EVGA's GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 SuperclockedIn North America there are only two vendors launching a Core 216 today: EVGA and BFG. We're not sure what this will mean for street pricing and availability but it is what it is.EVGA sent us one of their Core 216 cards, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked.
As the name implies, the Superclocked version will ship overclocked:GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 (stock)EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 SuperclockedCore Clock576MHz626MHzShader Clock1242MHz1350MHzMemory Clock999MHz1053MHzPrice Point$279$299The factory overclocked nature of the card means that EVGA will charge a bit more for it, $299 to be specific. For this comparison we've tested the Core 216 at its stock clock speed, but the chart below shows the sort of performance advantage EVGA's overclock gives it:We're looking at a 7% increase in performance here for an extra $20. Chances are that you'll be able to pull off something close to this overclock on your own so we'd recommend sticking with a stock card especially given how close the Core 216 vs. 4870 is, as you'll soon see. The Test Test SetupCPUIntel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 @ 3.20GHzMotherboardEVGA nForce 790i SLIVideo CardsATI Radeon HD 4870 X2ATI Radeon HD 4870NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 SLINVIDIA GeForce GTX 260NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216Video DriversCatalyst 8.7ForceWare 177.34Hard DriveSeagate 7200.9 120GB 8MB 7200RPMRAM4 x 1GB Corsair DDR3-1333 7-7-7-20Operating SystemWindows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1PSUPC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 1200W. Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - The ridiculous amount of power draw for an idle card has been going on too long. I have a 4850 and my system consumes 30w more than it did beofre with a 7950GT.
Most people do not pay attention to this number but I sure do. I am glad to see that NVIDIA has done more than just bumped up the chips inside this, there is significantly less power draw when it is idle.And here is hoping that ATI can actually come out with some better drivers this month. The 8.8 cause all kinds of trouble with a 780G chipset (in Vista 32) and a 4850 (in XP). Amazing but I have to run 8.7 on both computers because the 8.8 drivers are really problematic. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - Take a calm look at the power consumptions of actual cards, e.g. Here:'You'll see that the 4870 draws 65 W at idle (seems power play doesn't work there either). Assuming 80% power supply efficiency that means a draw of 81 W at the wall.
Therefore ATs system draws 122.5 W without the GPU and the NVs consume about 36 W from the wall and 29 W for the cards themselves. That's way better than previous generation NV cards, which consumed 40 - 60 W at idle. That's what the previous poster meant by 'power savings'.(seems like power mixer is not working for XBits NV cards, whereas for ATs it works)MrS.
This is a WHQL release from the Release 260 family of drivers. This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.New in Release 260.89New GPU Support. Adds support for the newly released GeForce GPU.Performance. Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games vs.
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V258.96 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:GeForce GTX 480:.
Up to 10% in StarCraft II (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF Ultra). Up to 14% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF). Up to 16% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF). Up to 6% in Aliens vs. Predator (SLI – 1920x1200 noAA – Tessellation on)GeForce GTX 460:. Up to 19% in StarCraft II (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Ultra). Up to 15% in Battlefield Bad Company 2 (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF).
Up to 12% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2560x1600 noAA). Up to 9% in Aliens vs.
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Predator (1680x1050 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on). Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1680x1050 noAA – Tessellation on).
Up to 11% in Dirt 2 (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF). Up to 12% in Crysis:Warhead (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Gamer). Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF). Up to 12% in H.A.W.X (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF SSAO Very High).
Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF). Up to 22% in Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (1920x1200 noAA). Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Extreme Preset)Blu-ray 3D. Adds support for playing back Blu-ray 3D discs when connecting your GPU to an HDMI 1.4 3D TV. Playback requires compatible software application from CyberLink, ArcSoft, Roxio, or Corel.
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