Thread: Gigabyte GTX 260 OC graphic cards

The graphics card manufacturers have with the new ATI-/Nvidia-Generation regarding the model policy once again surpassed itself. That one is no longer restricted only to the model number on the performance, since we know of the 2-generation GeForce. users had been spoiled for choice between the standard model (MX, MX 100, MX 200, MX 400) middle class (GTS, Pro) and high-end (Ti, Ti VX, Ultra). This pattern continued for ATI back then. The Radeon 2000 has generation was made up of various model names and within this there was still time differentiations. One could, for example, the X-generation (second Radeon series) as the standard model (x3xx, x5xx) to buy as middle class (x6xx, x7xx) and as high-end (x8xx)

Gigabyte GeForce 260

• 192 stream processors

• Core Clock Speed (MHz): 576 MHz

• Shader Clock Speed (MHz): 1242 MHz

• Memory Clock Speed (MHz): 999 MHz

• Memory: 896MB

• Power consumption max. (TDP): 182 Watt

• Memory Interface: 448-bit

• Memory Bandwidth (GB / s): 111.9

• Texture Fill Rate (billion / sec.): 36.9

• 2nd Generation NVIDIA Unified Architecture

• NVIDIA PhysX: Ready

• 3-way NVIDIA SLI: Technology

• NVIDIA CUDA: technology

• NVIDIA Pure Video: HD technology

• NVIDIA Hybrid Power: Technology

The GeForce GTX 260 as provided by Gigabyte OC version could easily be put into operation after the initial BIOS-side issues, and distinguished himself from then on as a mature and stable graphics card. Let spite of the factory overclocking once again persuaded to continue turning the screw, and so bring benefit to the level of a good GTX 280.