Monday 16th June 2008

VIDEO: Taking apart the GeForce GTX 280

Posted at: Monday 16th June 2008 by Alex Watson

We get up close and personal with Nvidia's 1.4 billion transistor super chip

Nvidia's new high-end graphics card, the GeForce GTX 280 has been a long time in the making. Although Nvidia has launched other high-end graphics cards since the 8800 GTX first set out to wow us in 2006, these have either been dual GPU offerings such as the 9800 GX2, or underwhelming efforts like the GeForce 9800 GTX. The GTX 280 is a true high-end graphics card in the traditional mould - one, massive, expensive, hot running GPU. It features a massive bank of 240 stream processors, a 512-bit memory interface and packs 1GB of GDDR3 memory. If you want the full skinny on the card, as well as its performance in games, then make sure you check out our full review of the GeForce GTX 280, but if you just want to take a closer look at this supercar of the PC world, you've come to the right place.

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Its only the same size as the 8800 Ultra and 9800GX2. Its an amazing card yes but its worth holding out with a 9 Series until they get this new Technology that they are using until its next series. Yes it has 240 processes, but its shader is lacking compared to the 9800GX2 by over 20million. like with all new things though. it takes the 2nd time around to get it down properly. This is the future of gaming, but the 1st of its kind so it will lack a bit.

Comment by jg_uk2005 at 3:43am 16th July 2008

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hmmmmmmmm

Something will have to change one day. Gpu's can't just keep getting bigger and bigger. Maybe real time ray tracing will finish off the gpu as we know it.

Comment by erratum1 at 8:22am 24th June 2008

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HAHA

gotta commend these companies on their designs. the GPU itself was almost wafer thin yet they insist on adding 5 kilos of inefficient heatsinks! get your priorities right nVidia!! you've supplied the power, now supply a reasonable cooler!!

Comment by pado16 at 12:49pm 20th June 2008

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remark

thats what she said

Comment by poster at 7:57pm 17th June 2008

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Its a bit of a beast.

Its odd that they have returned to the disjointed cooler - much like the 8800 GTS 512. I thought the efforts they made with the 9800GTX produced a much more elegant design.

Comment by Spreadie at 6:04pm 17th June 2008

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Wow

Blimey. At this rate you'll need a second case just to hold the GPU. I wonder how much bigger they are going to get before something dramatically changes.