Posted on Wednesday, September 03 2008 @ 22:14 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
MSI has released two new GeForce GTX 280 graphics cards today. They have the N280GTX-T2D1G Super OC which is an overclocked GTX 280 and there's also the watercooled N280GTX OC HydroGen.
Via the massive contact surface increase brought by micro channel technology, MSI N280GTX OC HydroGen series successfully runs the world highest core clock setting at 700MHz, but surprisingly has 10°C lower temperature level than normal fan cooling GeForce GTX 200 series even at full workload. Another amazing thing is that MSI achieves this with only 1-slot thick HydroGen micro channel water cooling tank. This makes a multiple graphics setup in single system possible, even with all the water cooling accessories together.
With the highest core clock over-clocked, both MSI N280GTX OC HydroGen and N280GTX-T2D1G SuperOC enjoy a net 17% performance boost compared to standard GeForce GTX 200 series. Even with the previous MSI over-clocked N280GTX-T2D1G-OC against the Super OC or N280GTX OC HydroGen, the latter ones still have a 7% leading headroom in performance.
