Hi,
Here are my 1st impressions of the 280gtx.
First off let me state that my impressions are, my impressions.
I am not a "pro" reviewer, so there you go.
Here are my system specs. I ran games in 1920x1200 on highest settings, with vsync enabled, highest AA (16x) and anthropic filtering (16x).
My goal for this system was to be able to play my favorite games at these settings. I am not a competitive gamer so 60 fps is good enough for me.
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R
MSI N280GTX-T2D1G OC GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
2x CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
CoolMax Model# CUQ-1200B power supply
Liteon 20x dvd writer serial ATA
Lian Li AROMORSUIT PC-P80
Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP 24
I used Speed Fan to monitor temps & fans. And I used Riva tuner to OC the GPU and double check temps.
Results.
3dmark 06 = 14471
3d mark vantage = CPU 6555, graphic 10140, overall 8920
Crysis demos CPU #1 min= 28fps, high= 51fps,avg 39fps.
CPU #2 min= 6fps, high=32fps, avg= 18fps.
GPU min= 24fps, high= 55fps, avg= 49fps
COD 4 (on a public server with 32 players) min=55fps,high= 60fps,avg= 58fps
Team Fortress 2(public server with 30 players min=45fps,high=60fps,avg=55fps
HL2 Lost coast video stress test. min=30, high= 60fps, avg= 58 fps.
GTR2 (35 car at night in rain) min=18fps, high=60fps, avg=45fps
I just built this system last week, I have only done a little playing with OCing the 280. It seems to OC well. I had it running at 724 with no problems. I gained some numbers from the OC, but at some point I think my CPU was becoming a bottle neck. For instance in GTR2 my minimum FPS did not go up after the OC.
I OCed the GPU to 724 core clock,1448 shader clock,1150 memory clock. These settings brought the 3d vantage score to 9220.
As for temperatures, the GPU ran at 42c/idle, 72c under heavy load (3d vantage). The OCing of the gpu raised the GPU temp to 75c. Under normal gaming> COD4 for two hrs. the temp never went above 65c.
For now I am happy with the cards performance. Next week or so I will OC the CPU and see what benefits it brings.
For now I just want to game for awhile and enjoy.
Poe
PS this is my first build and it went pretty well. The toughest part was installing Vista and the on going process of learning a new OS. In the last two or tree days I have used the word Vista with every form of curse word in several different languages repeatedly. Vista + Poe = $#%#@$#&^%!
Here are my 1st impressions of the 280gtx.
First off let me state that my impressions are, my impressions.
I am not a "pro" reviewer, so there you go.
Here are my system specs. I ran games in 1920x1200 on highest settings, with vsync enabled, highest AA (16x) and anthropic filtering (16x).
My goal for this system was to be able to play my favorite games at these settings. I am not a competitive gamer so 60 fps is good enough for me.
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R
MSI N280GTX-T2D1G OC GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
2x CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
CoolMax Model# CUQ-1200B power supply
Liteon 20x dvd writer serial ATA
Lian Li AROMORSUIT PC-P80
Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP 24
I used Speed Fan to monitor temps & fans. And I used Riva tuner to OC the GPU and double check temps.
Results.
3dmark 06 = 14471
3d mark vantage = CPU 6555, graphic 10140, overall 8920
Crysis demos CPU #1 min= 28fps, high= 51fps,avg 39fps.
CPU #2 min= 6fps, high=32fps, avg= 18fps.
GPU min= 24fps, high= 55fps, avg= 49fps
COD 4 (on a public server with 32 players) min=55fps,high= 60fps,avg= 58fps
Team Fortress 2(public server with 30 players min=45fps,high=60fps,avg=55fps
HL2 Lost coast video stress test. min=30, high= 60fps, avg= 58 fps.
GTR2 (35 car at night in rain) min=18fps, high=60fps, avg=45fps
I just built this system last week, I have only done a little playing with OCing the 280. It seems to OC well. I had it running at 724 with no problems. I gained some numbers from the OC, but at some point I think my CPU was becoming a bottle neck. For instance in GTR2 my minimum FPS did not go up after the OC.
I OCed the GPU to 724 core clock,1448 shader clock,1150 memory clock. These settings brought the 3d vantage score to 9220.
As for temperatures, the GPU ran at 42c/idle, 72c under heavy load (3d vantage). The OCing of the gpu raised the GPU temp to 75c. Under normal gaming> COD4 for two hrs. the temp never went above 65c.
For now I am happy with the cards performance. Next week or so I will OC the CPU and see what benefits it brings.
For now I just want to game for awhile and enjoy.
Poe
PS this is my first build and it went pretty well. The toughest part was installing Vista and the on going process of learning a new OS. In the last two or tree days I have used the word Vista with every form of curse word in several different languages repeatedly. Vista + Poe = $#%#@$#&^%!
Enjoy it 
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