GTX260 or Raedon 4870 1GB

[TheRealDeal]

Well, the GTX 280 is now the obvious choice as it has crashed in price.

Yea forget these 2 cards and grab a cheap gtx280 while you can there is really no choice at the current prices.

 

[Stu]

Wow When did that happen - a GTX 280 for less than £230???!!!

I paid £225 for a 260 a fortnight ago

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Well, the GTX 280 is now the obvious choice as it has crashed in price.

Agreed, no point buying 4870's/260's while the 280's are at the same prices.

 

[GSDog]

Sweet. I'm sending my faulty GTX260 back (only had it 3 weeks) for a refund, so I might grab a GTX280 instead.

Is Leadtek any good?

 

[Darg]

Sweet. I'm sending my faulty GTX260 back (only had it 3 weeks) for a refund, so I might grab a GTX280 instead.

Is Leadtek any good?

Had a 7900GS that worked fine until I knocked a resistor off. tbh the only difference between the companies are their returns policy. Check warranty lifetime and make your choice based on that.

 

[VortexA1]

Wow When did that happen - a GTX 280 for less than £230???!!!

I paid £225 for a 260 a fortnight ago

Yep practically the same as me. 3 weeks ago for me and I paid £250.

However I've looked on the Bit-tech site for a comparison review and it's only averagly about 5 frames in it on the minimum between them - so it's not much really even though I do feel this still a bit.

 

[Peter Tsang]

Sweet. I'm sending my faulty GTX260 back (only had it 3 weeks) for a refund, so I might grab a GTX280 instead.

Is Leadtek any good?

Dont go for LeadtEk, I have had 2 cards many years ago, nVidia, they all died near the end.
Before their death, there were flaws, and i never o/c them!

 

[Stu]

Yep practically the same as me. 3 weeks ago for me and I paid £250.

However I've looked on the Bit-tech site for a comparison review and it's only averagly about 5 frames in it on the minimum between them - so it's not much really even though I do feel this still a bit.

Have you got the XFX Black Edition too? Not much between that and the 280, so I'm not overly bothered, though an overclocked 280 would be much quicker than the 260.

 

[elpedro]

Dont go for LeadtEk, I have had 2 cards many years ago, nVidia, they all died near the end.
Before their death, there were flaws, and i never o/c them!

Aren't they all the exact same card... the ones capable of higher speeds are sold off to the big boys and sold as OC versions. Other than that, only the warrenty and the sticker thats different.

 

[ShaolinDreams]

280GTX hotcakes

 

[rjk]

all the cards are the same