Eric Garay

Even though nVidia released newly revised GTX 275 and 285 core revisions using the 55nm GPU process, there’s still some ‘cream of the crop’ GTX 260s floating around. I had the pleasure of testing one this last week that clocked in with the same frequencies and higher using the overclocking software.

As you can see, the ASUS ENGTX260 Matrix videocard is much nicer looking than any of the stock looking GTX 260s around. Its factory overclocked settings are part of the reason for the aftermarket cool has been used. Once the frequencies surpass the GTX 285’s, there’s no way an nVidia reference cooler can get the job done without some fanatical 50dB noise.

The bottom line is pretty simple though with this card. Install the card, drivers, software, and begin overclocking as you see fit. Put it this way, the memory frequencies could go higher, but the software levels off at a solid 2500 MHz!

Personally, I love a $200 videocard that can out clock the next card up especially if it looks great. About the only thing I might have changed about it is by adding a little LED or two to show off the aftermarket cooler. If you’re going to show off, it should be really shown off! Now, where did I put that LN2 GPU pot?