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GTX 280 first impressions

ordered mine at 4 pm over the phone the guy even said he would go and package it now for me to make sure i got it next day!

he failed me damn him hehe

im not so desperate that i cant wait untill tomorrow im sure my 8800gts will get me through tonights gaming :)

also as a side note i found in the box to my over priced PSU that i brought from a high street store, what looks very much like an 8 pin pci cable. to say i was suprised is an understatement, just need the card to test if its the right cable now
 
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psychas said:
like a jet taking of zoooom
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it cant really be that loud can it. i mean i stepped from a 7800gt to a 8800gts g80core , difference was amazing, i gotta say at least now i can hear again. the 7800gt wasnt bad in idle but in load, it is like a harrier jet and it still ran at 80c. how times have changed.
 
Strife212 said:
I've been playing Crysis in DX 10 mode with everything on Very High except Shadows and Motion Blur on High. Getting about 30fps like this which is perfectly fine in Crysis IMO.

Say what you like about the game but the actual graphics are on another level, its seriously crazy. I myself quite like the gameplay as well!



Nope
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Hiya..what resolution are you playing that at mate? seriously tempted to get one next week.
 
yes, loudness is another thing i want to know.

can you use Rivatuner to turn fan to 100% and see how that compares with 8800GTX at 100%??
 
vorm said:
Only cos I cant be 'rsed to google, anyone know when the 55 refresh is due?
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Last "leaked" report was 2-3 months and that it was always meant to be 55nm but they had problems so released it on 65nm just to get it out before ATI got theirs out.

How much truth in that, who knows but Nvidia for sure and they aren't going to say "new cheaper, cooler, faster stock clock GTX280 out next month" as nobody would be buying them today.
 
So that fits in quite well with waiting for the nehalems then :D

Either that or the GTX2 or 4870x2

there's bound to be something else just around the corner by then
 
vorm said:
So that fits in quite well with waiting for the nehalems then :D

Either that or the GTX2 or 4870x2

there's bound to be something else just around the corner by then
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Doubt you will see a GTX2. Have you seen how big the chips are?

Too complicated to make and too expensive. A GTX2 would really have to be a minimum of twice the price so around £800 and maybe £700 once they had one out.

Nvidia seem to be wanting people to go dual,tri and quad SLI in the future so they will just want you to buy two GTX280's or now they have their mix and match SLI driver out, you can now SLI with a GTX280 and a GTX260. Not sure why you would though. ;)
 
Strife212 said:
From Fudzilla. I got 13066 on E6600 as comparison
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So pretty close really. I think I've seen GTX280 getting 15000 on a quad so that means a 4870 scores about 83% of a GTX280.

The crunch will be how the extra memory, memory bandwidth affects the game framerates.
 
What should I check its temps with?

btw: Folding Client out

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Greebo said:
So pretty close really. I think I've seen GTX280 getting 15000 on a quad so that means a 4870 scores about 83% of a GTX280.

The crunch will be how the extra memory, memory bandwidth affects the game framerates.
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I think 06 is pretty much dead as a meaningful benchmark these days.
 
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