GTX 285 FTW....any benchmarks??

[mpk1980]

Does anyone have any benchmarks at all for the 285 FTW??? been searching since it came out and no one has any comparative benchmarks. Anyone have one that maybe can compare it to an SSC model??

 

[Hauk]

Will be tough to find a specific review like that. Safe to assume the OC'd benchmarks in the mainstream reviews will give you an idea. Google GTX 285 benchmarks, good ones out there from Firing Squad, Guru 3D, others..

 

[hclarkjr]

link

 

[darXoul]

I'm waiting for such a review as well, although we all know what to expect. I think Hardwarecanucks and HardOCP could be potential candidates for such a review. Both have already tested different factory overclocked 285s so they might as well test the fastest one.

EDIT: to the poster above - the OP asked about EVGA 285 FTW, not BFG 285 OCX. The OCX has already been reviewed by multiple websites, among others the two mentioned in the first part of my post.

 

[Hauk]

I'm pretty excited.. I was up late last night installing OS and updates. Tonight I get to play with these in Tri-Sli on a 3.8 i7 rig.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: darXoul


EDIT: to the poster above - the OP asked about EVGA 285 FTW, not BFG 285 OCX. The OCX has already been reviewed by multiple websites, among others the two mentioned in the first part of my post.

Well add an extra 2-4% performance and there you have your FTW.

Personally I think that overclocked versions never worth the extra bucks, since you can overclock the card yourself, making an even better job with the oc then the producer did .

 

[darXoul]

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: darXoul


EDIT: to the poster above - the OP asked about EVGA 285 FTW, not BFG 285 OCX. The OCX has already been reviewed by multiple websites, among others the two mentioned in the first part of my post.

Well add an extra 2-4% performance and there you have your FTW.

Personally I think that overclocked versions never worth the extra bucks, since you can overclock the card yourself, making an even better job with the oc then the producer did .

Yep, I think it should be around 2-3% faster than the OCX.

As for overclocking, I know many cases where it was absolutely impossible to reach SSC speeds, not even mentioning FTW. This applies to both 280 and 285 cards. I think low end factory OC versions (like BFG OC or EVGA SC) actually make less sense than the top tier ones, despite clearly lower price premium to pay. But that's just me

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: darXoul

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: darXoul


EDIT: to the poster above - the OP asked about EVGA 285 FTW, not BFG 285 OCX. The OCX has already been reviewed by multiple websites, among others the two mentioned in the first part of my post.

Well add an extra 2-4% performance and there you have your FTW.

Personally I think that overclocked versions never worth the extra bucks, since you can overclock the card yourself, making an even better job with the oc then the producer did .

Yep, I think it should be around 2-3% faster than the OCX.

As for overclocking, I know many cases where it was absolutely impossible to reach SSC speeds, not even mentioning FTW. This applies to both 280 and 285 cards. I think low end factory OC versions (like BFG OC or EVGA SC) actually make less sense than the top tier ones, despite clearly lower price premium to pay. But that's just me

Yeah, well, overclocking is not granted, so probably the OCed versions are hand picked cards that can reach higher clocks. But I still, wouldn't pay anything extra for one of those versions.

 

[josh6079]

While we're on the subject of overclocked GTX 285's: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

Originally posted by: Mark Warner
We started this evaluation with two questions. First, we wanted to know what improvements the highly clocked XFX GeForce GTX 285 Black Edition could bring to our gameplay experience compared to GTX 280. The answer is: not many. Gameplay is generally slightly smoother. Framerates are higher. But at the end of the day, Crysis: Warhead is the only game that showed us a clear advantage.

Thing about the price though, are they selling the GTX 280's for a little less than the GTX 285's just to clear the market of them? Just seems kind of unfair to be charging a little extra for the version that's cheaper for them to make.

 

[ashishmishra]

Originally posted by: mpk1980
Does anyone have any benchmarks at all for the 285 FTW??? been searching since it came out and no one has any comparative benchmarks. Anyone have one that maybe can compare it to an SSC model??

I have an SC that is doing FTW clocks and beyond (haven't figured out the max clock yet). Let me know of a game you want the benching done on (if I have it ), I can dial the appropriate clocks and test it out for you.

 

[mpk1980]

id rather have the company OC the card for me and have the full warranty than me trying to oc and blowing it up....money doesnt grow on trees

 

[ashishmishra]

Originally posted by: mpk1980
id rather have the company OC the card for me and have the full warranty than me trying to oc and blowing it up....money doesnt grow on trees

FYI evga covers overclocking, cards don't blow up by overclocking. Also if you read my post I was offering to do benching for you at FTW clocks, but I guess if I do that my card will blow up, so never mind :laugh:

 

[darXoul]

Some benchmarks here, featuring the 285 FTW beside the actual reviewed card, the 295:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/693

This is probably the only review where the 295 lost vs. 285 in Crysis because they were not able to force the game to recognize both GPUs on the 295. Weird.

 

[mpk1980]

Originally posted by: darXoul
Some benchmarks here, featuring the 285 FTW beside the actual reviewed card, the 295:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/693

This is probably the only review where the 295 lost vs. 285 in Crysis because they were not able to force the game to recognize both GPUs on the 295. Weird.

thanks for the info...this helps me out alot...

 

[Denithor]

In the past many cards couldn't hit the top-tier OC points because the manufacturer cranked up the voltage to hit those top speeds. Without a voltmod you couldn't do the same because the card was generally unstable at those speeds without the extra juice. And that's why they specifically wouldn't cover "physical modifications" to the card (their way of stating voltmod without using the word) for RMA purposes.

Nowadays it's gotten a bit easier with tools like EVGA's Precision overclocking tool that opens the door to software voltage modification (within a preset "safe" range, unlike physical voltmods where you could crank the volts until the card literally fried).

Speaking of which - I've been meaning to play with that on my G92 8800GTS - see y'all later...

 

[ther00kie16]

At same clocks, it's been shown that the 285 performs exactly the same as the 280, so just account for the bump in clocks over a 280 and you should have a rough idea of performance levels of gtx285.

 

[Psynaut]

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: darXoul

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: darXoul


EDIT: to the poster above - the OP asked about EVGA 285 FTW, not BFG 285 OCX. The OCX has already been reviewed by multiple websites, among others the two mentioned in the first part of my post.

Well add an extra 2-4% performance and there you have your FTW.

Personally I think that overclocked versions never worth the extra bucks, since you can overclock the card yourself, making an even better job with the oc then the producer did .

Yep, I think it should be around 2-3% faster than the OCX.

As for overclocking, I know many cases where it was absolutely impossible to reach SSC speeds, not even mentioning FTW. This applies to both 280 and 285 cards. I think low end factory OC versions (like BFG OC or EVGA SC) actually make less sense than the top tier ones, despite clearly lower price premium to pay. But that's just me

Yeah, well, overclocking is not granted, so probably the OCed versions are hand picked cards that can reach higher clocks. But I still, wouldn't pay anything extra for one of those versions.

Not always. I upgraded from an excellently overclocking 8800 GTS 512 to a 9800 GTX that wouldn't overclock even a few percent above stock, in spite of the fact that they were well known to be good overclocking cards. At the end of the day both cards performed equally. OC'ing isn't always a certainty.

 

[ashishmishra]

Originally posted by: Psynaut
Not always. I upgraded from an excellently overclocking 8800 GTS 512 to a 9800 GTX that wouldn't overclock even a few percent above stock, in spite of the fact that they were well known to be good overclocking cards. At the end of the day both cards performed equally. OC'ing isn't always a certainty.

jk I think it was God's way of telling you to stop upgrading so quickly for such small gains :laugh:/jk

 

[darXoul]

For those interested, Fudzilla included the 285 FTW in their latest Gainward GTX 260 GS review:

http://www.fudzilla.com/index....0&limit=1&limitstart=1

... roughly 8-10% faster than vanilla 285, as predicted. Not bad but hard to expect any real world playability difference if someone has a 285 or a decently self- or factory-OCed 280 (like the FTW).

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Denithor
In the past many cards couldn't hit the top-tier OC points because the manufacturer cranked up the voltage to hit those top speeds.

I'm pretty certain that BFG only did binning.