Geforce GTX 280 in action

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eh not that amazing.. there are already several pictures like that out.. with better quality too... nice find though for a complete gpu-z one
 

srbraith

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so what should I do? I was planning on building a new computer and getting a 9800 GX2 with plans in a couple of months adding a 2nd GX2. Is the GTX 280 going to be superior to the 9800 GX2 by alot? Dont know if I should wait
 

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Is it just me or are the fillrates not as high as I expected them to be? OCed, my 8800GTS has the same texture fillrate, and 2/3 of the pixel fillrate. I'm not sure how this translates to real-world performance, but it seems lower than I thought it'd be. I know it's a change in architecture and all, but idk. Are the SPs that much different in the GTX280 vs the 8800 series?
 

millardtech

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the GTX 280 will have 240 Stream processors. Yes it will beat a 9800GX2 by quite a bit. A GTX 280 is basically a die shrink of the G92 with double the stream processors, and twice the memory bandwidth.

Do not buy a GX2, wait and spend the 600 on a GTX 280. You also will not have issues with the SLI scaling.
 

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:S... I am waiting to see the price drop after the release of the 260 and 280 ...maybe I will buy a 260 if it's not too expensive :p