Under immense pressure from AMD, NVIDIA has reduced the price of their GTX 260/280 bit by bit. But apparently that was not enough, so they release a third product that sits between the GTX 260 and GTX 280. While the choice of naming is not so ideal, the rest of the product is great. The card offers enough performance to play all games at good resolution with all the eye candy turned on. If you need just a little bit more performance, you can overclock the card even more.
What I would also like to mention is that the fan noise of the card is refreshingly quiet, especially when considering its performance class. Another important factor is the fairly low power draw. When combined into a performance per Watt metric, the Leadtek GeForce GTX 260 Extreme+ can actually claim the number one spot of all cards in our test group.
If you are looking for the best bang for the buck in the high-end segment, then the regular GeForce GTX 260 with 192 shaders is the better deal, it is almost $100 cheaper but only 8% slower. Still, the Leadtek GTX 260 Extreme+ is a solid choice for the gamer who has a respectable budget but doesn't want to break the bank.