Gainward GTX285

Review Pages

1. About the Gainward GTX285 Graphics card, package
2. Testbed
3. Benchmark settings
4. Benchmarks - FutureMark Hall Of Fame
5. Benchmarks - Crysis (DirectX10)
6. Benchmarks - Crysis Warhead (DirectX9, DirectX10)
7. Performance comparison - Crysis Warhead
8. Benchmarks - Company Of Heroes v1.71 (DirectX 10)
9. Benchmarks - Far Cry 2 (DirectX 9/10)
10. Benchmarks - Half Life 2 Episode 2 (DirectX 9), Left4Dead
11. Overclocking, conclusions

Compared to the original Crysis game title, Crysis Warhead offers many visual improvements in both DirectX9 and DirectX10 rendering modes.

For the test below we kept anti-alising disabled and took some FPS measurements for all the quality settings and various resolutions:B

DX9	1280x1024		1680x1050		1920x1200
DX9	Low	Average	Low	Average	Low	Average
Performance	47,15	130,16	45,71	128,33	48,74	126,77
Mainstream	35,47	80,08	33,78	76,46	33,00	74,26
Gamer	23,29	57,46	24,02	51,57	24,65	45,07
Enthusiast	18,38	43,05	18,58	35,26	19,17	29,21

The Gainward GTX285 performed well even at the Enthusiast level, where the lowest reported FPS was 18FPS. Of course the "Gamer" level is highly playable even at 1920x1200.

When we enabled the DirectX10, the reported FPS changed. Again the Gamer level remains a very good choice, where you can enjoy high frame rates. The Enthusiast level seems more demanding especially at the higher resolutions.

DX10	1280x1024		1680x1050		1920x1200
DX10	Low	Average	Low	Average	Low	Average
Performance	67,73	121,68	49,94	116,91	49,61	117,54
Mainstream	38,47	78,15	36,32	73,11	37,12	67,82
Gamer	21,63	51,75	22,26	43,91	22,59	39,42
Enthusiast	20,29	36,64	19,10	30,48	11,43	25,23