GT200 GTX280/260 "official specs"

[DAnDan]

With the release date so soon, I'm really suprised we haven't seen more sources giving some benchmarks.
Confusing

 

[The_Abyss]

Does the motherboard company think their product is that weak that they have to show off a graphics card instead?

 

[Dark_Angel]

I will only really believe the legit reviews from places like Firing Squad and Toms TBH.

FlippinEck Your signature breaks the 4 line limit, just so you know

 

[Antx777]

Well, my GTX8800 in sli only get 33 frames in very high settings (Vista DX10), @ 1680x1050, with NO AA, so that means the 280 is at least faster than two GTX8800's so not slow.

~Ant

 

[Things change I've changed]

man I really want this card (GTX280) next week but I've just been working my monies out and can only spare £450, not a penny over, has there been any talk about pricing yet ?, you guys think it'll be that cheap ?

 

[Strife212]

It better be. I'm the same as you, around 450 to spend.

 

[Talrinys]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-Nehalem,news-28410.html

Ta-da!!!!. Now let's hope this is true.

Yeah that is great, if the singlethreaded performance is really great and it can hit 4ghz+ with 8-cores, this will be crazy

 

[Jokester]

I would be very surprised if they're more than £450, even at release. They should settle down to £375-400 for the stock cards pretty quickly I would expect.

 

[queamin]

man I really want this card (GTX280) next week but I've just been working my monies out and can only spare £450, not a penny over, has there been any talk about pricing yet ?, you guys think it'll be that cheap ?

Yes they are £450.01p

 

[Talrinys]

I would be very surprised if they're more than £450, even at release. They should settle down to £375-400 for the stock cards pretty quickly I would expect.

That is still insane, wish i could get at least a GT260 for about £250

 

[Greebo]

I would be very surprised if they're more than £450, even at release. They should settle down to £375-400 for the stock cards pretty quickly I would expect.

Yeah and ocuk said 8800GT were only going to be £138 on launch........

 

[straxusii]

man I really want this card (GTX280) next week but I've just been working my monies out and can only spare £450, not a penny over, has there been any talk about pricing yet ?, you guys think it'll be that cheap ?

If you compare to 9800GX2, the announced price before launch was $600 and the GTX 280 is $650

At launch you could find the GX2 for around 400 so you should find the GTX280 for around £430.

What a stupid price for a graphics card, and sadly Im thinking of buying one

 

[straxusii]

http://www.pczilla.net/en/post/35.html

Crysis Benchmark with 1920x1200 Very High settings average fps of 36.81 on the GTX280.

If that is with AA then that is a phenominal result, I suspect it isnt though.

 

[titaniumx3]

TBH, Crysis @ 30fps looks quite fluid because of the high quality motion blur. If the min fps is 30fps, then it should be very playable.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

TBH, Crysis @ 30fps looks quite fluid because of the high quality motion blur. If the min fps is 30fps, then it should be very playable.

its average FPS not MIN

so the minimum is still going to drop to like half that at that resolution at least.

Doesnt look much faster than a 9800 GX2 for games like crysis, that is quite disappointing considering the game doesnt like SLI very much and the GTX 280 is a single chip card.

But, at least the game will now be playable at lower resolutions (for people who are buying the card just for this game ).. i suppose we can expect almost double the minimum rate than last cards

 

[fornowagain]

man I really want this card (GTX280) next week but I've just been working my monies out and can only spare £450, not a penny over, has there been any talk about pricing yet ?, you guys think it'll be that cheap ?

Just seen the first eurozone price and its more than that

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Just seen the first eurozone price and its more than that

haha what a joke, its not even a full 100% increase like we get most gens. poor tbh

 

[Things change I've changed]

Just seen the first eurozone price and its more than that

, don't tell me that.

 

[fornowagain]

, don't tell me that.

Its just a first listing, gotta be lower on the day. But if it was you'd need another tenner.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Its just a first listing, gotta be lower on the day. But if it was you'd need another tenner.

460 quid? are u serious?

prices are going up and performance is actually going down