GTX260 to GTX285

**ATOJAR** · 05-11-09, 01:24 PM

I currently have the GTX260 Overclocked(see sig), Ive been thinking of upgrading to a BFG GTX285 OCX Edition.

My question is this ... Will i notice a nice enough difference to justify £320? is the card much faster?

lamarodom007 · 05-11-09, 03:52 PM

I don't think that's a good deal if you ask me, you prob going to see the maximum of 15%-25% of performance increase, butta with next gen DX11 on the bow, you should just wait for the next gen.

**ATOJAR** · 05-11-09, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lamarodom007

I don't think that's a good deal if you ask me, you prob going to see the maximum of 15%-25% of performance increase

Hmm thought as much ..... When are the new crds comming out? any news on product names? performance ect?

EDIT: Never mind, Just checked thr Rumor Mill.

Dazz · 05-11-09, 05:09 PM

End of the year the performance has not been disclosed but expect around 50% or so improvement.

CaptNKILL · 05-11-09, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dazz

End of the year the performance has not been disclosed but expect around 50% or so improvement.

50% seems rather modest.

If the rumors are true you should see much more than that over a GTX 260. In shader-heavy scenarios at least.

If the fill rate gets as much of an increase as the SPs and bandwidth this thing will easily double performance in a lot of situations.

avirox · 05-11-09, 11:06 PM

A moderately overclocked GTX 260 core 216 should perform withing 5% of the performance of a stock GTX 280. The jump from there to a GTX 285 is negligible, though I suppose if you had something like the EVGA setup-up program behind you, why not? As others have said, waiting for the next gen of cards would be your best bet.

Blacklash · 05-12-09, 04:21 AM

I'd wait for next gen considering the OC you have. Even more so if that's a 216SP card.

**ATOJAR** · 05-12-09, 05:11 AM

Narr its not a 216 core ... to be honest theres only two games ive played that i cant play max settings(Crysis & Age of Conan) ..

Wonder what power psu one of these next gen top end cards would need? Becasue my 580W wont cut it lol .... Serverd me well over the years so far though.

kaptkarl · 05-12-09, 07:40 AM

I concur - keep the 260 and wait. I have the EVGAGTX260 216core OC'd and it runs extremely fast, and cool. I play Crysis @ 1920x1200 maxed w/ 2AA @ 25FPS.....nice. The game will slow just a bit w/ very intense scenes, but not bad enough to justify an expense upgrade. All other games run fully maxed out.

Im curious to see what ATI will bring to to the table as well..........

Kapt

**john19055** · 05-12-09, 12:26 PM

Yes you will see a performance increase, if you game at 1920x1200,but I don't think it is worth 320,when the new GTX300 is supposed to be out in september or rumor to be,I don't look for it untill the end of the year.

05-11-09, 01:24 PM	#1
ATOJAR Bish Bash Bosh Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, England. Posts: 2,751	GTX260 to GTX285 I currently have the GTX260 Overclocked(see sig), Ive been thinking of upgrading to a BFG GTX285 OCX Edition. My question is this ... Will i notice a nice enough difference to justify £320? is the card much faster? __________________ Intel i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) - ASUS P6T iX58 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD(Win7/apps) - Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB(storage/games) - LG W2452T 24" LCD 1920x1200 Monitor - Gainward GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB - Windows 7 Ultimate X64 - Corsair 750W TX PSU - Antec 900 Case - Logitech G500 Mouse - Logitech G15 v2 Keyboard.

05-11-09, 03:52 PM	#2
lamarodom007 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 60	Re: GTX260 to GTX285 I don't think that's a good deal if you ask me, you prob going to see the maximum of 15%-25% of performance increase, butta with next gen DX11 on the bow, you should just wait for the next gen.

05-11-09, 05:09 PM	#4
Dazz "TOON ARMY!" Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom Posts: 5,138	Re: GTX260 to GTX285 End of the year the performance has not been disclosed but expect around 50% or so improvement. __________________ "Never interupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition @ 4.25GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Graphics: ASUS ENGTX470 Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX Blu PC12800 DDR3 Monitor: LG E2260V-PN Full HD WLED 22" & DELL 20" 2005FPW, Power: Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850w PSU Sound: Logitech Z5500 Digital. Cooling: Thermalright Silver Arrow. 1st Storage: Kingston V100 SSDNow128GB SSD 2nd Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB

05-11-09, 11:06 PM	#6
avirox Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 290	Re: GTX260 to GTX285 A moderately overclocked GTX 260 core 216 should perform withing 5% of the performance of a stock GTX 280. The jump from there to a GTX 285 is negligible, though I suppose if you had something like the EVGA setup-up program behind you, why not? As others have said, waiting for the next gen of cards would be your best bet.

05-12-09, 04:21 AM	#7
Blacklash 8^9^3 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Old Vizima Posts: 3,679	Re: GTX260 to GTX285 I'd wait for next gen considering the OC you have. Even more so if that's a 216SP card. __________________ Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.96GHz (1.36v)\|Mushkin 998681 XP3-12800 (3x2GB) ASUS TUF Sabertooth (X58)\|ASUS GTX 580 DirectCU II (980\|4604)\|ASUS PA246Q WD VelociRaptor 150GB HD (x2)\|Pioneer DVR-2920Q\|LG GH22LS30\|Klipsch PM20 2.0 SilverStone OP1000-E\|SilverStone TJ10-B\|Thermalright U-120 Extreme\|Win 7 HP x64

05-12-09, 05:11 AM	#8
ATOJAR Bish Bash Bosh Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, England. Posts: 2,751	Re: GTX260 to GTX285 Narr its not a 216 core ... to be honest theres only two games ive played that i cant play max settings(Crysis & Age of Conan) .. Wonder what power psu one of these next gen top end cards would need? Becasue my 580W wont cut it lol .... Serverd me well over the years so far though. __________________ Intel i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) - ASUS P6T iX58 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD(Win7/apps) - Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB(storage/games) - LG W2452T 24" LCD 1920x1200 Monitor - Gainward GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB - Windows 7 Ultimate X64 - Corsair 750W TX PSU - Antec 900 Case - Logitech G500 Mouse - Logitech G15 v2 Keyboard.

05-12-09, 07:40 AM	#9
kaptkarl Carolina Panthers Rule!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 406	Re: GTX260 to GTX285 I concur - keep the 260 and wait. I have the EVGAGTX260 216core OC'd and it runs extremely fast, and cool. I play Crysis @ 1920x1200 maxed w/ 2AA @ 25FPS.....nice. The game will slow just a bit w/ very intense scenes, but not bad enough to justify an expense upgrade. All other games run fully maxed out. Im curious to see what ATI will bring to to the table as well.......... Kapt __________________ Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 motherboard AMD Phenom ll X4 965 BE OC'd @ 3.6GHz Vendetta cooler 120mm fan 16GB G. Skill Ripsaw DDR3 1600MHz memory Powercolor 5870 OC'd to 949/1255 (OC'd only when gaming of course) 11.8 Cat drivers 650W power supply Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA HD Sony dual layer 16X DVD/CD Writer LG 8X Blu-ray Writer HP w2408h 24" monitor running @ 1920x1200 native rez Win 7 Ultimate 64bit

05-12-09, 12:26 PM	#10
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: GTX260 to GTX285 Yes you will see a performance increase, if you game at 1920x1200,but I don't think it is worth 320,when the new GTX300 is supposed to be out in september or rumor to be,I don't look for it untill the end of the year. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

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