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The Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ OC
The Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ OC is a dual-slot graphics card, but instead of a blower on the far end of the card, it uses three fans which blow directly onto the heatsink. The use of three fans, instead of the usual blower, improves cooling performance while keeping noise levels low. The downside is the card's rather dowdy look.
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Like all new graphics cards, the Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ OC supports PCI Express 2.0 with a 5 Gbps signalling rate. When used with a motherboard that supports PCI Express 2.0, this GeForce GTX 260 card will have effectively double the PCI Express bandwidth of PCI Express 1.0 cards.
Of course, that does not mean the Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ OC will be twice as fast as older PCI Express graphics cards. In fact, PCI Express bandwidth will only have a minimal effect on its graphics processing capability. The Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ OC will still run fine on your current motherboard even if it only supports the PCI Express 1.1 standard. It is backward compatible with PCI Express 1.1 and will merely revert to the 2.5 Gbps signalling rate and a lower 8 GB/s bandwidth with these motherboards.
The most important things it to make sure that your power supply comes with two 6-pin PCI Express power cables, or have at least two spare Molex power cables. Like all GeForce GTX 260 cards, the Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ OC requires at least two 6-pin PCI Express power cables to work. Even with the 55 nm die shrink, the GeForce GTX 260 consumes up to 171 W of power. As this is an overclocked version, it will actually consume a little more power. So, you should have a quality power supply with a power output of around 500 W.
Specifications
Core / Card Code Name |
• NVIDIA GT200 |
Stream Processors |
• 216 |
Vertex Shader Version |
• 4.0 |
Pixel Shader Version |
• 4.0 |
Textures Per Clock |
• Average 72 |
ROPs |
• 28 |
Core Clock |
• 625 MHz |
Shader Clock |
• 1350 MHz |
Fill Rate |
• 45,000 MTexels/s |
Graphics Memory |
• 896 MB GDDR3 |
Graphics Memory Clock |
• 1050 MHz (2.1 GHz DDR) |
Memory Bus Width |
• 448-bits |
Memory Bandwidth |
• 117.6 GB/s |
Bus Support |
• PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
NVIDIA SLI Support |
• 2-Way SLI |
RAMDAC |
• Two integrated 400 MHz RAMDACs |
CRT Max. Resolution |
• 2048 x 1536 |
DVI Max. Resolution |
• 2560 x 1600 |
Display Support |
• Two dual-linked HDCP-enabled DVI-I ports |
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