55nm GeForce GTX 285 now available in the US

[AuDioFreaK39]

55nm GeForce GTX 285 now available in the US

5 manufacturers, $379 to $429

Nvidia is proud to announce that its 55nm GeForce GTX 285 cards are now officially available in the states at retailers and e-tailers nationwide. Newegg, the largest e-tailer of them all, currently lists three models from EVGA and single models from BFG, XFX, Zotac, and ASUS for a total of 7 offerings to choose from.

Currently, the prices range from $379.99 for the XFX standard clocked 648MHz card to $429.99 for EVGA's SSC 702MHz card. All in all, these prices seem to reflect those of the 65nm GTX 280 just last week before a significant price drop took place.

As far as overclocking capabilities are concerned, several manufacturers have told us over the past few weeks that the cards are expected to reach around 750MHz core speeds on standard cooling. For those further interested, the GPU is an Nvidia G200-350-B3 chip that operates at 1.15 volts.

Newegg's complete GeForce GTX 285 page listing can be found here.

 

[rangers]

http://www.tbreak.com/articles/40/1/Zotac-GTX285-AMP-Edition/Page1.html
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[jay2tall]

Isn't it just a 55nm GTX280 with an overclock and 1GB of memory? Clock for clock the 285 has a slight advantage over the 285. I have a feeling it's due to the memory.

Good thing about this is the 280's will be down in price. $300 for a 280? that's a GOOD deal.

 

[gamerk316]

Isn't it just a 55nm GTX280 with an overclock and 1GB of memory? Clock for clock the 285 has a slight advantage over the 285. I have a feeling it's due to the memory.

Good thing about this is the 280's will be down in price. $300 for a 280? that's a GOOD deal.

Based on the revies I've read (hardOCP did a REALLY good one), clock for clock, the 280and 285 are the same (+- 1 fps, well within margin of error), but the 55nm process allows for higher clocks. The EVGA OC'd one was 17% faster than a 280, so I'd figure a stock 285 is about 10% faster than a 280, for only a few dollars more (according to newegg, less ).

I'd recommend this over the 280, but this isn't worth upgrading to if you have a GTX260 or above.

 

[Zenthar]

Based on HotHardware's review, it seems the 285 performs just as well as the 4850X2, but cost 100$ more :-/. I could understand if it was a bit pricier (single GPU performance tend to have no "XFire/SLI performance fluctuations"), but a whole 30% more $$$ isn't really justifiable IMO.