GTX 280 first impressions

[Strife212]

Was that in reply to my post?

if it was ..

Isn't the 8800GTS G92 clocked higher than the 8800GTX?

The case you have is the coolermaster stacker right? The side window, is that something you moded yourself?

It is a coolermaster stacker, its an official window bought from the coolermaster website.

Has anybody asked yet, how does it sound when under load?

Not noticed a difference in sound from 8800GTX personally.

 

[Strife212]

I'll put it in eventually, its a bit hard to reach that one (case side kinda in the way)

 

[Strife212]

Thanks for the pic. My HX520 came with 2 6+2 pin PCI-E connectors (will these not do?) and I emailed corsair asking for some more and they sent me a 6+2 and a 6pin PCI-E connector on one cable (for free, along with some more SATA cables).

Oh, they will do in that case, I didn't know it came with those

 

[Strife212]

so, Strife212.
do you feel it's a worthy upgrade to 8800GTX?

Wasn't so sure beforehand but now I've got one I think it is. It's about 70% faster at most things, which is a lot to be honest.

 

[Strife212]

Also, I probably wont post many other benches now because theres not a lot of point if I dont have the old gen score to compare with.

 

[Strife212]

No :O

I'll probably hear a crack in the night when the PCI connector snaps off the GTX and it falls down and destroys my X-FI

 

[Strife212]

Does anyone else have one yet out of interest?

 

[Strife212]

I've been playing Crysis in DX 10 mode with everything on Very High except Shadows and Motion Blur on High. Getting about 30fps like this which is perfectly fine in Crysis IMO.

Say what you like about the game but the actual graphics are on another level, its seriously crazy. I myself quite like the gameplay as well!

so did you get any warranty info with the card mate ?

Nope

 

[Strife212]

Yeah I used the same option, next day before noon.

Placed the order about 6pm as well, was impressed. Did you order the same one?

 

[Strife212]

1920x1200

 

[Strife212]

"ATI's soon-to-be-launched dual slot, Radeon HD 4870, will score 12600 on a Q6600 based system. We are talking about default 1280x1024 3Dmark06 score."

From Fudzilla. I got 13066 on E6600 as comparison

 

[Strife212]

What should I check its temps with?

btw: Folding Client out

 

[Strife212]

Temperatures while running at 100% load

 

[Strife212]

lol

Havent increased it manually to 100% but playing Crysis and running benches its never gone louder than my 8800GTX