Inno3D GeForce GTX 275 OC Graphics Card Review
May 21, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
The funny thing about the GTX 275 is that it does kill a bit of the value for the GTX 285, which ultimately means that it’s not the best model for NVIDIA. For the user, however, it’s a different story. What you’re able to get is performance similar to the GTX 285 without having to spend GTX 285 money.
Today we’re going to be looking at a GTX 275 from Inno3D which has that lovely overclocked word printed on the front of the box. What we’ll do before we have a closer look at the card and its performance is see what Inno3D have done with the package and bundle.
Let’s not delay any longer and get straight into it and see if Inno3D are able to make a GTX 275 which stands out from the pack. Considering we’ve seen a few it’s going to be a tough fight, but hopefully there’s something that helps the card stand out.
EVGA GeForce GTX 275 Review
May 21, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
I remember a neighbour of mine, many moons ago, trying to convince me to upgrade my car’s engine. I had a little 4-banger student car and he had a 302 sitting in his garage. A 302…..V8……and he wanted to drop it into my Chevette. After listening to him explain how he’d redo the transmission, rear end, tires, and chop the mounts to make it fit, I politely declined his offer, and his reply was, “But you’ll have the biggest sleeper car in town!”. True enough, he was right–my little Chevette would literally have smoked the tires off just about anything else, and the funny thing was that you’d never have known it to look at it (had I gone through with it). There’s something rather satisfying about knowing what’s under the hood is what separates the men from the boys, and you have the rest of the guys hoodwinked.
Yes, that was many moons ago, but I still relish the thought of having some bragging rights that can take someone aback. While my passion of choice may have changed from metal to electronics, the same drive is still there. And so it goes, believe it or not, with graphics cards, the engines that provide the horsepower we crave in our electronic hotrods. And there’s nothing quite like looking at a graphics card that may seem just like the others, yet packs some serious punch under the hood.
EVGA’s GTX 275 is one such card that may very well do just that. It looks awfully similar to the other 200-series cards, but this one is a bit different under the hood, promising a bunch of horsepower for today’s hottest games in what looks to be a rather unassuming exterior. We’ll be testing driving it today on a slew of games to see if can live up to the claims when the rubber hits the road.
Inno3D GeForce GTX 275 now crafted with 1792MB Memory
April 23, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
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BFG GTX 275 OC Edition & SLI Testing
April 22, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
BFG has always been a front runner in getting new and interesting variants of GPU’s to market. While other vendors are often happy with just stock speeds on GPU’s, BFG offers a variety of models and speeds, many with different cooling solutions. Not only do they offer a wide variety of speeds, they are one of the “Enthusiasts” choices for purchasing a GPU because they offer high quality GPU’s and a limited lifetime warranty combined with unparalleled tech support
. With a resume like that, it’s hard not to pick a BFG GPU over lesser brands.
The advantage of buying a BFG factory overclocked GPU is that you get that little extra performance boost and it’s covered by the limited lifetime warranty. Many people want the performance boost but don’t have the experience or patience to overclock the GPU, so factory overclocked is good for them and it keeps the warranty intact. Not only do we have the BFG GTX-275 for you today, we also threw in some GTX-275 SLI results. So sit back and relax while we drive the GTX-275 like it was meant to be driven as hard as it will go, then pair it up with another GTX-275 and drive a pair of the enthusiast GPU’s like wild horses running from a prairie fire.
GeForce GTX 275 shootout BFG | Inno3D | Palit | Sparkle
April 20, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
A week or two ago NVIDIA announced it’s latest graphics card positioned in the high-end region, called the GeForce GTX 275. The GeForce GTX 275 is a bit of a hybrid card in-between the GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GTX 285.
The card is positioned directly against the new ATI Radeon HD 4890, yet is slightly cheaper. NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 275 in an allergic reaction to team red’s product to show and flex their rendering muscle. Now I know that some of you guys might frown a little about this GTX 275 release, but trust me when I say, this is a really interesting move.
The GeForce GTX 275 has the very same graphics processor as that GTX 285, yet the memory configuration of the GTX 260 (896 MB). Fitted on a new PCB and armed with a dandy cooler NVIDIA did another thing, they lowered prices significantly.
The GTX 275 is a card that is being introduced at a 239~249 USD price level. And though features and performance wise the product is not exactly the reinvention of the wheel, it definitely is a massive load of performance at a very fair price. At the time of writing this article it’s two weeks after the launch and the first retail products are now hitting the stores in reasonable volume.
As such we figured to cease the moment and show you a couple of retail boards. For this article, a total of five GeForce GTX 275 graphics cards will be put to the test. We take the NVIDIA reference sample, two reference clocked products and two pre-overclocked products to see where we are at in terms of performance, cooling and features among the difference AIB/AIC partners.
We’ll take the BFG GTX 275 OC edition, the Inno3D Overclock editions GTX 275, the Palit GTX 275 with custom cooling and the all reference based yet blue’ish colored GeForce GTX 275 from Sparkle.
We’ll compare each AIB card at it’s default clocks and compare it to the reference model. Of course, you are on guru3D.com .. we’ll also overclock all cards tested today to investigate and observe what the limit of each product really is. First we start off with a quick introduction of the GTX 275, the differences, the new, and the not so new ….
Galaxy GeForce GTX 275 Overclocked Tri-Fan Video Card Review
April 14, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
It hasn’t taken long for NVIDIA partners to start spicing up the GTX 275. Come launch day we already saw that Gainward had opted for aftermarket cooling. Galaxy has kicked up a notch, though; this not only by including a pretty mean cooling setup on the card, but also taking the time to increase the core and memory clock.
While the card was designed to compete directly against the HD 4890, what we’re seeing is that in the retail channel the GTX 275 is slightly more expensive. While this might be a bad thing considering the fact that the GTX 275 is designed to compete head to head with the HD 4890, it isn’t really, as that little bit of extra cost carries with it that little bit of extra performance.
Today we’ll see if Galaxy can make the gap between the HD 4890 and GTX 275 even larger with the help of an increase in clock speeds. So, let’s have a quick look at the package before we take a closer look at the card along with its cooler and clock speeds.
Geforce GTX 275 Selling Poorly Due to GTX 260
April 13, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
GeForce GTX275 Graphics Cards have been becoming more widely available in Europe and North America. Actually, many AICs hoped this high-end card would bring new energy and stimulation to the depressing market, but things turn out contrary to their expectations. There is no overwhelming sales tide for GTX275, instead, the market seems to be too quiet.
AMD ever claimed that Radeon HD 4890 outsold GeForce GTX 275 by 30 to 1 at launch, but we prefer to take this figure as a large pinch of salt, as AMD has put thousands of cards in the channel then, while GTX275 was just a paper-launch in essence. Besides, the AICs need more time to design and manufacture custom GTX275 as there is no reference design for it.
Well, what has resulted in the poor sale of GTX275? We don’t think it’s HD 4890. However, GTX260 should be the major reason. Several manufactuers chopped GTX260 price greatly last month, and you may get it at around $169 bucks. Though GTX 275 brings 13% performance improvements compared with GTX260 according to our benchmark, lots of users still prefer to choose the latter one with attractive pricing and decent performance, which has put great pressure on GTX275 sale.
The global slowdown is also one of the main causes. People are more than ever cautious of their expenditures, and GTX275 is not exciting enough to arouse their desire to make purchases.
Anyway, the graphics card market needs more stimulation, so we look forward so much to the next round of war between the two graphics processor giants.
Source: expreview
Sphere: Related ContentInno3D Geforce GTX 275 Overclock Edition
April 13, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
Today we are taking a look at a new graphics card from Inno3D that is designed to deliver high-end performance at an affordable price tag. Based on the GeForce GTX 275 reference design, this new Inno3D product features overclocked core and memory frequencies for even greater performance…
Recently two new graphics cards arrived targeting the $250 US price range called the Radeon HD 4890 and GeForce GTX 275. Initially we were only anticipating the arrival of a new ATI graphics card, though it would have been unlike Nvidia to sit by and watch. As luck would have it, coming up with a counter for the Radeon HD 4890 did not take long, as the GPU that powers the new GeForce GTX 275 has been out and about for some time now.
Despite what some might try to tell you, the Radeon HD 4890 is merely an overclocked Radeon HD 4870 and therefore it is only slightly faster. This means that in most cases the Radeon HD 4870 is faster than the GeForce GTX 260, while it is slower than the GeForce GTX 285, and it is priced to sit between these two graphics cards.
In fact, Nvidia had quite a large pricing discrepancy between these two graphics cards, with the GeForce GTX 260 priced at around $180 US while the GeForce GTX 285 cost $350 US. Since the new Radeon HD 4890 was targeting the $250 US price range, it made sense for Nvidia to follow with the GeForce GTX 275. While the Radeon HD 4890 is just an overclocked Radeon HD 4870, the GeForce GTX 275 is a single GPU version of the GeForce GTX 295.
The GPU’s featured on the GeForce GTX 295 were unique and we often referred to them as being a GeForce GTX 280/260 hybrid. This is because the GPU’s featured a similar core configuration to that of the GeForce GTX 280, while the core and memory clock speeds matched the GeForce GTX 260. This meant that a single GPU version of the GeForce GTX 295 would perform somewhere in-between these two graphics cards, and this was an ideal level of performance for a Radeon HD 4890 counter.
Availability of these new graphics cards is already very good, and it is possible to purchase a GeForce GTX 275 for $260 US, while the Radeon HD 4890 is coming in slightly cheaper at $250 US. Although all current products based on these new GPU’s are simply reference boards with a company logo slapped on the heatsink, Inno3D has at least tried to make their example a little more attractive, by carrying out a little factory overclocking while also including two free full version games as well.
EVGA Intros GeForce GTX 275 FTW Edition
April 11, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
Pushing up the ante, EVGA introduced the GeForce GTX 275 FTW Edition (model 896-P3-1173-AR). FTW means “for the win”, in gamer jargon. The company has been using the “FTW” label for peak-performance variants of graphics cards and motherboards. In the case of graphics cards, it comes with the highest factory-overclocked parameters available in its lineup.
Featuring the default design of the rest of the cards in its series, the GeForce GTX 275 FTW comes with clock speeds of 713/1512/2520 MHz (core/shader/memory), against the reference speeds of 633/1404/2268 MHz. The card features 240 stream processors, and 896 MB of memory across a 448-bit wide GDDR3 interface. The card is listed on the company store for US $299.99, a $50 premium over the base-model.
Source: techpowerup
Sphere: Related ContentGalaxy Launched GTX 275 OC Edition with Digital PWM
April 5, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
What makes Galaxy different from the rest is that this card is self designed using digital PWM combining digital MOSFET, DRIVER chips and digital integrated inductance(L) and lots of MLCC. As a result, its efficiency reaches 80%. The card is also equiped with Arctic Cooling Extreme Cooler that comes with 3 fans and 5 heatpipes. It has Dual BIOS design and is bundled with Xtreme Tuner software for BIOS recovery, fan speed, and the overclock settings.
