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. Read more…
enthusiast.hardocp.com – The MSI N285GTX SuperPipe OC is an appealing enthusiast video card. It has an aesthetic appeal that actually translates into real-world benefits. The SuperPipe technology seems to be a real winner for MSI. This technology allowed the MSI NX285 GTX to remain very cool at idle and full load operation in comparison to a standard GTX 285. We also experienced impressive power numbers, which were lower than a GTX 285 slightly, even though it has a higher clock speed and two fans. The fan noise itself is quiet, so it won’t be making you dive for the nearest bomb shelter when you start it up. Our only disappointment is in the actual overclock achieved, it was just average, we expected more since the cooler does seem to shine in the temperature department. Perhaps there are other factors involved keeping it from achieving higher speeds. Read more…
enthusiast.hardocp.com – ASUS has introduced the world’s first graphics cards to utilize Multilayer Polymer Capacitors (Super ML Caps) with the self-designed ENGTX285 and EAH4890 Series. Both equipped with the Super ML Cap, the ASUS designed ENGTX285 Series allows users to enjoy up to 3.3 times GPU overclocking margins and up to 15°C cooler GPU temperatures when compared to reference designed boards; while the ASUS designed EAH4890 is equipped with the Super ML Cap, Voltage Tweak Technology and a specially designed fansink to offer up to 3 times GPU overclocking margins and 10°C cooler GPU temperatures.
The company presents its new MSI graphics card N285GTX OC, equipped with a block-type Water Full Cover. On the red PCB laminate are installed eight GDDR3 memory chips with a total capacity of 1 GB, 240 stream processors, 512 bit memory controller and a connector for SLI graphics, a system consisting of three accelerators.
The pre-block design of waterborne copper are equipped with a standard threads 1 / 4 inch. Given the advanced cooling system, the card works with increased clock frequencies – 702, 1476 and 2600 MHz band (648/1476/2484 MHz Reference), respectively for the core, shader and memory units.
MSI N285GTX OC price will fluctuate within the limits of 400 pounds.
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EVGA markets its two “new” graphics card GeForce GTX 285, equipped with 2 GB of GDDR3 memory. The working version of the reference clock frequencies and overclocked one (GTX 285 Superclocked Edition) has 240 stream processors and 512-bit memory controller.
GTX 285 Superclocked Edition works with a frequency of 675, 1,584 and 2,376 MHz for the core, shader and memory units, while the reference model – 648, 1476 MHz and 2322 MHz.
Overlocked version is already on sale for the price of $ 420, while the reference model hits the shelves in the near future at a price $ 400.
Point of View presents its new GeForce graphics card, GTX 285, equipped with 2 GB of memory installed on both sides of the laminate PCBs. In addition, the design, the card does not deviate from the reference model. Has been equipped with 240 stream processors and 512-bit memory controller is correct. Accelerator works with clock frequencies of 648, 1,476 and 2,484 MHz, respectively, for the GPU, shader and memory units.
Price cards do not exceed 300 Euro.
MSI graphic cards SuperPipe series have a new model in the form – GeForce GTX 285 (N285GTX SuperPipe 2G), equipped with 2 GB of GDDR3 memory.
Accelerator is equipped with a dualslot cooling system- Twin Frozr, which uses two fans, and five copper heat pipe (heatpipes) – three 6 mm and two 8 mm.
Although MSI has not officially revealed the card clock frequency, it is likely in N285GTX SuperPipe 2G will be applied clock – 648 MHz for the GPU, 1476 MHz to 2484 MHz shader, and for memory.
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Sparkle markets its four new graphics cards GeForce GTX 285 – two of the two 1 GB and 2 GB of GDDR3 memory on board. All of them are based on the nVidia reference construction, are clocked at 648 MHz for the GPU, 1476 MHz processor for streaming and 2,448 MHz for memory.
All accelerators have 240 stream processors and 512-bit memory controller is correct. Card support 3-way SLI, PhysX and CUDA. Connecting them to the display will be held with two DVI connectors.
Fudzilla.com – Galaxy is preparing to release the 2GB version of the GTX 285 card that will use custom cooling and PCB.
The card features a blue, non-reference PCB with 4+2-phase power and will apparently work at stock clocks of 648MHz for the GPU, 2484MHz for 2GB of GDDR3 memory and 1476MHz for the shaders. The card will also feature a dual BIOS. The rest of the specs include a 512-bit memory interface, support for NVIDIA’s 3-way SLI and dual-DVI outputs.
The new 2GB Galaxy GTX 285 card is cooled by Arctic Cooling’s Accelero Extreme cooler with three fans which should keep the GTX 285 GPU at low temperature, even when overclocked.
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Fudzilla.com – Since Radeon HD 4870 already comes in 2GB, and the HD 4890 will likely also come in 2GB versions, NVIDIA doesn’t really have any other choice than to launch its 2GB card in the same market segment.
The only trouble is that NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX285 2GB will end up much more expensive than Radeon 4870 2GB but it should also end up faster.
Radeon 4870 2GB is selling for €250 in Europe, while GeForce GTX 285 2GB should be selling for $399 Suggested Etail Price. We expect the 2GB Radeon HD 4870 to sell for about $250 to $300 in the US.
The biggest problem for GeForce GTX 285 2GB is the fact that the Radeon 4870 X2, that also has 2GB memory, sells for under $399, and it should end up faster than new 2GB GTX 285.
Fudzilla.com – Inno3D has announced its own GTX 295 and GTX 285 cards. Both cards will be based on NVIDIA’s reference design and they will work at reference clocks.
The GTX 295 works at 576MHz for both cores, and comes with a total of 1,792MB of memory, 896MB per GPU. The memory is clocked at 2,000MHz and the card has an 896-bit memory interface (448-bit x2). It comes with 480 stream processors (240 per GPU) with a shader clock set at 1,242MHz. Read more…
NVIDIA has proudly announced that its 55nm GeForce GTX 285 cards are now officially available in the states at retailers and e-tailers nationwide. Newegg, the largest e-tailer of them all, currently lists three models from EVGA and single models from BFG, XFX, Zotac, and ASUS for a total of 7 offerings to choose from.
Currently, the prices range from $379.99 for the XFX standard clocked 648MHz card to $429.99 for EVGA’s SSC 702MHz card. All in all, these prices seem to reflect those of the 65nm GTX 280 just last week before a significant price drop took place. Read more…
With the launch of the GeForce GTX 295 last week, NVIDIA has started to roll out its 55nm GT200b GPUs onto the market. Today the company is rolling another new graphics card – the GeForce GTX 285 – but unlike the GTX 295, the 285 utilizes just a single GT200b GPU.
We spent some time going over the minor changes made in the GT200b during our GeForce GTX 295 review, so we will not spend a lot of time going over them again here. The best way to think of GT200b though is that it’s just GT200 on a finer manufacturing process with a few small enhancements.
The GeForce GTX 285 is coming to market to replace the GTX 280 which has been NVIDIA’s flagship product since last June. Like the GeForce GTX 280, the GTX 285 features a full 240 stream processors arranged into ten stream processing clusters, 80 texture units (eight per cluster) and 32 ROPs backing out onto a 512-bit memory interface.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2009/01/16/nvidia-zotac-geforce-gtx-285-1gb/1
NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 260 and 280 are based on the GT200 GPU which is made in a 65nm process. Now NVIDIA has performed a die shrink on this design, to 55 nanometers. This results in a lower power consumption allowing new models to be built. The first two cards based on the 55 nm GT200b are the GTX 295 and the GTX 285. While the GTX 295 is a dual GPU design, the GTX 285 follows the traditional single GPU approach. With a marketing name improvement of only 5, the question has to be answered if this card is a worthy upgrade or if you are better off trying to find a great deal on a GTX 280 or GTX 260.
In essence the GeForce GTX 285 is a GTX 280 with about 10% higher clocks and slightly changed PCB and cooler. The cornerstone specs like number of shaders, ROPs, bus width and memory size have remained the same.
The Leadtek GeForce GTX 285 that we have on the testbench today follows the NVIDIA reference design specifications to the letter. I’m certain Leadtek is already working on an overclocked version of the GTX 285.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Leadtek/GeForce_GTX_285
Having just had a look at the GTX 285 from GIGABYTE which strictly follows the reference design, it’s nice to see a company at launch offer a card that doesn’t carry the stock clocks. While there is nothing wrong with reference clocks and the speeds the GTX 285 puts out in its stock form, there’s no denying that we want more power if we can get it.
<a href=’http://www.tweaktown.com/phpadsnew/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a695f25f’ target=’_blank’><img src=’http://www.tweaktown.com/phpadsnew/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=186&amp;n=a695f25f’ border=’0′ alt=” /></a>Inno3D tend to send us some special cards, be it a good overclock or a nice new heatsink that helps keep the card nice and cool. While it doesn’t come as any surprise that this Inno3D card carries with it the reference heatsink, it’s good to know it carries their overclock trait.
Before we look at the clocks the card offers, let’s have a look at the package, what comes with it and a closer look at the physical card. From there we will check out the clock speeds on offer here and see just what kind of performance increase the card achieves.
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1716/inno3d_geforce_gtx_285_overclock_graphics_card/index.html
Our today’s guest is GeForce GTX 285, yet another card with a 55nm GPU. The recently announced GTX 295 card also features a 55nm GPU, as is the case with many other NVIDIA cards such as the GTX 260 with 216 shaders. NVIDIA opted for a silent approach, where the cards would get a new chip and retain the name without making a big fuss about it, but GeForce GTX 285 couldn’t retain the name as it was clocked higher than GTX 280.
GeForce GTX 280 has so far been the fastest single GPU NVIDIA card running at 602MHz for the core and it packed a 65nm GT200 chip. The following picture shows the GTX 285 and the GTX 280 head to head. Gainward’s new card runs at reference core speed – 648MHz.
Although they appear to be somewhat identical, there’re a couple of things that will help you tell GTX 285 and GTX 280 cards apart. From this point of view we can see that GTX 285’s doesn’t feature protective rubber caps on SLI connectors, which is just fine as they weren’t needed in the first place except for better looking.
With the recent struggles NVIDIA faced throughout 2008 — problems with its manufacturing process, slumping stock price, a reemergence by ATI into the competitive high end graphics market — the chip maker can use all the friends it can get, and NVIDIA certainly has a BFF in EVGA. Save for a small lineup of NVIDIA-based motherboards, EVGA has zeroed in on the videocard market in its nearly 10-year tenure, culminating in what some enthusiasts would argue as the king of graphics hill. We can think of at least two other vendors who would argue otherwise, but for EVGA’s part, the company has set the tone for what a lifetime warranty should consist of, allowing power users to tinker with overclocking and swap heatsinks without invalidating the lifetime backing.
But the warranty is only as good as the card it guarantees, and today we look at one of NVIDIA’s newest GPUs, the GeForce GTX 285. EVGA ups the ante over NVIDIA’s reference design by increasing the core, memory, and stream processor clockspeeds, resulting in the GeForce GTX 285 SSC Edition. But how does it all compare to NVIDIA’s previous videocards?
http://hardwarelogic.com/news/133/ARTICLE/5639/2009-01-27.html
NVIDIA has had a tough time as of late with their GTX 200-series being thoroughly beaten in the price / performance area by the HD 4870 512MB and 1GB cards. What followed were drastic price reductions and the release of the GTX 260 with 216 SPs which contributed to allow the GTX 200-series to compete on a level footing with the best ATI had to offer. Meanwhile, the HD 4870 X2 was released and NVIDIA didn’t have an answer to that monster until just last week when they officially unveiled their GTX 295 card. As we saw in the review, NVIDIA has finally wrested the performance crown out of ATI’s hands and is on a track to success with a full lineup of 55nm cards.
We all know that one of the major limiting factors of the initial G200 products was the fact that they were built on a 65nm manufacturing process which essentially made their production costs high (hence the prices we saw at launch) and contributed to massive amounts of heat being generated by the core. The GTX 285 on the other hand is the next evolution of the G200 architecture and uses the newer 55nm manufacturing process which should hopefully allow for higher clocks, lower power consumption and decreased heat. However, not all is certain since as we saw with the GTX 260 216 55nm card, power consumption wasn’t affected much and the overclocking was identical to 65nm cards. That being said, as we will come to see the GTX 285 is a different beast altogether.
Other than the 55nm core, what makes a GTX 285 different from a GTX 280? Basically, they are the same card but the GTX 285 carries with it higher clocks much like the 9800 GTX+ did when compared to the vanilla 9800 GTX. Pricing will also be a deciding factor for many since at this point we are seeing a new low in GTX 280 pricing with some cards retailing for significantly less than $400 CAD. Considering that our sources tell us that the GTX 285 will be around $500 CAD before rebates, the GTX 285 could initially receive slow sales. It should also be noted that this is just below the price range where the HD 4870 X2 is currently sitting.
For this particular review, EVGA has sent us their GTX 285 SSC card which in typical fashion has overclocks for the shaders, core and memory. You will also get access to EVGA’s excellent customer service, Lifetime Warranty and Step Up programs. From what we hear, stock of this particular EVGA card should be very good and we have already come to know EVGA for having some of the lowest prices on the market today. All of these things should contribute to make the EVGA GTX 285 SSC Edition one of the most popular cards of this generation.
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/13847-evga-geforce-gtx-285-1gb-ssc-edition-review.html
The GeForce GTX 200 series, specifically the GeForce GTX 280, was launched on June 16th of 2008. Here we sit now seven months later and the GeForce GTX 280 is getting a refreshing refresh. Typically we see refreshes from new product generations every six months, so NVIDIA is just about keeping on schedule with that by releasing this refresh now. If things keep on this track we might be seeing the next generation hit by summertime, as we did with the GTX 200 series.
A refresh isn’t going to be anything typically that exciting for gamers on the high-end from NVIDIA. The refresh builds upon the current generation by taking what they have learned with the hardware and making optimizations. These optimizations typically yield lower power utilization, lower heat production, and higher performance. These are exactly the benefits to be had with the new GeForce GTX 285.
The big change with the GeForce GTX 285 that makes these things possible is the use of a 55nm manufacturing process. This same 55nm process is what was also used in the recently launched GeForce GTX 295. The original GeForce GTX 280 uses a 65nm manufacturing process. Other than that, internally to the GPU remains basically the same. You will find 240 streaming processors, 32 ROPs and 80 texture filtering units. You will find SLI and 3-way SLI supported as well.
The use of a 55nm process means that NVIDIA can run this GPU at higher stable clock speeds while still maintaining lower power utilization compared to GTX 280. NVIDIA has bumped the default core clock speed to 648MHz and the stream processor clock speed to 1.476GHz. The memory configuration remains the same using 1GB of GDDR3 on a 512-bit memory bus. The default frequency though has been bumped up to 2.484GHz.
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYxMiwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
Whenever a new graphics product series is released we always try to bring you guys a little shootout with a couple of retail cards. Last week NVIDIA and their plethora of board partners released their GeForce GTX 285 55nm based graphics cards. Included in that review was supposed to be BFG as well, however shipping went… well let’s just say ‘sour’ with the product arriving 2 hours before the embargo was lifted.
Today we’ll catch up, BFG is the team we are talking about, and we’ll look at their finest GeForce GTX 285 offering. See, just like many of NVIDIA’s board partners BFG offers the product in several flavors. They offer their regular OC edition, yet also OC+, OC2 and OCX editions. They’ve got quite a range. We’ll explain the difference over the next few pages. But of course we will first need to show you guys what the GeForce GTX 285 release is all about opposed to the GeForce GTX 280.
When NVIDIA released their series GTX 200 products in the summer of last year, it was no surprise to see a spin-off product fairly soon. For NVIDIA this is probably a much welcomed product, as the GTX 200 series was based on a 65nm fabrication process. Since the GTX200 series are among the most powerful GPUs on this planet, it made the GPU the the size of an aircraft carrier with an astounding 1.4 billion transistors. Monolithic, was the stigma that got attached to the design. And while I personally do not care how big a chip is (as long as it works) big dies come with some disadvantages, you really can’t fit many chips on a 300mm wafer. And you need to take into account that yields at first will be average. So as a chip manufacturer you pretty much want to make that product smaller when the opportunity arises, plus for a number of other reasons.
This is what the GTX 285 is all about, not shocking ground breaking new graphics architecture, but a move to the 55nm fabrication process – making that chip (GT200b) die size smaller, aim for better yields, and in the end, a product that requires less voltage yet performs better.
Let’s have a peek of what’s under the hood of the BFG GeForce GTX 285 OCX. Next page please.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/bfg-geforce-gtx-285-ocx-review/
