XFX GX280NZDF9 GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

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Reviewed By: Tony G on 11/6/2008

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

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Great card. Good software. Good quick start sheet.

Cons: No manual. No stickers. For $450 I expected a little more.

Other Thoughts: Great hardware. I wouldnt buy anything else.

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CRYSIS

Reviewed By: N52teSlasher on 10/14/2008

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

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: this thing is amazing running crysis very high settings 4xx 1024x700 and hitting 47fps average and 65max in crysis is nice and this is with under clocking the card,i set the clocks to 550/1000 and didnt notice any fps drop just temp drops like 90 to 80c under heaviy load, and I started thinking what would happen if i droped the core and mem clock down to almost half in F.E.A.R. and the results were 74fps/167/432 min/ave/maxiun fps down to 67fps/135/333 ,,so about 7 fps drop on minium by lower the clocks to 50% and this was with maxium settings 1280x1024 in fear lol...i can picture my self getting water cooling but for now ill Be ok and after play crysis 6 hrs striaght on very high settings 4aa the card didnt get hot enough to shutoff and if i ran high settings instead that would lower the temps down 10 to 20c but its just cool to know u can run crysis the highest settings possible and still is very playable and im going to keep it on very high settings through the rest of the game!!!

Cons: can get a little to hot in crysis when stairing into the water falls up close,thats the only place i got it the hottest and i just let it sit there for 5mins stairing into the water fall just so realistic and the thing gets hot!!!!and cools down really fast when you turn away from the water fall..

Other Thoughts: 780i board and 280gtx sli crysis killer and when I do get sli going I'll play crysis all over again and again every time I get another 280gtx!!!

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Reviewed By: on 10/8/2008

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

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Amazingly powerful.

Cons: Makes loud humming noise when playing some games. Not sure about it but a lot of people online are talking about it being normal.

Other Thoughts: It is a pretty huge card and aside from the noise I would say I love it.

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