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- PCI Express 2.0 Compatible with 896MB GDDR3 999MHz Memory
- GPU Engine Specs: Processor Cores 192 Graphics Clock (MHz) 576MHz Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 36.9
- Memory Specs: Memory Clock (MHz) 999MHz Standard Memory Config 896MB GDDR3 Memory Interface Width 448-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 111.9
- Full support for Microsoft DirectX 10.1 Shader Model 4.1. OpenGL 2.0
- Maximum Digital Resolution 2560 X 1600.Standard Display Connectors 2 dual-link DVI and 1 analog HDTV-out
Experience high definition worlds, lifelike characters, and forces of nature so powerful that your palms sweat and your heart races with every frame. Beyond games, watch Blu-ray movies and transcode video up to 7X faster than traditional CPUs1. Gaming that shakes you to the core With more gaming horsepower than ever before and 896 MB of memory, the GeForce GTX 260 GPU¿s 192 processing cores make games such as Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures and Bionic Commando feel like the real thing. Its powerful NVIDIA PhysX technology creates rich, immersive physical effects with stunningly accurate realism. Experience absolute immersion and a 50% pure performance boost than prior generation GPUs with the GeForce GTX 260 GPU. The power to take you beyond the field of play, GeForce GTX 260 seamlessly shifts tasks from the CPU to the GPU, allowing you to dive into the latest Blu-ray movie, surf the web in 3D, or transcode video to a personal video player up to 7x faster than traditional CPUs1. Now you can work and play at full speed. Average Rating of 5.00 out of 1 reviews
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Another great nVidia card from MSI - Ahmed J. Aldoseri, Aug 23, 2008
I waited for a long time until Amazon offered the GTX 260 OC that MSI made, and the waiting was worth it. I was originally going for the 280, but you can pretty much buy 2 of the 260's for the price of a single 280, and the price to performance ratio was not in favour of the 280's.
General notes: as any other user would report, this card is huge! Make sure you get a motherboard that allows you to install this card and still be able to use the PCI slots adjacent to it. I used the MSI P7N Diamond, and it accommodated it just fine.
It also requires a lot of power, forget installing this card on any PSU with less than 600 Watts, or you'll be seeing messages along the lines of "the card's performance has been lowered due to power deficiency", or something like that. It's also a safer bet to go with an SLI-certified PSU just in case you would like to pursue that path in the future.
Performance: coupled with a decent enough CPU you're guaranteed to see impressive 3D Mark results right out of the box. I haven't had the chance to fully test it yet with a variety of demanding games, but I've been playing Assassin's Creed at full settings without any issues (it does show some vertical lines across the screen when it is being pushed to the absolute limit, but that's nothing that can't be fixed by overclocking). Another resource intensive game that I play at absolute maximum (with full anti-aliasing) is Neverwinter nights 2: mask of the betrayer. Again, not so much as a hiccup.
I will recommend, however, that you have ample cooling in your case; preferably having either direct air cooling for the card itself, or some pretty solid water cooling. With a thermaltake full tower case, running 6 fans, the card is stable in the low 40's.
If you're using an older generation card, such as the nVidia 8's or 9's, you will immediately notice an improvement in performance. I Would highly recommend this card to anyone. MSI, of course, have outdone themselves again with this card, and even provide a custom overclocking utility and custom-made drivers.
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