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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    i pay good money to be "professionally excited"
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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    I'm not that fussy - amateurs are welcome.
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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Wow, that was a bit of disappointment but then I suppose I was expecting a huge leap in performance than the minor improvement over a 9800 GX2.

    Lets hope ATi/AMD can shine brightly at this particular moment just to give NV a kick up the backside.

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Quote Originally Posted by moogle View Post
    yet another half assed card by nvidia.
    will there ever be another great card?
    doesn't look like it..
    This is a big jump for a single gpu card. Nvidia will milk the "enthusiasts" who buy this and then they will release the £600 GX2 280 and all those "enthusiasts" will upgrade...

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    This is a big jump for a single gpu card. Nvidia will milk the "enthusiasts" who buy this and then they will release the £600 GX2 280 and all those "enthusiasts" will upgrade...
    i wouldn't even call it a jump
    maybe a hop

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Quote Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 View Post
    i wouldn't even call it a jump
    maybe a hop
    Do you think it's a waste by any chance?

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Wait until they make a dual gpu version of this... then you will see the jump
    The reason why they haven't released a dual gpu version already is a business reason; it won't maximise expected profit...

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    Wait until they make a dual gpu version of this... then you will see the jump
    The reason why they haven't released a dual gpu version already is a business reason; it won't maximise expected profit...
    ...and it'll probably cost 1200 quid
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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Quote Originally Posted by dangel View Post
    ...and it'll probably cost 1200 quid
    My estimate is £550-£600 at first and the GTX 280 will fall to £320-350

    The only thing that can prevent this ridiculous pricing from Nvidia is ATI new range. Hopefully they will deliver.

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    we can only prey and hope

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    I feel most are upset with the price, I think this card is very good for a single solution

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Decidedly underwhelming from my point of view - I had high hopes for this card.

    It gives the 9800GTX a thorough spanking but then that was a load of rubbish anyway...

    The only significant upside is that the idle power draw is impressive, and let's face it that's what really matters in a flagship high-performance card, right??

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Quote Originally Posted by CK_1985 View Post
    The only significant upside is that the idle power draw is impressive, and let's face it that's what really matters in a flagship high-performance card, right??
    That is the main part where it has an advantage over the GX2 however still dont believe it warrents the insane price premium.

    Remember tho these prices are initial sales prices were (as has been mentioned) all the enthusiasts jump ont he bandwagon and buy it to be the first ones with the new tech. Surely they will fall by 40-60 in a month or so?

    I reckon the GTX260 is the way forward. Good performer, fairly low power and seems to be a much more sensible price bracket although we will have to wait and see.

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    Well the bang per buck graph at the end makes me glad I have a 3870...

    I'd be interested in seeing the minimum framerate figures, it seems like more than just average framerate is needed to differentiate cards that appear to perform similarly.

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    that price premium will make the elecricity savings worthwhile after quite a few years, so it's not really worth it. unless you're gonna use that card for like 10 years..

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    Re: Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280: does it rock our world?

    This'll have to drop £150, and the GTX260 £100 for them to be big sellers.

    This could be NVidia's Pentium 4. Do AMD (ATI) have a chip that can take advantage of NVidia's mistake (sticking at 65nm) like they did with Intel? It would be nice if they did, because it would force NVidia to do what they should have already done.

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