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-== OcUK Extreme GeForce GTX 280 Amazing Deal! ==-

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I've found one for £240 on a competitor BFG reference.
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Me too. I am also a bit suspicious of not knowing what brand I am buying.

You can now get 4870 1GB for under £180 in a few places and is the better bang for buck if you want value. This is also a £30 drop to last week. I am guessing that the 4870 X2s will be down below the £300 mark too. I think I am gonna hold out for a bit longer.
 
Got a Zotac with Grid delivered this morning just before 8:30AM by DHL. I'd half expected the delivery to have turned up on Monday, even though I'd paid for Saturday - the order shipped 11 minutes after I got the order confirmation e-mail. Very impressed!!

The GTX 280 replaces my 3870X2.
I've only benched Far Cry 2 so far, but here's the comparison.

Q6600@3GHz with 3870X2. Avg: 41.26, Max: 63.37, Min: 31.72
Settings: High
Demo(Ranch Small), 1920x1200 (59Hz), D3D10, Fixed Time Step(No), Disable Artificial Intelligence(No), Full Screen, Anti-Aliasing(None), VSync(No), Overall Quality(Custom), Vegetation(High), Shading(High), Terrain(High), Geometry(High), Post FX(High), Texture(High), Shadow(High), Ambient(High), Hdr(Yes), Bloom(Yes), Fire(Medium), Physics(Medium), RealTrees(Medium)

Q6600@3Ghz with GTX280. Avg: 65.89, Max: 92.49, Min: 49.46
Settings: Very High
Demo(Ranch Small), 1920x1200 (60Hz), D3D10, Fixed Time Step(No), Disable Artificial Intelligence(No), Full Screen, Anti-Aliasing(None), VSync(No), Overall Quality(Very High), Vegetation(Very High), Shading(Very High), Terrain(Very High), Geometry(Very High), Post FX(High), Texture(Very High), Shadow(Very High), Ambient(High), Hdr(Yes), Bloom(Yes), Fire(Very High), Physics(Very High), RealTrees(Very High)
 
just looked and all gone ! I took the plunge late yesterday evening and got one of the 6 that was left. Surprised nobody has added a review yet on the item page.

I've just gone from a 4870 512mb to a HIS 4870x2 (way too hot for my liking but fast card) to a 4870 1gb to a GTX 280 in the space of 3 weeks. Am I mad ? Yup.

Its cost me just over £100 in all to swap from 4870 512mb to GTX 280. Original reason was I wanted a 1gb card.
 
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varkanoid said:
Yeah he's right the two extra pins are just ground. Bit of a con by PSU manufacturers and video card manufacturers.
You can get two 6 pin to one 8 pin adaptors if you look. I had one before and it worked fine. Used it with my HX620 as it was an old version which just had 6 pin PCIE. However if you ask Corsair they will send you an 8 pin lead free of charge, just go on there webpage and look in support or in the forums it tells you who to email.
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I just realised I have that same issue, my HX620 only appears to have 2 6-pin PCI-E leads and no 8-pin leads.

How long did it take from you contacted Cosair until you received the leads?

Also I have noticed some people say you can also get 6-8 pin adaptor cables but I haven't seen any on the OcUK website.

I was quite surprised that my PSU didn't have the 8-pin leads as I know my 2900XT stated it required an 8-pin and a 6-pin PCI-E to power it, but it appears I've been running it with 2x 6-pin PCI-E leads ever since I got it.
 
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Gazb said:
I just realised I have that same issue, my HX620 only appears to have 2 6-pin PCI-E leads and no 8-pin leads.

How long did it take from you contacted Cosair until you received the leads?

Also I have noticed some people say you can also get 6-8 pin adaptor cables but I haven't seen any on the OcUK website.

I was quite surprised that my PSU didn't have the 8-pin leads as I know my 2900XT stated it required an 8-pin and a 6-pin PCI-E to power it, but it appears I've been running it with 2x 6-pin PCI-E leads ever since I got it.
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The early HX620's only have two 6 pin PCIE leads, if it was bought in 2008 it will come with 8 pin PCIE lead also. If not then its old stock. I was told it would be 7-10 days as they are sent from overseas. I've got a HX650 now anyway which come with 2 6/8 pin PCIE as a local PC shop had them on offer, the HX620 has gone to my brother although I do miss the modular cables.

I know where you can get the 8 pin adaptors from but not sure whether to mention it here as it may be classed as a competitor even though its not an online store. If you send me a private message I will tell you.
 
Gazb said:
I just realised I have that same issue, my HX620 only appears to have 2 6-pin PCI-E leads and no 8-pin leads.

How long did it take from you contacted Cosair until you received the leads?

Also I have noticed some people say you can also get 6-8 pin adaptor cables but I haven't seen any on the OcUK website.

I was quite surprised that my PSU didn't have the 8-pin leads as I know my 2900XT stated it required an 8-pin and a 6-pin PCI-E to power it, but it appears I've been running it with 2x 6-pin PCI-E leads ever since I got it.
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I think i had mine within 5 days of contacting corsair.
 
jak731 said:
1x8 and 1x6

And how come their is an ETA if that was the very last batch?
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If you look back through this thread OC/Yewen said they had sourced more 280's but they will probably be £241 or more expensive. I think the ETA was put on by them this weekend.
 
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