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Hardware Asus Matrix GTX285 Review

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Tim S, 4 Sep 2009.

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  1. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    Tim S, 4 Sep 2009
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  2. yakyb

    yakyb i hate the person above me

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    inb4 "I won one of these Last Week!!!"



    Looks like a very nice card however i'm still glad i picked up the phenom board
     
    yakyb, 4 Sep 2009
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  3. Omnituens

    Omnituens What's a Dremel?

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    "I won one of these Last Week!!!" :p

    I was robbed. I hate Grid. :p

    I'm still yet to fit mine - sorting out a new motherboard and OS this weekend, then I will test old cards vs this shiny shiny one.
     
    Omnituens, 4 Sep 2009
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  4. andrew8200m

    andrew8200m Multimodder

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    I won one of these too... smashing cards... seems a waste to use it for "physx" mind as I have 2x 295s tootling along already...

    Andy
     
    andrew8200m, 4 Sep 2009
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  5. Jack_Pepsi

    Jack_Pepsi Clan BeeR Founder

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    I'm with you Omnituens, I have yet to fit and test mine. I've been so bogged down at work, when I come home I just don't have the energy to get my geek on. I'll wait for the weekend after my BF2 session & so that the other half can help. She'll be so freaking jealous, but she'll learn a lot.

    :)
     
    Jack_Pepsi, 4 Sep 2009
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  6. Combatus

    Combatus Bit-tech Modding + hardware reviews Lover of bit-tech Super Moderator

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    Lucky git. I could have played with out one all week! Sooooo many things to tweak and you really see the benefits too :)
     
    Combatus, 4 Sep 2009
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  7. bodkin

    bodkin Overheating

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    Had mine in for a few days now, great card. Much better than the reference nvidia designs. The itracker program is great!
     
    bodkin, 4 Sep 2009
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  8. Jack_Pepsi

    Jack_Pepsi Clan BeeR Founder

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    That's what I'm looking forward to the most - no more RivaTuner! Not that RivaTuner is bad program far from it.
     
    Jack_Pepsi, 4 Sep 2009
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  9. kosch

    kosch Trango in the Mango

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    I won one too woot!

    Loving this card so far.

    It runs alot cooler than my Inno3D GTX 275 OC Edition when overclocking although the fan is a slightly higher pitch which is quite annoying.

    I'll post some OC speeds when I get back from work.
     
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  10. Mister_Tad

    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    I won one of these last week too!

    But I swapped it for a 785G board /hides
     
    Mister_Tad, 4 Sep 2009
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  11. Omnituens

    Omnituens What's a Dremel?

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    You gave Tom one of them didn't you?

    Damn you, you NEVER assist Tom, it the last thing we all need! :p
     
    Omnituens, 4 Sep 2009
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  12. Fredrics

    Fredrics Hmm...

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    How did you all win one?
     
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  13. Sifter3000

    Sifter3000 I used to be somebody

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  14. Baz

    Baz I work for Corsair

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    They were winners in the Asus Xtreme Global Summit, got to come to London to meet us bit-tech and CPC chaps, play some games and overclock some i7 systems.
     
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  15. [PUNK] crompers

    [PUNK] crompers Dremedial

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    looks like a nice card £50 over ref tho? a lot
     
    [PUNK] crompers, 4 Sep 2009
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  16. thehippoz

    thehippoz What's a Dremel?

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    pretty insane shader clock
     
    thehippoz, 4 Sep 2009
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  17. Kovoet

    Kovoet What's a Dremel?

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    For the price though and with a 22 widescreen think I'll stick to my ATI4890. Don't get me wrong I love nvidia cards but the prices are mad
     
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    Must agree with Kovoet. For that money we get 2 4890s!!!
     
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    I have had a fiddle with the iTracker program, but would still prefer rivatuner. Although, getting to tweak the RAM tinings is cool.

    Shame I can't get rivatuner to allow me to overclock this thing :(

    So does anyone know of any waterblocks that fit this? Preferably full cover. If not, a GPU block will be fine, with some RAMsinks.
     
    Skiddywinks, 4 Sep 2009
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  20. Combatus

    Combatus Bit-tech Modding + hardware reviews Lover of bit-tech Super Moderator

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    I think most will tbh. Looking at the underside of the EK FC285 GTX full cover block, the worst that can happen is the need to remove the mosfet plate from the main block and use some heatsinks. Looking at a reference PCB and the Matrix PCB, they look very similar actually.
     
    Combatus, 4 Sep 2009
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