• XFX GTX 280 XXX Edition

    XFX GTX 280 XXX Edition

    Roydon Cerejo, Jul 02, 2008 1424 hrs IST

    The XFX GTX 280 XXX Edition looks good on paper but will it take the crown?

    Good performance with AA, Supports PhysX and CUDA, Good cooling.

    Insanely expensive, Power hungry.

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The Beast

The card is about the same length as the 9800GTX but will probably run a lot hotter, so make sure you have good ventilation inside your case.





The cooler looks like a hybrid of the 8800GTS(G92) and the 9800GTX. XFX is known to produce good-looking cards and this one does not disappoint. The front of the card continues the same motif as seen on the box. I tried to remove the top cover to get a shot of the heatsink but it was a pain in the back side, so gave up.



The back panel features the same old pair of dual link DVI connectors along with a component out port. Above the connectors is a vent to puff out the hot air that the card will create. This is the best solution when it comes to coolers, because even though it takes two slots none of the hot air is dumped inside the case.

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(14) Comments
mufi
,mumbai, on Jul 06, 2008 01:01 AM
guys my bro bought this in US for 499$ means around 21000, 49000 its too over price i gues techtree has done mistakes
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mohammed younus
,HYDERABAD, on Jul 02, 2008 08:51 PM
when will the price of hd4850 arrive on techtree i am seeing the tevhtree site daily from june 23rd .... gtx 280 ... is absolutely crazy to buy i could buy a play station 3 and 9 or 10 ps3 titles within that price and get a blu ray player in form of play station
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John
,Cochin, on Jul 05, 2008 08:37 AM
Agreed I already ordered my MGS4 PS3 because i am sick and tired of forking out thousands of moolah every year for new graphics cards
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Angad
,Delhi, on Jul 04, 2008 03:07 AM
Guys, let's get one thing clear, most of the games you use for benchies were stressing hardware back in their day simply because they were BADLY OPTIMIZED. All the games you bench on, except maybe Call of Juarez (because it is still crappily optimized) get PWNED by my 3 year old 7900GT, after patching them to their latest updates. Bottom Line: Find new games to bench on. Period.
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John
,Cochin, on Jul 05, 2008 08:35 AM
Agreed, get new benchmarks for every new generation of graphic cards
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Chintan
,Mumbai, on Jul 04, 2008 03:20 PM
go with ATi 4xxx series.. the best thing ur money can buy..nvidia messed up with the gt2 series. reminds me of the fx5xxx series(sadly i had owned one!).
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yash
,mumbai, on Jul 03, 2008 11:00 PM
hd4850 availble for 14k at prime abgb lamington road
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SHAUN
,MUMBAI, on Jul 03, 2008 03:14 PM
BIG GTX 280 1GB IS AVAILABLE FOR 33000/- IN LAMINGTON WOW THATS VALUE FOR MONEY CARD I BOUGHT 3 CARDS ALREADY ITS AMAZING
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Rahul
,Bangalore, on Jul 03, 2008 03:09 PM
Uhh !!! Zotac GTX280 AMP! Edition overclocked 700 Mhz. with nice priced of Rs.44000/- with 5 Years Warranty... Wow :-)
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Azeem
,mumbai, on Jul 03, 2008 01:28 PM
Good god, what a load of crap. You're still benchmarking with HL2 and Quake? I mean, are you kidding me?
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muzux2
,Srinagar, on Jul 03, 2008 11:12 AM
not worth at that price.. two HD4850 performs better & smeone could still save $250 bucks or Rs 22000
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surendra reddy
,bangalore, on Jul 03, 2008 03:40 AM
i have a very good concepy in mobile technology please let me knoe if your company is intersted in a joint venture
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Anonymous
,Pune, on Jul 02, 2008 10:57 PM
No need to buy this thing yet I have checked Radeon HD4850 & HD4870 reviews and they both rock. they both manage to beat Geforce 260GTX in most of the tests. Both have 512MB Memory but Radeon HD4870 has 512MB @ GDDR5. Just wait for Radeon HD4870X2 I m sure it'll beat Geforce 280 & 9800 GX2
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asfhan
,mumbai, on Jul 02, 2008 07:47 PM
pls review hd 4000 series
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