GTX280 should i really get one?

Buy a GTX 260,just as cheap as a 4870 and raped it overclocked and even beats the GTX280 at stock spmetimes.The 4870 is a great card and i was going to buy it til i saw how much of a gain you get from a GTX260 OC'd and it runs much cooler than either. Here is a link to the overclocked versions.And no i'm not bashing ATI they did an excellent job this time around and helped us all to get a fast affordable card thanks to them putting up a strong fight against Nvidia.Either way GTX260 or 4870,you really can't go wrong. http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/evga_gtx260/

 

you aint cool unless you got a GTX280

ATI sux sorry :banana:uke2:

 

Uh huh, yeah, right.

 

lol! He had to edit that as well! Welcome to Guru3D fanboy!:wanker:

 

added some smiles

heres some 280 porn for you guys my buddies rig



my phones busted so ill show his off

 

seems like that'd just get way too hot, that littly tiny vent for the fan to get air from... lol

 

Yes there was a large batch of faulty cards. Temps would soar up to 105C within a minute of gaming.

If you pick one up you should end up with revision A2. I have one and it never gets higher than 80C load. Currently idle at 45C.

The card is very stable, unlike the 4870 X2 that i tested before this.

 

i just cant seem to play any games in full screen mode with my 4870-x2 ddr5 card i have made another thread , but im thinking of sending the thing back i feel scared to switch on my pc i keep feeling as if its not going to last very long but looking through some comments here people saying 280 is maybe worse or better i dont understand cus my 4870-x2 im sure is going back gonna check ATI website and see if it has lifetime warrenty if so i may stick with it but man i built a huge rig and nothings working for me graphics wise i have all latest updates etc .keeps crashing every game in full screen but in window mode runs fine ?
hoping that i swap for XFX 280 that i dont incour more problems just want an easy time , put pc on run battlefield or any game and it works first time ( obviously with all availbe driver updates added) NOT able to do that with my sapphire radeon 4870-x2 so ?

can anyone please help me as monday i may send it back to eclipse computers

heres the card i want to swap my 4870-x2 for ?
http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=GCX-XNGTX287

 

Well I was going to open a new topic about the same question, I would use this just to ask the same question. As you can see my rig is very old, I can't play practically any new game, except COD4 (thanks to COD4 creators ), I have a mountain of original games to play with, ROFL I can't waiiiiiiit!! I was going to buy GTX280 and now u say there will be released a new one. OMG what I should do? :wanker::wanker:

 

I was really considering a 4870x2, but after hearing the problems with drivers, heat, noise, etc. I finally went with a GTX280 and $200 cheaper . . . . couldn't be happier. Quieter and cooler than my old 3870x2 and runs everygame I have so far without a problem.

 

i have not hit 70 under full load yet theres nothing wrong with these cards some might of had a issue but is all fixed now

 

There will probably be a better version coming out. I'm running a bfg 280 gtx and it runs great. not over heating problems like some people say it has