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Review: NVIDIA (BFG) launches a new GeForce GTX 260: we take a look

by Tarinder Sandhu on 16 September 2008, 14:27

Tags: BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), BFG Technologies

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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75.779.7768.6782.0770.2142.2376.9


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44.1746.6739.8748.1341.782.942.2


We're seeing pretty much what the architecture discussion hinted at.

The BFG GeForce GTX 260 MAXCORE OCX is around 5.6 per cent faster than the same-clocked BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX - the extra speed coming from the increased shader count. Still, it's not enough to make up the deficit to a GeForce GTX 280, which enjoys more bandwidth and a greater number of stream processors - 240.

Similarly, the downclocked MAXCORE OCX, to default speeds, is also faster than a stock-clocked ZOTAC GTX 260.

The Radeon HD 4870 X2 lords it over all, though.