Sumo Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 460 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 67 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 22 Achievement Points: 506 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 7 Birthday: 01/04/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted March 30, 2011 Hey my fellow idiots. Hope you are all well. Right brief history is as follows. Bought a 2nd hand graphics card from a mate to give my pc a bit of a boost. It got fried and died. Now have my old Nvidia 7800 GT (256mb) back in. Rockape pointed me in the direction of an Nvidia 260 GTX (roughly same spec as the card that blew - Nvidia 8800gtx) that I may get mid april. Does anyone have one? What are they like? Power hungry? Run hot? You know all the usual questions....... Many thnks in advance of any replies. Cheers all. Sumo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WolfTiS Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 1130 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 28 Topic Count: 216 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2267 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 586 Achievement Points: 17291 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 12, 2021 Birthday: 04/02/1948 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I have one and they do use power and they run quit warm but it is a great card and I wouldn't get rid of it. I can play Black Ops on high settings without a stutter. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Gump Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 1060 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1120 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I run one of these,on my second one,1st one died after 4 months.The 1st versions were 65nm,198 stream processors,the 2nd version was 55nm,216 stream processors called the "core 216".They can run a bit warm without good case airflow and draw about 40 more watts under load than the 8800gtx.Minimum psu requirements from the box are 525 watt with at least 38 amps on the 12 volt rail. Depending on your cpu,you should see a 15-30 fps improvement in your games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoff Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 54 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 492 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4492 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 2223 Achievement Points: 31936 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Online Last Seen: 5 minutes ago Birthday: 03/17/1965 Device: iPhone Share Posted March 30, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hardcore Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I run 3 of these cards, 2 of them are sli and third is for psy x, yeah, they can run alittle warm but even just one will handle any game out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 129 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 14886 Content Per Day: 2.78 Reputation: 7826 Achievement Points: 91088 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 52 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Share Posted March 30, 2011 I have been running the second version of the GTX 260 for the passed year and half. I have the over clocked version as well and I haven't had any issues what so ever.. Great card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BattlewolF Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 2028 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted March 30, 2011 I had one used to much power you need at least 600 watt PSU and for the price ( i dont know what you pay for it ) you can better buy the ati 5770 used not so much power and is direct x 11 ready and the price is cheaper 50% lower I self used 5770 know good card better as 260 thats mine opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 143 Topic Count: 513 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17086 Content Per Day: 3.25 Reputation: 42075 Achievement Points: 148569 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 677 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted March 30, 2011 i have the GTX 260 oc .have for about a year ..play all the games .and it runs at 68 c after playing for 2 hours nonstop .never had a problem ..love it ..went from a 9600gso to the 260 and what a change ..great card ...and skunk that i can say is not true ..i have a ocz fatalty 1 550 .dule rail and i can say no problem at all ..if you have a shitty psu then you might have a problem but iam running a e7400 2.8 oc to 3.5 the gtx 260 after market cooler master tx3 cpu cooler 4 gigs of corisair domater and 4 120mm fans ..never had a problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Noears711XI Posted March 31, 2011 Member ID: 238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 189 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2162 Content Per Day: 0.40 Reputation: 1940 Achievement Points: 19609 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 8, 2022 Birthday: 07/09/1957 Share Posted March 31, 2011 if your machine can handle a gtx260 get a gtx460se brand new for $139.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted March 31, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I second No ears....if you can grab a "second-hand" GTX260 for cheap go for it...if looking for a new card, the GTXs 460s and 560TI (look at sales price) are almost twice as fast as the 260... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PigDog Posted March 31, 2011 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3846 Content Per Day: 0.72 Reputation: 1626 Achievement Points: 25628 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 24 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted March 31, 2011 I have a 260GTX OC and have never had any trouble with it overheating. I can play any game that I want to - BlackOps, Crysis, etc... but most of my time is in COD4. Great card....I would recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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