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MSI N280GTX SUPER OC review

Video Cards · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · November 11, 2008 · 22944 reads · ★★★★☆ (16 votes)

  1. MSI N280GTX SUPER OC review
  2. Page 2 - Packaging and Contents
  3. Page 3 - Technical Specifications of NVIDIA GT200
  4. Page 4 - Technical Specifications of NVIDIA GT200 (Part 2)
  5. Page 5 - Testing methods
  6. Page 6 - Performance: Crysis
  7. Page 7 - Performance: World in Conflict
  8. Page 8 - Performance: Unreal Tournament 3
  9. Page 9 - Performance: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
  10. Page 10 - Performance: PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
  11. Page 11 - Performance: Devil May Cry 4
  12. Page 12 - Performance: Furmark
  13. Page 13 - Performance: 3DMark Vantage
  14. Page 14 - Temperatures, Overclock
  15. Page 15 - Conclusion

Page 15 - Conclusion

Page 15 - Conclusion

Summing it all up for MSI N280GTX Super OC, few facts must be annotated and repeated:

Pros:
  • Extraordinary performance
  • One of the fastest NVIDIA 280GTX models ever
  • Rich bundle, nice game in it
  • Allows use NVIDIA PhysX & CUDA, which are used more often in games and other applications
  • Allows 3-way SLI (in case you really have no better use for your money)
  • Well designed cooler
  • Long warranty - 3 years

Cons:
  • Rather poor price/performance ratio

It's not that MSI N280GTX Super OC is no good. Thing is it's just not for everybody. On the other hand we speak of class in which all that matters is performance, class the customers of which are interested less in the price than in obtaining the very best. If you are one of those people, that's probably your card - unquestionably the fastest single core NVIDIA model on the market. The new core architecture provides bunch of options, options that in time will become steadily available to the common user. At the same time MSI had done their part and provided you with card with rich bundle and long warranty. Still should money be decisive factor for you, keep away from that class of hardware, instead search for lower model, like HD4870 for example, a card that has much better price/performance ratio.

Author: Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a Veseliq

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