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GT200 Review: Benchmarks of overclocked MSI and Zotac GTX 280 graphics cards.

PCGH delivered a lot of GTX 280 benchmarks. Now we check the OC versions of two manufacturers.
MSI N280GTX-T2D1G-OC (picture: PCGH)
 
MSI N280GTX-T2D1G-OC (picture: PCGH) [Source: view picture gallery]
Zotac Geforce GTX 280 Amp-Edition (picture: PCGH)
 
Zotac Geforce GTX 280 Amp-Edition (picture: PCGH) [Source: view picture gallery]
Today's samples are delivered by MSI and Zotac. Both companies offer overclocked GTX 280s, which run with 702/1,400/1,150 MHz. In theory this should allow for a performance boost of 5 to 15 percent. The candidates:

- MSI N280GTX-T2D1G-OC
- Zotac Geforce GTX 280 Amp-Edition

The announced Asus ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G is still missing. It got a core clock of "only” 670 MHz but the shaders run at 1,460 MHz.

GTX 280 OC: Performance and Conclusion
Race Driver Grid (picture: PCGH)
 
Race Driver Grid (picture: PCGH) [Source: view picture gallery]
Prey (picture: PCGH)
 
Prey (picture: PCGH) [Source: view picture gallery]
Our Extrem FSAA Benchmarks already showed that the GTX 280 is really responsive to increased clock speeds. The slightly more decent tuning of the manufacturers results - depending on game and settings - in a performance boost of about 10 percent. If you overclock a card yourself anyway, you don't need to pay the higher price.
UT3 (picture: PCGH)
 
UT3 (picture: PCGH) [Source: view picture gallery]
World in Conflict (picture: PCGH)
 
World in Conflict (picture: PCGH) [Source: view picture gallery]


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Author: Raffael Vötter (Jun 18, 2008)


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