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

[DarthBeavis]

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.

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/851/dsc00777hd1.th.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00777hd1.jpg)

Only got to keep three of them tho . . .

[WeReWoLf]

I'm very impressed with it so far

[halduemilauno]

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?/gpu_displays/xfx_gtx260_896mb_black_edition/1
;)

[Revs]

I'm very impressed with it so far

Nice :thumbsup: enjoy it, man :)

[xbob]

Just got my GTX260 Core 216 yesterday, so far very impressed although I only had limited game time, going to really work it out this weekend.

[Koko56]

Hmmm, after having a quick look here and there it seems that the ATI 4870 and the nVidia 260 GTX seem more or less identical...

Can anyone say what the OCing is like for the two?

I don't think I will get either any time soon, but it's just nice to... think that I might get it... soon. :p

[LurkerLito]

For those of you with the BFG card and are getting the far cry 2 bundle, make sure to log into your account and check your myProducts tab. I saw I had to press a button on that page that said "order" to actually order the far cry 2 bundle and didn't do it till today :(. Now it says the bundle is ordered under the myproducts tab. I swear I don't remember that being there before.

[Monnie Rock]

Whoo hoo,

My GTX 280 arrived today EVGA SCC. runs very nice and very cool. All games got a HUGE increase from a 7800GTX SLI setup except one "game :p " 3Dmark


Thank you,
Monnie

[that one guy]

just got a BFG 280 OC from newegg. Question, when I turn that Fur stability test at stock clocks, it gets to 103'C after about 5 minutes @ 100% fan speed before I get scared and stop the test. However, there are no artifacts and system is perfectly responsive. When I play far cry 2 the highest it goes is 70'C. is this normal?

also, both my case doors are off.

[Tyr-Sog]

Just got my FC2 copy, Advantage code, and BFG Flash light(bright as hell too!). :D

[LurkerLito]

Just got my FC2 Copy, FutureMark and Flashlight today also :).

[wysiwyg]

just installed my new EVGA GTX 280 SSC

along with a Quiet PC 1000w PSU, another 2GB ram and also received a Rocca Kone mouse

one Q about the card-

what should the temps be on load and idle

atm idle is 45, not sure on load yet

[NarcissistZero]

I'm waiting on my BFG 2600 to come in the mail... probably arrive Monday. Very jazzed about it. Whenever I return to PC gaming from a time away, I always need to buy a new graphics card. It's like hitting a ship with a wine bottle.

[wysiwyg]

I'm waiting on my BFG 2600 to come in the mail... probably arrive Monday. Very jazzed about it. Whenever I return to PC gaming from a time away, I always need to buy a new graphics card. It's like hitting a ship with a wine bottle.

260?

[NarcissistZero]

Yeah... the extra zero was because I am so awesome.

Also, it sucks not wanting to play any games until it comes in on Monday.

[wysiwyg]

i know how you feel

[blackwaves_2000]

Finally got mine, EVGA GTX260 Core 216!!! That dog on step-up just could have NOT went any slower. Either way Great card... I'm glad to have grown up from the 9800GTX+.

http://www.evga.com/community/ModsRigs/enlarge.asp?id=13501&pic=3&sys=1
http://www.evga.com/community/ModsRigs/enlarge.asp?id=13501&pic=3&sys=1

SLI or not to SLI... piss off the wife OR not to piss off the wife, that is the Question?!?!?

[methimpikehoses]

SLI or not to SLI... piss off the wife OR not to piss off the wife, that is the Question?!?!?

If you don't go SLI, she'll find something else to get pissed about. So what's to lose?

[NarcissistZero]

Got mine today... took me a couple hours to get it up and running. Darn thing fits in my case by like 1/8th of an inch, I really had to wedge it in there, which probably isn't good for heat purposes.

I have only tried Farcry 2 on it so far and the games plays perfectly with everything on high at 1920x1200, which is all I could have ever asked for really. Very pleased.

[wysiwyg]

i ran FC2 maxed on my 8800GT, not the most demanding game

[Dreamweavernoob]

i ran FC2 maxed on my 8800GT, not the most demanding game

Farcry 2 ran circles round ma poor 8800GTX :(

then again, I was trying 1920x1200 @ high quality.....

[DHP]

Question; is there a tool that can OC the 260's 2D memory clock higher than 150MHz? Rivatuner can only clock from 100 to 150MHz.

But I'm starting to think 100MHz is too slow for Vista AERO.

[cairastravis]

But I'm starting to think 100MHz is too slow for Vista AERO.

Sorry, I don't have the answer, but I do have a question. Since Vista AERO actually uses the 3D hardware, does it even use the 2D clock? (I would hope so, because it seems the alternative is serious power burn, but I'm curious.)

[DHP]

While in Vista, the GPU uses 2D clocks.

I already solved my problem. I Overclocked the 2D to 325MHz.

I had this weird laggy feeling scrolling down web pages, so I think a 300MHz core clock was too low for Visa AERO 1920x1200. ;)

Edit; no, it was not solved... Hmmm, very weird.

When I rebooted, and scoll down a webpage with the mouse pointer on the scroll bar, it feels "laggy" in AERO. When i switch to Vista Basic, the problem is gone... Very weird. When I switch back too AERO the problem is gone, and after a reboot using AERO it comes back.

Anyone else having this problem too?

I think this is a driver problem... I'm using 180.48.

[nekrosoft13]

what mouse do you have? tried changing mouse settings?