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Back To The 285!
Do to the recent release of ATI's 5XXX series cards and the GX 480, we haven't heard much recently about the rest of NVIDIA's line-up. But while all the hardware enthusiasts have focused their attention on the GTX 480, it is a card few will own: besides the huge question of availability of the new Fermi parts (they haven't actually gone on sale yet), there is the large price tag which puts these hot new products out of reach. In addition, because ATI's HD 5000 series video cards offer DX11 support and are available at the same price points hit by NVIDIA's GT 200 series, many folks have forgotten about the older GT 200 parts.
But that doesn't mean there aren't some good deals to be had.
Before the release of the 5XXX series cards, the GTX 260 was one of the favorite contenders in the video card market. It was even considered, by some, to take the price versus performance trophy. However the GTX 260 was not the top performer. In fact Nvidia's single core beast was the GTX 285 which was trumped only by the GTX 295, and a few ATI cards. While this baby was a monster that could shred through any game, it did have one major downside. This was of course the price: the amount of performance the card offered just wasn't worth the cost.
Today I'll be looking at a GTX 285 from a company that's slightly less then well known: Ladybird. The reason many users have not heard of Ladybird, is because they usually work in the middle east market. However, that does not mean there products are any better or worse then other companies.
One major downside I can already see to this card is its price. Like all GTX 285's it will come in around $350. While I have no problem paying that much for a video card, there is one major flaw. This is of course that for about the same price you can pick up an HD 5850. That being said the Ladybird GTX 285 might be able to offer some tremendous performance advantages over the HD 5850. To find out whether or not this is the case, we'll have to put it through our benchmarking suite!
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The 5850 costs about the same as the GTX 285 but that's because the GTX 285, IMO, is overpriced. It has never had, and still doesn't have good price/performance.
Plus, I don't have scores for a 5850.