EVGA GeForce 260 GTX Core 216 Superclocked Review

[MikeC]

After having used EVGA's GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked graphics card for the past six weeks, I am excited to have completed my report on this fine product. Performance was compared to the more expensive GeForce GTX 280 graphics card under Windows XP and Windows Vista. Resolutions tested included 1680x1050, 1920x1200, and 2560x1600 in Call of Duty 4, Crysis, Oblivion, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Unreal Tournament 3. Special sections are also provided that cover transparency antialiasing, DirectX 10, and PhysX performance.

Here's a snippet from the review:A subsequent test was to run the PhysX enabled HeatRay level with in-game hardware physics enabled and disabled. With hardware physics enabled, the average/minimum frame rate was 47/32, which dropped to 20/13 with hardware physiscs disabled. The increased performance with hardware physics enabled is clearly a benefit that the GPU brings to accelerating the performance of PhysX enabled applications.

Check it out the review here - http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/evga_geforce_gtx_260_core_216/index.shtml

[Bman212121]

Hmm... I think price dictates everything for this card. It's around $310 which makes it about $75 - $100 cheaper than a GTX 280. You lose a little bit of ram and speed for the price, but it could be an okay trade off depending upon your budget.

[bobmitch]

I have had the exact card for close to one months...I am in total agreement with MikeC and his review. This card is as close as you can get to the GTX280 without having to spend the extra money. Performance in some games is right on par...the difference in the amount of memory on both cards is minimal. The extra cores and the excellent job that EVGA did to clock this card make it a totall "Bang for the Buck" This card is a major "Winning solution"

Bob