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Proud new owner of a gtx260:D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127409
179 after mir with neweggs $20 off promo code!
cant wait never had a pretty good video card before:attn:. this should be a hellaova up grade over my radeon x1550 :p
Ive had ati all my computing life so im looking forward to seeing what this Nvidia is all about.:D
mxthunder
02-15-09, 09:58 PM
What was the promo code if you dont mind me asking? Congrats man! ive been looking at them myself
EMCLNMP26 is the promo code!
What driver removal tool do you guys use? ive got ati drivers i need to get off here.
Rick James
02-17-09, 01:44 AM
"Slow"
;)
ya it is to most people but for me its going to be blazing fast! :D my fasted card till now is my current one which is a radeon x1550. It will run crysis dx9 at 8oox600 with ever thing off and every thing else on the lowest setting at about 25fps :P
jason4207
02-17-09, 10:33 AM
If you have the ability to re-install that would be ideal, but I believe Driver Sweeper is what you want.
I use to recommend Driver Cleaner Pro, but I think that program is outdated now.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
deathman20
02-17-09, 12:13 PM
Driver Cleaner Pro you have to pay for now.
I've used Driver Sweeper and it seems to do better in Vista. Clean install yes would be ideal but as well is not nessisary unless you had issues with your past video drivers, then I'd recommend doing it.
Grats on the new card.
got my card today and every thing is going well except gpuz reads my card as a 65nm card and i know my cards a 55nm there no mem chips or a heat spreader on the back. am i wrong?
mxthunder
02-17-09, 09:02 PM
i heard that is a flaw in gpuz. nothing to worry about. hope your having fun
jason4207
02-17-09, 09:46 PM
Yep, just a programming bug. The program doesn't actually read any data that tells it whether its 55 or 65nm. It probably just looks at a table, and that current table has the 260 as only 65nm. A future update will probably fix it.
not really far cry2 is crashing right when i get to the end of the car ride in the beginning of the game. and its not running as well as id hoped :(
was running furmark stability test @ 1920x1200 4x msaa and it ran for about 3min got up to 82c then my hole system crashed:(
is it my psu maybe? its a ocz 500w 2 12v rails each has 18amps
Grr! I declock it down as far as it will go and ran furmark and it runs fine no shutdown nothing. Ran the core, shader, and mem up to stock 260 settings and it shuts my system down its like someone just hit the power button. i get no issues before it goes it just goes!. damnit i was hoping i wouldent have to buy a psu, if i knew i would have i would a bought a higher end card :(
chevro1et
02-18-09, 03:45 AM
Guru3D (http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-260-oc-896-mb-review/4) recommends a minimum of 550w psu with at least 40amps (combined) on the 12v rails. You are a little short, but I dunno if that's enough to cause your issues... Is your CPU OCed? If so, try reverting to stok settings and see if your card runs more stable. Or, try unplugging any non-essential devices (second hdd/ optical drive, couple fans, etc) and see if that sorts it out. If so, that may be an indicator that your PSU is indeed coming up short.
Grr! I declock it down as far as it will go and ran furmark and it runs fine no shutdown nothing. Ran the core, shader, and mem up to stock 260 settings and it shuts my system down its like someone just hit the power button. i get no issues before it goes it just goes!. damnit i was hoping i wouldent have to buy a psu, if i knew i would have i would a bought a higher end card :(
this is the exact reason i wasted money on new PSU right after next day i decided to buy 295 !!! to avoid shutdowns
BeHappy
02-18-09, 09:20 AM
Sorry about that man. It sucks when your looking forward to something for so long and then it just has issue after issue... You can thank Murphy.
jason4207
02-18-09, 10:52 AM
Can you try lowering the clocks just a little bit to see if it helps? Maybe find a good speed compromise until you can afford a new PSU?
Personally, I think FUR is too hard on cards...especially at full rez w/ AA. Try running it in windowed mode at a lower rez.
rainless
02-18-09, 11:11 AM
Can you try lowering the clocks just a little bit to see if it helps? Maybe find a good speed compromise until you can afford a new PSU?
Personally, I think FUR is too hard on cards...especially at full rez w/ AA. Try running it in windowed mode at a lower rez.
It's not his clocks, it's his PSU. No point in sending the guy up the wrong tree.
This is precisely why *I* don't have a new video card: Upgrades go in the order of, New Power Supply... THEN new video card.
...and I haven't even had the spare care for the new power supply (although I am getting my hair done today :D )
Don't worry. You'll get a new power supply and it'll be smooth sailing.
And I share in your enthusiasm btw... my 8800GTS 640 was the first real POWERHOUSE graphics card I'd owned since the Voodoo2 days (I was making a LOT of money back then.)
To make things even sweeter I bought that card and a car around the same time (car isn't with me anymore... but the graphics card is still kicking!)
I intend to hold onto my GTS until some game makes me upgrade (or until I finally get a new car and can afford to waste money on something else.)
Pick up a 750TX for 104 bucks and you'll be fine.
jason4207
02-18-09, 11:47 AM
It's not his clocks, it's his PSU. No point in sending the guy up the wrong tree.
I was just trying to give him an alternative until he gets a new PSU (he may not be able to afford one immediately). Even at reduced clocks he should be able to play games at much higher settings than he was using on his old card.
ChinStrap
02-18-09, 12:18 PM
Personally, I think FUR is too hard on cards...especially at full rez w/ AA. Try running it in windowed mode at a lower rez.
Dude, I agree with you 1000% on this. IMO also, fur benchmark puts an un-real / unobtainable load on your video. Crysis doesn’t even heat up your GPU as much as FUR does (even when it’s windowed)
For 3d testing, ATi-tool artifact scanner or rthdribl (found here: http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/ ) are both good stress tests for GPUs.
jason4207
02-18-09, 03:23 PM
Dude, I agree with you 1000% on this. IMO also, fur benchmark puts an un-real / unobtainable load on your video. Crysis doesn’t even heat up your GPU as much as FUR does (even when it’s windowed)
For 3d testing, ATi-tool artifact scanner or rthdribl (found here: http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/ ) are both good stress tests for GPUs.
I'd say running most GPU benchmarks/stress tests is akin to taking your car on a racetrack and pushing it to its limits. And running FUR is like putting your car up on jack stands, putting a brick on the gas petal, and watching it bounce off the rev limiter.
:beer:
is this corsair good?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
Went to bestbuy and picked up a antec 650 works fine now. But I've got something driving me mad, this thing just doesn't seem to be running very well. i got 30.12fps running farcry2 benchmark 1920-1200 4xaa every thing all the way up. thought maybe its my cpu causing this so i oced it to 3ghz ran the benchmark again and i gained 1.69fps lol, well that's not it. The only other thing it could be is my mobo. My lanparty jr's pcie2.0 slots are only 8x even with just one card. Could that be it 8x pcie2.0 lane bottleneck?
To me that sounds fine, you should be happy you can run that game at 30FPS with AA at that res. Makes me remember when I jumped from a PCI Radeon 9250 to a 8800gt.
chevro1et
02-19-09, 04:16 PM
What driver set are you running? AFAIK, the 185.xx are the best performing drivers for the gt200 series cards.
just seems that every 260 review that has farcry2 on it they seem to be getting 35-40 running full out @ 1920x1200 with 4xaa. ive seen that a 8x lane can reduce the performance of even a 4850 when its in xfire. Now what is that doing to my 260.
is this card more powerful than the evga gtx 260 core 216 one? Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434
deathman20
02-23-09, 07:18 AM
is this card more powerful than the evga gtx 260 core 216 one? Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434
That is the EVGA GTX260 216 Core card ;)
^^^ That IS the EVGA gtx260 216.
WTF, it happened again... Those last 2 should be reversed
No, what i meant was... is the MSI (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127409) better than the evga I posted?
Same stats on each.. but evga has lifetime warranty
ya life time warrantys are nice but alittle over kill on video cards, or any computer electronics, the msi has a 3 year warranty and thats plenty. most people will have a bigger bader card with in 3 years, thats how i look at it any way. im not for the msi dont get me wrong the evga is probably a better card i just got a nice deal on it after rebate.
I purchased mine in expectation of folding on it. I assume that even If I upgrade in the next 3 years or so, The card will still be working.
what is every body getting with there gtx260 fps wise? does crysis benchmark work with the demo?
just poking in a little question here
i know it's probably on the forum somewhere, but is there a rule of thumb for how large of a PSU u should get?
jason4207
02-25-09, 10:30 PM
does crysis benchmark work with the demo?
yes
thx jason ill go dl that and compare it to other 260's
WOOT! figured out why my card wasn't getting the fps i though it should
same series of driver same every thing except operating system and direct x.
xp sp3 dx9
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/stampedeman2/farcry2fpsdx9.jpg
win7 dx10
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/stampedeman2/farcry2fpsdx10.jpg
nightelph
02-26-09, 06:19 AM
just poking in a little question here
i know it's probably on the forum somewhere, but is there a rule of thumb for how large of a PSU u should get?
Sure there is; large enough to power all your stuff! :) Probably the most important spec you'll have to look after is how much current (amps) the PSUs 12v rail can supply to your graphics card. Check the specs on the card you have/want; it may say that it requires a 500w psu and 40amps on the 12v rail, as an example. Why don't you put your system specs in your signature? Or are you putting a system together?
:welcome:
chevro1et
02-26-09, 07:06 PM
WOOT! figured out why my card wasn't getting the fps i though it should
same series of driver same every thing except operating system and direct x.
xp sp3 dx9 (avg 28fps)VS win7 dx10 (avg 43fps)
wow, does win7 really make that much of a difference? :eek:
im thinking its dx10 and farcry2 i dont think farcry2 gets along well with dx9
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