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The GeForce GTX 280 is Nvidia's 10th generation graphics card specification and their current top-of-the-line model. Built on a 65nm process, the GTX 280 contains the largest GPU ever constructed to date, with 1.4 billion transistors on a 575mm^2 die. Introduced at $649 dollars, the GTX 280 has seen a great deal of competition from cheaper and arguably superior offerings from AMD/ATI, such as the Radeon 4870 and more recently 4850x2/4870x2. Today the GPU has a MSRP of $499.
MSRP $499.00
Release date June, 2008
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- Core clock speed: 602MHz
- Stream Processors: 240
- Shader clock: 1296MHz
- Memory bus: 512bit
- Memory: 1024MB DDR3, 2214MHz
- Memory bandwidth: 141.7GB/s
- Power consumption (idle/full load): 126W/236W
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 280
• BFG Tech NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 1 GB GDDR3
• GeForce GTX 280 Video Card
UPC: 876758002425
EAN: 876758002425
MPN: BFGEGTX2801024E
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MSRP $199.00
Released June, 2008
Pros
- 1GB versions are now available
- highly competitive against the various flavours of Nvidia's GTX 260s
- can play all of the latest games on high resolutions and high levels of detail
Cons
- utilizes quite a lot of power and thus produces a fair amount of heat
- stock cooler keeps the card at uncomfortably hot levels without later bios revisions
- requires external power adapter (which means you need a decent and relatively new power supply)
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ATI Radeon HD 4870
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MSRP $260.00
Released April, 2009
Pros
- cheaper than the 4870 was when it launched
- significantly faster (10%+) than the earlier 4870 for higher resolution gaming (1680 x 1050+)
- first AMD/ATI card offered overclocked directly from the manufacturer
Cons
- expensive
- not much different than the 4870 for lower resolution gaming (1280 x 1024 . 1440 x 900 etc...)
- high power draw and heat output
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