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GFX Card Update Advice Pls

As a closing thought, if this is only a stop gap until a new system, why not just get a single 260 / 275 / 4890 and save the cash for your new i7??

Just a thought.......
 
Jonny Manc said:
As a closing thought, if this is only a stop gap until a new system, why not just get a single 260 / 275 / 4890 and save the cash for your new i7??

Just a thought.......
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That was a consideration too - was just concerned that the performance improvement wouldn't be worth it.

Also its a chance to sneak a decent upgrade past the wife.... building a new system draws too much attention ;)
 
its actually halfway to my new system as i'm buying the case (HAF 932) and PSU (CM 850w) at the same time as these cards.

I'll just need a new Mobo, CPU and RAM later on.....
 
Go for the SLI 260s, and the Gainward cooler as recommended, if it's not more effective, it's definitely quieter!
 
no idea why people are saying GTX285, consdering you can overclock the GTX275 so it will be able to perform as well as the GTX285, but still up to you.

GTX260 will out perform a GTX285 at stock, you can overclock them of course
 
AMG said:
no idea why people are saying GTX285, consdering you can overclock the GTX275 so it will be able to perform as well as the GTX285, but still up to you.
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But you can also OC the GTX285 to make it even better :p.
 
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AMG said:
no idea why people are saying GTX285, consdering you can overclock the GTX275 so it will be able to perform as well as the GTX285, but still up to you.

GTX260 will out perform a GTX285 at stock, you can overclock them of course
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A well overclocked 260 will outperform a 285 at stock......a well clocked 285 will **** all over a 260 ;)
 
If you can hold on until the next wave then yes by all means wait.

No the 8800gts isnt that bad, but you are no doubt struggling with quite a few games, you could just pick up a cheap 260gtx and sell it on later.
 
I may have hit an issue - there is only 1 PCI slot seperating the 2 PCI-e slots on my mobo.

From what i'm reading there will be virtually no gap between the 2 GTX 260s so one of them is going to cook it seems...

I'll be using these in a HAF 932 - will there be enough airflow to mitigate this or should i go back to looking at a single GPU?
 
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