eVGA e-GeForce GTX280 1GB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card-Lifetime Warranty with Free Special Edition EVGA Precision Overclocking Utility

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001B1SFIQ
• Item model number: 01G-P3-1280-AR
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

Product Description

The e-GeForce GTX 280, with free special edition EVGA Precision Overclocking Utility, 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 280 01G-P3-1280-AR include the GeForce GTX 280 (602MHz clock) chipset, 1GB of 512-bit .8ns GDDR3 memory with a 1007 MHz clock with an effective rate of 2214 MHz, 1296MHz Shader Clock, 240 stream processors, PCI Express 2.0 compatibility, Dual DVI-I connectors, 140.8GB 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 CUDA technology, NVIDIA PhysX Ready and OpenGL 2.1 support. Built for Microsoft Windows Vista. System requirements include a 600 watt power supply, an available 6 pin PCI-E power connector and an available 8 pin PCI-E power connector.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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent video card for a single card solution., September 5, 2008

By	Adam Dickerson "Adam Dickerson" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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A very expensive video card, and a good choice if you only want a single card solution. Depending on the resolution you choose to use will determine the overall or perceived performance. I have tested this card with the 3007 HC 30" monitor from Dell and it performed very well, at these resolutions you will not be able to set all settings on high without performance loss. I play a lot of online shooters and am mainly concerned with view distance and frame rate. I generally force 8x anisotropic filtering for better view distance and clarity, while turning special effects such as smoke, heavy shadows, lighting effects and motion blur off to maintain frame rate. For a 60Hz monitor a 120-125 frames per second is ideal when combined with a 2000 dpi mouse (or higher) set to 1000Hz (reports per second). The result will be butter smooth motion and extreme head shot value. I currently run this card on a Sceptre 37" 1080p monitor (HDTV) through DVI to HDMI at 1920x1080 @ 60Hz. Excellent results, I previously was running an 8800GTX, which is powerful in its own right; but I do have to concede the additional performance is certainly noticeable and welcome.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars if you ganna buy GTX280, October 22, 2008

By	Abdulla al orini - See all my reviews

it's a great choice, but i stongly recommend a good full tower case with perfect air flow, otherwise don't bother your self. All these new graphic cards are hot, so prepare your case.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insane New Series of GFX!!, June 27, 2008

By	Andrew Elliott "Mohawk ADE" (Berthoud, CO USA) - See all my reviews

If you thought Geforce 9 series was great, you haven't seen anything yet! This beast has:

1 GB of memory
602 MHz Core Clock Speed
2214 Memory Clock Speed
141.69 GB/sec Memory bandwidth
(also keep in mind that the Playstation 3
has a memory bandwidth up to 48 GB/sec!)
1298 MHz Shader Clock speed

So not only is it faster than the PS3 or 360, but it's faster than anything else! (except the GTX280 HC liquid-cooled cards). Also, since Nvidia bought AGEIA (the company known for making PhysX cards), This new series of cards implements the technology of AGEIA's Physics processing into these cards. Making the ultimate all-in-one package.

The only way to mimic this same card is to get a Geforce 9800 GX2 with an old AGEIA PhysX card, may be cheaper to get the 2 cards seperately, but it may be better altogether to get this all-in-one package!

GAMERS, VIDEO EDITORS, GAME CREATORS! THE TRUE NEXT GENERATION HAS ARRIVED!!