The Next-Gen Review Thread! - Page 3

veedubfreak · 06-16-2008, 04:12 PM

SLI is absolute crap. I really wish all these places would factor in the headaches and trash that come from using SLI and nvidia chipsets along with the game having to support it. Playing AoC i actually have my SLI disabled now because i keep getting lockups. The 280 has roughly the same performance as SLI 9800GTX in age of conan but it wont have the constant freezing i get with it. Most likely at this point i'm going to just get a single gtx280 and probably an x38 board and toss SLI to the curb like the dirty wench it is. After the 4870 reviews that is.

Amd gt player · 06-16-2008, 04:13 PM

im really liking my 750i ftw veedub thanks for recomending it, i have yet to oc on it but, this north bridge is way cooler then my old x38 at 52c idle while this one is at 24c idle.theres also the conundroum of me having duel monitors i forgot about that one... the problem is that the gtx280 is so expensive when sli 8800gts will only cost me another 250$. is it really all that many head aches veed?

veedubfreak · 06-16-2008, 04:26 PM

All depends on what game you are playing. I have had AoC locking up on me repeatedly and i couldnt figure out what was causing it. So upon the suggestion of a guildie that i disable SLI because AoC "doesnt support it" i tried it just for the heck of it, and the lockups went away. Now i barely have 25-30fps but at least i dont have to worry about the game freezing in the middle of a fight.

dhgunit · 06-16-2008, 04:42 PM

Gtx 260 ftw

veedubfreak · 06-16-2008, 05:30 PM

I'm leaning towards x38 and crossfire at this point.

Amd gt player · 06-16-2008, 06:25 PM

none of these reviews had a descnet cpu over clock at all, im vey very dissapointed, and now curious of what the gtx280 is capable of.

Wildside · 06-16-2008, 07:19 PM

found a quick video of the GTX 280 being taken apart n compared to the HD 3870 x2 n 9800 GX2:

VIDEO: Taking apart the GeForce GTX 280 | Features | Custom PC

one big *** GPU!

Shumway · 06-16-2008, 09:41 PM

Price isn't looking too hot for the GTX 280's

$650 usd

Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!

Amd gt player · 06-16-2008, 10:05 PM

its sad to say we wont really know how fast they truely are until one of us gets our hands on one, and over clocks our cpu's close to 4.0 so looks like either I, Veed, noss, or hhammen need to pick one up. allthought im preaty sure hhammen will be buying 3 for tri sli, should be considerably faster then sli 9800gx2.

sinci · 06-16-2008, 11:21 PM

GTX 280
MaximumPC - Hands-On with Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 280!

ATI 4850
Tom's Hardware, accidental early release on Amazon

06-16-2008, 04:12 PM	#21 (permalink)
veedubfreak Official DFI Bricker Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,672	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! SLI is absolute crap. I really wish all these places would factor in the headaches and trash that come from using SLI and nvidia chipsets along with the game having to support it. Playing AoC i actually have my SLI disabled now because i keep getting lockups. The 280 has roughly the same performance as SLI 9800GTX in age of conan but it wont have the constant freezing i get with it. Most likely at this point i'm going to just get a single gtx280 and probably an x38 board and toss SLI to the curb like the dirty wench it is. After the 4870 reviews that is. __________________ Gaming Rig Mountain Mods UFO Intel Q6600 g0 3.6ghz 1.4v Custom H2O 2x2gb Ocz Reapers@ 4-4-4-12 HIS 4870 Crossfire Asus Rampage Formula x48 Corsair 750TX 24" Acer + 24" Soyo #1 3dmark06 holder 21554 "U" is a letter, "you" is a word. Just say no to lazy typing.

06-16-2008, 04:13 PM	#22 (permalink)
Amd gt player typo user... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,320	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! im really liking my 750i ftw veedub thanks for recomending it, i have yet to oc on it but, this north bridge is way cooler then my old x38 at 52c idle while this one is at 24c idle.theres also the conundroum of me having duel monitors i forgot about that one... the problem is that the gtx280 is so expensive when sli 8800gts will only cost me another 250$. is it really all that many head aches veed? __________________ cpu-q6600 3.6 lapped dam 50c idle dam summer heat 68c load-mobo 750iftw-gpu g92 8800gts ram 1x2gb rendition value ram ddr800 4-4-4-12 crucial on rma-psu 600w silverstone strider-160gb caviar drive+ 160gb wd mybook external-lg dvd rw x3-nzxt apollo-tuniq tower 15766 3d marks in 06. my cpu score is down 400 points on my cpu clock, dam value ram, and summer heat. liquid loop coming soon. Its worse than just forgetting your pants its more like painting your wang with blood an attaching a link of sausages to it an shouting dinner time fido. as said by saxon Last edited by Amd gt player; 06-16-2008 at 04:18 PM.

06-16-2008, 04:26 PM	#23 (permalink)
veedubfreak Official DFI Bricker Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,672	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! All depends on what game you are playing. I have had AoC locking up on me repeatedly and i couldnt figure out what was causing it. So upon the suggestion of a guildie that i disable SLI because AoC "doesnt support it" i tried it just for the heck of it, and the lockups went away. Now i barely have 25-30fps but at least i dont have to worry about the game freezing in the middle of a fight. __________________ Gaming Rig Mountain Mods UFO Intel Q6600 g0 3.6ghz 1.4v Custom H2O 2x2gb Ocz Reapers@ 4-4-4-12 HIS 4870 Crossfire Asus Rampage Formula x48 Corsair 750TX 24" Acer + 24" Soyo #1 3dmark06 holder 21554 "U" is a letter, "you" is a word. Just say no to lazy typing.

06-16-2008, 04:42 PM	#24 (permalink)
dhgunit Super Techie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 416	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! Gtx 260 ftw __________________ Antec Nine Hundred Hiper 580 Watt Modular PSU ASUS P5Q Pro P45 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 OC'ed to 3.4 Ghz Zalman ZNPS9700 110mm eVGA GTX 260 SSC 896MB OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1000 Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB Hanns G 28" LCD Monitor

06-16-2008, 05:30 PM	#25 (permalink)
veedubfreak Official DFI Bricker Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,672	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! I'm leaning towards x38 and crossfire at this point. __________________ Gaming Rig Mountain Mods UFO Intel Q6600 g0 3.6ghz 1.4v Custom H2O 2x2gb Ocz Reapers@ 4-4-4-12 HIS 4870 Crossfire Asus Rampage Formula x48 Corsair 750TX 24" Acer + 24" Soyo #1 3dmark06 holder 21554 "U" is a letter, "you" is a word. Just say no to lazy typing.

06-16-2008, 06:25 PM	#26 (permalink)
Amd gt player typo user... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,320	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! none of these reviews had a descnet cpu over clock at all, im vey very dissapointed, and now curious of what the gtx280 is capable of. __________________ cpu-q6600 3.6 lapped dam 50c idle dam summer heat 68c load-mobo 750iftw-gpu g92 8800gts ram 1x2gb rendition value ram ddr800 4-4-4-12 crucial on rma-psu 600w silverstone strider-160gb caviar drive+ 160gb wd mybook external-lg dvd rw x3-nzxt apollo-tuniq tower 15766 3d marks in 06. my cpu score is down 400 points on my cpu clock, dam value ram, and summer heat. liquid loop coming soon. Its worse than just forgetting your pants its more like painting your wang with blood an attaching a link of sausages to it an shouting dinner time fido. as said by saxon

06-16-2008, 07:19 PM	#27 (permalink)
Wildside I cry blood for AMD! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 1,606	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! found a quick video of the GTX 280 being taken apart n compared to the HD 3870 x2 n 9800 GX2: VIDEO: Taking apart the GeForce GTX 280 \| Features \| Custom PC one big * GPU! __________________ --Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit - OEM --APEVIA X-JUPITER G-Type X-JUPITERG-BK Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Case --Xclio Greatpower series 700w X14 Silent 120mm Fan Series PSU --3GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 2.2v @ 860, 416MHz 4-4-4-12-24 2.2v --SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 640 SP PCI-E x16 58-60 C idle, 73 C load --AMD Athlon 64 x2 AM2 5000+ BE w/ MX-2 and Tuniq @ 3.3GHz, 30-32 C idle, 32-35 C load** --MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX SB600 AM2+ AMD ATX Motherboard --Seagate 3.5" 250GB SATA 3.0GB/s 7200.10 7200 RPM HDD --Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI --SAMSUNG SyncMaster 216BW 21.6', 5ms, 1680x1050 (Digital) --Saitek Cyborg series = mouse, keyboard, 2 controllers, 5.1 SS headset, 3 rare Saitek Cyborg T-Shirts; LITE-ON SATA DVD-ROM and IDE CD-RW, DYNEX All-in-1 Card Reader

06-16-2008, 09:41 PM	#28 (permalink)
Shumway Master Techie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ontario - Canada Posts: 2,359	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! Price isn't looking too hot for the GTX 280's $650 usd Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more! __________________

06-16-2008, 10:05 PM	#29 (permalink)
Amd gt player typo user... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,320	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! its sad to say we wont really know how fast they truely are until one of us gets our hands on one, and over clocks our cpu's close to 4.0 so looks like either I, Veed, noss, or hhammen need to pick one up. allthought im preaty sure hhammen will be buying 3 for tri sli, should be considerably faster then sli 9800gx2. __________________ cpu-q6600 3.6 lapped dam 50c idle dam summer heat 68c load-mobo 750iftw-gpu g92 8800gts ram 1x2gb rendition value ram ddr800 4-4-4-12 crucial on rma-psu 600w silverstone strider-160gb caviar drive+ 160gb wd mybook external-lg dvd rw x3-nzxt apollo-tuniq tower 15766 3d marks in 06. my cpu score is down 400 points on my cpu clock, dam value ram, and summer heat. liquid loop coming soon. Its worse than just forgetting your pants its more like painting your wang with blood an attaching a link of sausages to it an shouting dinner time fido. as said by saxon

06-16-2008, 11:21 PM	#30 (permalink)
sinci Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 316	Re: The Next-Gen Review Thread! GTX 280 MaximumPC - Hands-On with Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 280! ATI 4850 Tom's Hardware, accidental early release on Amazon __________________ InfernoDeals 92% of teens have moved on to rap. If you are part of the 8% who listen to real music, copy this. If you're someone who has faith that Mike has the strength to win this battle copy this to your sig. Some girl I know: im on a wireless network so i cant find my router Sylus: The thing with numbers on it is my binary blanket.

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