EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 55nm Superclocked Edition Video Card Review

Overclocking

Final Overclocks:

Core: 707Mhz
Shader: 1548Mhz
Memory: 2460Mhz (DDR)

Overall, overclocking was quite good…for an older GTX 260. Many people were hoping that the transition to a 55nm manufacturing process would increase the overclockability of these cards but that does not seem to be the case. Even when bumping the fan speed to 100%, overclocking didn’t increase one bit so it isn’t cooling which is keeping this card back, rather it seems to be the voltage. As a matter of fact, the core on this card overclocked nearly identically to the BFG GTX 260 we reviewed a while back. Memory overclocking went quite well but it actually stopped short of the mark set by that same GTX 260. All in all, the overclocking experience with this card proved to be a disappointment.