Introduction

It was only going to be a matter of time 'till ASUS strapped some mean clocks onto the GTX 280 and put it under its TOP naming scheme. Well, that day has come and it's time to see what happens when the GTX 280 gets, for the most part, an unnecessary but much loved speed bump.

The tumbling GTX 280 prices over the past few weeks make the card more and more affordable for people wanting to get a top gaming experience. While we all know that for the most part the new AMD HD 4870 X2 is the faster single card on the market, NVIDIA still hold the crown of the fastest single cored card.

While we want to get stuck into the performance side of things as quickly as possible, we will take a little bit of time to see what's going on in the package department first; then we'll have a look what ASUS has included in the bundle along with seeing how the card looks. So let's not delay any longer and move forth to page two.