EVGA GeForce GTX260 Core 216 896MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card 896-P3-1255-AR - Lifetime Warranty

by EVGA

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001NXDQCW
• Item model number: 896-P3-1255-AR
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 from EVGA brings you the latest in graphics card technology from Nvidia. Engineered for the enthusiast your system will be able to handle the latest games, high definition digital video, and Windows Vista with aplomb. The features of the GTX 260 Core 216 896-P3-1255-AR include the 55nm GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 (576MHz clock) chipset, 896MB of 448-bit 1ns GDDR3 memory with a 999MHz clock with an effective rate of 1998MHz, 1242MHz Shader Clock, 216 processing cores, PCI Express 2.0 compatibility, Dual DVI-I connectors, 111.9GB per second memory bandwidth, 2nd Generation NVIDIA unified architecture, Full Microsoft DirectX 10, NVIDIA 2-way and 3-way SLI ready, NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology, NVIDIA PhysX Ready, NVIDIA CUDA technology, and OpenGL 2.1 support. Built for Microsoft Windows Vista. This product comes with a lifetime warranty. Product must be registered at www.evga.com within 30 days of purchase to get the lifetime warranty

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product, April 4, 2009

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Omni Presence "TK421" (Lunar Module One) - See all my reviews

This review is from: EVGA GeForce GTX260 Core 216 896MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card 896-P3-1255-AR - Lifetime Warranty (Personal Computers)

These cards are really excellent. You can't do better for the price. I have a gtx280 and gtx260. They perform similarly, but the gtx260 is almost half the price.

Basically, the gtx260 does fine on a good 500W power supply with enough amps (mine is on an Antec Earthwatts with two 17amp +12volt rails).

The gtx280 needs more power. I have mine on a 720W Enermax which is probably more than enough. I could SLI two 260s on it.

The gtx260 is well-matched to a 22" or smaller widescreen LCD monitor at 1680x1050.

The gtx280 is well-matched to 24" screen size at 1920x1200 (Full HD).

Both of the cards look alike, are the same large size, and both idle cool and quiet and exhaust the hot air outside the case. Even under load, the cards do not get too loud.

Good engineering, good price, and in my experience very stable and high-performing Vista drivers (32 and 64 bit).

A next level card. I'm happy this time around. The gtx260 core216 is a great buy, just make sure you can fit it in your case and have an adequate power supply.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Video Card!!!, July 30, 2009

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Reynaldo (Caracas, VEN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: EVGA GeForce GTX260 Core 216 896MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card 896-P3-1255-AR - Lifetime Warranty (Personal Computers)

Very impressive upgrade from a 8800GT/512, core temps idles at 47C and tops at 66C full load (Case thermaltake Soprano and room temp at 27C), Crysis plays excellent!!! system specs and benchmarks below:

System:
- C2D Q6600@2.4GHz
- 4GB DDR2/800 OCZ Gold
- MSI P45 Platinum
- 500GB WD Sata2
- Flat Panel Samsung 216BW

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CRYSIS WARHEAD
System Information
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP
System memory: 4 GB
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU speed: 2400 MHz
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 C216 - 896 MB
Benchmark information
Demo: Avalanche 2
Quality: Very High (tweaked DX10) (ULTRA MODE: Google it!)
Renderer mode: DirectX 9
Antialising mode: Off
Filtering mode: None
MultiGPU support: Disabled
Boost renderer: Disabled
Use Custom Config File: No
Random .exe: Disabled

Resolution: 1280 × 800 (Custom)
Result(1): Minimum= 31 FPS Average= 39 FPS Max= 55 FPS


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CRYSIS
Proc: Q6600 OC 4% a 2.49GHz - DDR2 a 830MHz
Con Tweaks de NVidia - Crysis 1280x800 Max. DX10 (No Ultra Mode) - 16X AA
Video: GTX260 216 55nm 896
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 1500, Recorded Time: 44.62s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 43.73s, Average FPS: 34.30
Min FPS: 12.90 at frame 206, Max FPS: 44.46 at frame 338
Average Tri/Sec: -40982524, Tri/Frame: -1194831
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.60
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 39.67s, Average FPS: 37.81
Min FPS: 12.90 at frame 206, Max FPS: 47.74 at frame 98
Average Tri/Sec: -44729768, Tri/Frame: -1182902
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.61
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 39.59s, Average FPS: 37.89
Min FPS: 12.90 at frame 206, Max FPS: 47.74 at frame 98
Average Tri/Sec: -44951932, Tri/Frame: -1186341
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.61

I currently play both at 1440x900 with everything max out, DX10 tweaked, and modified for Ultra mode (done in Warhead benchmark), and practically never goes below 30 fps, almost always at 35-40 fps. It's pointless to talk about every other game benchmarks, but I can say that all of them plays at maxed visuals (1680x1050) without a hinch!!!

P.D.: EVGA 275 looks great too!!! If u have the money go for that one.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every dime !!!, June 25, 2009

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RagenRat "A man's only as good as his word !!" (Aurora IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: EVGA GeForce GTX260 Core 216 896MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card 896-P3-1255-AR - Lifetime Warranty (Personal Computers)

After much looking and thinking about stepping up to a card of this caliber I did make the plunge. I have two SLI computers and have spent a lot of money for two cards but never this much for a single card.
I was very pleased to see the the windows rating topped out at 5.9 with this card and better yet plays movies at High res. all day long. Game play is second to none that I have played with this card. Getting it into my case however took a little work. I did have to move some of my wiring to get it in and buy a few sata cables that had right angles to clear by laying flat out of the way. The length of this does require a mid atx or full case to work. Mines a mid atx case, This single card works as well as my SLI computers at a lower cost figuring all the extra components required to complete a SLI set up. DDR2 computers can really benefit from running a DDR3 video card.
Buying this card has been a great experience for me. Hope this help's make spending this much for a video card a easy one.
Ragenrat