Gainward GTX260 1792MB

Review Pages

1. Features, specifications
2. PC setup
3. Testbed DirectX 9, DirectX10
4. Crysis (DirectX10)
5. Crysis Warhead (DirectX9, DirectX10)
6. Company Of Heroes v1.71 (DirectX 10)
7. Far Cry 2 (DirectX 9/10)
8. Half Life 2 Episode 2 (DirectX 9), Left4Dead
9. Overclocking, conclusion
10. FutureMark Hall Of Fame

Below are the test results for the Gainward GTX260 216, for various resolutions with anti-aliasing disabled.

DX9	1280x1024		1680x1050		1920x1200
DX9	Low	Average	Low	Average	Low	Average
Performance	57,72	123,69	46,41	120,82	46,42	119,99
Mainstream	33,71	75,54	27,03	71,38	22,40	66,31
Gamer	24,47	51,70	22,73	41,64	20,64	36,59
Enthusiast	21,38	35,79	16,64	28,64	13,62	23,55

The game is playable in all resolutions in the 'Gamer ' quality level or lower, and possibly in the 'Enthusiast' level at 1280x 1024.

Enabling DirectX10 has an impact on the performance. Again the 'Gamer level' seems to be the perfect choice, and depending resolution you can really enjoy high frame rates:

DX10	1280x1024		1680x1050		1920x1200
DX10	Low	Average	Low	Average	Low	Average
Performance	57,69	106,29	50,91	101,99	50,74	100,38
Mainstream	37,08	69,89	35,69	62,83	35,66	55,31
Gamer	19,53	43,45	21,35	36,52	21,21	32,59
Enthusiast	20,56	30,64	16,46	24,65	13,66	20,32

We compare the Gainward GTX260 216 1792MB with various other graphics cards.

The overclocked XFX 260GTX seems to be slightly faster than the Gainward GTX260 216 at 1280 x 1024. We remind you that the GTX260 216 has 1792MB of memory.

The situation is the same for the 1680x1050. Again the XFX GTX260 XXX is generally faster until the 'Gamer' level or higher:

Finally, both GTX260-based graphics cards performed equally at 1920 x 1200.

Under the DirectX10 rendering mode made all the graphics cards perform slower.

Regardless the resolution, the Gainward GTX260 216 is slower than the overclocked XFX GTX260 XXX, at least in the 'Performance' and 'Mainstream' quality levels. If you plan to play the game with the visual details even higher, choosing either of these cards will make no difference: