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Review: BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC 896MB: NVIDIA vs. ATI battle is on

by Tarinder Sandhu on 13 April 2009, 05:00 3.1

Tags: GeForce GTX 275 OC 896MB (BFG), BFG Technologies

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System setup and notes

    
Graphics cards BFG GeForce GTX 285 1,024MB BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC 896MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 896MB BFG GeForce GTX 260 
896MB
XFX Radeon HD 4890 OC XXX 1,024MB Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 XT 1,024MB Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1,024MB Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2,048MB
Current pricing, including VAT £299 £233 £199+ £160 £210 £202
£155 £260
Shader model 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
Stream processors 240 240 240 216 800 800 800 1600
GPU clock speed (MHz) 648 648 633 576 900 850 750 625
Shader clock speed (MHz) 1,476 1,440 1,404 1,242 900 850 750 625
Memory clock speed (MHz) 2,484 2,304 2,268 1,998 3,900 3,900 3,600 1,986
Memory bus width (bits) 512 448 448 448 256 256 256 512
CPU Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.20GHz, 8MB L3 cache, quad-core, LGA1,366)
Motherboard Foxconn Bloodrage X58
Motherboard BIOS P04
Mainboard software Intel Inf 9.1.0.1012
Memory 6GB Corsair DOMINATOR PC12,800
Memory timings and speed 9-9-9-24 1T @ DDR3-1,333
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1,000W
Monitor Dell 30in 3007WFP - 2,560x1,600px
Disk drive(s) Seagate 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (3Gb/s mode)
Graphics driver ForceWare 182.06 ForceWare beta 185.63 ForceWare beta 185.63 ForceWare 182.06  Catalyst 9.4 beta? Catalyst 9.4 beta? Catalyst 9.3 Catalyst 9.3
Operating system Windows Vista Business SP1, 64-bit

Software

3D Benchmarks Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare v1.7, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark: DX9 - very high quality
Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts v2.103: DX10 - very high quality
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.5, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark. OpenGL - very high quality
Far Cry 2 v1.01 - very high quality
Race Driver: GRID v1.2, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark - ultra quality

Notes

It's GeForce GTX 275, in both standard and pre-overclocked incarnations, up against Radeon HD 4890 XT and OC. We've thrown in the dual-GPU Radeon HD 4850 X2 2,048MB for good measure, too.