[fisyhink]

Computers falling behind with games at the moment, been looking around and found this on clearance for $300 "EVGA GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB Super clocked" do you think this will give me the extra performance or would my cpu bottleneck its performance. Or should I invest that money into lets say new cpu gpu and main ?.

I have the 8800gts 320. atm and I over clocked it, only gave me 2000 more points in 3d mark. But didn't help with games still getting low fps and lagy. I formatted aswell so it's a fresh install with latest drivers.

And a e6850 dualcore 3ghz processor. Tried squeezing what I could out of and and overclocked to a 3.7ghz with aftermarket cooler but would be nice to return it back to a 3ghz or even a slight over clock of a 3.2gz cos it running at 50deg under load wich aint to bad but cooler the better

And a p35 giga board. With 4g of ram.

cheers

 

[microman]

dude $300 for a 260 is an insane ripoff also 50c under load is VERY low and almost not believable

 

[Arakasi]

If your spending 300 get a gtx285

 

[microman]

or spend like 200 on a 4890

 

[mickmania]

$300 could mean canadian money to.

Just checked he is from australia.

 

[fisyhink]

prices i have to work with are au $'s http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...&cPath=193_876 is were i normaly get my gear from

 

[DuRoc]

Your CPU can push a 260 just fine. It would be a pretty good upgrade.

 

[fisyhink]

Quote:

Originally Posted by microman dude $300 for a 260 is an insane ripoff also 50c under load is VERY low and almost not believable

should have metioned australian dollars, and 50deg is in winter i would expect when summer hits maybe 60c ?

 

[microman]

here ya go seems like the absolute best option to me http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=11904 a ton better that the 260 and on par with a 285

 

[fisyhink]

any nvidia cards can u recomend? and are they just overpriced for the same performance ?

 

[darksideleader]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fisyhink any nvidia cards can u recomend? and are they just overpriced for the same performance ?

that would be the GTX 275:
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=11237

what brand/model is your 550w? If its any decent brand it will work the GTX 275/ HD 4890.

 

[Darkknight512]

If you can wait for a few months, the next generation of GPU's are just around the corner, you could probably get someting 50% - 100% faster for the same price or buy the older cards for cheap.

 

[fisyhink]

wait a few months i could probaly wait. save more money too =) buy a better card , and get a better psu was about $150 when i got it., looking to get a http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...oducts_id=5434,. dno if i wait but lol, any one no of a good place in aus to order water cooling parts from ?. pccasegear looks like they have some good brands just want to compaer around to c whats out ther

 

[almighty15]

You'' bottlneck a newer card if your only gonna run it at 3Ghz

You need atleast 3.6Ghz

And 50c under load?

I load at 48c and im on water!!

 

[adventfred]

Quote:

Originally Posted by almighty15 You'' bottlneck a newer card if your only gonna run it at 3Ghz You need atleast 3.6Ghz And 50c under load? I load at 48c and im on water!!

 

[JerseyDubbin]

I have two fans blowing on my 260 (custom ghetto setup) and it loads about 55. I can take a screeny when I'm home tonight but the cards run surprisingly cool.

I upgraded from the 8800gt to the 260 and I am perfectly happy with the performance. Was def an upgrade.