GeForce GTX 280 Video Card Review

Introduction (Cont’d)

As you could see, the new GeForce GTX 280 has an external looks similar to GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce GTX 9800, see Figures 5 and 6.

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Figure 5: GeForce 9800 GTX, GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce GTX 280.

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Figure 6: GeForce 9800 GTX (at the top), GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce GTX 280 (at the bottom).

We removed the video card cooler to take a look on the board, see Figures 7 and 8.

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Figure 7: GeForce GTX 280 printed circuit board.

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Figure 8: GeForce GTX 280 printed circuit board.

As you can see on Figure 7 the graphics processing unit (GPU) is really big. We show a close-up on Figure 9, see its codename “G200-300”.

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Figure 9: GeForce GTX 280 GPU.

On Figure 10 you can see the massive cooler used by this video card. As you can see it uses a big copper base, which is connected to the cooler aluminum fins by copper heat-pipes.

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Figure 10: Cooler.

GeForce GTX 280 Video Card Review
By Gabriel Torres on June 16, 2008	Page 2 of 11
Introduction (Cont’d) As you could see, the new GeForce GTX 280 has an external looks similar to GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce GTX 9800, see Figures 5 and 6. click to enlarge Figure 5: GeForce 9800 GTX, GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce GTX 280. click to enlarge Figure 6: GeForce 9800 GTX (at the top), GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce GTX 280 (at the bottom). We removed the video card cooler to take a look on the board, see Figures 7 and 8. click to enlarge Figure 7: GeForce GTX 280 printed circuit board. click to enlarge Figure 8: GeForce GTX 280 printed circuit board. As you can see on Figure 7 the graphics processing unit (GPU) is really big. We show a close-up on Figure 9, see its codename “G200-300”. click to enlarge Figure 9: GeForce GTX 280 GPU. On Figure 10 you can see the massive cooler used by this video card. As you can see it uses a big copper base, which is connected to the cooler aluminum fins by copper heat-pipes. click to enlarge Figure 10: Cooler.
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