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Various Brands Of GTX 280 & 260 Cards Roundup
We have rounded up various brands of GTX 280 and 260 cards from BFG, ASUS,
Leadtek, MSI, POV, ZOTAC, Inno3D, XpertVision, XFX. More to come! So far, we are impressed with ASUS GTX 280 TOP
edition with a good game bundle with Alone in the Dark and a 670MHz core clock and also ZOTAC GTX 280 AMP Edition core clock that tops 700MHz.
BFG Technologies®, Inc., the leading North American and European supplier of
advanced NVIDIA-based 3D graphics cards, power supplies and other PC enthusiast
products, announced today the BFG GeForce® GTX 280 OC™ and the BFG GeForce GTX
260 OC graphics cards.
With 240 processing cores and 1GB of frame buffer memory, the BFG GeForce GTX
280 OC delivers an average performance improvement that is one and a half times
better than high-end GeForce 8 and GeForce 9 series single-GPU graphics cards.
The BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC is targeted at price/performance conscious
enthusiasts and includes a reduced number of processing cores (192) and lower
frame buffer size (896MB), yet still permits the top 3D games to be played at
high resolutions and fast frame rates.
“Backed by our free 24/7/365 world-class tech support and the longest running
lifetime warranty in the industry, the BFG GeForce GTX 200 series graphics cards
are built from the ground up for amazing next-gen gaming performance and a whole
lot more”, said John Malley, senior director of marketing for BFG Technologies.
“Graphics cards aren’t just for gaming anymore. In addition to ripping through
DirectX 10 games at blazing fast frame rates, the BFG GeForce GTX 200 series
graphics cards give end user systems the power of up to 240 multi-threaded
processor cores—offloading the most intensive processing tasks from the CPU to
the GPU with unprecedented efficiency.”
BFG GeForce® GTX 280 OC
Bus Type: PCI Express® 2.0
Memory: 1GB (1024MB) GDDR3
Core Clock: 615MHz (vs. 602MHz standard)
Shader Clock: 1350MHz (vs. 1296MHz standard)
BFG GeForce® GTX 260 OC
Bus Type: PCI Express 2.0
Memory: 896MB GDDR3
Core Clock: 590MHz (vs. 576MHz standard)
Shader Clock: 1296MHz (vs. 1242MHz standard)
Availability
The BFG GeForce® GTX 280 OC will be available at leading online and in-store
retailers throughout North America and Europe beginning June 17, 2008. The BFG
GeForce GTX 260 OC graphics cards will be available at leading online and
in-store retailers throughout North America and Europe beginning June 26, 2008.
Visit www.bfgtech.com for more information
