Help picking Geforce 200 series cards

2009-04-08 11:07:42

#1

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

Okay, so.

How much of an improvement is the Geforce GTX 280 from the Geforce GTX 260?

The 280 for 340 after MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814143145

The 260 for 250 after MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814143175

Is the 280 worth the extra money? When i could spend that money on getting an E8600 rather than an E8400, or possibly put it towards a 10k raptor HDD.

Which would be a better investment?

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2009-04-08 11:11:22

#2

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

GTX 275.... 55nm and OC like crazy.

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2009-04-08 11:16:17

#3

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
GTX 275.... 55nm and OC like crazy.

Every 275 is sold out besides EVGA
Do they make reliable good quality cards?

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2009-04-08 11:17:55

#4

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6731

Mitch wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
GTX 275.... 55nm and OC like crazy.
Every 275 is sold out besides EVGA
Do they make reliable good quality cards?

EVGA does make good cards.

2009-04-08 11:19:49

#5

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

Mitch wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
GTX 275.... 55nm and OC like crazy.
Every 275 is sold out besides EVGA
Do they make reliable good quality cards?

EVGA and BFG have the best warranty and support for nv cards. Just remember to register the card withing 30 days.

All reference based cards are build in same place, different brands just slap their own stickers and bundles.

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2009-04-08 11:21:38

#6

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

Which is better, the GTX 275 or the ATI 4870

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2009-04-08 11:21:41

#7

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

evga doesn't make cards, TSMC does

Mitch wrote:
Which is better, the GTX 275 or the ATI 4870

GTX275

Last edited by max (2009-04-08 11:22:12)

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2009-04-08 11:28:57

#8

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6727|cuntshitlake

280GTX isn't worth over 260GTX for that price, 275 is awsm in the middle.

And never even consider E8600 ove E8400, that shit is just ripping off. Unless you are cooling with LN2 you won't notice any difference in their overclockability.

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2009-04-08 11:34:25

#9

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

DeathUnlimited wrote:
280GTX isn't worth over 260GTX for that price, 275 is awsm in the middle.

And never even consider E8600 ove E8400, that shit is just ripping off. Unless you are cooling with LN2 you won't notice any difference in their overclockability.

Hmm, really?
So i should save the 100 dollars and go with the e8400?

Should i use the 100 to put towards a better fan/heatsink for overclocking the 8400?

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2009-04-08 11:36:07

#10

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

Yes.

and yes.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-04-08 11:36:46)

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2009-04-08 11:42:04

#11

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

Can you recommend a relatively cheap fan/heatsink

Ive never OCed before and i dont know how to, so i doubt ill be doing anything hardcore.

I have this 100 dollars extra now that im going with the 8400, im trying to decide where to spend it

Also what will i need for thermal paste and stuff? i wanna have all the little stuff i need for when this arrives. The CPU is retail so will it come with good paste and stuff that i need? or should i buy it seperate with the fan/heatsink ?

or tell me about any other pastes or little things im not thinkin ill need THANK YOU

Last edited by Mitch (2009-04-08 11:43:57)

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2009-04-08 11:43:47

#12

dill13: Member; +67|6457

Unless your a dead set nvidia fan boy or you like to fold Id seriously consider a hd 4890 similar performance and it overclocks well.

Last edited by dill13 (2009-04-08 11:45:36)

2009-04-08 11:43:58

#13

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

Mitch wrote:
Can you recommend a relatively cheap fan/heatsink

Ive never OCed before and i dont know how to, so i doubt ill be doing anything hardcore.

I have this 100 dollars extra now that im going with the 8400, im trying to decide where to spend it

Also what will i need for thermal paste and stuff? i wanna have all the little stuff i need for when this arrives. The CPU is retail so will it come with good paste and stuff that i need? or should i buy it seperate with the fan/heatsink ?

Freezer 7 Pro is currently the best bang for buck cooler. Good enough for a nice OC and pretty cheap.

It comes with pre-applied thermal paste. (=good for one use, if you remount the cooler again, you'll need more paste such as Arctic Silver 5)

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-04-08 11:45:51)

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2009-04-08 11:51:47

#14

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

You guys have been a wicked fucking awesome help, karma for all.

Heres what i've settled on:

(For some reason they want to give me the 15ft cable for free?? LOL)

http://i44.tinypic.com/95tzsw.jpg

E8400
OCZ 8GB Ram
GTX 275
A decent mobo? (better one for the price somewhere?) Also, it says it supports Crossfire but does that automatically mean it supports Dual Nvidia cards?

Already have a HDD

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2009-04-08 11:57:12

#15

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

I would recommend Asus P5Q Pro. CF boards don't unfortunately support SLi (except the new X58 boards for i7).

For PSU I recommend Corsair HX620W, which is one of the best quality PSUs I know. (even better quality than the 750w Corsairs)

8GB ram is overkill unless you are doing some serious work. (Your rest PC is not well built for that anyway)

So get 2x2GB 1066MHz CL5 kit from G.SKILL, Corsair, OCZ or A-DATA.

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2009-04-08 12:13:57

#16

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
I would recommend Asus P5Q Pro. CF boards don't unfortunately support SLi (except the new X58 boards for i7).

For PSU I recommend Corsair HX620W, which is one of the best quality PSUs I know. (even better quality than the 750w Corsairs)

8GB ram is overkill unless you are doing some serious work. (Your rest PC is not well built for that anyway)

So get 2x2GB 1066MHz CL5 kit from G.SKILL, Corsair, OCZ or A-DATA.

If i switch to the Asus Pro board then i have to get DDR2 1200 ram, theres only two options for that on Newegg, one being 55 dollar OCZ ram and its only 2gb. So i would have to get two of those so thats 100 dollars instead of 80 dollars for the 8gb ram package. Regaurdless of whether i need 8gb or not its still cheaper then 4gb of ddr2 1200.

And the Asus pro doesnt support SLi so what is the best difference between the one i had and the one you suggested, I took your recomendation for the PSU, as long as your sure thats compatible with the other stuff im getting

EDIT: just realized the other MOBO took DDR2 1200 ram also, can you recommend a board that will work with the stuff ive got, that takes RAM that costs less please?

Last edited by Mitch (2009-04-08 12:15:16)

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2009-04-08 12:19:40

#17

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

You can run DDR2-1066 in all P5Q based boards - hell I've probs run most combinations of ram and P5Q board myself

Last edited by max (2009-04-08 12:20:29)

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2009-04-08 12:23:02

#18

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

So will this ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820227291

work with the Asus P5Q Pro suggested above? Even tho this ram is DDR2 800 and the Mobo calls for DDR2 1200

cant see where it says anything about 1066mhz??

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2009-04-08 12:27:54

#19

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

That ram will work. 800MHz RAM will severely limit the OCability though

lemme find some good stuff get 2 of these.

asus wrote:
Memory 4 x DIMM, max. 16GB, DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Dual channel memory architecture

Last edited by max (2009-04-08 12:28:32)

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2009-04-08 12:32:18

#20

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

Okay i took your suggestion

Heres the computer now:

http://i42.tinypic.com/rm0ile.jpg

The Asus Pro board as suggested earlier, and the Ram you suggested max. And the suggested power supply too

Does this system look good for $935, this is gunna be my comp for the next 3 years probly haha so i wanna make sure everythings perfect

Last edited by Mitch (2009-04-08 12:33:48)

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2009-04-08 12:34:26

#21

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

Looks great

I'm not a fan of the case because the cable management is difficult to do properly. Performance is great though

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2009-04-08 12:36:16

#22

PPSKevin: Member; +2|5817|Mukilteo,Washington, USA

Get the GTX 285 if you have the money, best performance for a SINGLE gpu card, even faster then the ATI offerings.
Get the GTS 250 if your on a tighter budget, good bang for the buck for around 250 bucks.
The new GTX 275 I dont really know about, you might want to check Tomshardware for specs and benchmarks.
GTX 280 a little old, but still very fast, plus the prices are falling so low, you should get this.
GTX 260, if you get this get the core 216, it has 24 more steam processors then the old 260.
If your really hardcore bad-ass get the GTX 295 and be set for life.

Hope that helps you man
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2009-04-08 12:38:13

#23

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6789|South Florida

max wrote:
Looks great

I'm not a fan of the case because the cable management is difficult to do properly. Performance is great though

Thanks max!! you guys rock.

Guess this is it, woot

hope none of these things come broken lol.
peace

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2009-04-08 12:42:29

#24

Benzin: Member; +576|6262

PPSKevin wrote:
Get the GTX 285 if you have the money, best performance for a SINGLE gpu card, even faster then the ATI offerings.
Get the GTS 250 if your on a tighter budget, good bang for the buck for around 250 bucks.
The new GTX 275 I dont really know about, you might want to check Tomshardware for specs and benchmarks.
GTX 280 a little old, but still very fast, plus the prices are falling so low, you should get this.
GTX 260, if you get this get the core 216, it has 24 more steam processors then the old 260.
If your really hardcore bad-ass get the GTX 295 and be set for life.

Hope that helps you man
KUDOS!

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2009-04-08 12:44:11

#25

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

CapnNismo wrote:
PPSKevin wrote:
Get the GTX 285 if you have the money, best performance for a SINGLE gpu card, even faster then the ATI offerings.
Get the GTS 250 if your on a tighter budget, good bang for the buck for around 250 bucks.
The new GTX 275 I dont really know about, you might want to check Tomshardware for specs and benchmarks.
GTX 280 a little old, but still very fast, plus the prices are falling so low, you should get this.
GTX 260, if you get this get the core 216, it has 24 more steam processors then the old 260.
If your really hardcore bad-ass get the GTX 295 and be set for life.

Hope that helps you man
KUDOS!

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