NVidia GTX280 or GTX285

alexdagr8est · Aug 20, 2009

Hey Guys,

So I have a dilemma. I live in Sydney, Australia and last year I found that I had a weakness that I couldnt help exploiting - to BUY THE BEST DAMN COMPUTER THAT I HAD EVER HAD!!!
It started out small, the one graphics card, PSU, Plenty of slots to upgrade the motherboard, a decent sound card, an O.Clockable CPU, decent DDR3 Ram, and plenty of space to upgrade. See System Specs.

So my Dilemma is this.... I have a Single GTX 280 (cost me $860 AUD {Australian Dollar} when this first came out [btw our exchange rate was pretty close to the US one at the time -right before wall street crashed, so equivalent of $750 US roughly - I know a wrought, aye, and the HD4870X2 comes out a week later, I was furious])

Anyway I have a 790i Ultra SLI motherboard (as we all know can house 3 Nvidia VGA's)
I was tempted to get 2 GTX280's and then a GTX275(to do physx calculations - if you know anything about Tri-SLI this actually is FASTER than 3 GTX280's in a TRI-SLI configuration),

GTX 280's arent sold in Australia anymore and GTX 285's are... so do you guys reckon I should upgrade? or wait for DX11 cards to come out, build another system and let my girlfriend use this one (she loves gaming too, arent I a lucky bastard

)

Im looking into the future..., wait!... I see something... its a... a core i7 975 overclocked to 5.5Ghz stable... the next Gen graphics cards from ATI hooked up in Xfire (which WILL kill Nvidia this round -GPU die shrink, Nvidia are focussing their technology on copying Intel's Larrabee, which doesnt seem to be going too well for them, because its all about chips and Nvidia cant Die-shrink even if we gave them millions to do so)..... Im seeing a 1200 Watt PSU, 2x (2560x1200) monitors, a monitor on the Case, Liquid cooling, 24GB DDR3 2000Mhz, and 2 SSD's in Raid, with others complimenting it...
Lastly no Price Tag....

Apart from my dream people what do you think?

archie123 · Aug 21, 2009

an 8600GS will handle all yuor physX needs , sell the 280 its a huge huge waste using it for physX , get some money back on it

Anyway I have a 790i Ultra SLI motherboard (as we all know can house 3 Nvidia VGA's)
I was tempted to get 2 GTX280's and then a GTX275(to do physx calculations - if you know anything about Tri-SLI this actually is FASTER than 3 GTX280's in a TRI-SLI configuration),

possibly in a physX enabled game , im not sure though

Im looking into the future..., wait!... I see something... its a... a core i7 975 overclocked to 5.5Ghz stable... the next Gen graphics cards from ATI hooked up in Xfire (which WILL kill Nvidia this round -GPU die shrink, Nvidia are focussing their technology on copying Intel's Larrabee, which doesnt seem to be going too well for them, because its all about chips and Nvidia cant Die-shrink even if we gave them millions to do so)..... Im seeing a 1200 Watt PSU, 2x (2560x1200) monitors, a monitor on the Case, Liquid cooling, 24GB DDR3 2000Mhz, and 2 SSD's in Raid, with others complimenting it...
Lastly no Price Tag....

wait for the release , then wait for the benchmarks , then wait for them to iron out all the problems that come with new hardware then wait till the drivers catch up , by then everything will be hundreds of pounds cheaper you'll have a stable rig and a big smile on yuor face , all thats going around at the moment is just speculation , take it with a very large pinch of salt

thepizzaman · Aug 21, 2009

alexdagr8est said:
Hey Guys,

So I have a dilemma. I live in Sydney, Australia and last year I found that I had a weakness that I couldnt help exploiting - to BUY THE BEST DAMN COMPUTER THAT I HAD EVER HAD!!!
It started out small, the one graphics card, PSU, Plenty of slots to upgrade the motherboard, a decent sound card, an O.Clockable CPU, decent DDR3 Ram, and plenty of space to upgrade. See System Specs.

So my Dilemma is this.... I have a Single GTX 280 (cost me $860 AUD {Australian Dollar} when this first came out [btw our exchange rate was pretty close to the US one at the time -right before wall street crashed, so equivalent of $750 US roughly - I know a wrought, aye, and the HD4870X2 comes out a week later, I was furious])

Anyway I have a 790i Ultra SLI motherboard (as we all know can house 3 Nvidia VGA's)
I was tempted to get 2 GTX280's and then a GTX275(to do physx calculations - if you know anything about Tri-SLI this actually is FASTER than 3 GTX280's in a TRI-SLI configuration),

GTX 280's arent sold in Australia anymore and GTX 285's are... so do you guys reckon I should upgrade? or wait for DX11 cards to come out, build another system and let my girlfriend use this one (she loves gaming too, arent I a lucky bastard)

Im looking into the future..., wait!... I see something... its a... a core i7 975 overclocked to 5.5Ghz stable... the next Gen graphics cards from ATI hooked up in Xfire (which WILL kill Nvidia this round -GPU die shrink, Nvidia are focussing their technology on copying Intel's Larrabee, which doesnt seem to be going too well for them, because its all about chips and Nvidia cant Die-shrink even if we gave them millions to do so)..... Im seeing a 1200 Watt PSU, 2x (2560x1200) monitors, a monitor on the Case, Liquid cooling, 24GB DDR3 2000Mhz, and 2 SSD's in Raid, with others complimenting it...
Lastly no Price Tag....

Apart from my dream people what do you think?

i'd say wait and build the new rig :D let your gf have this one and build yourself a i7 rig (even though i never tell people to do that.....) :D those new HD5000's will be the best you can buy hands down.... so go for it :D

skunksmash · Aug 23, 2009

well....... that is a dream rig alexdagr8est

if it was my dream it would be about the ''i9 Gulftown'', 12 thread monster.

i wouldn't bother with 24gb, use that cash to grab 12gb, 2000mhz+ DDR3..... im still waiting for full 6-8gb utilization.

don't buy a GTX275 for physX that's simply OVERKILL, grab a cheap G92 (88-9800) for that task, the calculations are not that complex.

if i were you i'd wait for the DX11 outfit before looking at your SLI options, even if you still only end up buying DX10 cards the prices will come down rapidly, i mean 1x GTX280 & a Q9550 @ 3.8ghz is still maxing all games out & will do for a while even @ 1920x1200 IMO.

archie123 · Aug 23, 2009

i wonder if DX11 will be as pointless as DX10 was? a 20-30fps hit for better looking sunshine and water

thepizzaman · Aug 23, 2009

it might be haha

aerofanadam · Aug 24, 2009

If you want to upgrade right now, I'd suggest selling your 280 and buying evga's 295 co-op in one of three forms, standard, FTW, and SC. FTW is the hardest working Nvidia dual card to date and best of all, all the co-op editions are on a single PCB!!! they run cool as well, my 295 runs an average of about 12C cooler than my 9800 I just use for PhysX (another reason I stick with Nvidia, PhysX looks like it has great potential especially for puzzles as the water not only beads but has weight!)

thepizzaman · Aug 24, 2009

i think your much better of to wait for the new cards and build a new rig because then your gf will love you more

hahahahaha

aerofanadam · Aug 24, 2009

has anyone heard more news about Dx11 or the theoretical 300 series?

thepizzaman · Aug 24, 2009

ati's HD5000 line will be out in the next few weeks.... as for nivida they are behind

aerofanadam · Aug 25, 2009

Do they have PhysX? that's what did it for me on my last build

archie123 · Aug 25, 2009

aerofanadam said:
Do they have PhysX? that's what did it for me on my last build

physX works on all back to the 8 series cards originally just the G92 core 8 series were supported now all are , so anything over and including the 8 series are supported

aerofanadam · Aug 25, 2009

archie123 said:
aerofanadam said:

Do they have PhysX? that's what did it for me on my last build

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physX works on all back to the 8 series cards originally just the G92 core 8 series were supported now all are , so anything over and including the 8 series are supported

I meant does ATI has physX or some equivalent. I know Nvidia does that's why I went with them on this build.

archie123 · Aug 26, 2009

aerofanadam said:
archie123 said:

aerofanadam said:

Do they have PhysX? that's what did it for me on my last build

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physX works on all back to the 8 series cards originally just the G92 core 8 series were supported now all are , so anything over and including the 8 series are supported

Click to expand...

I meant does ATI has physX or some equivalent. I know Nvidia does that's why I went with them on this build.

Nope PhysX is Nvidia's baby , and as for DX11 , there wont be any titles to support it for a long time and when there is Nvidia will have a GPU to support it

devo420 · Aug 26, 2009

I am running a 280... Is there any tweaking guides you can refer me to?

archie123 · Aug 26, 2009

devo420 said:
I am running a 280... Is there any tweaking guides you can refer me to?

to tweak what?

http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_1.html

http://www.guru3d.com/category/rivatuner/

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