Think mine's broke too then
verrrry loud.
And since hearing that it consumes as much power as five fridges when running and nearly as much when switched off, that power button on the back is seeing more action than it's had in six months.
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GT200 GTX280/260 "official specs"
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Think mine's broke too then
verrrry loud.
And since hearing that it consumes as much power as five fridges when running and nearly as much when switched off, that power button on the back is seeing more action than it's had in six months.
Well since it's a Logarithmic scale and every 3dBa equates to a doubling in loudness, that makes it 512 louder than the loudest thing in my case so no thanks!
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unless you've measured it, no it doesnt. Measured spl increases as the measuring distance decreases. you can make something appear exponentially louder just by moving the mic closer and, of course, you can also do the opposite just by moving it further away.
also, do not believe a word manufactures tell you about sound levels, especially on fans. like i said, if they dont tell you what distance its measured from, its completely useless. dont expect it to be as quiet as the g80 gtx's, thats pretty much a dead cert, but dont expect them to be loud either. wait for some user accounts
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Okay, I know all the stuff. Measure background, distance from item been measured, frequency of sound due to some frequencies are perceived "louder" than others and that 3dBa increase equates to double the power/intensity on the scale and not necessarily perceived loudness etc.
However, a lot of reviewers are making comments about how loud it is so it ain't going to be quiet, that is for sure. Nobody said anything about the noise of the G92 GTS so I'm am pretty sure it's going to be noiser than that and I found that too loud for my liking.
Am I right in thinking GTX owners are better off getting a second GTX? It would be half the price and from what I can see, a lot more powerful?
A lot more powerful, dream on.
Am I right in thinking GTX owners are better off getting a second GTX? It would be half the price and from what I can see, a lot more powerful?
Only snag is having to use a nforce board and not an Intel board. Great if you have an SLI board and good performance especially when you look at what you can 8800GTX cards for 2nd hand - £130 ish.
That's why two 4870's in crossfire look appealing if ATI can deliver the goods
Come on, you are just trolling now, look at the actual reviews, its a shocking card for the price, not much better than 9800GX2, and GTX SLI is a lot better than 9800GX2.
Posted that this morning
But that keeps my hopes up that two 4850's are going to be close to a GTX280 and obviously then two 4870's will out perform a GTX280.
Obviously two 4850's even if slighly slower are going to be more diserable at £260 than a £470 GTX280. I can live with 10-20% less performance for a £200+ saving.
If so then, in 6 weeks the 4870x2 will be the king of the hill. The crunch of course is pricing. No point been the fastest if ATI lauch at £500+ at the way people are bitching about the GTX280 price.
You selling that GX2 then
I never saw that. ANybody selling a GX2 to buy two 4850's is just as mad as anybody buying a GTX280 today.
Fixed.
I'm astounded. I can't believe nVidia are trying this. Who in their right mind would get this over a GX2? I'm sorry, but the SLi "issues" are worth putting up with for a saving of £150.
*points and laughs*
I suppose you've convinced yourself that the GTX260 trounces a 3870X2 and 8800GT SLi too?
Seriously, what's with your love obsession when it comes to nvidia? You must put more love into nv than you do friends and family.
I've been thinking about why they'd place this card at such a high price when it barely beats the GX2 and when i read the anadtech review the bit at the end grabbed my attention;
'But maybe with the lowered high end threat from AMD, NVIDIA has decided to make a gutsy move by positioning its hardware such that multiGPU solutions do have higher value than single GPU solutions. Maybe this is all just a really good way to sell more SLI motherboards.'
I guess that this motivates people into buying all the old stock of 8800 series cards too, to run in SLi, as they will see it as more performance per pound. There has already been quite a few people on here suggesting that they will do just that.
'But maybe with the lowered high end threat from AMD, NVIDIA has decided to make a gutsy move by positioning its hardware such that multiGPU solutions do have higher value than single GPU solutions. Maybe this is all just a really good way to sell more SLI motherboards.'
I guess that this motivates people into buying all the old stock of 8800 series cards too, to run in SLi, as they will see it as more performance per pound. There has already been quite a few people on here suggesting that they will do just that.
It looks like a lot of people are focused on the price of the GTX 280 but having read 5 full reviews now I'm starting to think the GTX 260 is looking like a nice buy. The specs are still high and when prices die down/when more funds are available there's always the chance of SLI'ng it later... Could the GTX 260 be the new 8800 GT?
Definetely not. IMO.
Nope. Different story. The 8800GT offered, in certain games and res, almost the performance of the £350 8800GTX chip for £130.
The GTX260 isn't a budget buy at £260.
Yes, I do think it makes more sense bang for buck over the 280 but that's it really.