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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260 Super OC 896MB PCIe

Based on 7 reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

1
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros

Priced right.
PhysX support.
Far Cry 2 bundle.
Three year warranty.

Cons

Performance trails the competition.
No DX11 support.

Reviews

All (18)
Excellent (6)
Good (1)

By MadShrimps on January 12, 2010

Even though ATI has launched its next generation 58XX series card, this Gigabyte GTX 260 SOC is really a card that you must have a look at when you are in for a new graphics card. Budget wise it won't leave a hole in your wallet. (~€170). Yet...

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By Guru of 3D on November 30, 2009

With the SO edition graphics cards Gigabyte takes it up a notch and delivers graphics cards with the nicest components pre-overclocked for you. I definitely like the quality components used, the high-quality standard ensures that your product will...

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By Maximum PC on November 16, 2009

The 260 GTX chip pushed to its limit It’s easy to be seduced by the latest and greatest graphics cards, but you can sometimes find excellent deals in older-generation cards that can still keep up with today’s shader-heavy PC games....

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By iXBT Labs on November 13, 2009

Gigabyte GV-N26SO (GeForce GTX 260 SuperOverclock) 896MB is no less interesting. It manages to catch up and outperform the more expensive GTX 275, operating at nominal frequencies. Certainly...

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By Legit Reviews on October 28, 2009

Gigabyte has launched the fastest ever GTX 260 Core 216 video card. With a relatively low cost of entry and a high level of performance that rivals the fastest DirectX10 cards, it's a bang for the buck leader!...

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By PCStats on October 13, 2009

Gigabyte has created a monster with the GV-N26SO-896I videocard. If you only looked at the performance graphs, you might have difficulty believing that this videocard was actually a Geforce GTX 260 videocard. In most of PCSTATS benchmark testing,...

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By AnandTech on October 11, 2009

If you want to differentiate yourself in the crowded and competitive video card market, you have two ways to do it. One way is to offer a card with a non-stock design, using things such as different coolers or a new PCB design. The other way is to...

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By Neoseeker on October 07, 2009

The sizable overclock on the GTX 260 Super Overclock kept the card one step ahead of the most of the GTX 260 competition. Even when the first heavily overclocked GTX 260 video cards appeared, they -- for the most part -- offered good bang for your...

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By Techgage on October 06, 2009

When I first received this card, I wasn't that impressed... without even touching it. After all, this is a year-old card that has simply been overclocked. What's there to get excited about? In this case, excited isn't the proper word to use,...

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By Bjorn3D on October 02, 2009

The Gigabyte SuperOverclock GTX 260 offers an average of 10~20% consistent performance gain in all of our tests. At clockspeed of at 680MHz, 1466 MHz, and 2350 MHz (core/shader/memory), it is one of the highest factory overclock GTX 260 we have seen....

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