Thinking about upgrading my 8800 GTX to a GTX 260 or 280

I am using the XFX XXX Edition GTX 260's and I'm very happy with my purchase.You can get them on NewEgg for $270 after a $30 mail-in-rebate.

 

 

 

 

Im looking at the GTX 280 with an adapter on my 750w system myself. If you want duals I would go with the 260's.

Im not worried about the adapter as the two grounds will not pull any more from the supply

I bought BFG's 280 OC from newegg, had the rebate (which is good till friday) and now if you buy the 280's you get Farcry 2 bundled with it.Oh ,and it runs fantastic !

If you can afford "Porsche 911 Carrera"... would you still consider "Porsche Boxster" !?

 

Go for the GTX280...  add another piece for SLI whenever you want down the road...JMHO

 

~Peace~

I have a single MSI 260 in my 730 and I am very happy with it. It plays Crysis: WH with everything at Enthusiast level, 2x AA and 1440x900 resolution at very respectable frame rate. It cost me $220 after a rebate.

 

I planned of buying another one in 6 months or so when the price comes down.

 

Unless you are running a 30" monitor at super high resolutions 280 sli would be extreme overkill.....not to mention big bucks. 

 

730i
8400 CPU @3.6
Nvidia 260gtx
4 gb 1067 ram
500 gb hd

X-Fi 

There's a couple of options the new 216 core 260 cards in an O/C version for example the BFG Maxcore260 they have a couple of overclocked versions, EVGA similarly have a few, and Zotac have their 216core 260 AMP2 most of these O/C versions have the 2x6pin plugs and run equally to a stock 280 card. They are also much cheaper if you go sli get 2 of these! Nvidia has 2 new ones coming the new 280 card which has the newer shrunken circuitry and is faster than the old 280 also there is a duel 280 coming!

 I swaped my maxcore for a Zotac 260 AMP2 which I got a real good deal on it's a great card as was the maxcore.

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There's a couple of options the new 216 core 260 cards in an O/C version for example the BFG Maxcore260 they have a couple of overclocked versions, EVGA similarly have a few, and Zotac have their 216core 260 AMP2 most of these O/C versions have the 2x6pin plugs and run equally to a stock 280 card. They are also much cheaper if you go sli get 2 of these! Nvidia has 2 new ones coming the new 280 card which has the newer shrunken circuitry and is faster than the old 280 also there is a duel 280 coming!

 I swaped my maxcore for a Zotac 260 AMP2 which I got a real good deal on it's a great card as was the maxcore.

Message Edited by k.cobley on 10-29-2008 11:06 AM

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The XFX XXX GTX 260 still has a faster memory and core clock than the EVGA core 216 cards. When the prices drop on the 280's, I'll sell my 260's and upgrade. Right now though, the prices aren't on par when it comes to the performance increase over the 260 which isn't by much.