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Brand | EVGA |
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Model | 896-P3-1170-AR |
Interface | PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
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Chipset Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
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GPU | GeForce GTX 275 |
Core Clock | 633 MHz |
CUDA Cores | 240 |
Effective Memory Clock | 2268 MHz |
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Memory Size | 896MB |
Memory Interface | 448-Bit |
Memory Type | DDR3 |
DirectX | DirectX 10 |
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OpenGL | OpenGL 3.0 |
DVI | 2 x DVI |
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TV-Out | HDTV Out |
Max Resolution | 2560 x 1600 |
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3D VISION Game Ready | Yes |
SLI Support | 3-Way SLI |
Cooler | Single Fan |
System Requirements | Minimum of a 550 Watt power supply (Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 40 Amps.) |
Power Connector | 2 x 6-Pin |
Dual-Link DVI Supported | Yes |
HDCP Ready | Yes |
Date First Available | April 02, 2009 |
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Pros: This was an upgrade from 2x 8800GT's in SLI. Threw this in there, , got better performance with the stock clocks than with my old ones OC'd. Never had an EVGA before, but I will probably stick with them from now on, if only for the EVGA Precision software. Makes OC and card control really easy. Right now I have the card OC'd to 720MHz core, 1160 memory. It seems perfectly stable (ran several benchmarks and looped crysis benchmarks for a while) and I could probably go higher. At those clocks, I run the fan at 100% (noisy but I can't hear it when gaming anyway) and, even after a while, it only got to 67C. In Call of Duty 4, with alll settings maxed at 1680x1050, it gets a constant 60fps (the v-sync rate). In the crysis GPU benchmark, at 1440x900 with 8x MSAA and everything very high except shadows and shaders (which are high) the FPS averages about 40. All in all, an excellent card, great deal, and probably the best OCing GPU I have encountered.
Cons: The thing totally said "informatino, software, and case stickers" or something like that, BUT THERE WERE NO CASE STICKERS!. I really wanted one, too. Got no complaints about the card though. Some people mention length, but its standard length for a preformance card (and no issue in a Full Tower anyway).