-== GTX 280 plummeting in price at OcUK! ==- LAST CHANCE!

littlepuppy · 9 Jan 2009 at 14:57

zotac amp just arrived, just need to get vantage to BM it now, cheers OCUK it works fine :-)

LoadsaMoney · 9 Jan 2009 at 15:19

Nanoman said:
Sorry if this has been asked etc. But when are the 285 due? How much will they be? Is it just worth picking up a cheap 280 if you have 250 max to spend.

Thanks.

Due next Thursday the 15th, also definately worth picking up a cheap 280 now, as thats all the 285 is, just higher clocked and on a smaller 55nm process.

malccy · 9 Jan 2009 at 15:21

Too late again with credit card; is this the end of te £230 280's?

MooMoo444 · 9 Jan 2009 at 15:37

malccy said:
Too late again with credit card; is this the end of te £230 280's?

yup

cpatain-chaos · 9 Jan 2009 at 16:00

bloodline76 said:
Phew glad I picked one up then. As that was my max budget!

phew glad I resisted and didn't hit buy button despite hovering over it umpteen times

Clum · 9 Jan 2009 at 16:09

says theres another 4 pov ones available...............still waiting on mine being shipped though

LoadsaMoney · 9 Jan 2009 at 16:54

2 POV's now.

I wouldn't worry about it being shipped, as it should go today, you sometimes don't get the shipped e-mail till later on in the evening.

Nanoman · 9 Jan 2009 at 16:57

LoadsaMoney said:
Due next Thursday the 15th, also definately worth picking up a cheap 280 now, as thats all the 285 is, just higher clocked and on a smaller 55nm process.

Thanks mate, just ordered one of the POV ones for 229.99 including which is a bargain tbf. Think its gone through etc as its now saying 2!

LoadsaMoney · 9 Jan 2009 at 16:58

Nanoman said:
Thanks mate, just ordered one of the POV ones for 229.99 including which is a bargain tbf. Think its gone through etc as its now saying 2!

No worries, got an absolute bargain there.

Last POV's have now gone, as has the ASUS one from the B-Grade.

Phatjayunoi · 9 Jan 2009 at 17:16

Boooo all the cheaper 280s are all gone. Only just the EVGA 280's left now and I doubt much can be done about those since they are the premium ones. Though we can only pray

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TheCenturion · 9 Jan 2009 at 18:35

you know what? I don't want to buy anymore cards... I'm gonna concentrate on work

varkanoid · 9 Jan 2009 at 18:42

Yewen said:
The purchase price for us has shot up dramatically guys so the price on these is going one way and one way only.

Will keep the price on the 280s we have left as low as possible for as long as possible but I cannot work miracles unfortunately.

Makes me wonder now who is gonna buy a 280 for £300 or more so. With the current stock levels surely they are going to come down again eventually or OC will be stuck with a load of stock they can't shift.

LoadsaMoney · 9 Jan 2009 at 18:45

285's are out in Greece.

Nanoman · 9 Jan 2009 at 19:18

Hmm...will a Corsair HX520W be ok in handling this:

E8400 @ 4Ghz
Abit IP35-Pro XE
2x2Gb ReaperX HPC PC2-6400
2x 750Gb Spinpoint F1 Raid0

and the POV 280GTX?

Thanks a lot!

Happy · 9 Jan 2009 at 19:20

It'll be fine

Nanoman · 9 Jan 2009 at 19:21

Cheers mate.

WDeranged · 9 Jan 2009 at 19:23

I was sitting on the floor next to my pc while running 3Dmark 06 and I heard a high pitched electronic noise coming from my pc during every introduction screen.

The noise happens as each intro screen fades in and again when it fades out but during the benchmark it is totally silent (other than the fan)...I've traced it to the GTX 280 and so far as I can tell it doesn't happen in anything else.

My PSU was bought last year, 750w Thermaltake and I've tried disconnecting any extra hard drives and things that don't need to be attached but the noise still happens so I think the PSU is fine.

Is this normal?

varkanoid · 9 Jan 2009 at 19:37

WDeranged said:
I was sitting on the floor next to my pc while running 3Dmark 06 and I heard a high pitched electronic noise coming from my pc during every introduction screen.

The noise happens as each intro screen fades in and again when it fades out but during the benchmark it is totally silent (other than the fan)...I've traced it to the GTX 280 and so far as I can tell it doesn't happen in anything else.

My PSU was bought last year, 750w Thermaltake and I've tried disconnecting any extra hard drives and things that don't need to be attached but the noise still happens so I think the PSU is fine.

Is this normal?

Yeah its normal, its "capacitor whine" or some such thing. My 4870 does it sometimes, especially when using ATI Tool but when its on the floor and the speakers are blaring I don't notice it

byron_hinson · 9 Jan 2009 at 19:39

Glad it has shipped - hoping DHL don't screw up my saturday delivery like usual

WDeranged · 9 Jan 2009 at 19:41

varkanoid said:
Yeah its normal, its "capacitor whine" or some such thing. My 4870 does it sometimes, especially when using ATI Tool but when its on the floor and the speakers are blaring I don't notice it

I hope so, last time I heard a noise like that it was a failing PSU but this one is definitely coming from the GTX 280.

I've got till Monday to RMA it so if it's got a fault I hope it shows itself soon.