GTX 260 I'm buying... what's up with this ... I'm wondering.

I'm really interested in buying the following GTX 260 graphic card from a local retailer: http://www.scanmalta.com/eshop/1792mb-gainward-gtx260-pci-express-vga-2-years-warranty.html

But to be honest I'm really confused... It says 1792mb, and GTX 260 is meant to be 869mb (or is it 896?) ... so I'm wondering if it's dual graphic cards, or if it's just some weird memory extension...

My question is: What are the differences between the one I'm seeing, and the one I was expecting (1792mb and 869mb respectively)...

Thankuuu.

Thanks for the reply, and good job spotting the 896 thingy. I'll prob be considering getting it from amazon, since I believe it's just gonna be more expensive =/ Will give it a quick check just to check out what's worth it and what ain't

Manufacturers have started making 1792MB GTX 260s. If you check Google though you'll find that the extra RAM gives you a total of ZERO extra frames per second. :)CellAnimation

I'm trying to hit something from amazon since they're clearly cheaper and less confusing. Seeing 896mb on the box from that local retailer really put me off from buying anything off of them.

Kinda stuck between this and this other one

No experience with the manufacturers so could use some help here.

If you got even better suggestions on a GTX 260 card please share. As a quick info, I can't use newegg nor overclockers so... amazon is really my only bet.

get the xfx one :)

Sorry for the earlier post which was a perfect copy of what I did before. Thanks for the replies, but now I'm quite confused :( My mate told me the XFX provided no real details as well as it had no user reviews, which did put me off quite a bit; so it wasn't a safe bet going for it. But instead I'd really like the opinion of most. Rather than giving off two cards, can you please suggest the card I should buy? I'm really going for something on the level of a GTX 260. My mobo is going to be an Asus p45, and I'm willing to spend up to or around 200 Euros on the GFX card.

What are the best options here, and if it is a GTX 260 (Which I'd personally prefer), which specific one should I buy (aka a link to it's page from amazon or something similar)

Thanks :)

Eghh the cards are unavailable now. What's available for GTX 260 is now here.

What got me interested was this BFG card which seems to be at a good price, not cheap, and as someone earlier mentioned, BFG are quite renowned and accepted.

Ideas? :)

Eghh the cards are unavailable now. What's available for GTX 260 is now here.

What got me interested was this BFG card which seems to be at a good price, not cheap, and as someone earlier mentioned, BFG are quite renowned and accepted.

Ideas? :)

Lonehwolf1

I would grab the EVGA card. I have been using them for years and have always loved them.

Keep in mind, the manufacturer does not generally make much of a difference in terms of how fast the card performs considering they generally use reference designs. BFG is a pretty good company, but if it is far more expensive than the others, then I see no reason to get those unless you will not be able to RMA.Luminouslight

[QUOTE="Luminouslight"]Keep in mind, the manufacturer does not generally make much of a difference in terms of how fast the card performs considering they generally use reference designs. BFG is a pretty good company, but if it is far more expensive than the others, then I see no reason to get those unless you will not be able to RMA.iliatay

Well, some more updates lol...

I got an american mate who offered me to purchase from newegg, ship to him and he's ship them to me. So the choices kind of open up, and newegg is easily going to take over amazon in my case.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150458

The GTX 260s give about 5 choices from newegg, and that's the one that seems to have caught my attention the most. Both EVGA cards are outta stock/unavailable. That's about the one that remains and also what really caught my eye. Doesn't have any reviews, so I'm guessing it was added just recently.

I'm still pretty ready to go for it, you guys spot any issues with it, or found any better alternatives? Would appreciate suggestions :)