The world of video cards has taken quite an interesting turn these past few months. The focus has slowly shifted further and further toward ATI, as users are awed by the 5XXX series cards. The 5870 and 5970 are two of the cards that managed to rip a great deal of attention away from the green team, and with good reason. These DX 11 capable beasts are able to shred through most any game at insane framerates. Not only that, but it seems as though there is a 5XXX series card aimed at every user, which puts NVIDIA in quite a tight spot. The green team hopes to pull some of the focus back with the release of its new series of “Fermi” cards.

This is not a review for one of NVIDIA’s new series of cards. Instead, this is a review for one of NVIDIA’s GT200 graphical computing beasts, the GTX 285. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen mention of this card in forums, or else where, but it can still hold its own in most benchmarks and it can still cripple many of ATI’s offerings. This means the card should still be considered for any new gaming rig. That being said, it does have two very obvious downsides; the price, and the fact that it is not DX 11 capable, which may prove to be one of the cards biggest downsides!

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• READ MORE (Source): Ladybird GTX 285 Review – Overclockers Club