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This is another power-hungry game, but nevertheless it was playable at 2560*1600 without filters. But World in Conflict saw a dark horse take the top score at 1920*1200: the Radeon HD 3870 X2! Once the filters were enabled, the AMD bi-GPU card, which is perfectly suited to this game, provided the best playing conditions, though the 280 GTX was close behind. On a 30" display, it kept its lead, and the 280 GTX’ memory only made the difference at an unplayable setting, once again. And that’s not all, since at that same resolution, Nvidia took over the lead – but with the 9800 GX2 and not the GT200. So if all you play are World in Conflict and Crysis, the 280 GTX isn’t really what you need…


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samuraiblade 16/06/2008 03:40
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hmm not as big an improvement as i thought. will have to wait and see on the drivers improving the cards , but the 260 gtx seems to be the much better option given the price. still , will have to see what ati bring to the fray first. patience will be reflected in price i have no doubt.

spuddyt 16/06/2008 04:45
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frankly depressing, Me WANTS MRAW POWER!!!!

JDocs 17/06/2008 09:46
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I am so disappointed. Now if AMD delivers on the dual GPU single memory rumour (2 GPUs on a single card but without the Crossfire problems) NVidia could have a serious problem.

mi1ez 17/06/2008 09:49
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Why have they tested this system with only 2Gb of RAM? If you're testing a GPU with 1Gb of VRAM, surely you'd have more installed?

mi1ez 17/06/2008 10:27
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They also have 2 conflicting prices on page 28.
For the 280GTX- $846 and $650;
For the 260GTX- $450 and $400

darthpoik 17/06/2008 02:06
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Wouldn't it have been more prudent to test against a 8800gtx ultra as this is still the single most powerfull card.

david__t 17/06/2008 02:10
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It might just be me but 66.5dBa is unbearable unless you have your PC locked away in a cupboard somewhere. This business of supplying substandard fans on very expensive cards is intolerable. Why don't they strike a deal with Zalman / Thermalright for example, and ship cards that are quiet / silent? I'm sure that people who have the money to buy a £500 GPU could afford £10 more for a better cooling solution that's included.

Anonymous 17/06/2008 04:26
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where is that 20W to 30W idle you are talking about? The least in the graph is 199W!

Solitaire 17/06/2008 06:46
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mi1ez: Probably the reason for just 2GB RAM was that it allowed Tom's to stick with 32-bit OS architecture. If they tried using more RAM they'd be stuck with 64-bit Bindows which would not be pretty - aside from really needing 8GB to give a big difference over 2GB in 32bit Vista, there's the slight issue of stable signed drivers, which these cards probably won't have for a while. Good luck trying to get Vista 64 to even "see" the cards! XD

jhoravi: that idle power would only come up on newer nVidia mobos as the card would be shut down entirely when idle and hand over to the integrated chip.

And was it me or was the Noise text copypasted over the Temperature text on the next page? Oops.

bobwya 19/06/2008 01:43
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Lets try again Mr THG (uhhhm try getting your fraking website working plz)...

Now lets see this puppy in action:
http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/01G-P3-1289-AR.pdf

!!

Bob

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