Flyby Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 It comes across as a do-over, imo. With prices of the GTX 280 dropping, and a new X58 capable of running SLi, well, things that make you go"hmmmmm..." oh, the link: http://www.tbreak.com/articles/40/1/Zotac-GTX285-AMP-Edition/Page1.html Flyby out The U.S. Congress is the best governing body that BIG money can buy. :cry:
ED Team Groove Posted January 15, 2009 ED Team Posted January 15, 2009 Im a fan of single GPU solutions, so it might be a 280 for me, soon. Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
Flyby Posted January 15, 2009 Author Posted January 15, 2009 here's another review, basically the same conclusion: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYxMiwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA== maybe by the time I'm in a position to buy a new system the price of the -285 will be close to the current price of the -280. But I've seen prices of the -280 dropping closer to $300.00 USD ;) Flyby out The U.S. Congress is the best governing body that BIG money can buy. :cry:
rapid Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Im a fan of single GPU solutions, so it might be a 280 for me, soon. Dont leave it too long Groove thay have dropped in price going for around £233.......they'll be sold out at this rate. Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VIII , Ryzen 3900X, Nzxt Kraken Z73, Vengence RBG Pro DDR4 3600mhz 32 GB, 2x Corsair MP 600 pcie4 M.2 2 TB , 2x Samsung Qvo SSD 2x TB, RTX 3090 FE, EVGA PSU 800watt, Steelseries Apex Pro. TM WartHog,TM TPR, Track IR, TM 2 x MFD, Asus VG289Q, Virpil Control Panel#2
RedTiger Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Hey, just a thought here... Now that dual GPU cards are starting to be made, do you think single GPU cards are basically end of life cycle products now? Will they continue to be made? Would a dual GPU single card still have the quirks (like not working with BS and LOMAC) you find in SLI, or does having one card help? I was never a fan of SLI simply because it was impractical. I ultimately saw that eventually we'd have multiple GPUs on one card (worked for CPUs, right?). Now that they're starting to be made, I can't help but wonder if they'll be any improvement over SLI besides cost and less space taken up.
Slayer Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 I was seriously considering replacing my 8800's but with Windows7 and DirectX 11 on the horizon I think I will hold off a while more. From what little I've seen this game appears to get a bigger boost from CPU upgrades. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] System Specs Intel I7-3930K, Asrock EXTREME9, EVGA TITAN, Mushkin Chronos SSD, 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Z series 2133, TM Warthog and MFD's, Saitek Proflight Combat pedals, TrackIR 5 + TrackClip PRO, Windows 7 x64, 3-Asus VS2248H-P monitors, Thermaltake Level 10 GT, Obutto cockpit
Flyby Posted January 16, 2009 Author Posted January 16, 2009 maybe, but... Hey, just a thought here... Now that dual GPU cards are starting to be made, do you think single GPU cards are basically end of life cycle products now? Will they continue to be made? Would a dual GPU single card still have the quirks (like not working with BS and LOMAC) you find in SLI, or does having one card help? I was never a fan of SLI simply because it was impractical. I ultimately saw that eventually we'd have multiple GPUs on one card (worked for CPUs, right?). Now that they're starting to be made, I can't help but wonder if they'll be any improvement over SLI besides cost and less space taken up. Maybe one day dual GPU cards will sort out their performance issues, but currently neither Nvidia nor ATi seem inclined to do so. But look for Lucid's Hydra to, perhaps, drive them to give a better effort. Latest speculation is that Intel and Lucid will team up, and maybe Intel's next version of it's X58 mobo, the Smackover, will have the Hydra chip. As you know, Hydra will allow two GPUs to scale to nearly 100%, something neither major card maker can claim. Lot's of info about it on the web now. Dual GPUs are like running SLi or Crossfire, imo. Just more of the same technology, but only on the same pcb. Like I said, maybe one day the big guns will sort out their rech issues if they can make a buck at it. Flyby out The U.S. Congress is the best governing body that BIG money can buy. :cry:
Flyby Posted January 16, 2009 Author Posted January 16, 2009 More tests here (interesting): http://techreport.com/articles.x/16229/1 The U.S. Congress is the best governing body that BIG money can buy. :cry:
-Nighthawk- Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 For now, dual GPU products will only remain in the high end segment. They are starting to slowly crawl into the mainstream segment however with the introduction of the HD4850X2 at a respectible price. We won't be seeing dual GPU's become the standard for at least 5 years IMO. There is still too many issues when running on dual GPU's it just doesn't make sense to let them completely take over. If you're thinking that dual GPU's are like dual CPU's where the transition went straightforward because it offered better performance increases, its a completely different story ;)
RedTiger Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 For now, dual GPU products will only remain in the high end segment. They are starting to slowly crawl into the mainstream segment however with the introduction of the HD4850X2 at a respectible price. We won't be seeing dual GPU's become the standard for at least 5 years IMO. There is still too many issues when running on dual GPU's it just doesn't make sense to let them completely take over. If you're thinking that dual GPU's are like dual CPU's where the transition went straightforward because it offered better performance increases, its a completely different story ;) It was more actually a more simplistic assumption on my part only looking at the pratical value of having 2 GPU cards. It is expensive, requires a mobo capable of supporting it, a PSU capable of supporting it and SPACE. Video cards are now officially of "ludicrous" size. They're larger than a VHS tape and they also weigh a ton. I have an 8800GTS and I thought THAT was large. Putting two 280/290s in a case would be like throwing in 2 size 12 (thats size 12 USA FYI ;) ) shoes.
Flyby Posted January 16, 2009 Author Posted January 16, 2009 It was more actually a more simplistic assumption on my part only looking at the pratical value of having 2 GPU cards. It is expensive, requires a mobo capable of supporting it, a PSU capable of supporting it and SPACE. Video cards are now officially of "ludicrous" size. They're larger than a VHS tape and they also weigh a ton. I have an 8800GTS and I thought THAT was large. Putting two 280/290s in a case would be like throwing in 2 size 12 (thats size 12 USA FYI ;) ) shoes. well you know what they say about shoe size...:megalol::megalol: Flyby out The U.S. Congress is the best governing body that BIG money can buy. :cry:
Vekkinho Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Putting two 280/290s in a case would be like throwing in 2 size 12 (thats size 12 USA FYI ;) ) shoes. Really?! So which one provides more FPS in BS? Nike or Adidas?! ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
RedTiger Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Really?! So which one provides more FPS in BS? Nike or Adidas?! ;) Puma provides the fastest performance. They make shoes for F1 drivers! :D
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