Friday, March 13th 2009

Zotac Expands its GTX 285 Lineup, Uses Accelero Xtreme Cooler

Zotac has yet another GeForce GTX 285 SKU in the making. This time, it plans to use its own-designed GTX 285 PCB with an Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GPU cooler. Zotac isn't using the entire kit, as the NVIO2 and VRM heatsinks aren't compatible with this PCB design. Other manufacturers using this cooler for similar graphics cards include Galaxy, which uses it for its GTX 285 2 GB, and Inno3D, which uses the entire kit for its GTX 280 accelerator.

With the new PCB design, Zotac rearranged the card's VRM area. The design differs from another PCB design for the GTX 285 Zotac designed earlier (read here). The card uses 6 vGPU + 3 vMem power phases. Ferrite-core chokes are made use of, and an extra vGPU phase has been added for redundancy and stability (angled chokes next to the power connectors, pictured below). 1 GB memory across a 512-bit interface is present, with the company making use of Hynix N3C 0.77 ns GDDR3 chips. The clock speeds on this card adhere to NVIDIA's specifications: 648/1476/1242 MHz (core/shader/memory). The SKU is almost ready to be announced.
Source: Expreview
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19 Comments on Zotac Expands its GTX 285 Lineup, Uses Accelero Xtreme Cooler

#1
TheMailMan78
Big Member
Man that looks cool! (no pun intended) However I bet it sounds like a wind tunnel.
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#4
newtekie1
Semi-Retired Folder
0.77ns GDDR3, very nice.
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#5
h3llb3nd4
Card= sexy
card=lots of $$$
me = no $$$$
:(
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#6
iStink
It really does look incredible.
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#7
OnBoard
A big buuuuuuuuuu for every one of those companies, as they are taking ALL the Accelero Xtreme GTX 280s. I want one, but can't buy it anywhere :(

Other than that the card looks nice and will be cool as well with the cooler :)
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#8
MightyG80
Now i just wanna trade my GTX285 for this lol - but no, im fine with this one as it is.
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#9
CyberDruid
Looks like another great card from Zotac. I wonder how that cooler will perform in close proximity to another card?
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#10
PVTCaboose1337
Graphical Hacker
Mebe I should buy, have epic bottleneck. But that cooler looks really nice, and that card nice for folding!
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#11
Valdez
newtekie10.77ns GDDR3, very nice.
2597mhz, not bad.
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#13
renozi
Most beautiful cooler...EVER!
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#14
newtekie1
Semi-Retired Folder
Valdez2597mhz, not bad.
My GTX285 already does better than that, so this thing should be a very nice overclocker.
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#15
EarlZ
Would their PWM solution eliminate the electrical noise generated by the card ?
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#16
Valdez
newtekie1My GTX285 already does better than that, so this thing should be a very nice overclocker.
2597 is not an overclock result. 0.77ns=2597mhz, 0.8ns=2500mhz, 1ns=2000mhz, etc...
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#17
iStink
Out of curiosity, when can we see a place like newegg carrying these?
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#18
newtekie1
Semi-Retired Folder
Valdez2597 is not an overclock result. 0.77ns=2597mhz, 0.8ns=2500mhz, 1ns=2000mhz, etc...
Yes, I know. My GTX285 has 0.8ns RAM and does well over 2597MHz, so this card should be a nice overclocker, at least on the RAM.
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#19
largon
btarunrWith the new PCB design, Zotac rearranged the card's VRM area. The design differs from another PCB design for the GTX 285 Zotac designed earlier (read here). The card uses 6 vGPU + 3 vMem power phases. Ferrite-core chokes are made use of, and an extra vGPU phase has been added for redundancy and stability (angled chokes next to the power connectors, pictured below).
www.techpowerup.com/img/09-03-13/84c_thm.jpg
Excuse me for the bump, but this thread was linked from a related news piece.
Anyways, I wanted to clarify those "angled chokes" are NOT extra power phases.
They are pre-phase inductors that filter 12V current. Every single card has such pre-phase inductors.
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