Performance Recap
See our video of the GTX 280 (running) and the GTX 260 (shown).
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260/280 Review
By Fedy Abi-Chahla , Florian Charpentier published
149 Comments
Comment from the forums
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Lunarion what a POS, the 9800gx2 is $150+ cheaper and performs just about the same. Let's hope the new ATI cards coming actually make a differenceReply -
foxhound009 woow,.... that's the new "high end" gpu????Reply
lolz.. 3870 x2 wil get cheaper... and nvidia gtx200 lies on the shelves providing space for dust........
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thatguy2001 Pretty disappointing. And here I was thinking that the gtx 280 was supposed to put the 9800gx2 to shame. Not too good.Reply -
cappster Both cards are priced out of my price range. Mainstream decently priced cards sell better than the extreme high priced cards. I think Nvidia is going to lose this round of "next gen" cards and price to performance ratio to ATI. I am a fan of whichever company will provide a nice performing card at a decent price (sub 300 dollars).Reply -
njalterio Very disappointing, and I had to laugh when they compared the prices for the GTX 260 and the GTX 280, $450 and $600, calling the GTX 260 "nearly half the price" of the GTX 280. Way to fail at math. lol.Reply -
NarwhaleAu It is going to get owned by the 4870x2. In some cases the 3870x2 was quicker - not many, but we are talking 640 shaders total vs. 1600 total for the 4870x2.Reply -
MooseMuffin Loud, power hungry, expensive and not a huge performance improvement. Nice job nvidia.Reply -
compy386 This should be great news for AMD. The 4870 is rumored to come in at 40% above the 9800GTX so that would put it at about the 260GTX range. At $300 it would be a much better value. Plus AMD was expecting to price it in the $200s so even if it hits low, AMD can lower the price and make some money.Reply -
vochtige i think i'll get a 8800ultra. i'll be safe for the next 5 generations of nvidia! try harder nv crewReply