Asus Engtx280 Top Graphic Card
NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 graphics cards on June 17, 2008. Both are based on the NVIDIA GT200 GPU which uses NVIDIA's improved, second-generation unified architecture. The new GT200 GPU,
features amongst other things :
- 240 stream processors
- Twice the number of registers
- Fast local 16k shared memory (per cluster of 8 stream processors)
- New texture scheduler
- Double precision accuracy
- 3X ROP blending performance
Right now, the ASUS EN280GTX TOP—the overclocked version of the ASUS ENGTX280 (the two cards look identical except for a sticker on the TOP version)—represents the fastest single-GPU card you can buy. ASUS has boosted the core and shader clocks 11.0 and 12.6 percent, respectively over the reference clocks, which is a pretty beefy margin. On top of that, the DDR3 memory clock got an equally impressive 9.7-percent kick. While the price/performance ratio doesn't match that of the Diamond Radeon HD 4850, the adapter will be able to run just about everything you throw at it, and its performance is top-notch for this class of card.
re: Asus Engtx280 Top Graphic Card
ASUSTeK’s “TOP” branding graces their highest performing factory overclocked video cards. As such, the ENGTX280 TOP is their fastest video card based upon NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 280 GPU. Out of the box, the GPU core is overclocked by 68MHz to 670MHz, the streaming processors are overclocked by 150MHz to 1.46GHz, and the memory is overclocked by 290MHz to 2.43GHz, giving us 155GB per second of memory throughput. This is a respectable overclock to have on a warrantied video card, but it’s not the highest out there. This video card comes with ASUSTeK’s standard video card warranty, which lasts for 3 years.
ASUS did an exceptional job packaging this product. The outer carton is somewhat standard. The front of the box displays all of the information most people are looking for. Lifting up the front box panel, we find detailed information about their Splendid video enhancement software and their GamerOSD dynamic overclocking software. The Splendid software is used for tone control and color correction of SD and HD video sources. The GamerOSD software allows gamers to adjust clock rates on the video card while in-game, without restarting or even exiting their game.
re: Asus Engtx280 Top Graphic Card
Following are the Configuration details along with the Accessories
Models
• ASUS ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G (with HDCP support)
Graphics Engine
• NVIDIA GT200
Graphics Memory
• 1024 MB GDDR3
Graphics Memory Clock
• 1215 MHz (2.43 GHz DDR)
Memory Bus Width
• 512-bits
Bus Support
• PCI Express 2.0 x16
NVIDIA SLI Support
• 2-Way SLI
• 3-Way SLI
Card Size
• 11.12 cm (4.376 inches) tall
• 26.67 cm (10.5 inches) long
Warranty
• 3 Year Warranty
Bundled Accessories
• DVI-to-VGA adaptor
• HDTV-out cable
• PCI Express power cable
• 8-pin power cable adaptor
• Faux leather CD wallet
• Faux leather mouse pad
The ASUS ENGTX280 TOP comes in a big cardboard box. Typical of all ASUS graphics cards, the box was well-designed with excellent print quality. The ENGTX280 TOP is only available without HDMI support but ASUS has other GTX 280 models with HDMI support. The differences between HDMI and non-HDMI models are quite minor though, amounting only to the inclusion of a DVI-to-HDMI adaptor and an S/PDIF audio cable in the HDMI kit, so you can easily add HDMI support to a "non-HDMI" model.