True High End GPU for you...?

well guys i was just chatting with my frnds and all of a sudden we were in a discussion on which of the current nvidia cards are truely high end

my frnd owns a gtx 295 and he was claiming it to be the best card (i have no doubt that its a beast)but still the card has overheating issues and the fan noise is really insane sometimes (IMO)

he himself admits it

then i claimed gtx 260 216 to be the best high end card for price/performance and he was like ya 260 216 is really good for the price it comes and sli is even better

also i think OCing gtx 260 216 actaully gives u the performance of gtx 280(correct me if iam wrong here coz i have read it here and there)

gtx 285 is also pretty good

so i just wanna ask which card u feel is the best high end card for u in price performance ratio

also i feel gtx 280 is really weak for its price (i may be wrong)

also this is nvidia so please no aticomments?

4870x2 / 295GTX / SLi 285GTX / Crossfire HD4870 1GB / 4890 1GB = Enthusiast
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3520&p=8 (Fallout 3)

I get About 69fps with 8xaa :D they didn't put 8xaa shame =)

But Legionhardware Did so we can see the enthusaist GPU on a Good Battle Tough we know 295GTX /4870x2 Are about same power they only did test with 295GTX but on over 25 Processor
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=807&p=0 (index)
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=807&p=9 (Fallout 3)


http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2009/02/23/sapphire-ati-radeon-hd-4870-1gb-toxic/3
Read The 1920x1200 with 8xaa / 16AF MAx Quality On the near bottom of the page :)
Because if you see bit-tech review With ATI 9.1 Instead of 8.12 HOTFIX you clearly see that i shoudl get about 79FPS
But because i posed only a E8600 at stock 3.3Ghz I get 69fps. of 72fps with oc over 79fps if i ad Core i7 940 at 3.7GHZ OC as they tested
But a Core i7 920 with high cooling will reach @ 3.7GHZ there for have same power as Core i7 940 at @ 3.7GHZ
@ = Overclock

Hey u didnt add 260's in sli, thats wat i got, so i voted for 260 (216)

Hey u didnt add 260's in sli, thats wat i got, so i voted for 260 (216)

Amith12

4870x2 / 295GTX / SLi 285GTX / Crossfire HD4870 1GB / 4890 1GB = Enthusiast
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3520&p=8 (Fallout 3)

marcthpro

What the heck, a GTX285 only gets 61.1 FPS in Fallout 3 at those settings? That can't possibly be correct. I game with a P7811FX (so my GPU is a 9800M GTS) and I get about 45 FPS average in Fallout 3 playing at 1920x1200, settings at high (I'd have them maxed out were it not for the fact that I couldn't tell the difference between "high" and "very high" so I opted for the slight performance gain instead), 4xAA, and I forget what I have AF set to but knowing me it's probably 8x or 16x. I do have the view distance scrolled down a bit though so maybe that's the reason, but I didn't ramp it down by very much.

My gtx 295 is pretty awesome, blazing fast, doesnt overheat really at all and the fans...barely hear em when im gaming, music, sounds etc...so nothin but love from me and my 295 :)

edge at wat resolution u play?paraskhos_basic

wow nice info guys but now i wanna comment that 260 216 for me isnt a mid range card in any way coz if a card in sli gives me a performance of gtx 295 then i wouldnt consider the gpu to be mid range paraskhos_basic

Any single card out there cannot perform like the GTX 295. Now, you asked what a True High End GPU was....

A single GTX 260 cannot match the performance of a single GTX 280/285/295. Therefore, the GTX 260 cannot be a high end card - unless you view your opinions differently on what "high end" means.

Price/performance, then yes, the GTX 260 is the best bang for your buck from Nvidia - however, it's not a high end card. It's smack dab in the middle of what's available.

9600GT < 9800GT < 9800GTX+/GTS 250 < GTX 260 < GTX 280 < GTX 285 < GTX 295

Anything under the 9600GT, I wouldn't even consider being a gaming card - that would be low-end. The 260 falls right in the middle. Now, if you're talking about SLI configurations, then currently the GTX 285 and 260 are one of the best setups you can currently have; in other words, one of the best price/performance SLI systems. In my opinion, give Nvidia another year or two to better work on how Quad-SLI drivers work and it'll start to blow 2-card SLI out of the water.

But, seeing as you asked about thoughts on a high end GPU and not GPUs, I'd say the GTX 295 is the high end card.

lols do u really need so many gpus nowdays to play with good frames?

I personally think 2 and 3 vid cards is just silly, the concept that is....its like either a card can run something or it cant, just make a powerful card and charge for it instead of slapping together a video card sandwich.

I mean when does that end ya know, will we see mother boards with 15 slots and then its like "run 15 video cards, woo!".

I just personally think like i said running multiple cards is weird for the most part, i prefer just strong, powerful single cards that can get the job done.

lols do u really need so many gpus nowdays to play with good frames?

paraskhos_basic

I personally think 2 and 3 vid cards is just silly, the concept that is....its like either a card can run something or it cant, just make a powerful card and charge for it instead of slapping together a video card sandwich.

I mean when does that end ya know, will we see mother boards with 15 slots and then its like "run 15 video cards, woo!".

I just personally think like i said running multiple cards is weird for the most part, i prefer just strong, powerful single cards that can get the job done.

EdgeOfThorns316

Personally I am not a fan of crossfire or SLI, but I am a really put off by these "sandwiched" GPU's. It just seems sorta forced. And this has nothing to do with them costing too much, I could have gotten a GTX295 for a little over $375, but I just don't see it as worth it.

he does not have an sli edge has a gtx 295 as he told in this topicparaskhos_basic

he does not have an sli edge has a gtx 295 as he told in this topicparaskhos_basic

[QUOTE="paraskhos_basic"]he does not have an sli edge has a gtx 295 as he told in this topicopamando

285, no-sandwhich cards that lose support once the new flagship is launched-for me thanks.X360PS3AMD05