Official "I just got my GeForce GTX 260 or 280" thread

[LurkerLito]

Just FYI, I got my BFG registration email. It says expect the Far Cry 2 to be delivered in 2-3 weeks.

[CaptNKILL]

So far so good. This card seems pretty nice. :)

700/1403/1103 without even really trying. Crysis, The Witcher, and Fallout 3 all seem to run fine.

The Witcher doesn't seem to run much different, it still gets bogged down to the high 20s in the Trade Quarter but for some reason I actually GAIN 2 or 3fps when enabled 4x multisample transparency AA. I know my 8800 wouldn't have been able to do that. :p

The difference from my 8800GTX in Crysis is pretty noticeable though. At 1600x1200 with a mix of high and custom settings in DX9 I'm getting around 35-45fps at the first Korean base in the game and it feels extremely smooth. I was impressed at how much of an increase I got from the overclock too. I alt-tabbed out of the game, set my clocks to stock and was getting around 26fps. I alt tabbed back out, set the clocks to 700/1403/1103 and I was immediately getting around 32fps! That's a pretty huge increase for just a few mouse clicks.

The temps are pretty good as well. Around 75C under load.

[qube]

just got my gtx280 today it was a pain to install it my ultra is using the main pcie and its in my wcloop so i put it on the sec pcie and it dident find it after some reboats and driver installs it worked. Will put it in the first slot when i dismantle my loop in the weakend

[Tyr-Sog]

The temps are pretty good as well. Around 75C under load.


I have no idea why but this BFG seems to run 8-10c cooler then the 2 evga I tried. I'm usually around 65-68 with games. Hits 70 once in a great while. wonder if they're different coolers. Look the same from the outside.

edit: I take that back. I just downloaded Bioshock from steam and it certainly brings this card up to 73c. All my other games are HL2 and wow so they just must not stress it as much.


btw, 10 minutes in to bioshock and :drool:

[CaptNKILL]

I have no idea why but this BFG seems to run 8-10c cooler then the 2 evga I tried. I'm usually around 65-68 with games. Hits 70 once in a great while. wonder if they're different coolers. Look the same from the outside.

edit: I take that back. I just downloaded Bioshock from steam and it certainly brings this card up to 73c. All my other games are HL2 and wow so they just must not stress it as much.


btw, 10 minutes in to bioshock and :drool:

Do you have your card overclocked past its stock speed?

[slaWter]

Enjoy your new card CaptNKILL! :)

[qube]

my GeForce GTX 280 is stable at 730 core

[scorpio1064]

FYI update. Received confirmation on the Far Cry 2 bundle today. 2-3 week delivery :D

[Tyr-Sog]

I did also. :)

Picked up Bioshock last night though to hold me over. :D

[scorpio1064]

I re-installed Bioshock last night myself. Haven't played for some time. It's running pretty well!

[CaptNKILL]

Hmm I haven't received my Far Cry 2 confirmation yet.

When did you guys register? I just did last night. :p

[scorpio1064]

I registered 2 days ago. I sent mine in via email.

[LurkerLito]

It took them 24 hours or and change to get back to me with the confirmation email

[Tyr-Sog]

Hmm I haven't received my Far Cry 2 confirmation yet.

When did you guys register? I just did last night. :p

Did mine early Tuesday morning so a couple of days.

They said it could take up to a week. I'd imagine they got slammed with orders with these deals. The core 192 and it looks like the gtx 280 that was on sale are both sold out. So they're probably slammed.

One thing I don't understand is the step up program. I finally can step up with the warranty completion updated so I cna see the prices. The prices of the trade up though are insane. Might as well just by a new one and keep the old one. It looks like release prices lol.

[Pixelsmack]

LOVING IT! Just picked up a a GTX260-216 SC and now I'm running Crysis at VERY HIGH, 8x ansio, 4x FSAA(SS) and it's smooooooooth (1280x800). In fact I am running all my games maxed out now. And with 8x ansio and 4x FSAA(SS). It's amazing! Some at LCD native (1680x1050) and some at 1280x800.

I can't believe the upgrade this card is over my aging 8800GT!!!


Currently playing:
Crysis + (warhead)
Fallout 3
Far Cry 2
Team Fortress 2
WoW
UT3
Bioshock
Race'07
GRID

[Hybr1d]

Finally got my new PSU so i could power my gtx260, upgraded from a 7600 so its a pretty amazing step up :P

having some issues with it getting pretty hot after a couple hours playing stalker, causing artifacting and fps drops :(

[Koko56]

LOVING IT! Just picked up a a GTX260-216 SC and now I'm running Crysis at VERY HIGH, 8x ansio, 4x FSAA(SS) and it's smooooooooth (1280x800). In fact I am running all my games maxed out now. And with 8x ansio and 4x FSAA(SS). It's amazing! Some at LCD native (1680x1050) and some at 1280x800.
What. :headexplode: :werd: ...however why have AA at a lower-than-native-resolution? :S
Finally got my new PSU so i could power my gtx260, upgraded from a 7600 so its a pretty amazing step up :P

having some issues with it getting pretty hot after a couple hours playing stalker, causing artifacting and fps drops :(

Have you got rivatuner? If not get it and see how fast the fan is spinning.

[Pixelsmack]

What. :headexplode: :werd: ...however why have AA at a lower-than-native-resolution? :S

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Cause it really cleans up the image. At native I can't run any AA and it's still buzzy.

[Hybr1d]

Have you got rivatuner? If not get it and see how fast the fan is spinning.

I have, but still trying to work it out, im a bit newb :P

[LT.Schaffer]

I just got my EVGA GTX 260. :D

Man this card is sweet looking. Its hard to even call them cards now since they are big heavy metal boxes. I love the heat sink design though. Looks efficient.


Congrats on your new GTX260:D

[CaptNKILL]

Heh, for those that said I wouldn't be able to get anything for my 8800GTX, I just sold it for $200 + shipping after being listed for one day. :D

Once I get my mail in rebate back my GTX 260 will have cost me under $15 and I should be getting Far Cry 2 for free. :D

[Tyr-Sog]

damn, nice! I'm jelous, only $125 for my 8800gts g92 :(


you might as well get a second :p

[CaptNKILL]

damn, nice! I'm jelous, only $125 for my 8800gts g92 :(


you might as well get a second :p

Eh, I'd need an SLI board and probably a new PSU. I'd rather get a Core 2 Quad running at 4+ Ghz. I'm CPU limited in most cases now as it is.

[sclaws]

Heh, for those that said I wouldn't be able to get anything for my 8800GTX, I just sold it for $200 + shipping after being listed for one day. :D

Once I get my mail in rebate back my GTX 260 will have cost me under $15 and I should be getting Far Cry 2 for free. :D

Very nice! I just got two 280GTX's installed yesterday and both of my 8800GTX's are on ebay now...hoping for similar results!

[WeReWoLf]

GTX280 is here... Nice new smell :D

Gonna give it a quick run, then redo everything when my new mobo/cpu arrive tomorrow or tuesday.