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

Adsta said:
lol odd.

For me its DHL always deliever early morning if not before lunch time at the very latest. I prefer DHL about a million times better compared to City Link.

I still remember when I bought my Q6600 from here when it was City Link. I was watching TV in the living room waiting for it to arrive. I watch the City Link guy walk up to my door.... and just posted the "you wasnt in" note through the letter box. I let him get about 2 steps away from my door. Then opened my door and politely said you can knock on the door :p

Needless to say his face went bright red. He didnt say anything just gave me the parcel and ran to his van. I mean what the hell is that !

Anyways this is thread is meant to be about the awesome GTX 280's ppl have been getting not City link v DHL :p
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I vote for City Link......:p
 
Hi all

Got mine today.And it's a Gigabyte.
Had fingers crossed for a bfg ;)
Still it will go well with my new gigabyte EP45-UD3P :D
Well when i get around to the build.Just waiting for the xigmatek cooler to arrive.
 
got home.and had a gigabyte one waiting,well happy with it.nice and smooth at 1920*1080.whats the warranty on these ones as im not to sure..?

edit res..oops :)
 
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last thing i brought from here(cpu cooler) delivery via DHL but some clown in a old rust bucket turned up with it. DHL must sun contract some of there deliverys. :( was late afternoon aswell. with citilink they were always there by 12pm latest.
 
LiamC said:
I got mine today from DHL



Bloody card wont fit on my M/B though. SATA ports are blocking the card :mad::mad::mad: I dunno what to do.


8800GTX fits fine as the PCB isn't 100% Covered !




I got the BFG OC2 with FC2 and VAntage.
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Should be fine if its in the top slot
 
Got the card fitted after ripping 2 SATA ports out.


3dMark06 Stock CPU Speed
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And again with CPU OC
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The Card
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What drivers are you guys using?

I just installed the GTX280 and for some reason the resolution is set at 800*600 on a 1920*1080 screen. :o

I've uninstalled my previous GTX260 drivers (can't remember the driver) but I thought it would work OK.
 
VERY pleased, today got the BFG OC to replace BFG OC 640MB:D
Stoked I got this with far cry 2 and the 'ion cannon' pen torch
Thanks ocuk:)
 
Hmmm... looking at the pics above, i do not know if i have mine powered correctly.
My HX620 has 2 Pci power cable which are 6 + 2 Pins. But they are fed from 2 x 6 pin connectors on the PSU. One to the 6, one to 8.
Should i be running the 8 pin socket off of both of these ( cable that came with the card ) and a seperate Molex to 6 pin cable for the other socket ?
 
Ok guy's, need a little help here im seriously thinking of buying this card but im not sure what to do yet, Here is my story.

i currently don't game at all on my PC but i still have some PC games (Call of Duty WoW, Crysis (and warhead), Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto 4, Need For Speed: Undercover . i like to have full AA and AF on all my games, i currently have a 1680x1050 20" monitor.

Also Within a few months i will be moving to i7:

CPU: Intel i7 920
Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Extreme
Case: Antec 1200 (Already owned)
RAM: Corsair 6GB TR3X6G1600C8D

Before i was really keen on getting the 480x2 but after seeing this i am really tempted to get it now, judging by the games and res that i play at do you think this card can give me above 30fps on each of those games i mentioned?
 
Delbert said:
Hmmm... looking at the pics above, i do not know if i have mine powered correctly.
My HX620 has 2 Pci power cable which are 6 + 2 Pins. But they are fed from 2 x 6 pin connectors on the PSU. One to the 6, one to 8.
Should i be running the 8 pin socket off of both of these ( cable that came with the card ) and a seperate Molex to 6 pin cable for the other socket ?
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I have 1 6Pin PCI-E from the PSU going into the card, and im using the 2 Molex to 1 PCI-E 8pin for the other slot.
 
LiamC said:
I have 1 6Pin PCI-E from the PSU going into the card, and im using the 2 Molex to 1 PCI-E 8pin for the other slot.
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Thnx for the feedback. Looks like i will have to do rewire ( and perhaps a re-jig of HDD's ) at the weekend.
I like to keep the cables tidy for better airflow...:)
Btw, i get 18178 3DM06 at default GPU clocks ( CPU @ 3.6G... :D )
 
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Delbert -

You just need to connect both PCIe modular power cables from the HX620 without any further adapters. Just use the +2 for the 8pin and not for the 6pin. Ignore the fact the HX620 cables connect to a 6pin connector on the PSU. At the end of the day its what cables Corsair supply so I very much doubt they arent made for the job...

Unsure which GTX280 card you got but the BFG does have a led that goes green if you are supplying it the right amount of power and red if not. I would assume all other makes at least would give you some sort of windows message if it isnt being powered correctly (I know older nVidia cards did)

explicit4u -

Considering you were tempted to get a 4870x2 but dont currently game on your PC a lot it kinda makes sense to me to pick one of these since theyll be cheaper than the x2 and if you dont end up gaming its not such a large wod of cash. Though I have to wonder if you need a extreme GFX upgrade if you dont game currently (though Im kinda in the same boat)...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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