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Geforce GTX 280 Advice Please?

A while back Rroff, big wayne posted up a graph from a review about power consumption of cards, i was interested in the sli gtx 275 results, 599w at full system load, unfortunately he didnt post up what cpu they were ran under, id like to test my own sli gtx 275, 4ghz i7 setup, psu is a corsair HX850w.I imagine the gtx 260's are similair in power draw to the 275's.

GTX275 generally has a higher clock rate out the box and extra SPs, etc. so its increased a bit over the GTX260.
 
We both know you can't give any because you made it all up.

I have made nothing up.

I do have qualifications in electronics even tho it doesn't really matter aside from the fact you were "interested".

I have previously tested the power consumption of more than 1 GTX260 card and this isn't the first thread I've mentioned that.
 
Thanks Rroff, mine are two factory overclocked xfx 275's (640mhz core), both have identical core/shader/mem speeds.

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Unfortunately, the card i got on MM has the garish green logo down the side, topmost was the long haggled replacement for my borked gtx 280, (from an etailer who shall remain nameless), im really pleased with the performance of theese two cards, my friend has an i7 rig vey similair to mine, with a single 5870, i find games a bit smoother on my own setup, yes he has dx11 features, (which you barely notice), and my sli setup was far cheaper. Bfbc2 at 1920x1200 is fantastic, i think im resolution bound now, cant afford another benq fp241w, besides they dont make them any more.:(
 
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Aye, i thought about that, i did consider a single dx11 card, dont really like ati as their drivers are dire, gtx 480 is way out of my price range at the minute, im considering watercooling the cpu, which will cost a lot, but im more than happy with the 275's at the minute, no game i play really stresses them, and they were nice and cheap
 
Its hard to find a compelling reason to upgrade from 200 series in SLI - I've not seen a single DX11 feature used so far that I've felt I'm missing out on and performance wise they still run everything at silly framerates.
 
so the above hardop test is lies? you need tobe a user before educating people.. i find you lack of faith disturbing lol. one thing i will never learn from your posts on here, and that is a fact..

LoL: you have no clue whatsoever, here check the power usage chart below from andandtech, check the 285 idle and max power usage compared to the 5850, the 285 is built on a smaller process than the 280 and uses less power than the 280. Please no more nonsense, to even claim a 280 uses the same power as a 5850 is just ridiculous. If you haven't got it now I would just say you're out and out trolling.
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias-geforce-gtx-460-the-200-king/16
 
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I have made nothing up.

I do have qualifications in electronics even tho it doesn't really matter aside from the fact you were "interested".

I have previously tested the power consumption of more than 1 GTX260 card and this isn't the first thread I've mentioned that.

But you can't give evidence to back you your claims :p

What type of electron microscope do you have Rroff ?

what power monitoring kit did you use more than once ?
 
But you can't give evidence to back you your claims :p

What type of electron microscope do you have Rroff ?

what power monitoring kit did you use more than once ?

You don't just go away do you :S

As I said its not my microscope, I was just using it to explain why we have lab equipment here as you were making such a big deal of it.

If your really so fascinated it says tektronixs 4040 on it.
 
1-core 2-core 4-core, does not matter, the Gpu takes what ever power no matter what pc spec.. you add load on any system to the gpu it takes power.. no matter what platform, this is were fanboys hate truth most.

Um, an i7 system uses more power than the core 2 quad system so therefore the figures you quoted are not comparable as they are total system ratings. For an i7 system with a 5850 to be only drawing 1W more than the core 2 quad system that the gtx 280 is on shows how little power the 5850 uses in comparison.

Even if you use the second link http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/09/30/amds_ati_radeon_hd_5850_video_card_review/7 it shows the gtx 285 comsuming more than the 5850. Bearing in mind that the gtx 285 consumes less than the original gtx 280 you can see that the 5850 therefore uses less power than the gtx 280.

Its generally known that the 58xx series is one of the most power efficient high end cards out atm anyway.
 
Not really sure why people are arguing over power consumption anyhow... if your really that bothered by it stick to integrated GPUs :D
 
There are very few review sites that do a good job any more :( and those that actually do a proper job of it are usually sponsored by either ATI or nVidia :S
 
You don't just go away do you :S

As I said its not my microscope, I was just using it to explain why we have lab equipment here as you were making such a big deal of it.

If your really so fascinated it says tektronixs 4040 on it.

Answer the questions Rroff :p

Pics or your making it up.

You do realise electron microscopes are not suitable for home use and cost hundreds of thousands of pounds?

They need intensive maintenance and servicing.
 
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Why do you live at home when you have so much money ?

Is it because you have access to the lab :p

What do you do for a living again :p
 
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I have "so much" money because I live at home :S if I had to pay proper rent, etc. I'd have far less disposable income.
 
Ok people! A few comments to make!

1. Just make a video, each of you, to prove each other wrong. Otherwise, stop commenting. I wanna see it, not read it!

Oh youve confused me more lol. But i like a good mix up :-)

2. Whats with the 'living with parents' comments eh?

I lived with my parents. Now one of my parents lives with me. So what guys? Even if youre 30, living with parents isnt such a big deal. Maybe the son is contributing to the house costs so what?

3. Should i just add 30 quid and get a 460?
 
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