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: January 19 Birthday: 01/04/1967 Device: Windows 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. 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: 0.40 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 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. 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 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.
Markoff Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 54 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 90 Topic Count: 497 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4551 Content Per Day: 0.79 Reputation: 2339 Achievement Points: 32397 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 16 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1965 Device: Windows Posted March 30, 2011 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: 0.32 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 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. Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15030 Content Per Day: 2.61 Reputation: 8047 Achievement Points: 92227 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 30 minutes ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh 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. Awards
BattlewolF Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 2028 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 11, 2024 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows 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 Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 144 Topic Count: 538 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17587 Content Per Day: 3.11 Reputation: 42678 Achievement Points: 152265 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 692 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows 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... 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: 0.38 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 Posted March 31, 2011 if your machine can handle a gtx260 get a gtx460se brand new for $139.00 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: 0.19 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Device: Windows 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... 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: 3847 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1628 Achievement Points: 25635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows 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. Awards
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