3 GTX 280's or wait?

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spenny2112

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Should I go with 3 GTX 280's or go with the new revisions that are coming in January? Or should I just use the step up program with EVGA?
 
LOL I'm building a new system to go with my Dell 3007WFP-HC, its going to be a Core i7 build.
 
How much disposable cash do you have, and do you need the 3x280s RIGHT NOW? If you're waiting on the other parts for your i7 build, then just wait on the 280s. If you already have the i7 parts, just get 1 GTX and hold out.
 
spenny2112 said:
LOL I'm building a new system to go with my Dell 3007WFP-HC, its going to be a Core i7 build.
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Ah okay lol, i was like wow. What new revisions are we talking about? I am unaware. Also when is the rest of the computer going to be ready?
 
I would wait with the release of the 295 coming soon and then a refresh not long after, should see prices fall a little, do what Crazyjayz said, get one wait for the other two to go cheap.
 
Buy only 2 GTX 280's and do whatever you want with the $350.
3-SLI is a waste of money and time.
 
i think the revision hes talking about is the 55nm ones? not really sure.

As for the question, dont really know, never looked up tri sli vs reg sli performance, but i know that the 3rd card is deticated for physx, and so on, so to be honest, well atleast me, i would not go tri sli.

Kinda in the same situation but kinda smaller, debating on upgrading to a gtx 260 but ehh if im gonna be thinking of buying a new card 4 months later, i might wait to pull the trigger
 
Wait because January is not that far away. 3x SLi would be a nice setup especially with 30" but when the new cards are out, the old cards would probably drop in price.
 
What should I get to play on my 30" which will be arriving monday, 1 or 2? Also I am a student so I am looking to build this over break, unfortunately, break ends before the 295 is released.
 
Yeah, as others have mentioned, you might wanna research the actual gains of tri-SLI. Personally, I think it's a waste (then again, I don't have it), and you could definitely just go with SLI and a lower end card for PhysX.

I don't know how "cutting edge" you want to be, but come January you'll have many options: old 280s, new 280s, and the 295s primed for quad-SLI.
 
I am skeptical about GTX 295's for Quad SLI, but triple sli is the only way to go as a graphics whore on a 30" monitor...
 
spenny2112 said:
I am skeptical about GTX 295's for Quad SLI, but triple sli is the only way to go as a graphics whore on a 30" monitor...
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Once again, it really depends on how Nvidia handles the drivers, then again I feel like it's always been like that for all quad-SLI things. Maybe the 3rd time is the charm, and they'll get their act together now, but it's all still up in the air.

The preview doesn't look that enticing though. Can't handle 8x AA for crap, which is where a tri-SLI of 280s would kick ass.
 
Just get a single GTX 280 now and step up / buy some more GTX 280s if the price drops later. At least you can still play your games and save some money.
 
william_fontaine said:
Buy only 2 GTX 280's and give $350 to the poor.
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F the poor.... You earned the money, specially in these troubled times.

"Just get a single GTX 280 now and step up / buy some more GTX 280s if the price drops later. At least you can still play your games and save some money."

I said this with my 8800GTX when I bought it and the second one never came to be. If you want to do the massive build, do it at one time other wise you'll never do it. If you want 3 cards, get 3 cards.
 
Camaroz06 said:
3 GTX 280s or wait???

WHAT A STUPID FU CKING QUESTION.

BLAH BLAH BLAH

If you can afford to ask ths question you can afford to buy without our dumbass opinions!

Just buy it and stop throwing your $$$ in our faces :eek:
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Dude - chill out. Try Lithium or something,
 
I would get a single 280, and save the money till the new DX11 cards come out, they are coming out sooner than later and they have programmable features and shaders. Honestly I am not a big fan of multi card solutions since they are not always the most efficient. I am not an ATI fan but you can always look at the 4870x2, should have enough built in memory for that monitor 2gb ddr5, the 280 still has raw power but as resolution goes up so does memory need.
 
Are you actually going to buy this time? You have opened up several threads asking essentially the same question several times now for months.
 
ellover009 said:
If your a real connoisseur, and aristocrat you would get this card is triple sli.
http://gizmodo.com/5081976/nvidia-q...graphics-card-ever-probably-handles-crysis-ok
triple sli for the 280 is for little girls.
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That wouldnt play games for shit. Totally different purpose.

OP: I would go with two eVGA 280's right now, and step them up to new 285s if its really a worthwhile step up. Take the extra 350 and make sure youve got a real damn good power supply, and a real damn good case with lots of room and airflow.
 
I would go with 1 GTX280 then see how it goes. I am thinking about XFX, maybe step up to ATi if anything goes wrong.
 
Well for the resolution you are going to be playing at you almost require a SLI setup. So as suggested earlier I would get 2 GTX280s and use the rest of the money on the rest of the computer.
 
spenny2112 said:
What should I get to play on my 30" which will be arriving monday, 1 or 2? Also I am a student so I am looking to build this over break, unfortunately, break ends before the 295 is released.
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Honestly, like others have said, TRI SLI is a waste of $ even on a 30" IMO and from what i've read. Go with dual 280's, if for some insane reason those do not satisfy, upgrade later.
 
Looking at the GTX 295 preview/review on this site I'd say that GTX 260+ SLI or an HD 4870X2 would tide you over until the next generation of cards come out :)
 
Sorry about my post got back from a crappy work holiday party where they told us no raises for next year
 
wow 3 GTX? 1 isnt enough right? Just buy 2 if you got so much money to waste and save the rest for retirement. Price cuts are imminent closer to the end of the month so wait a little so you will save more for retirement.
 
Just get two 280 GTX's. There is hardly any performance boost from going 2X 280GTX's to 3.
Actually, some of the games show LESSER performance with Tri-SLi.
 
Shouldnt a single 280GTX be enough for 2560x1600? Minus of course any type of AA
 
spenny2112 said:
Should I go with 3 GTX 280's or go with the new revisions that are coming in January? Or should I just use the step up program with EVGA?
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WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!

The GTX295 is probably a much better option, but even then I don't see why you would need three graphics cards - even on a 30" monitor.


Oh and by the way... you need to tell me what profession you're in. I've obviously chosen the wrong career =\
 
2x GTX280 for sure, then if you find #3 absolutely necessary get it. Anyone suggesting the GTX295 hasn't had the pleasure of the 7950GX2 or the 9800GX2.
 
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