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GT200 GTX280/260 "official specs"

Greebo said:
Still not great. Take the GTX260 for £261. As Amandtech review states, two 8800GT in SLI will match it so if you have a 8800GT and a SLI board already, then £100 will get you same performance compared to £211 (selling GT for £50).

And £400 is a better price for the GTX280 but I really do think it needs to be around £350 IMO.
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I agree but launching at that(400) would be understandable :p £350 after a few weeks is expected i think!
 
AnandTech - NVIDIA's 1.4 Billion Transistor GPU: GT200 Arrives as the GeForce GTX 280 & 260

Guru3D - GeForce GTX 280 review

Hard OCP - BFG Tech GeForce GTX 280 OC & GTX 260

Hardware Canucks - EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1GB Superclocked Review

***** -BFG (NVIDIA) GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

HotHardware - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 Unleashed

OverclockersClub - XFX GTX 280 Review

PC Perspective - NVIDIA GT200 Revealed - GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 Review

PC Perspective - NVIDIA GT200: Moving Away from Just a GPU

The Tech Report - Nvidia's GeForce GTX 280 graphics processor

Tom's Hardware - Nvidia GeForce GTX 260/280 Review

TweakTown - ZOTAC GeForce GTX 280 AMP! Edition
 
Still think the GTX260 is the one to buy unless money means nothing.

18% less performance and with the money saved you can put a water loop on it and probably overclock it past GTX280 performance and still have change plus no 46dBa jet engines taking off :eek:

Once they settle to around just above £200 that will make them more desirable still over their big brother.

The crunch is going to be ATI's offering. If they can get the 4870 performing better than than a GTX260 and they clock well then even better.

ANybody who buys a GTX280 today has more money than sense.
 
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-280-review-test/
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2320089,00.asp
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=577
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14934
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3334
http://www.*****.net/content/item.php?item=13736
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/gtx280/
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews...._gtx_280_performance_revealed_-_msi_n280gtx/1
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUxOCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_280_and_GTX_260_Unleashed
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-gtx-280,1953.html
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...-geforce-gtx-280-1gb-superclocked-review.html
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=3&id=2593
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=179&Itemid=1
http://www.pcghx.com/aid,647641/Reviews/Geforce_GTX_280/260_The_great_PCGH_Benchmark_Review/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GTX_280_Amp_Edition/
http://www.beyond3d.com/content/reviews/51
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_gtx_280_260_performance/default.asp
 
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Greebo said:
18% less performance and with the money saved you can put a water loop on it and probably overclock it past GTX280 performance and still have change plus no 46dBa jet engines taking off :eek:
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46dbA is not that loud, and they didnt say what distance they measured from. put it this way, my ps3 measures at more than that......
 
So I ordered the BFG GX280 OC for my mate :rolleyes: He is giving me his 2 8800GT's in return for me doing this upgrade for him...as in uninstall video driver, run ccleaner or something equivalent, remove gt's, install gx280, plug in cables including 6pin to 8pin pci-e and install new drivers :)

I have an SLI mobo already (EVGA 750), and from what I read on Anadtech 2xGT's in SLI is coming out on par or slightly ahead of this overpriced GX280 :D
 
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Now however there is also the following question:

2x GTX 260 at a total price of £500 (Dual BFG GTX 260 OC)

OR

1x GTX 280 at the price of £400 (BFG GTX 280 OC)
 
Flanno said:
So I ordered the BFG GX280 OC for my mate :rolleyes: He is giving me his 2 8800GT's in return for me doing this upgrade for him...as in uninstall video driver, run ccleaner or something equivalent, remove gt's, install gx280, plug in cables including 6pin to 8pin pci-e and install new drivers :)

I have an SLI mobo already (EVGA 750), and from what I read on Anadtech 2xGT's in SLI is coming out on par or slightly ahead of this overpriced GX280 :D
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I've only read the [H] review so far and I would from that review say that would be the case with two 9800GTX's in SLI. Two 8800GT's sounds a bit of a stretch.
 
vorm said:
I've only read the [H] review so far and I would from that review say that would be the case with two 9800GTX's in SLI. Two 8800GT's sounds a bit of a stretch.
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Probably is but won't be a million miles behind and well worth it since he's getting the GT's for free for carrying out an upgrade for a "rich" mate.
 
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