The Galaxy Geforce GTX260+ Razor Edition – the world’s first
Galaxy has made it possible to effectively cool down the GPU of GeForce GTX260+ within a single slot limit, using a in-house designed cooler that utilizes a technology called “Vapor Chamber”. At only 14mm thick, Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ Razor Edition is the slimmest GeForce GTX 260+ in the world. The principles of Vapor Chamber is similar to the common heatpipe technology, a special coolant-filled cooper base contacts directly with the GPU, and quickly spreads the heat into large surface area for dissipation. In addition, the cooler also adopts a “full†metal design, with the cover made of aluminum, which not only looks beautiful but also helps in heat dissipation.
Source : Galaxy Press Release for the GTX260+ Razor Edition.
The Appearance
It looks neat – a single slot card as claimed but the card is very long.
The small fan, reminds me of the one found on the Galaxy 9600GT Low Power Low Profile.
Note the copper parts of the cooling system.
2x PCI-E power connector.
Solid Japanese capacitors.
S-Video, HDMI and DVI output.
I wonder if you guys noticed that the FAN on my unit does not have a GALAXY sticker on it.
The Bundle
– Driver CD
– Manual / Guides
– DVI to VGA adapter
– S-video to composite
– Molex to PCI-E power connector converter (2x)
– nVidia 3D Vision glasses
Card Details
Here’s a summarized detail of the card.
More details at the official product page
Test Setup
The computer setup used for this review.
| Processor | Intel Core i5 750 @ 3.6ghz |
| RAM | OCZ 1066mhz 4GB Dual-Channel Kit |
| Motherboard | MSI P55-GD65 |
| Cooler | Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme |
| Monitor | 20″ Dell Ultra-sharp Wide-screen LCD |
| Power Supply | Gigabyte Odin GT 550w |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit |
| Driver Version | ForceWare 191.07 |
The Performance
World In Conflict
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| Galaxy Geforce GTX260+ Razor | 31 |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 32 |
Company Of Heroes : Opposing Fronts
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| Galaxy Geforce GTX260+ Razor | 50.8 |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 56.9 |
Lost Planet : Extreme Condition
Graphic Detail : Maximum at 1680 x 946
| Card | Snow (Average) | Cave (Average) |
| Galaxy Geforce GTX260+ Razor | 62.8 | 56.5 |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 43.3 | 60.5 |
Crysis
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| Galaxy Geforce GTX260+ Razor | 17.73 |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 19.03 |
H.A.W.X.
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050, not using DX10.1 for mode.
| Card | Average |
| Galaxy Geforce GTX260+ Razor | 42 |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 44 |
Furmark
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| Galaxy Geforce GTX260+ Razor | 11 |
| PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB | 27 |
Operating Temperature
Furmark was used for graphic card stressing.
| Card | Idle (°C) | Load (°C) | Stress (°C) |
| Galaxy Geforce GTX260+ Razor | 38 | 48 | 66 |
Readings were taken when ambient temperature was around 25°C.
– Load, Furmark was run for 1 minute at 1680×1050 with 4xAA.
– Stress, Furmark was run under the Stress Test mode for 5 minutes.
Power Consumption
A little more details on the maximum power consumption of the HD5770 based card.
| System Power Consumption | Maximum (w) |
| GTX260+ | 182 |
| HD5770 | 110 |
Conclusion
I really got to hand it to the guys at Galaxy – the card maintained 40% fan speed (around 5k RPM) on idle and load and even on stress test, it was running at only 42% fan speed while temperatures are kept below 70°C on this single slot cooler.
Remember that the heat generated is still of a 182watt GPU but it’s really amazing on how the cooling system handles heat dissipation.
I’d still give this card a RECOMMENDED vote, however it is with reservation, seeing that the HD5770 card still consumes lesser power and performs similarly. It’s just that the GTX260+ Razor from Galaxy cools really well, great for someone like me who’s running folding@home 24/7 (it’s a fast card for that too!)
GREEN CAMP vs RED CAMP – you decide. 🙂
hey, can post a pic of pacakage? like the connector ‘s photo? included 3D glasses in it? ….
both are almost the same price range, right? I guess I’ll go with the red camp. DX11 rocks! Now I’m just waiting for HD5750 512MB to surface….
wow ! that a very efficient cooling solution, is the fan noisy ?
the test were on a open bench or a casing ?
@kerry – do you really need that? 🙂
@ray – if budget is an issue, the HD5770 is awesome. the Razor is like paying for GTX260+ with an awesome cooler.
@frostie – fan not noisy. tests were in a casing, i don’t believe it doing benchies and such in OPEN setup as it’s not the NORMAL setup for PCs to be opened. 🙂 PLUS it’ll also show how the system truly performs in an actual environment.