Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1GB GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Video Card

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This thing is a real beast in both how it performs and in sheer size/weight. I had to rewire my case to get this puppy in and don't regret it for a moment. It came with a nice assortment of extras (Mostly useless now, unless you have an older system.) to hook you up and it's the little touches that speak of quality imho. VERY glad I picked it up on the sale price of $220.

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I bought this card on sale for 219.99. I thought it was a stellar deal so I hopped on hoping to get a major upgrade from a 8800GT. My plan was to use the GTX 280 is my main GPU and the 8800GT as my PhysX card to take the load off my 280. Installation took longer than I thought. I use a Thermaltake Element T case and I ended up having to re-position a couple of my HDD in order for both cards to fit. After the installations were complete (including drivers), the first game I booted up was BF: BC2 and went straight to the settings. For the hell of it, I put all the settings on high and cranked up AA to the max 16x. I loaded the game and my jaw dropped. I expected 16x AA to kill my GPU but this thing "beast-ed" through it. I then ran Crysis, set everything on Very High with AA and I was shocked to see how well it ran (Approx 30fps?)I did notice the heat being generated as i hit a max of 86-87 degrees celsius. I've read that's around average for the card under load. Just installed it this past weekend so I'll see how it performs in the long run. Sadly, I did realize that I was missing a component. I was missing the HDMI adapter. I really wanted to try this out but did not come with the package. I should also state that it did not come in the packaging I expected it to come in. It was just in a plain black Gigabyte box that didn't even say gtx 280 on it. Not sure what's up with this but I'd be very angry if this was a re-certified product. I so far enjoy this card and will update  as time progresses.

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I get the card next week. Every time i think my build is done NCIX goes and puts something on crazy sale. I was going to just get a new mobo/cpu combo. I am the proud owner of a 6core amd and 890gx mobo along with new ripjaw ram and this card was just icing on the cake for me. Thanks ncix for just giving it to me.....almost.Built a whole system for seven beans lol.Need filler...um, Nvidia 3D Vision rules!!!!!!More filler needed..............Go Vancouver Canucks!!!!!!Dang what do these people want, a novel?Come on mail, come on!Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb whos fleese was white as snow. Every where that mary went, mary went, mary when and every where that mary when the lamb was sure to follow.Still more, my god man how long does a reveiw have to be?xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx