NVIDIA's 55nm GeForce GTX 285 Launched

Visceralini writes "NVIDIA is launching yet another high-end 3D graphics offering, an optimized version of their top shelf GeForce GTX 280 single GPU card, dubbed the GeForce GTX 285. This new GeForce is a 55nm die-shrunk version of the legacy GTX 280 with lower power consumption characteristics that don't require an 8-pin PCI Express connector, rather just a pair of more standard 6-pin plugs. Performance metrics are shown here in a number of the latest game titles including Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Far Cry 2 and Mirror's Edge. The new GTX 285 is about on par or slightly faster than a GTX 280 but with less power draw and some room for overclocking over the reference design."

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[afidel]

Hate to reply to myself but I just figured out what they did, they pulled the specs from an OC 8800GT G92. The 9600GSO has a single 6pin PCIe power header which means absolute power draw is limited to 75W(cable)+17W(slot) or 92W, and it would likely be unstable well before hitting that since power lines don't like to be pulled to their limit.