Recertified: EVGA 01G-P3-1280-RX GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Reviewed By: valkyriesII on 10/2/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: works fine. good performance.

Cons: had to RMA first card they sent. as with evga cards no solid state capacitors so lots of squealing. unstable for overclocking. would recommend bfg, xfx, and zotac cards over this one.

Manufacturer Response:Hi,

This is not true, EVGA uses the highest quality components including solid capacitors.

Thanks,
Jacob

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Great card

Reviewed By: Riggz on 9/13/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: more than 1 year

Pros: Beastly card, it can still handle any game out without overclocking it at all. Definitely a card that will last you a very long time.

Cons: When I move my mouse over to my steam messenger window the mouse glitches a little bit. It turns pink green and orange for maybe 1/3 of a second. Not much of a problem but its weird and only happens with this card.
When I got it it cost $450. Heavy as hell.

Other Thoughts: Its HUGE almost doesnt fit in my friends mid tower. PLENTY of room to spare in my full tower however. Turn that fan up to 70% at least if your playing a demanding game. I have a full tower with plenty of ventilation and I saw it get up to about 80C in several min. with the fan left at 40% so I would recommend you turn it up every time you play a game.

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Kind of a beast from hell

Reviewed By: Zootanium on 9/13/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: I bought 2 of these cards, Work beautifully, I play crysis at max settings all the time and have still not had any lock ups.
I was wary of buying Recertified but I figured I could return them if they were in bad shape, one of the cards looked brand new, the other one still looked pretty good.

Cons: The main thing I dont like about these cards... Heat, they truly are from hell, Burning Hot and Powerful; average gameplay temps on "GPU2" (one sitting closest to cpu) will average about 80C when room temps are about 80f, I recommend lots of fans and a BTX case, I have these SLI'd inside an ATX and that maybe a 5C degree difference, but dont be shocked when they hit 80C, Nvidia says these cards are allowed to go alot hotter and still remain perfectly reliable. I have run them at 82C for hours and they never lock up or lose frame rate. Oh and the sticker is falling off the one cards fan :( but thats my problem. these cards do not come with SLI bridges (2-way and 3-way) make sure your Mobo comes with them, if not take your friends extra ones.

Other Thoughts: If your looking to play Crysis@max spec your starting in the right place just 1 of these cards will get you 28fps with an average CPU and up to 34fps with an E8400 OC'd (I get 44fps with a Q9550@3.3Ghz with 2 cards) BTW CPU
clock is very important on SLI'd GTX 280s these cards have alot of potential! Don't bottle neck them with a low clocked CPU. Game on!

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