New king on the killing fields! This time we will show you a graphics card that has evolved to be something more than its forefathers. The parallel processing and PhysX on the GPU are the things that make this product so great. Yes, it is a fast card when it comes to graphics but the real revolution is somewhere else. I believe we are seeing the greatest change in computer technology for years.

Conclusion:
 
The grade is based on XFX GTX 280 XXX in single card mode.
 
Advantages:
+ Well balanced factory overclocking
+ Performance

“By viewing the results from the board in a single card configuration it’s obvious that the board performs better than the competitors, XFX has done the right thing by overclocking the memories a bit higher instead of focusing on the core.

3-way SLI is a dream come true for the high end enthusiast, you don’t have to worry about lowering any settings regardless of resolution, even Crysis. It’s a gamers wet dream.”

Editor-in-chief, Allan Campbell.

In association with XFX, today we will be taking a look at Farcry 2, early contender for game of the year which XFX are now bundling with select products from their 9 series of graphics cards…  It is a masterpiece of gaming that is surely a big contender for game of the year... XFX are currently including a FREE copy of Farcry 2 with select 9 and 200 series graphics cards. Thanks to XFX for providing the GTX280's and a copy of Farcry 2 for today’s review.

As always XFX have produced a card which looks great and performs even better. During our testing the XXX was always top of the performance charts and still had a little headroom for overclocking of the core. The bundle provided is also very good and Assassins Creed adds value to the package...XFX have one of the best support structures available to graphics card consumers and this includes a live help service, accessible through the XFX website, which allows end users to chat to a support representative in real time. When playing Unreal Tournament 3 with PhysX enabled the GTX 280 has no problems running at 2560x1600 with maximum detail settings. A minimum of forty-one frames per second is exceptional considering the card is rendering the game and processing the physics calculations. When we look at the results of the 4870 it is clear to see that ATI cannot compete in this area.

We've seen many a time before that XFX's XXX boards are more than just your typical factory overclocked board with virtually worthless clock speed increases, as in general they've always managed to pull some truly fantastic factory overclocks out of the hat. If bundled games are your thing, then the highlight of XFX's offering here will be the inclusion of Assassin's Creed - a perfect game to show off the graphical prowess of your new purchase, and a very fun game to actually play to boot. I'm sure it goes without saying that NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 280 is the fastest single-GPU graphics board on the market right now, and that looks likely to remain the case for some time. In closing then, the XFX GeForce GTX 280 XXX is beyond God-like in the performance that it offers, and that can only be applauded and rewarded.

XFX’s monster OC GTX 280 slams ATI in the hi-res jewels. Fudzilla tested the XFX on steroids, at 670MHz, and you can see here it struts over ATI in the very-very-very hi-res tests...right now there isn’t anything out there that can beat this.