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Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Tesla effect, 6 Feb 2012.

  1. Tesla effect

    Tesla effect AKA ZombieKiller1

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    evga GTX 260 SSC RMA'd, GTX 470 due back in the post. :D

    Worth trying to get another one for SLI would you reckon? X58 rig btw.
     
  2. longweight

    longweight Possibly Longbeard.

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    ????​

    What resolution do you game at?
     
  3. Tesla effect

    Tesla effect AKA ZombieKiller1

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    1920 x 1200.

    It was only a back up card anyway, currently using GTX 275, the one with the extra GDDR3 - 1792MB.
     
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    longweight Possibly Longbeard.

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    What games? Do you have to have 60+ FPS on ultra settings?
     
  5. Blogins

    Blogins Panda have Guns

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    Excellent result! :thumb:
     
  6. Tesla effect

    Tesla effect AKA ZombieKiller1

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    Most demanding game I've been playing recently is Shogun 2 Total War. Don't play battlefield 3.
     
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    N17 dizzi Multimodder

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    Hows your cooling with 2 of them in SLI?
     
  8. Jipa

    Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004

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    I'd try to see how much I can get for the card and just sell it. Those things are so damn hot and loud I just didn't want to use mine!

    But gratz anyway, it's always nice when warranty really works in your favor.
     
  9. Tesla effect

    Tesla effect AKA ZombieKiller1

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    That bad? Got to be a step up from the 275 though -dx11? I hate loud hot cards too I must admit. I might have a go at modifying the artic gtx accellero I had on the 260. Or try & fit the msi twin turbo cooler off my 275 possibly?

    Sent from Bittech Android app
     
  10. Jipa

    Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004

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    Performance-wise, sure, it's going to destroy that GTX275, but for me the noise and heat was just too much.

    Personally I switched to using a Gainward GTX 560Ti Phantom, which offered roughly the same performance at 70+ watts lower power consumption.
     

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