^^^man before coming over to TE, I used to read reviews etc. for weeks on a particular category that used to interest me, and then go over to NP for searching on the best price for the cards/products that I wud have shortlisted, alongwith ofcourse going to my fixed dealers/shops as well....I didnt used to care about the prices in US. I am sure, its the same with many such people, they would buy the product at the best prices they can buy.....so u see, that is the reason Rashi doesnt care about the informed peeps, coz there wud still be people who would buy there product. And ofcourse with the margins they have, they can ofcourse drop the prices at a later stage....
Graphic Cards 2nd Price Cut gets Effective GTX 280/260 -$449/299!
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morgoth said:
Everybody's out to make money right? So it goes without saying that 'dollars' are involved. NVIDIA's a company, not a charity show right? Ditto ATi. You forget the X800XT / 6800GT days. Or were you unaware of them?
The point I'm making is that everybody here who posts for either NVIDIA or ATi 'vehemently' will be a fanboy. I personally don't care for either, just that every year or so I have 30K aside to spend on a graphics card, since I am a fanboy of high res, high detail gaming. While no authority on corporate strategy I do know how both these companies and other hardware IT firms work. Cut throat competition is the name of the game. It isn't right, but its done. Whoever said that ethics comes as part of the territory?
BTW the same G80 you malign has served me well for 1.5 years now (bought in March 2007). Considering the games that've come and gone, and the fact that I still game a lot with no issues mean that for me (a user) this card has served me really well. As I said its a fossilised dinosaur already.
^^Morgoth, you gave an example of "f***ing" around with consumers by a brand belonging to one camp, I gave you two from the other camp. Lets prevent TE becoming chaotic shall we? After all unless you spend 500$ on a GTX280 (or are stupid enough to contemplate spending) and so am I, we have nothing much to b1tch about do we?
LOL thats known to everyone re Vandy !
Did u try the fan fix in the test labs to find the real potential of the stock fan?
Even with 40% fan, its quite silent and you should get idle of arnd 48-50 degrees and load of 70-75 degrees
You are from a renowned publication test labs saar ! So expect some better and clear comments than the last one
Supra said:LOL thats known to everyone re Vandy !
Did u try the fan fix in the test labs to find the real potential of the stock fan?
Even with 40% fan, its quite silent and you should get idle of arnd 48-50 degrees and load of 70-75 degrees
You are from a renowned publication test labs saar ! So expect some better and clear comments than the last one
Fan fix done, surprisingly cool down doesn't really occur. Temps affected by some 5 degrees is all. And I'm talking 60% fan speed, temps cross 80 degrees on load. Running in an open system, maybe the directed airflow inside a cabinet helps reduce temps. With the amount of testing we don't use cabinets, and all our rigs are workbench tables
else our work'd never get done on time.btw with an 8800GTX temps fall by some 6 degrees inside a cabby as opposed to outside. ATi needs a better cooling solution for these cards. Single slot ain't enough by far. Coupled with their brilliant PCB quality
. I'm a little scared of the heat as of now.AT 60% it should sound like a hair dryer. Did u notice the sound while you activated the profile. If possible post a GPU-Z screenshot with the "Sensors Tab" whcih confirms the fan speed as well the duty cycle percentage.
Something like this
I am damn sure , it cant be above 80 load at stock clocks with 60% constant duty cycle.
At 60% it whines quite loudly, even louder than the X1900XT at startup. It was an ASUS card, and the cards no longer with us, went back 6 days back. Besides I've no time man. Its fun to do this in your free time, but this is my job. My mistake of taking up a career relating to one of my passions 
Vandal said:
I know what your saying, at the end of day, I guess its more like you dont wanna see the computer for play or anything more!
Btw
with 4870 on $290, the 260 is for $ 270 after MIR. and if your gonna buy it from us get it from tigerdirect, much cheaper without tax
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