I dunno about the 280.. - Page 2

Maverickman · 06-16-08, 04:56 PM

Most reviewers state that the GTX 280 is just overpriced for the performance it delivers. You can get 2 8800 GTs for a little over $300 that can approach the performance of the GTX 280 in Crysis.

pingu2 · 06-16-08, 05:21 PM

personally mine is coming tomorrow to play Age of Conan with!

**MikeC** · 06-16-08, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by G-Man

how can this be true for crysis, is the settings on medium or low? all the reviews i've seen at 1920 on high settings it gets around 25 fps no aa or af

Note that the results were for 1680x1050.

G-Man · 06-16-08, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeC

Note that the results were for 1680x1050.

even at 1680x1050 on high settings with AA/AF turned up , you got 47fps, thats amazing ;/ all the other reviews i've noticed got nowhere like urs..... just curious how you got those, maybe some special tweaking?

**MikeC** · 06-16-08, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by -=DVS=-

They also claim 8800 GTX gets 26fps @ 1680x1050 16xQ AA , same settings i don't get anywhere near that score i got 16~ with 177.26 , without AA i got ~28 fps , so my guess is they didn't actually use 16xQ AA.

My results were with 16xQ AA enabled under Windows XP. I didn't claim that the frame rate displayed 26 fps. That's what the results from the benchmark stated. Note that I also used ForceWare WQHL 175.16 when I tested the GeForce 8800 GTX.

**MikeC** · 06-16-08, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by G-Man

even at 1680x1050 on high settings with AA/AF turned up , you got 47fps, thats amazing ;/ all the other reviews i've noticed got nowhere like urs..... just curious how you got those, maybe some special tweaking?

What review are your referencing and were they benchmarked under Windows XP with high quality (as opposed to very high)?

No special tweaking. Installed the GeForce GTX 280 and drivers and ran the benchmark.

Edit: Just re-ran the benchmark on the GeForce GTX 280 at 1680x1050 with 16xQ AA and high quality settings:

hell_of_doom227 · 06-16-08, 06:47 PM

Crysis runs like crap even with GTX280 which means that something badly is ****ed up with DX10 or Crysis itself.

Overall nothing to be impressed about. My SLI 8800GTX does equal or maybe even better job then single GTX280. Simply, it would be waste of money for me...

-=DVS=- · 06-16-08, 06:58 PM

There must be big difference between Win XP dx9 and Vista DX10 in Crysis.

MikeC you should use Crysis Benchmark Tool , http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1791

namuk · 06-16-08, 07:00 PM

crisis is just a bench util now . with no big games been out for a bit how can i tell if this is a good card??

you have bf3 dx10 (mmm 64 player dx10 at maxed out graphics) coming out end of year and farcry2 . then you have the physics drivers coming out thats a big punch there.

the only reason i whould upgrade me card is for the cooler at £450 big money that if i see no differance only on numbers on a bench mark not real world

ArrowMk84 · 06-16-08, 07:01 PM

Looks like I'll be skipping this go around. Everything runs well at 2560x1600 with a single 8800GTX here (with Crysis and Bioshock being the exceptions, but even they're playable with a couple of options turned down). So I'll see what AMD has to offer later this week, or wait until the fall/winter refresh (when I'll be upgrading the rest of my system, anyway).

And damn, the power draw on full load...

ragingWS6 · 06-16-08, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by hell_of_doom227

Crysis runs like crap even with GTX280 which means that something badly is ****ed up with DX10 or Crysis itself.

Overall nothing to be impressed about. My SLI 8800GTX does equal or maybe even better job then single GTX280. Simply, it would be waste of money for me...

Was thinking the same thing. Going to keep my 8800GTX system as long as I can. I finished up Crysis anyway playing with Custom settings @ 1440x900, 2xAA and I was averaging just under 40 FPS (except for the last part on the aircraft carrier...that was a slideshow with AA enabled). Good enough for me though.

**MikeC** · 06-16-08, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by hell_of_doom227

Crysis runs like crap even with GTX280 which means that something badly is ****ed up with DX10 or Crysis itself.

Overall nothing to be impressed about. My SLI 8800GTX does equal or maybe even better job then single GTX280. Simply, it would be waste of money for me...

But you have to admit that it is tempting to pick up one GeForce GTX 280 instead of two GeForce 8800 GTX

I didn't compare the GeForce GTX 280 to the GeForce 8800 GTX in SLI, but as I was running benchmarks on the GeForce GTX 280, I felt that the GeForce 8800 GTX in SLI would offer better performance overall. This is something I am interested in comparing and will likely do a follow up.

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06-16-08, 07:01 PM	#22
ArrowMk84 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,010	Re: I dunno about the 280.. Looks like I'll be skipping this go around. Everything runs well at 2560x1600 with a single 8800GTX here (with Crysis and Bioshock being the exceptions, but even they're playable with a couple of options turned down). So I'll see what AMD has to offer later this week, or wait until the fall/winter refresh (when I'll be upgrading the rest of my system, anyway). And damn, the power draw on full load... __________________ Intel i7-2600k @ 4.6GHz \| Asus Maximus IV Extreme \| 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1866 MHz 9-10-9-27 \| Dual EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3GB \| Creative X-Fi Titanium Pro PCI-E \| Intel 510 Series SSD 120 GB \| 2x Raptor 600 GB RAID \| 2TB WD Black \| Lite-On 21x Blu-ray Burner \| Corsair AX1200 Modular PSU \| Silverstone FT02 \| Corsair H60 with Dual Fans \| Dell 3007-HC 30" LCD \| Audioengine 5 & S8 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1