When NVIDIA launches a new GPU is makes headlines all around the internet. The
most recent launch for NVIDIA was the new GTX 200 family of GPUs that included
the GTX 280 and the GTX 260. The GTX 280 has been available for purchase since
the June
16 launch of the cards and the GTX 260 was announced at the same time, but
couldn’t be purchased at the official launch.
Today the GTX 260 cards are available to purchase and Newegg.com
has a slew of both stock cards carrying the $399.99 MSRP and overclocked
cards with higher performance and higher price tags available.
For those shopping for stock cards at $399.99 Newegg has BFG, PNY and a XFX
cards available. The three cards are identical save the XFX card ships with a
full copy of Assassin’s Creed and have a double lifetime warranty.
The most expensive GTX 260 listed on the site is the EVGA GTX 260 FTW
edition retailing for $459.99. The card is overclocked to a devilish 666 MHz on
the core and 2,214 MHz on the memory clock. A less overclocked SSC edition from
EVGA is available for $424.99 with a 626 MHz core and 2,106 MHz memory clock.
An EVGA Superclocked edition GTX 260 is also offered at $409.99, a mere $10
more than the stock clocked cards.
The EVGA Superclocked version has a core clock of 602 MHz (stock is 576 MHz)
and the memory clock is 2,052 MHz (stock is 2,000 MHz). Both BFG and XFX have
overclocked versions of the GTX 260 coming as well.