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Asus ENGTX280 comparison

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Product name	Asus ENGTX280	Nvidia GeForce GTX 295	Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 (PCI-e 2.0, 2GB, GDDR3)	EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked	Diamond Viper Radeon HD 4850
Price	Check Prices	Check Prices	$239.99 to $1,002.61	$216.98 to $235.01	Check Prices
CNET editors' rating	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)	4.5 stars Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
Average user rating					4.0 stars
Release date		January 09, 2009	November 08, 2008	September 22, 2008	June 25, 2008
The Bottom Line	Nvidia's new GTX280 graphics chip brings fast 3D performance and exciting new possibilities for speeding up certain kinds of multimedia applications. We'd be more enthusiastic about this card if the software was available to take advantage of the new features.	Nvidia's GeForce GTX 295 is the single fastest 3D card on the market, and for a relatively aggressive price. Added bonuses like power efficiency and PhysX support sweeten the deal, but even without those extra benefits, we'd still recommend this card for its processing power and comparative value.	Even if it's a relative power hog, the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 brings so much speed and utility to the table it's hard for us to recommend another midrange 3D card. Only the particularly power conscious or those who play games with known multichip scaling issues should look elsewhere.	We don't think most gamers shopping for a midrange 3D card are looking for power efficiency, but for those conscientious few, the EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked is the card for you. Otherwise, you can get noticeably more performance and capability from an only slightly more expensive ATI card.	AMD's new ATI Radeon HD 4850 is a solid midrange 3D card that will run pretty much anything, and it boasts some forward-looking features to boot. It might be worth waiting for the price to drop just a bit, at which point this card will become much more attractive.
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Max resolution (external)	2560 x 1600	2560 x 1600	2560 x 1600	2560 x 1600	2560 x 1600
Video RAM installed	1 GB	1792 MB	2 GB	896 MB	512 MB
Interface type	PCI Express 2.0 x16	PCI Express 2.0 x16	PCI Express 2.0 x16	PCI Express 2.0 x16	PCI Express 2.0 x16
API Supported	DirectX 10 OpenGL 2.1	DirectX 10 OpenGL 2.1	OpenGL 2.0 DirectX 10.1	DirectX 10 OpenGL 2.1 OpenGL 3.0	OpenGL 2.1 DirectX 10.1
Video interface(s) provided	DVI-I VGA HDTV output S-video/composite output	DVI-I (dual link) HDMI	DVI-I HDMI HDTV output	DVI-I (dual link) HDTV output VGA	DVI-I (dual link) VGA HDMI HDTV output
Graphics Processor	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295	ATI Radeon HD 4850	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260	ATI Radeon HD 4850
Max monitors supported	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	2
Compatibility	PC	PC	PC	PC	PC
Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications
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