Point of View GeForce GTX 280 Assassin's Creed Edition Review

Item: Point of View GeForce GTX 280 Assassin's Creed Edition
Author: TPU Staff

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on Jun 16th, 2008,

in Graphics Cards.

Manufacturer: Point of View

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Introduction

Today is the launch date of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 280. The card is designed to be the fastest graphics card available on the market today, and should also be able to beat the HD3870 X2 and the 9800 GX2. Point of View's GeForce GTX 280 follows the specifications of the NVIDIA reference design to the letter. However, to give their product an extra boost vs. all the other reference design cards out there, POV has included the recently released game Assassin's Creed. Buyers of their card get this successful game at no additional cost. The GTX 280 Assassin's Creed Edition costs $649, just like all the other GTX 280 cards released today.

For reference, see our other GTX 280 review: Zotac GTX 280 Amp! Edition

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Shader units	320	320	64	112	128	128	128	192	240
ROPs	16	16	16	16	16	24	24	28	32
GPU	RV670	RV670	G94	G92	G92	G80	G80	GT200	GT200
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Memory Clock	828 MHz	1126 MHz	900 MHz	900 MHz	970 MHz	900 MHz	1080 MHz	999 MHz	1107 MHz
Price	$120	$150	$140	$160	$210	$390	$520	$449	$649