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Upgrade from 280gtx to a 5870 worth it?

I'm in the same boat.

I've got two gtx 280's in sli and i have the upgrading bug.

Ideally i'd like to sell my 280's and get two 5870's or fermi if they are decent, but i'm still not sure i'll see the performance benefits.
 
ravl585 said:
I'm in the same boat.

I've got two gtx 280's in sli and i have the upgrading bug.

Ideally i'd like to sell my 280's and get two 5870's or fermi if they are decent, but i'm still not sure i'll see the performance benefits.
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Depends on if you really want dx11 or not. If you want to move on to dx11, you'd better off selling your GTX280 soon while that still worth something, and move to put toward the cost of upgrading (or sidestepping). After Nvidia and ATI launch their new cards, the GTX280 probably would worth nowhere as much as now.
 
I had a GTX280 and updated to a 5870 and I can see a quite epic preformance boost when it comes to games like crysis warhead.
 
Ive put my 280 on the Bay hopefully ill get a good some whilst its still worth something, then ill just put some towards a 5870 just because i fancy a change. If i get a boost big or small +dx11 its all gooood.
 
setter said:
First card was an xfx gtx 280 xt, died after 11 months use, started artifacting once the temps went above 70c, the replacement gtx 275 (also xfx) lasted for about 4 hours before it started artifacting on desktop and blue screening, tried both cards in my other machine and had the same.
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Thats absolutly disgusting, I don't know which retailer it was but they should have given you a like for like replacement back without question!

I woudn't of let them get away with that whoever it was, would have had trading standards involved.

I can guess which company did this infact.... starts with an S!
 
Was indeed the company beginning with s, im geting another 275 gtx this week, (hopefully tomorrow), probably only keep it for a few weeks though, im considering making the change over to ATI, possibly a pair of 5870's.
 
setter said:
Was indeed the company beginning with s, im geting another 275 gtx this week, (hopefully tomorrow), probably only keep it for a few weeks though, im considering making the change over to ATI, possibly a pair of 5870's.
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I thought it was them, I will never ever use them for anything, S*** try rejecting a lot of warrantys as well if you read a certain forum, put me right off ever using them again.

If you don't know your consumer rights via the sale of goods act they will easily try to con you.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Setter, buy an anti-static wrist band or ground yourself before you install a GPU.;)
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Will do,:D. i knew my luck would have to run out sometime, first hardware failures in quite a while, ive had cpu's clocked to pretty high limits and no failures, guess it was just my time, to get 2 faulty gpu's in such a short space of time is a bit annoying though.
 
Ive used them in the past for a lot of different components that i couldnt get from ocuk, however my days of buying from them are finished, aside from this rma screw up, their delivery charges are extortionate, i bought 3 very hard to find sharkoon silent eagle modular fans from them at £13.00 each, delivery costs came to £17.00.
 
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