Leadtek GeForce GTX 260 Extreme+ 216 Shaders

, on Nov 5th, 2008, in Graphics Cards. Manufacturer: Leadtek

Introduction

NVIDIA's current flagship GPU is the GT200. It is used on the GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GTX 280. Only recently NVIDIA has added a third card design to that lineup. The GeForce GTX 260 216 Shaders still uses the GTX 260 naming, but comes with an increased shader count of 216 shaders. Leadtek has decided to call their product "GeForce GTX 260 Extreme+". The Extreme probably stands for the 216 Shaders, while the + stands for an overclock out of the box. As I mentioned in our first GTX 260 216 review I find NVIDIA's naming scheme a bit confusing. Something like GeForce GTX 270 or 265 would have made more sense to facilitate the buying process for less experienced users.

	GeForce 9800 GT	Radeon HD 4850	GeForce 9800 GTX	GeForce 8800 GTX	GeForce GTX 260	Leadtek GTX 260 Extreme	Radeon HD 4870	GeForce GTX 280	Radeon HD 4870 X2
Shader units	112	800	128	128	192	216	800	240	2x 800
ROPs	16	16	16	24	28	28	16	32	2x 16
GPU	G92	RV770	G92	G80	GT200	GT200	RV770	GT200	2x RV770
Transistors	754M	956M	754M	681M	1400M	1400M	956M	1400M	2x 956M
Memory Size	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	768 MB	896 MB	896 MB	512 MB	1024 MB	2x 1024 MB
Memory Bus Width	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	384 bit	448 bit	448 bit	256 bit	512 bit	2x 256 bit
Core Clock	600 MHz	625 MHz	675 MHz	575 MHz	576 MHz	602 MHz	750 MHz	602 MHz	750 MHz
Memory Clock	900 MHz	993 MHz	1100 MHz	900 MHz	999 MHz	1107 MHz	900 MHz	1107 MHz	900 MHz
Price	$120	$160	$160	$220	$240	$315	$250	$410	$530