NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 Preview - VR-Zone.com: News and Reviews

<div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6172/GPU_TEST.png' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Wed November 5 2008 1:21 am by <a href="/authors/alpha1ma/">alpha1ma</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/sapphire-4830-4870-4870toxic-4850x2/6172.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Sapphire 4830, 4870, 4870Toxic, 4850x2">Sapphire 4830, 4870, 4870Toxic, 4850x2</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> Ever wonder what the difference is between graphic cards of the same chipset, in this case AMD/ATI, and how they differ in benchmark performance? Well look no further, Alpha1Ma puts Sapphire's HD4830 (512MB), HD 4870 (512MB), HD 4870 Toxic (overclocked edition 512MB), and Sapphire HD 4850x2 (2GB) to the test.  </div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Sapphire 4830, 4870, 4870Toxic, 4850x2" href="/articles/sapphire-4830-4870-4870toxic-4850x2/6172.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Sapphire 4830, 4870, 4870Toxic, 4850x2" href="/comments/sapphire-4830-4870-4870toxic-4850x2/6172.html">Comments (4)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6151/ZENANDNOW.JPG' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Sat October 25 2008 10:05 am by <a href="/authors/JamCanSing/">JamCanSing</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/the-zen-and-now/6151.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - The Zen and Now">The Zen and Now</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> Creative juices rolled together to create a portable music player with X-Fi. Can the Zen X-Fi play with the best?</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - The Zen and Now" href="/articles/the-zen-and-now/6151.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - The Zen and Now" href="/comments/the-zen-and-now/6151.html">Comments (12)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6197/3phonesT.jpg' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Wed November 12 2008 10:44 am by <a href="/authors/saeba/">saeba</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/touchscreen-mobile-phones-comparison/6197.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Touchscreen Mobile Phones Comparison">Touchscreen Mobile Phones Comparison</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> Unsure which touchscreen mobile phones to get? No worry. In this comparison feature, we look at three popular touchscreen phones - Apple iPhone 3G, HTC Touch Pro and Samsung Omnia - and see how good they are in various aspects.</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Touchscreen Mobile Phones Comparison" href="/articles/touchscreen-mobile-phones-comparison/6197.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Touchscreen Mobile Phones Comparison" href="/comments/touchscreen-mobile-phones-comparison/6197.html">Comments (0)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6173/VIDEOWITHLYRICS_THUMBNAIL.JPG' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Wed November 5 2008 3:09 pm by <a href="/authors/Nutzz/">Nutzz</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/smartq-t5-ii-portable-media-player/6173.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - SmartQ T5-II Portable Media Player">SmartQ T5-II Portable Media Player</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> When it comes to Portable Media Players you usually think about the Apple iPod, iTouch, Creative's Zen, Archos, Aigo and a couple other names. Then there is the rest of the world full of wannabe's. Well this wannabe could just be the one you wannahave in your hand.</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - SmartQ T5-II Portable Media Player" href="/articles/smartq-t5-ii-portable-media-player/6173.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - SmartQ T5-II Portable Media Player" href="/comments/smartq-t5-ii-portable-media-player/6173.html">Comments (0)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6163/qx9650vsCorei7965.png' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Thu October 30 2008 10:29 pm by <a href="/authors/alpha1ma/">alpha1ma</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/preview-of-intel-core-i7-extreme-965-setup/6163.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Preview of Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 Setup">Preview of Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 Setup</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> Need to know how your Extreme (QX9650) fairs against the new Extreme - Intel's (Nehalem) Core i7 Extreme 965 Socket 1366. Is it a fair fight or a simple pushover. Read as we pit them against each other in a synthetic benchmark fight using 3DMark Vantage. And if that isn't juicy enough we will overclock the CPUs upto 4.0GHz.</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Preview of Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 Setup" href="/articles/preview-of-intel-core-i7-extreme-965-setup/6163.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Preview of Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 Setup" href="/comments/preview-of-intel-core-i7-extreme-965-setup/6163.html">Comments (4)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6130/QOSMIO_THUMBNAIL.JPG' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Sat October 18 2008 9:16 am by <a href="/authors/saeba/">saeba</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/toshiba-qosmio-x300/6130.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Toshiba Qosmio X300">Toshiba Qosmio X300</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> The Toshiba Qosmio X300 is the latest gaming laptop that boasts superb performance to run the latest 3D games. See how it blazes through the competition and the benchmarks.</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Toshiba Qosmio X300" href="/articles/toshiba-qosmio-x300/6130.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Toshiba Qosmio X300" href="/comments/toshiba-qosmio-x300/6130.html">Comments (1)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6153/CPU_Overclocking.png' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Mon October 27 2008 6:57 pm by <a href="/authors/alpha1ma/">alpha1ma</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/effects-of-cpu-frequency-on-3dmark06-scores-gtx-280-single-/6153.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Effects of CPU frequency on 3DMark06 Scores (GTX 280 Single)">Effects of CPU frequency on 3DMark06 Scores (GTX 280 Single)</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> Overclocking your CPU will affect the rest of your system components in various ways. We look at how a single GTX 280 card is affected with syntethic benchmarking using 3DMark06.</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Effects of CPU frequency on 3DMark06 Scores (GTX 280 Single)" href="/articles/effects-of-cpu-frequency-on-3dmark06-scores-gtx-280-single-/6153.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Effects of CPU frequency on 3DMark06 Scores (GTX 280 Single)" href="/comments/effects-of-cpu-frequency-on-3dmark06-scores-gtx-280-single-/6153.html">Comments (16)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6108/card2.jpg' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Wed October 15 2008 9:30 pm by <a href="/authors/saeba/">saeba</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/creative-expresscard-sound-blaster-x-fi-notebook--wireless-receiver/6108.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Creative ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook & Wireless Receiver">Creative ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook & Wireless Receiver</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> Tired of listening to your mediocre audio quality from your notebook PC? Perhaps its time to get this Creative ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi for notebooks. Creative claims to provide superior audio quality for your music, movies and games. Let's see how good it is with a bonus - the new Creative Wireless Receiver.</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Creative ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook & Wireless Receiver" href="/articles/creative-expresscard-sound-blaster-x-fi-notebook--wireless-receiver/6108.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Creative ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook & Wireless Receiver" href="/comments/creative-expresscard-sound-blaster-x-fi-notebook--wireless-receiver/6108.html">Comments (2)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6118/CPU_Overclocking.png' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Fri October 17 2008 9:44 am by <a href="/authors/alpha1ma/">alpha1ma</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/effects-of-cpu-frequency-on-3dmark06-scores-9800gtx-single-/6118.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Effects of CPU frequency on 3DMark06 Scores (9800GTX Single)">Effects of CPU frequency on 3DMark06 Scores (9800GTX Single)</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> Overclocking your CPU will affect the rest of your system components in various ways. We look at how a single 9800GTX card is affected with syntethic benchmarking using 3DMark06.</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Effects of CPU frequency on 3DMark06 Scores (9800GTX Single)" href="/articles/effects-of-cpu-frequency-on-3dmark06-scores-9800gtx-single-/6118.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Effects of CPU frequency on 3DMark06 Scores (9800GTX Single)" href="/comments/effects-of-cpu-frequency-on-3dmark06-scores-9800gtx-single-/6118.html">Comments (4)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/6141/MACBOOKAIR_Thumbnail.jpg' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Wed October 22 2008 10:26 am by <a href="/authors/JamCanSing/">JamCanSing</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/apple-s-new-macbooks-and-cinema-display/6141.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Apple's New Macbooks and Cinema Display">Apple's New Macbooks and Cinema Display</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> Apple's next generation of Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro and Cinema Display were unveiled in Singapore to the delight of many of the loyal fans from the media. VR-Zone posed some tough questions...</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Apple's New Macbooks and Cinema Display" href="/articles/apple-s-new-macbooks-and-cinema-display/6141.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Apple's New Macbooks and Cinema Display" href="/comments/apple-s-new-macbooks-and-cinema-display/6141.html">Comments (19)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/jamcansing/images/geforce9x00mGPU/geforce_badge.jpg' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Wed October 15 2008 2:43 pm by <a href="/authors/JamCanSing/">JamCanSing</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/quick-take-nvidia-geforce-9-series-motherboard-for-intel-processors/6104.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Quick Take: nVidia GeForce 9 Series Motherboard for Intel Processors">Quick Take: nVidia GeForce 9 Series Motherboard for Intel Processors</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> YACS (Yet Another ChipSet) to add to the multitude of choices that system and DIY builders face. The question is - can a new entrant, especially from nVidia, bring something new and palatible to the table. Let's take quick look see....</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Quick Take: nVidia GeForce 9 Series Motherboard for Intel Processors" href="/articles/quick-take-nvidia-geforce-9-series-motherboard-for-intel-processors/6104.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Quick Take: nVidia GeForce 9 Series Motherboard for Intel Processors" href="/comments/quick-take-nvidia-geforce-9-series-motherboard-for-intel-processors/6104.html">Comments (7)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/jamcansing/images/5dmk2thumb.jpg' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Wed October 8 2008 2:43 pm by <a href="/authors/JamCanSing/">JamCanSing</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/canon-digic-turns-4/6090.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Canon DIGIC Turns 4">Canon DIGIC Turns 4</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'> Canon Singapore Pte Ltd announced the availability of 6 new digital camera products. The significance of the release is the new DIGIC 4 processor incorporated into these 6 cameras from consumer up to the professional level. Happy DIGIC 4 Day!</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Canon DIGIC Turns 4" href="/articles/canon-digic-turns-4/6090.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Canon DIGIC Turns 4" href="/comments/canon-digic-turns-4/6090.html">Comments (6)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com/articles/Nokia/N96/N96_thumb.jpg' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Fri October 3 2008 9:12 am by <a href="/authors/saeba/">saeba</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/nokia-n96/6074.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Nokia N96">Nokia N96</a></h3><div style='font-size:12px;padding-top:10px;'>The Nokia N96 is the latest multimedia Smartphone in the popular N series range and boasts powerful entertainment features - mobile TV, 5-megapixel camera, 16GB internal memory and N-Gage gaming.</div> <div class="reviewsmainbrief"> <img src="/images/readmore.png" align="middle" style="margin-right: 5px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Nokia N96" href="/articles/nokia-n96/6074.html">Read more</a> <img src="/images/comment.png" style="margin-left: 30px;margin-right: 2px" /><a title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - Nokia N96" href="/comments/nokia-n96/6074.html">Comments (0)</a> </div> </div></div><div class="reviewsmainbox dottedbottom"><div class="reviewspicturepreview" ><img onerror='ImgErr(this);' class='img' src='http://resources.vr-zone.com/newvr/image.php?m=125&s=http://resources.vr-zone.com//uploads/softwaremaker/images/playonthumb.jpg' /></div><div class="reviewsmainbrief"><div class="datecreated">Posted Thu October 2 2008 1:12 pm by <a href="/authors/Softwaremaker/">Softwaremaker</a></div><h3><a style="font-size:16px;" href="/articles/acryan-playon-hdmi-network-digital-video-recorder-review-updated-13-oct-/6084.html" title="VR-Zone.com Reviews - ACRyan Playon! 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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 Preview
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Published on Sunday, June 15 2008 3:55 am by VRArchiver

Filed under: Archives, Graphics Card, Reviews

Here's a list of the parts used for our test setup.

Processor	Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (3GHz, 12MB L2) @ 4GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5E3 Premium X48
Memory	Corsair Dominator 2GB 1800MHz DDR3 Kit
Graphics Cards / Drivers	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 1GB (600/1300/2200MHz) - 177.26 XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB Black Edition (700/1700/2100MHz)- 175.16 XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (600/1500/2000MHz) - 175.16
Cooler	Scythe Zipang
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA x 2
Power Supply	Enermax Galaxy 1000W
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit w/ SP1

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