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GT200 GTX280/260 "official specs"

lowrider007 said:
It is pretty much a 100% percent boost, over the 8800's, a 100% boost over the 9800gx2's (Dual GPU don't forget) would be crazy, that would practically make the gtx280 quad sli in performance (4x8800's) on a single GPU, personally going on the few benches that we have available the performance isn't that bad at all but I did expect a bigger jump in Crysis, thats where I feel let down.
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Well not in the benches ive seen for half life 2 engine etc and a few others still perform under 50% a 8800 GTX

and crysis was poor on 8800 gtx so if 10-15 fps x2 = 20-30 still crap even with a 100% boost :(

no wait sorry you are right about the GX2, in the pc mag review anyway..
 
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Just visited a dov/v store in akiba and they mensioned prices between 60000yen and 90000 yen :/ but he wasnt allowed to tell me that it was even coming on the day after tomorrow or whatever..


so.. do i buy :p
 
^ that pretty much buries it for me, the GX2 is showing almost as fast or slightly faster than the GTX 280.. and in almost every test!

the only 1 game i see there worth buying a 280 over a GX2/SLi cards is crysis, out of all those tests :rolleyes:
 
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Excluding the Crysis results if you take the average of all the results above its 100%@16x12 & 98%@25x15 for the stock 280 vs GX2. So not much in it at all, with the GX2 the tiniest bit in front at the higher res.
 
fornowagain said:
Excluding the Crysis results if you take the average of all the results above its 100%@16x12 & 98%@25x15 for the stock 280 vs GX2. So not much in it at all, with the GX2 the tiniest bit in front at the higher res.
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i was thinking at first that the 280 might be actually an upgrade before i saw the benchmarks but i would be wasting my money to buy it, it would literally be maybe 5%+ faster in everything and double for crysis

how is the 280 against a GX2 in games that arent so good in SLi? would it be similar results as you posted above?
 
Another review : http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_280_Preview/5872.html

It wins 3/4 tests against the 9800GX2 but gets spanked in crysis. What seems clear is if you are gaming above 1920x1200 then the G200 definitely makes sense.

"Apparently preliminary testing did not show any jaw-dropping results. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 can be considered as somewhat of a 're-work' of the GeForce 9800 GX2 into a single core package with faster processing capability and more bandwidth.

There is not much performance boost for older games, but for DirectX 10 games like World in Conflict, there is a more noticable improvement over the GeForce 9800 GX2. Not only DirectX 10 titles get a boost when you pick the GeForce GTX 280 over the GeForce 9800 GX2, using the former is more advantageous when you move up to a very high resolution of 2560 x 1600, a resolution found on 30-inch LCDs.

A point to note is abnormal performance in Crysis. We've tried re-benching the GeForce GTX 280 a few times but were greeted with the same results. However during benching, we did notice periodic stutters which were not present while benching the older GeForce 9800 GX2 cards. We are looking into this issue.

We are in the midst of testing Crysis on High settings (and with AA), as well as AA/AF on the other games. Stay tuned, as we work hard to bring you more results from the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 1GB."
 
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straxusii said:
Another review : http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_280_Preview/5872.html

It wins 3/4 tests against the 9800GX2 but gets spanked in crysis. What seems clear is if you are gaming above 1920x1200 then the G200 definitely makes sense.
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What you dont see in these 2560x1600 res benchmarks is the random slowdowns you get with the 9800GX2.

With most new games my GX2 cant handle 2560x1600, especially with AA/AF applied. It has the GPU power to do a way better job, but the 512MB usable VRAM and 256-Bit bus completely cripples it.

Mass Effect, UT3, GRID, Crysis - all completely unplayable at 2560x1600 because of the memory problems. Even the menu screens are slideshows, under 10FPS.
REALLY dodgy how these review sites show these games getting way better frame rates at this high res than what the people who own the GX2 cards get.

I can run into this bottleneck on 1920x1200 with some games and enough AA.

When i get GTX280 i plan to do a thread showing this problem with the GX2, and comparing it with the 280.


Perfect_Chaos said:
playing at that resolution would surely make most games unplayable anyway
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Hardly, most high-end cards are made for such resolutions (excluding GX2). They're not that high anyway... even consoles come near these days with 1080p. And please tell me you dont have SLI'd 8800GT's and something silly like 1280x1024 screen res?

Anyone who gets a 280 and dont have 1920x1200 res or higher will seriously be wasting there money... unless they plan to keep it for atleast 2 years, or are buying for Crysis alone.
Even my 8800GTX could run almost any game at 1920x1200 on full settings, most with AA/AF, and could run any Source engine based game at 2560x1600 maxed out.
 
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MR.B said:
What you dont see in these 2560x1600 res benchmarks is the random slowdowns you get with the 9800GX2.

With most new games my GX2 cant handle 2560x1600, especially with AA/AF applied. It has the GPU power to do a way better job, but the 512MB usable VRAM and 256-Bit bus completely cripples it.

Mass Effect, UT3, GRID, Crysis - all completely unplayable at 2560x1600 because of the memory problems. Even the menu screens are slideshows, under 10FPS.
REALLY dodgy how these review sites show these games getting way better frame rates at this high res than what the people who own the GX2 cards get.

I can run into this bottleneck on 1920x1200 with some games and enough AA.

When i get GTX280 i plan to do a thread showing this problem with the GX2, and comparing it with the 280.




Hardly, most high-end cards are made for such resolutions (excluding GX2). They're not that high anyway... even consoles come near these days with 1080p. And please tell me you dont have SLI'd 8800GT's and something silly like 1280x1024 screen res?

Anyone who gets a 280 and dont have 1920x1200 res or higher will seriously be wasting there money... unless they plan to keep it for atleast 2 years, or are buying for Crysis alone.
Even my 8800GTX could run almost any game at 1920x1200 on full settings, most with AA/AF, and could run any Source engine based game at 2560x1600 maxed out.
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Im on Crossfire x3 3870 but as far as grid goes i had the same problem at 2560x1600 until i renamed the exe to FEAR & avg 60fps.
 
Asus GTX 280 pic & specs


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EVGA GTX 280 pic


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Zotac GTX 260 pic and specs


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just found this.

*competitor*

Gives some idea of price I guess


so that works out roughly about £333.00 then add 17.5% vat which is £58.75 = £391.00 plus what ever mark up we get!

So i think roughly we are talking about £410-£450 maybe??
 
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Can't see the point in these, the GX2 is 2x GTS's downclocked to GT speeds, so you may as well buy 2x £100 GT's and slap em in SLi, or 2x GTS's and slap em in SLi, yer saving a fortune, and getting the same peformance just about, as theres only going to be the odd game that doesn't support SLi, so i can't see many worrying about that, not if they gona save around £200.
 
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A lot of people don't want SLI and don't have an SLI motherboard... any serious overclocker generally has an Intel motherboard, which as you know doesn't support SLI. Add to this some people only buy Nvidia and want the fastest thing available regardless of price and you know it is going to sell by the bucketload.
 
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