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Once youve owned one, youve owned them all.

Or at least thats what I hear people saying about Nvidia cards.

Reply to spathotan

You know what we should do? We should go into business selling stickers. We could make G9xxx ones , and G100s ones, just slap em on your Geeforce, instant renemae without the hassle of actually having to buy a new one

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Reply to jaydeejohn
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Don't go looking like fanboys guys;) lol:P


I'm impressed it has this much pull though, but seeing as I have mine running at 712 core I don;'t see myself steping up these ones:D


Message edited by L1qu1d on 01-16-2009 at 01:57:48 AM
Reply to L1qu1d

I just had to do that. In these tough economic times, itll be hard for nVidia to have or leave much of an impression in this particular Halo market, seeing that these cards come so late to the party. Good to see nVidia catching up tho, they needed 55nm in a bad way

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Reply to jaydeejohn
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I agree just don't lean too much on 1 side or you won't b able to see the other.

Reply to L1qu1d
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jaydeejohn wrote :

I just had to do that. In these tough economic times, itll be hard for nVidia to have or leave much of an impression in this particular Halo market, seeing that these cards come so late to the party. Good to see nVidia catching up tho, they needed 55nm in a bad way


its never too late. heck, ATI showed up late and it was impressive just the same. they are late in terms of people already bought video cards but there are still people with more money than sense.
let me know when you start your sticker company though. i will order up some 285 decal kits so i can say "look at me!" :)

Reply to roofus

I dont have hips like that heheh

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Reply to jaydeejohn
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all these cards out and nothing compelling for me to upgrade what i have. at least it keeps me from wasting money since i am not that impressed.

Reply to roofus

Id wait for 40nm. Theyll have power and perf down. Unless more demanding games come out, the power will be really nice for what you get.

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Reply to jaydeejohn
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power consumption didnt really improve with their 55nm. i didnt expect miracles but at least some modest improvements.

Reply to roofus
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I wonder if there ever will be 5 nm and 3 nms:)

lol how small will they be ahahah:P

Reply to L1qu1d

No. I think I read somewhere that 20nm (or somewhere there) is basically "the end" as far as modern means go. Past that you wont even be able to see it, it would be too small to work with.

Reply to spathotan

so these 285s are supposed to be considerably cheaper than a 280 right?

edit: just finished reading it, tssssss, uber expensive. but packs a punch alright. better upgrade/wait for the next gen. i was hoping for an 8800gt version of the gtx200. near gtx performance for half the price.


Message edited by wh3resmycar on 01-16-2009 at 05:04:25 AM
Reply to wh3resmycar
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its called the 260 GTX:D you can find the old 1 for like 150 if you look hard enough:) I think thats less than half:D
:P

I'm still fixing my computer. I changed my motherboard, I'm never buying Asus (Nvidia chipset based) ever in my life....what a piece of poop the Asus Striker 2 formula was...no stable oc...and the southbridge melted onto the heatsync.

Anyways I ended up buyin evga:D Step up in 3 months and go i7 :D

Reply to L1qu1d

Why do they insist on using 32bit OS's? Anyone building a high end machine will more often than not choose a 64bit OS. Anyone else have an answer?

Reply to one-shot
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:lol: liquid changes his avatar...

Reply to V3NOM
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thx for the link.
Its basically an OC'D GTX 280 thats why its 10% faster than GTX 280,which isnt much but considering its price its a good deal

Reply to Maziar
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V3NOM wrote :

:lol: liquid changes his avatar...




Yea I could finally take a pic of all of them:P I was to lazy to take them out before haha:D

Reply to L1qu1d

L1qu1d wrote :

its called the 260 GTX:D you can find the old 1 for like 150 if you look hard enough:) I think thats less than half:D
:P



err those are still the biggos, im waiting for the the smaller 55nm version.

nice cards (on your avatar) btw.

Reply to wh3resmycar
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thank you:) I almost dropped 1 when I took it out:P

Reply to L1qu1d

ITs really an OC'd 280GTX; at 280 GTX speeds, the card is identical (minus the die shrink).

That being said, the 285 seems cheaper than the 280 right now when I look online, so those of us who were waiting to step up now have a much cheaper option. (I was waiting for price drops before i ditched my GX2...)

Reply to gamerk316

L1qu1d wrote :

thank you:) I almost dropped 1 when I took it out:P




tears would soon follow if it did. that wouldnt be covered by the warranty lol.

Reply to wh3resmycar
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defunately not LMAo. They offered me trade up, but I don't think i'm doing it though.. honestly too much hassle to get 10% ...not worth it.

Reply to L1qu1d
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wouldn't a BFG be better?

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