GTX 260 & GTX 285?

[ATOJAR]

Guys a mate of mine had a GTX 260 ... Hes just upgraded to a GTX 285 ... He swears blind that even with the exact same in game settings the graphics are better using a GTX 285 compared to a GTX 260 ... I said it cant be because they are built on the same architecture.

To clear thing up would there be any visual difference between a GTX 260 & a GTX 285 if you where using the exact same monitor & the exact same in game settings?

[Maverick123w]

Is he sure whatever game he is playing did not autodetect to higher settings? The visual quality at identical settings will be the same on both cards.

[warlockk]

Is he sure whatever game he is playing did not autodetect to higher settings? The visual quality at identical settings will be the same on both cards.

^ Yep.

Its the same card, with a little less speed and 24 of the 240 cores disabled. The visual "quality" is identical from card to card, the framerate will be a little slower on the 260.

-D

[crainger]

It's all in his head. LOL @ him.

[dirtyboy]

It's all in his head. LOL @ him.

Yea, sounds like the placebo effect to me.

[BioHazZarD]

He should have bought another gtx 260.. but still u have to play at very high resolution and have a quite powerful cpu that wont hold u back ,otherwise u wont see much difference gtx260 -> gtx285

[azanon]

He should have bought another gtx 260.. but still u have to play at very high resolution and have a quite powerful cpu that wont hold u back ,otherwise u wont see much difference gtx260 -> gtx285

I had a stock 260 192 and upgraded to a stock 285. The 285 benches approximately 40% faster. As one might imagine, yes you can definitely tell the difference on GPU framerate limited games. Granted, that's only 5 or 6 titles, but still, 40% improved performance is quite a bit.

[ATi]

Yea, sounds like the placebo effect to me.+1 :)

[snowmanwithahat]

I had a stock 260 192 and upgraded to a stock 285. The 285 benches approximately 40% faster. As one might imagine, yes you can definitely tell the difference on GPU framerate limited games. Granted, that's only 5 or 6 titles, but still, 40% improved performance is quite a bit.

I'm about to be dropping in a 285 in place of my 260 too... that's good to hear

I'm 100% positive things won't look any better though... kind of wish I had a mobo that supports SLI. Another 260 would have been a much bigger performance increase and way cheaper.

[Revs]

+1 :)

+2

It's the best effect