supply [CORSAIR RMx 1000]
Mouse [Logitech G Pro Wireless]
Keyboard [Logitech G512 Carbon (GX-Brown)]
Software [Windows 11 64-Bit]
Your spending $100 on a card to sit in ur closet and collect dust? Theirs much better things to spend money on
 
Outback Bronze

Outback Bronze

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Aug 3, 2011
Messages
1,897 (0.41/day)
Location
Walkabout Creek
System Specs
System Name Raptor Baked
Processor 14900k w.c.
Motherboard Z790 Hero
Cooling w.c.
Memory 32GB Hynix
Video Card(s) Zotac 4080 w.c.
Storage 2TB Kingston kc3k
Display(s) Gigabyte 34" Curved
Case Corsair 460X
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply PCIe5 850w
Mouse Asus
Keyboard Corsair
Software Win 11
Benchmark Scores Cool n Quiet.
I voted waste of money but if your only playing dx10 games then hey....

Dx10 is still pretty good imo. But a dx11 card will play dx10 even better.
 
Triton.se

Triton.se

Joined
Aug 28, 2008
Messages
258 (0.05/day)
System Specs
System Name ASUS ROG Strix G17 G713QR-HG022T
Processor AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Motherboard G713QR
Cooling Liquid Metal
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws 2x16GB 3200MHz CL22 1.2v (F4-3200C22D-32GRS)
Video Card(s) NVIDIA RTX 3070 130W
Storage HFM001TD3JX013N 1TB
Display(s) 17.3" FHD 300MHz 3ms 100% sRGB (+External 1080p 144Hz)
Power Supply 240W power-brick
Mouse Deltaco DM210
Software Windows 10
Benchmark Scores CINEBENCH R20: CPU 5442, Single Core 589 - Unigine Superposition Extreme: 7103, Medium: 20821
A GTX260 played BFBC2 well with a quad core Q9650 (1080p, mostly high, 2xAA) @ 4GHz..that's DX10 and you with DX11 cards might get lower fps... enough? There's so much effects, lightning, smoke in BF3 for example, dunno how a DX10 card translates that...but my SLI GTX460s work hard at 99% usage (85fps, 2048x1152 rez, mostly high, except shadows)) ...maybe DX10 cards dont show it at all and delivers good fps
 
Last edited:
Artas1984

Artas1984

Joined
Feb 22, 2009
Messages
762 (0.14/day)
System Specs
System Name Lenovo 17IMH05H
Processor Core i7 10750H
Video Card(s) GTX 1660 Ti
Audio Device(s) SSL2
Software Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Benchmark Scores i've got a shitload of them in 15 years of TPU membership
qubit said:
It was the top baddass card of its time (I know I've got one) but today performs roughly like a GTX 460 1GB sans DX11.

As the 460 is built with newer technology that uses much less power, runs cooler, quieter and comes on a much smaller card, the 285 is a tricky buy and the following conditions must be met:
Click to expand...

Why everyone keeps saying that? The only real thing is the power usage. How do you know that it will run cooler and and quieter? This is BS. These things depend on the card, not on the generation. I am tired of people saying that every newer generation card will run cooler and quiter - what a load of BS. It is custom.

I hope your purchase was good, i would also buy GTX285 for 110 $ if i did not find other good cards to buy. Keep in mind that GTX285 will not beat neither GTX460 1 Gb or HD5850, it will only be equal to GTX460 768 Mb or HD5830.

BTW check this out (my own benchmarks):

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=674776
 
johnspack

johnspack

Here For Good!
Joined
Oct 6, 2007
Messages
5,984 (0.99/day)
Location
Nelson B.C. Canada
System Specs
System Name System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s) System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s) 2x 24" 1080 displays
Case System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard Ducky
Software Manjaro, Windows 10, Kubuntu 23.10
Benchmark Scores It's linux baby!
My 2 gtx285s did beautiful with every new game released, until BF3. Choke, big time. Get 2 gtx460s for the same price, much better. I want 2 gtx470s or higher to replace. Go with your wallet.
 
C

caleb

Joined
Sep 15, 2004
Messages
1,583 (0.22/day)
Location
Poland,Slask
System Specs
System Name HAL
Processor Core i5 2500K
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Pro Rev3.1
Cooling stock
Memory 2x4GB Kingston 1600Mhz Blu
Video Card(s) Asus 560Ti DirectCuII TOP
Storage Kingston 120 3K SSD,WD Black WD1502FAEX
Display(s) LG 1440x900
Case Chieftec Mesh Midi
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Corsair TX750V2
Software w8
My friend changed his gtx285 due to BF3. He has wierd issues just like johnspack says.
 
LordJummy

LordJummy

New Member
Joined
May 13, 2011
Messages
1,403 (0.30/day)
Location
US of A
System Specs
System Name Workstation1 | Asus G55VW-DS71
Processor i7 970 3.8GHz | i7 3610QM
Motherboard RIII Formula
Cooling EK 360 Supreme HF | Asus G55VW
Memory 24GB Dominator | 12GB DDR3
Video Card(s) 2x Diamond HD 6970 | GTX 660M
Storage 2x Vertex4 256GB | 256GB Vertex4 & 750GB HDD
Display(s) 3x Crossover 27" LED S-IPS + 30" DELL IPS
Case Corsair Obsidian 800D
Audio Device(s) X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro + Gigaworks G550W
Power Supply HX1000 + NZXT Black Sleeved Extensions
Software Win7Ult64Bit
Benchmark Scores ballz
Don't like either poll option.

Hold out for something better.

I got my second gtx 480 on craigslist for $150 cash...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top