The Asus GeForce GTX 280 TOP can be found at Overclockers.co.uk for £376

XFX
As always XFX have produced a card which looks great and performs even better. During our testing the XXX was always top of the performance charts and still had a little headroom for overclocking of the core.  As with the Asus card the excellent framerates did come at the cost of high temperatures and fan speeds,  however the design of Nvidia’s cooler is excellent and noise levels never became unbearable.

The bundle provided is also very good and Assassins Creed adds value to the package but considering this card has a premium price we would expect it to arrive with a HDMI dongle.

XFX have one of the best support structures available to graphics card consumers and this includes a live help service, accessible through the XFX website, which allows end users to chat to a support representative in real time. Should this support option be unable to resolve the problem then there is a 2-year warranty on this product.


Summary
The Geforce GTX 280 is without doubt a great graphics card and both Asus and XFX have taken the cards to a higher level of performance. Both are recommended purchases but remember to shop around before buying and take into account which bundle and support process most appeals to you.

At time of press we noticed the XFX card dropped in price by almost £50, so with these cards we recommend some indepth shopping around online before a purchase.