Expreview
reports that the GeForce GTX 285 will have the same 240 stream processors,
1GB of GDDR3, and 10.5inch circuit board length as the existing GeForce GTX 280.
However, the future card will have higher stock clock speeds, and it will
supposedly reduce top power consumption from 236W to just 183W. Expreview
expects the GTX 285 to outperform its forebear by up to 10% when it comes out in
January. While Expreview doesn't provide much supporting evidence, Nvidia does
seem likely to introduce a faster top-of-the-line single-GPU card. The new
GeForce GTX 260 "reloaded" with 216 stream processors performs very closely to
the GTX 280, but it's considerably cheaper: you can grab one for as little as
$248 at Newegg, whereas the cheapest GTX 280 costs $350 before mail-in rebates.