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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
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The shader clock is too high
- Pros: MSI is giving you the best bang for your buck with factory overclocking to boot.
- Cons: The default shader clock is set too high. I had to underclock it to stop the artifacts. The fan does not change with the temperature. The card gets extremely hot leaving the fan speed at the default 40% when rendering 3D.
- Other Thoughts: I installed Riva Tuner to fix the artifacts and the fan issues. The fan will now speed up to 100% if the card gets warmer than 65 C. This type of control should have been built into the firmware. Without Riva Tuner this card would be unusable for me. I would like to see temperature based fan control like some of the other cards have.
GTX 260
- Pros: Like most great deals, it's fantastic if you iron out all the kinks. Luckily all kinks are spotted throughout this review site. Gotta love newegg's review/forum pages.
Bought this card just for GTA IV, and it's worth it. Performance yet very affortable (at least for me). GTA IV is notorious for it's inefficient engine, so the extra memory helps a lot. My old card X1950xt had 256mb. So saw a big improvement in games that requires lots of memory. All other games I play though don't see much improvement. Don't get me wrong, there IS an improvement, but like 15%-20%. And I'm talking about FPS games. I beat COD 5 at high settings with my old card and it was fine.
Another thought I had was, I wouldn't of bought it if I had to spend $150 for a decent/long term PSU. I've had mine for 4years and not one time did I worried about not enough power. PSU is one of those components I would spend a bit more on for the extra long life span use.
- Cons: 1) Video Bios dont control fan well enough, so you have to get the latest nvtuner. I've tried EVGA's Precision, but it dont have auto fan adjustment linked to temperature.
2) I dont know if rebate's gonna come, but I'd be p'd if I dont get that extra dough back cuz I paid 15 for tax. Still not use to paying tax on newegg. But it's just price you gotta pay for living in California.
3) Big freaking card. I had a ATI X1950xt and this GTX trumps my old card. Had to take away my extra harddrive holder from my case.
4) Sucks up juice like no other. I know it's only 180ish watts, but it requires way too much current on the 12V rail. 36Amps is the recommended system requirement. Luckily my 4 year old Seasonic 650W power can support it. It's only got 38Amps on the 12V rails. I thought my two harddrives, DVDrom, and 120mm fans would take too much away. Oh, and like the others said, you need two 6-pin power connectors. PSU rated SLI or Crossfire have them.
- Other Thoughts: The Nvtuner was a bit harder to use than what I'm use to. Here's what I did to create a automated fan profile:
1) Under the "Launch" tab "add" new tasks to launch. These tasks will be fan speed values.
2) Under the "Schedule" tab "add" trigger event to trigger tasks. These tasks would be your fan speed setting done in step 1. The trigger condition would be "gpu core temp" at a particular range. So for example, I have a task name 70% Fan. And there's a trigger condition that sets this task to on whenever core temp is between 45C - 50C. Took me a while that's why I want to share this, but once you tune the fan, this card is SWEEEEET!
Oh, and yes the fan is pretty loud above 75%. That's why you need an automated Fan Profile. Cuz you won't notice it when you're killing baddies and the core temp goes up to 50C and your fan goes up to 90%. My temp never goes beyond 62C with room temp ~24C. GTA IV runs at high setting now and Crysis Warhead is NICE!
-Formerly New Yor
What a difference this board makes!
- Pros: I got this card to build my new system around. My old card was a nvidia 5700 ultra and this thing just slaps it silly!
I got far cry 2 when I got the board and haven't benchmarked it, but I've got it at 1680x1050 on ultra high with a phenom 2 x3 2.6GHz cpu and it is silky smooth!
Not planning to oc the board more than it already is since I don't think I'll notice much difference with the current crop of games.
Looking forward to playing f.e.a.r. as more than a slide show!
- Cons: Here's hoping the rebate comes through without a hitch!
- Other Thoughts: Put this into the following system:
NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
XIGMATEK HDT-S1284EE
Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL-S 600W
GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3
Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
AMD Phenom II X3 710 (will probably upgrade later)
| Model |
| Brand |
MSI |
| Model |
N260GTX-T2D896-OCv2 |
| Interface |
| Interface |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| Chipset |
| Chipset Manufacturer |
NVIDIA |
| GPU |
GeForce GTX 260 |
| Core Clock |
655MHz |
| Stream Processors |
216 Processor Cores |
| Memory |
| Effective Memory Clock |
2100MHz |
| Memory Size |
896MB |
| Memory Interface |
448-bit |
| Memory Type |
GDDR3 |
| 3D API |
| DirectX |
DirectX 10 |
| OpenGL |
OpenGL 2.1 |
| Ports |
| HDMI |
1 x HDMI (via Adapter) |
| DVI |
2 x DVI |
| TV-Out |
HDTV / S-Video Out |
| General |
| Tuner |
None |
| RAMDAC |
400 MHz |
| Max Resolution |
2560 x 1600 |
| SLI Support |
3-Way SLI |
| Cooler |
With Fan |
| Power Connector |
2 x 6 Pin |
| Dual-Link DVI Supported |
Yes |
| HDCP Ready |
Yes |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
N260GTX-T2D896-OCv2
Driver Disk
User's Manual
HDTV Cable
S-Video Cable
DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter
DVI to HDMI Adapter
S/PDIF Cable |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
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Reviewed By: killme on 5/9/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
