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

[AthlonXP1800]

BFG GTX 260 OC sexy black card is here. :D

Amazing card, very silent as dead mice and very cooling at 52c idle with fan running at 728RPM and 101W power idle. Much better than either hot Sapphire 4870 and 8800GTX. Glad it worth £217 special offer at overclockers UK. :cool:

[malachi1313]

Well I ordered a 260gtx to replace my trusty 8800gtx. Its the Pony version from tigerdirect that will set me back $309 after rebate. Man and to think I shelled out $650 when the 8800gtx launched.

[grimreefer]

i just ordered an xfx gtx 260.
so excited.

[malachi1313]

My 260 gtx came in yesterday and I am a firm believer in these cards. The minimum framerates are what makes this card awesome. In crysis its night and day from when I had sli 8800gt's. Amazing but true...

[mojoman0]

I JUST ORDERED MY GTX 260 Superclocked FROM THE EGG FOR $279.99 after rebate + a Samsung 22" 2253W + Crysis!!!!!!!!! There was an $8 tricky electronic waste fee that didn't make me happy but look at my rig to see what kind of an upgrade I'm making. CPU sometime next year maybe (nana2)(nana2)(nana2)(nana2)(nana2)(nana2)

[Destroy]

I JUST ORDERED MY GTX 260 Superclocked FROM THE EGG FOR $279.99 after rebate + a Samsung 22" 2253W + Crysis!!!!!!!!! There was an $8 tricky electronic waste fee that didn't make me happy but look at my rig to see what kind of an upgrade I'm making. CPU sometime next year maybe (nana2)(nana2)(nana2)(nana2)(nana2)(nana2)

What's that all about?

[mojoman0]

some bs fee that came with the monitor I think. Must be a new law..or maybe its been around. What angered me was that there was no warning.

[damianraver]

did my step uo from 9800gtx and #45 i line for a GTX 260. ERRRR! I am impatioent. :o)

[yxx]

i picked up my evga gtx280 FTW today. popped it in. ran first level of crysis, then one level of cod4 and some f.e.a.r. never went over 77c. so i'm happy with that. i was nervous the first few minutes hoping it wouldn't hit 100 and have to rma it. so i played an hour and half straight and no issues...............very happy. now to try some other games.

people have been complaining about the noise but i never even noticed the card was running. compared to my previous ultra i never noticed it being louder. maybe i haven't stressed it enough. but will find out eventually when i do a few hours of gaming straight.

[crainger]

ARe you related to dxx?

[Blade]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-072-BG&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1176&name=BFG%20GeForce%20GTX%20260%20OC%20896MB%20GDDR 3%20TV-Out/Dual%20DVI%20(PCI-Express)%20-%20Retail


Got this bad boy, arrives in the morning!

[ginfest]

Just installed my step-up 260 :)
Using the 177.66 drvs and what a diff from my 4870! It's running a lot cooler and I can't hear the fan! The "flickering" is gone from AoC and ME, so I'm happy :)

[schuey74]

I just received my Gigabyte GTX 280 yesterday. Running it @ 666/2500. With the fan set to 60% it idles @ 42c. With the fan set to 80% it hits low 60's under load in everything I've run (3DM06, FEAR, Stalker, Bioshock, SS2) except Crysis, which goes up to 70c/72c.

At 60%, the fan is inaudible over my other system fans. At 80% I can definitely hear it over my other fans, but I can't hear it while gaming. I supposed that has to do with the five speakers blaring in my ears and trying to stay alive in whichever game I'm playing. :D

BTW, running @ stock speeds the card was 100% stable with the fan @ 60% for hours of gaming. The only app that went over 70c was Crysis, everything else topped out in the mid 60's. I run the fan @ 80% because of the OC and since it's not noticable to me while gaming. It may be stable even OCed @ 60% fan speed for gaming since....

...folding over night for about 8 hours @ 666/2500 with the fan set to 60% had a flatline in rivatuner @ 64c this morning.

Needless to say, I love this card! :) :) :)

[SH64]

I've met someone in my local store who has purachsed a GTX280 .. when i asked him about his CPU , he replied "AMD 3800+" ... i was like :headexplode:

[yxx]

ARe you related to dxx?

no sir. yxx is the Abbotsford International airport. (yxx) i live right by it so i figured may as well be my forum name.

[mojoman0]

My gtx 260 arrived. omfg is this card HUGE. I hope it fits in my case. Vista arrives monday so I'll be backing up all my files for the transition and starting with a clean slate with the 260, 22" samsung, vista, and crysis. :) cpu next I know guys! Maybe once Nehalem goes <200

[FearMeAll]

Got a gtx280 and I really like the card. Got sick of Sli profiles and love the power of this single card. Running human head demo for 15 minutes gets the gpu to 80 celcius but this seems fine to me.
This card is a lot quieter than my 9800gx2. I don't miss that card.

[newfiejudd]

Have a new Cosmos S case Corsair 1000w PSU and an EVGA GTX 280. Will go SLI with them at a later date. Can't wait to try this out.

[Mike89]

Just ordered the EVGA SC 280 from Newegg. The price change is what was the determining factor on the decision to upgrade. No way was I going to pay what the price was at the beginning.

There is a double bonus for me getting this also. I always kick down my stuff to my daughter's computer (as she is a gamer too). She had my previous kick down 7900GTX. So now I get the upgrade from my 8800GTX to the 280 and she gets the upgrade from the 7900GTX to the 8800GTX. My daughter always gets the killer deal of getting it for free. Damn, I wish my dad was into computers/gaming so I could get his kick down stuff!

Now I just have to figure out what to do with the 7900GTX.

[nekrosoft13]

wonder when new cards will be out, would be nice if everyone here could take adventage of step-up program later on ;)

[Blacklash]

Anyone try the old Froggy demo, and if so how was your FPS?

[LT.Schaffer]

Anyone try the old Froggy demo, and if so how was your FPS?

Constant 30 FPS:)

[Blacklash]

Constant 30 FPS:)

Try forcing off vsync in the CP and see what you get.

I am getting 51FPS when it first loads, or that is the first orientation. That's 1920x default settings. You should get over 40FPS with a stock GTX 260 @ 1920x or higher FPS @ a lower res.

[LT.Schaffer]

okay i'll try when i get home from work:)

Also i'm running @ 1680,so it should be more FPS.

[LT.Schaffer]

I get about 49 constant with certain angles i get 58:)