GeForce GTX 275 Roundup (Gigabyte, EVGA, MSI, Sparkle, BFG)

Sparkle GTX 275 Plus 896MB

Manufacturer Product Page: Sparkle GTX 275 PLUS
Product Number: SXX275896D3S-VM
Warranty: 3 years
Price: Approx $285 @ Newegg.ca


Sparkle packaged their GTX 275 Plus into an unassuming white box with a slightly stylized “S”-shaped logo. There isn’t much information here but at least the card itself is well protected against all of life’s little hazards.


Accessories are basic to say the least with a manual, driver CD, Molex to PCI-E adaptors and a single DVI to VGA adaptor. With some of you may be rolling your eyes at this lackluster offering, Sparkle’s card is also one of the least expensive in this roundup so corners had to be cut somewhere.


Yes, it’s another reference-based card with a stock cooler but Sparkle has decided to go with an all-black heatsink design along with a blue PCB. As with all of the cards in this roundup, this one is exactly 10.5” in length.


Nothing exciting or different with the power and I/O connectors either other than the fact that the Sparkle GTX 275 shows itself to be an early reference design without the HDTV Out connector. As you can see, the primary and secondary DVI connectors are color coded as well.