I just got a oem eVga 295 gtx for $380, good deal?

[yusux]

It came with all the power cables, the guy said the card was unregistered, is it a good deal?

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[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

If it works then it's a good deal.

 

[MrWizzard]

<Looks at your power supply.

Huston we might have a problem.

 

[rivan]

Seems like a lot of money to play video games, but to each his own.

 

[venkman]

650w trio should be ok for a single 295, shouldn't it?

 

[Saga]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
<Looks at your power supply.

Huston we might have a problem.

Why? I'm running a 280GTX on a system with 450w and 500w Antec's and they perform equal to or higher on 3dmarks to those listed on most tech sites. No matter what garbage people spew, you do NOT need a 1000w PSU to run a top-end graphics card as long as it's a single card solution.

Sure, if I was trying to SLI them, but come on now.

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: Saga

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
<Looks at your power supply.

Huston we might have a problem.

Why? I'm running a 280GTX on a system with 450w and 500w Antec's and they perform equal to or higher on 3dmarks to those listed on most tech sites. No matter what garbage people spew, you do NOT need a 1000w PSU to run a top-end graphics card as long as it's a single card solution.

Sure, if I was trying to SLI them, but come on now.

Who are you're kidding with?
Unless you have no other hardware to power with inside your rig?
Mine is the 260 card and I had to upgrade from 600w to 750w just to stay afloat.
Otherwise BSOD was pretty persistent before the upgrade.

 

[yusux]

time to install

 

[Saga]

Originally posted by: videopho

Originally posted by: Saga

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
<Looks at your power supply.

Huston we might have a problem.

Why? I'm running a 280GTX on a system with 450w and 500w Antec's and they perform equal to or higher on 3dmarks to those listed on most tech sites. No matter what garbage people spew, you do NOT need a 1000w PSU to run a top-end graphics card as long as it's a single card solution.

Sure, if I was trying to SLI them, but come on now.

Who are you're kidding with?
Unless you have no other hardware to power with inside your rig?
Mine is the 260 card and I had to upgrade from 600w to 750w just to stay afloat.
Otherwise BSOD was pretty persistent before the upgrade.

Uhh. No. 280GTX, 500w Antec, two 150GB Raptors, 4GB 2000mhz DDR3, overclocked E8600 sitting at 4.4ghz on the stock HS, and I can max this fucker out on any 3dmark you want and never have I experienced any blue screens, GPU failures, etc.

Seriously. When did you people start convincing yourself this was the watt wars? Thats like the saying the P4 owns the shit out of the 6MB L2 cache quad core because it only runs 2.6ghz.

All you need are some solid 36+ 12v rails.

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: videopho

Originally posted by: Saga

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
<Looks at your power supply.

Huston we might have a problem.

Why? I'm running a 280GTX on a system with 450w and 500w Antec's and they perform equal to or higher on 3dmarks to those listed on most tech sites. No matter what garbage people spew, you do NOT need a 1000w PSU to run a top-end graphics card as long as it's a single card solution.

Sure, if I was trying to SLI them, but come on now.

Who are you're kidding with?
Unless you have no other hardware to power with inside your rig?
Mine is the 260 card and I had to upgrade from 600w to 750w just to stay afloat.
Otherwise BSOD was pretty persistent before the upgrade.

I run GTX 280 SLI (overclocked) with an overclocked/overvolted Core i7 CPU on a Corsair 750W....no problems whatsoever, and I've tested it with the worst case scenario possible (Linpack + Furmark on both GPUs).

Now Antec PSUs are not always the best, so it isn't exactly the same thing. The OP's particular PSU is OK but it doesn't leave much room: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modul...views&op=Story3&reid=1

The 650W Trio apparently fails quite easily when exposed to heavy 12V load under worst-case conditions. Will the OP encounter that? Probably not, but it is worth looking into getting a better unit if possible. I don't know if the deals are still around but you could have gotten a Corsair 850W for under $100 a few days ago.

In your case Saga I would be worried about running a GTX 280 in that system with a 500W Antec PSU. 3DMark is not max load by any means, it is maybe 60-70% of max load at best. Your PSU is not enough IMO unless both the CPU and GPU running @ 100% in the most strenuous test possible passes for a long period of time.

Also I'm wondering how you are running an E8600 @ 4.4GHz stable on the stock cooler... that sounds highly unlikely having seen the Wolfdale stock cooler. I highly doubt that thing will last 5 minutes of Linpack.

 

[Saga]

Possibly, however I am 100% certain (as I just checked the logs for the past 6 months to verify) that my graphics card has never asked for more than 15.5A, ever. No matter what game I've played (and I own quite a large collection) I've never seen my load exceed 412w peak.

Back in the days when rails didn't balance themselves and you actually had to be semi intelligent about how you distributed your cables I could see this being a different situation, but modern hardware has trivialized quite a few things we used to label as requirements.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: videopho
Who are you're kidding with?
Unless you have no other hardware to power with inside your rig?
Mine is the 260 card and I had to upgrade from 600w to 750w just to stay afloat.
Otherwise BSOD was pretty persistent before the upgrade.

It is more related to the quality of the PSU than just the wattage rating. If you have a Kill-a-Watt meter, test your rig and see how much it actually draws...I'm willing to bet it's around 400-425w at load so you don't NEED a 750w PSU but it's good to have.

 

[Saga]

Originally posted by: thilan29

It is more related to the quality of the PSU than just the wattage rating. If you have a Kill-a-Watt meter, test your rig and see how much it actually draws...I'm willing to bet it's around 400-425w at load so you don't NEED a 750w PSU but it's good to have.

Haha. In the post right above yours I did just that. :thumbsup:

 

[Spike]

Seems like a decent deal price wise though sucks for the warranty. Unless he bought the card less than 30 days ago (if he did get on evga.com and register now!) your stuck with a 1 year warranty which is kinda lame on a hot, dual-gpu card. As others have mentioned your PSU could be an issue but I'm betting it is just barely good enough for a dual setup.

Good luck!

 

[roid450]

its true, i bought into the 750 watt idea too but soon found out my system only uses about 470~ watts or so, give or take.

 

[yusux]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
<Looks at your power supply.

Huston we might have a problem.

It ran flawlessly, but I'm seriously getting bottlenecked with lack of PCI-E 2.0 and a fast CPU, most games are only running 1/5 to 2/5 faster than my 280

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: yusux

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
<Looks at your power supply.

Huston we might have a problem.

It ran flawlessly, but I'm seriously getting bottlenecked with lack of PCI-E 2.0 and a fast CPU, most games are only running 1/5 to 2/5 faster than my 280

Your CPU is holding you back more than PCI-E 1.x could.

 

[JoshGuru7]

Originally posted by: rivan
Seems like a lot of money to play video games, but to each his own.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to drop $300-$400 on a high end video setup if you can afford it and spend a good chunk of your free time playing games. It may not be the highest bang for the buck in terms of value but then again people drop $2000 on car rims, $5000 on ski packages or $20000 on a powerboat that sits in their driveway. Having a nice gaming system is a reasonably inexpensive hobby expense comparatively.

 

[Sureshot324]

If you already have a GTX 280 then spending $380 on a GTX 295 is a huge waste of money IMO. I have a single 8800gt and was planning on getting a second for SLI when I got my i7 rig, but I realized I can run pretty much everything on max settings just fine. I'm not buying a second video card just so I can play Crysis (a 10 hour game) at max.

 

[ghost recon88]

You seriously need to get that E6300 @ 3.5GHz or faster, or upgrade to a quad.

 

[Raider1284]

Originally posted by: yusux

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
<Looks at your power supply.

Huston we might have a problem.

It ran flawlessly, but I'm seriously getting bottlenecked with lack of PCI-E 2.0 and a fast CPU, most games are only running 1/5 to 2/5 faster than my 280

Why do you say this? what makes you think you are getting bottlenecked? General consensus last time i checked was not even the pci-e 1.0 16x bandwidth limitations were close to being reached. Meaning 2.0 bandwidth is just a complete waste.

I also remember reading an article that showed that hardly any games are "cpu-limited" unless you are running at really low resolutions, which you obviously arent. The article ran the latest games with cpus ranging from old athlons and pentiums to the latest core 2 duos and the fps range wasnt that drastic. Minus the few games games that were multicore optimized running on the single core cpus.

 

[SunnyD]

Why isn't this thread in Video?

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Why isn't this thread in Video?

I suspect the OP didnt know any better.

Also, I think he made an OK purchase.

 

[Tempered81]

you really need a 4ghz dual/quad on a p45/x48 or an i7 on x58 to showcase your vid's potential.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
you really need a 4ghz dual/quad on a p45/x48 or an i7 on x58 to showcase your vid's potential.

Or some 2560x1600 awesomeness.

Oh, P965...yeah, time for a new board for sure.
I'd get that before a new CPU even.