GeForce GTX 285 Reviews!

[Delbert]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-285-review--3way-sli/
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/evga_geforce_gtx_285_ssc_performance_review/
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYxMiwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=3&id=2785
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3501&p=1

enjoy

[AstroCat]

Thanks. Looks to be what I expected, which is fine. It will be a nice improvement over my 9800gx2 in many respects.

[methimpikehoses]

Price/performance wise, the GTX 280 pwns the GTX 285.

[slaWter]

Refresh cards ftl :thumbdwn:

[AstroCat]

Yeah I know the 280 would be a better deal. It's about $100 cheaper for the 280SSC. I am coming from the 9800gx2 so for me it was time for an upgrade. I'll go for the 300 series when they come up, end of the year, or beginning of next year.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000048%20106792634%201068320729&Description=eVGA&bop=And&CompareItemList=N82E16814130368%2CN82E16814130447

I went for the slighty faster, cooler card anyway. :)

[Blacklash]

Yep, it's tre boring. If I were buying myself I'd get a GTX 280 and OC it, or an HD 4870 1Gb and do the same. Most 280s do 648 on the core and I've seen some crack 700.

[ManWithNoName]

Few More Reviews ...

CPU3d (http://www.cpu3d.com/review/7015-1/asus-engtx285-top-geforce-gtx-285/introduction.html)

EliteBastards (http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=671&Itemid=27)

HardwareCanucks (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/13847-evga-geforce-gtx-285-1gb-ssc-edition-review.html)

Hexus.net (http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16843)

HotHardware (http://hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-285-Unveiled/)

OverclockersClub (http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_engtx285_top/)

TBreak (http://www.tbreak.com/articles/40/1/Zotac-GTX285-AMP-Edition/Page1.html)

Tweaktown (http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1715/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_285_graphics_card/index.html)

[AstroCat]

Yep, it's tre boring. If I were buying myself I'd get a GTX 280 and OC it, or an HD 4870 1Gb and do the same. Most 280s do 648 on the core and I've seen some crack 700.

This one is Core clock 702MHz out of the box. Coming from the 9800gx2 I wanted as much power as I could without doing SLI.

[Ancient76]

Hmmm, very nice :)

745 Core | 1681 Shaders | 2928 Memory (effective).

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-285-review--3way-sli/23

[walterman]

2928 Mhz on the memory !!!!

jAkUp, can you confirm this ?

I was thinking to get the Asus ENGTX285 Extreme, but, if this SSC baby overclocks the memory to these levels, i'm getting one.

[walterman]

From HeXus:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16843&page=12

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 285 comes with a reasonable amount of overclocking headroom. With no additional cooling, we were able to raise GPU, shader and memory frequencies to 688MHz, 1,567MHz and 2,950MHz, respectively.

Whilst a stock-clocked GeForce GTX 285 may only provide performance on par with a pre-overclocked GeForce GTX 280, an overclocked 285 will stretch that lead a little bit further. Expect a range of pre-overclocked GeForce GTX 285 parts from the get go, and possibly higher-clocked cards when liquid-cooling comes into play.

From Hardware Canucks:

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/13847-evga-geforce-gtx-285-1gb-ssc-edition-review-23.html

Considering the EVGA GTX 285 SSC is already pre-overclocked, we really weren’t expecting much at all but as you can see below, the final overclocks are nothing short of shocking. Granted, the core clocks could only be bumped up a few Mhz but it is the memory clocks that floored me. We are talking over 3Ghz (DDR) on GDDR3 here and with this overclock I bumped right into the CPU limitation presented by my near-4Ghz quad core. The 20,100 score in 3DMar06 couldn’t be passed no matter what I did so maybe I will revisit this overclock as I play around with higher CPU overclocks.

From HardOCP:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYxMiwxMCwsaGVudGhpc3Vhc3Q=

Through our overclocking efforts we managed to get the core stable at 720MHz, the shaders stable at 1.7GHz and the memory stable at 2.85GHz. We were very impressed with the shader and memory overclock. The shaders are overclocked very high from the default speed of the GTX 280, and the memory overclocked nicely for being GDDR3. The resulting memory bandwidth improvement takes us to 182 GB/sec.

[Ikshaar]

So it consumes more power despite being 55nm, and its price/performance ratio is lower than the 280 and the 4870X2...

well I know what my upgrade won't be.

[CaptNKILL]

Between the lower power requirements and the slight speed increase it looks like a decent card but they aren't going to sell too many of them at $379 if the 280 is dropping to $300 or less. If this card was $300 it'd probably sell like crazy though.

[Bman212121]

Between the lower power requirements and the slight speed increase it looks like a decent card but they aren't going to sell too many of them at $379 if the 280 is dropping to $300 or less. If this card was $300 it'd probably sell like crazy though.

+1

[|MaguS|]

Between the lower power requirements and the slight speed increase it looks like a decent card but they aren't going to sell too many of them at $379 if the 280 is dropping to $300 or less. If this card was $300 it'd probably sell like crazy though.

If the card was $300 I would pick one up this min.

[lduguay]

I was about to get a new PSU with 8 pins power connectors... The 285 uses 2x6 pins, just like my 8800. :)

[CaptNKILL]

If the card was $300 I would pick one up this min.

And I'd do a stepup. It'd only cost me $50. :p

[Monnie Rock]

I would step-up to the 285 from my 280's but only one problem. EVGA does not allow me to step-up my SSC280 to a SSC285. I can only step-up to a Vanilla 285 reference clocked version.:thumbdwn:

Step-up was the whole reason I paid a little extra for an EVGA card

[Mr_LoL]

£344 here in rip off UK.

[slaWter]

285s are actually cheaper than 280s here... there is only 1 280 that is cheaper now. Our shops here need to finally update their prices :p

[walterman]

Looking for an eVGA GTX 285 SSC or FTW in Europe (with availability). Any help ?

[Delbert]

£344 here in rip off UK.
Available for less that £300 if you look around ( Zotac @ ebuyers ).
Still too much for me.... needs to come down to £240-250.

[Blkout]

So it consumes more power despite being 55nm, and its price/performance ratio is lower than the 280 and the 4870X2...

well I know what my upgrade won't be.

Depending on which review you read, the majority of reviews show that a stock clocked 285 consumes just slightly less power than a stock clocked 280 and that's taaking into consideration that the stock clocks on the 285 are considerably higher than a 280. One review even underclocked a 285 to the same speed a stock clock 280 just to show the reduced power consumption and heat. The 285 is a cut above the 280 in EVERY way except price/performance simply because many 280's have been reduced in price to clear old stock.

As for the 4870x2, it's faster and has a better price/performance ratio BUT, some people simply don't like dual GPU's regardless of Crossfire or SLI. That being said, the 285 has no compeition right now in it's price range if you want a single GPU. The 4870x2 is a great card for the new price of $449, but ATI's drives have been hit or miss this past year. The 8.12's are fantastic, but it took almost a half year to get them right. ATI just seems a little slower to fix their issues than Nvidia here recently.

[Blkout]

I would step-up to the 285 from my 280's but only one problem. EVGA does not allow me to step-up my SSC280 to a SSC285. I can only step-up to a Vanilla 285 reference clocked version.:thumbdwn:

Step-up was the whole reason I paid a little extra for an EVGA card

You would still come out ahead as the 285 will overclock higher than the 280 SSC and consume less power and run cooler doing it. However, I wouldn't pay very much to step up for such a minimal return unless you're just dying to use your step-up.

[Monnie Rock]

You would still come out ahead as the 285 will overclock higher than the 280 SSC and consume less power and run cooler doing it. However, I wouldn't pay very much to step up for such a minimal return unless you're just dying to use your step-up.

That is exactly what I was thinking. If you can not beat them, join them. In my situation, step-up to the GTX285 SLI vanilla will only cost me shipping.

Reasons I decided to proceed:

1) Vanilla has faster memory and shader than SSC GTX280's.
2) Extra memory bandwidth will help with my monitor upgrade plans.
3) Thermal/power management aspects are better than SSC GTX280's.
4) Due to the 55nm design, I might get lucky and get two good overclocking cards.
5) If I ever decided to go tri-sli, my GTX280's would not be compatible with GTX285's if stock issues of SSC GTX280's become a problem, I would be SOL.
6) I have step-up, it will expire, might as well use it.

Out of the box, not much of an increase in performance. Core is same speed, 5% increase in shader clocks, 7% increase in memory clocks. The possibilities of a higher gains depends on how well they will overclock. It is a free gamble. Well, the costs of shipping to be exact.


Thank you,
Monnie