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03-28-2009, 02:40 AM
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Available at $179 now, Galaxy GeForce GTX 260 provides really high price performance. High frequency is one of its highlighted features, and let’s check out the overclocking ability Galaxy GTX260 Ultra.

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Galaxy GeForce GTX260 comes with default core/memory/shader clock of 650/1200/1475MHz, and was overclocked up to 800/1200/1651MHz according to official test. It run FurMark for 5 minutes, and steadily. The temperature increased from 41℃ to 54℃ which is quite below acceptable range, so we can conclude that the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GTX280 cooler does provide strong cooling performance.
The score at 3DMark 06 has exceeded 20000 points with Core i7-920 overclocked to more than 3.4GHz.
When the graphics card is overclocked to 835/1296/1672MHz, the Galaxy GTX 260 reached P15603 points in 3DMark Vantage.
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You would be wondering why GTX260 has so great overclocking potential. Actually, besides the high-quality chip and cooler, the 4-phase digital power supply also helps a lot in core memory enhancement.