Hands On With Nvidia's New GTX 280 Card

notdagreatbrain writes "Maximum PC magazine has early benchmarks on Nvidia's newest GPU architecture — the GTX 200 series. Benchmarks on the smokin' fast processor reveal a graphics card that can finally tame Crysis at 1900x1200. 'The GTX 280 delivered real-world benchmark numbers nearly 50 percent faster than a single GeForce 9800 GTX running on Windows XP, and it was 23 percent faster than that card running on Vista. In fact, it looks as though a single GTX 280 will be comparable to — and in some cases beat — two 9800 GTX cards running in SLI, a fact that explains why Nvidia expects the 9800 GX2 to fade from the scene rather quickly.'"

Yeah but...

[Anonymous Coward]

Can it play Duke Nukem forever?

The this incredible!!

[Zosden]

Before the only computer that could do this at even medium graphics was Link [computerworld.com]

Seriously

[Anonymous Coward]

Did you really read the "MAXIMUM PC" article
did you read

The 8800 GTX has 24 ROPs and the 9800 GTX has 16, but if the resulting pixels need to be blended as they're written to the frame buffer, those two GPUs require two clock cycles to complete the operation. The 9800 GTX, therefore, is capable of blending only eight pixels per clock cycle. The GTX 280 not only has 32 ROPs but is also capable of blending pixels at full speed--so its 32 ROPs can blend 32 pixels per clock cycle. The GTX 260, which is also capable of full-speed blending, is outfitted with 28 ROPs.

without you eyelids drooping and your head nodding onto your chest
You did ?
You may enjoy this or [barbwiremuseum.com] this [feargod.net] then.

Noise...

[Guanine]

Yes, but will you be able to hear your games over the roar of the fans on this thing?

Does it sound like a jet engine?

[alen]

how loud is it and does it need the hoover dam to power it up?

the way things are going you will need 2 power supplies in a PC. one for the video card and one for everything else

Not fitting the narrative!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

The GTX 280 delivered real-world benchmark numbers nearly 50 percent faster than a single GeForce 9800 GTX running on Windows XP, and it was 23-percent faster than that card running on Vista.

Please: We here at Slashdot are trying to catapult the propaganda that Vista is a failure. Your bringing in "facts" and "benchmarks" isn't helping.

Will nobody think of the FUD?

Don't worry....

[Totenglocke]

They still have 10 more years to develop video cards before Duke Nukem Forever comes out!

Re:MY Space Heater!

[Firehed]

236W? I doubt you'll have any problems kicking ass on the frozen levels.

Re:Power Consumption

[Anonymous Coward]

Sony does this with a lot of their VAIO laptops. But you have to install 17 rootkits for it to work.