14 DAY TRIAL // NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 285 is one of the world's fastest graphics cards currently available on the market, especially in the segment for single-GPU cards. Based on the chip maker's latest 55nm manufacturing technology, it is said to be capable of delivering an impressive performance level, even when compared with any of AMD's latest Radeon cards. This is one of the main reasons why NVIDIA's partners have announced a number of designs based on the aforementioned GPUs. This is also the case with MSI, which has recently updated its graphics card lineup with the official introduction of the new, liquid-cooled N285GTX HydroGen graphics accelerator.
As you have probably figured it out, the new card is equipped with an all-copper water-cooling solution, specifically designed to further enhance the overclocking capabilities of NVIDIA's fastest single-GPU offer on the market. The company's HydroGen cooling solution boasts the Micro Channel water-cooling technology and is said to deliver a 40% improvement in cooling, when compared to similar cards that are equipped with a fan-cooled solution. This is a significant cooling boost, which should consequently allow enthusiasts to further increase the performance of their desktop systems.
Taking advantage of the new cooling block on the N285GTX HydroGen, the Taiwanese company decided to increase the speed of the card, even before it reached the client. According to the technical specifications of the N285GTX, users will take advantage of a GPU clocked at 702MHz and 1024MB of 512-bit GDDR3 memory that has been clocked at 2600MHz.
MSI's new N285GTX is also packed with some of NVIDIA's well-recognized technologies, including the multi-GPU SLI technology. This goes hand in hand with the card's single-slot cooling solution, which will enable the end-user to take advantage of a triple-SLI configuration. Unfortunately, the company hasn't released any details regarding the pricing and availability of its latest NVIDIA-based GPU.
