no problem dude
first test and see whether ure card can run

mine now is ftw..

y i like the evga is only because of the evga precision tools to monitor and control the gc temp etc..

last few pages a lot of rubbish from ppl who has so few cards and know nothing.

702.. about the same as the zotac amp version couldnt go higher
that time the voltage tuner thingy was not out yet so didnt try

basically the 55nm also has lower 3 clocks, 3vid's.. this address the higher power consumption rate..
yes nvidia also cut cost with changing the pwm buck controller from volttera to intersil.
and yes they also reduce the cooling performance of the stock fan.

but on the other hand look at the mem chips.. they are better binned, smaller and all one side of the card.

a gtx280 can be overclocked as far as a gtx285 interms of cpu clock speed only
shader and especially mem speed.. gtx285 .. is king.

i run my gtx285 100% fan speed all the time.. and its not even noisy..
my coolit pump is much nosier.
the gtx280 was much noisier..

also gtx280 hard to do a vmod but the gtx285 is easy..
ive clocked mine on profile up to 776/1720/2404..
but the heat it produce was incredible
so far stock cooling at 100% fan speed 720/1620/1390 seems to be under 79C without aircon..
so will stick to that.
3dmark06 with ht is already 29k in xp
and 3dmark06 without ht in is already 27k in vista
what else could i want kekeke

uik already got two for sli bro.. kekeke

one thing i do understand getting two gtx285 is really expensive
a gtx295 is 1.2-1.3k cheaper
a gtx260 tri-sli is also cheaper .

dont need
just vmod edit the bios and flash it.. whats so hard..
i normally hate software overclocks. cause its inconsistent and also depends on the software running int he background

yup gtx285, gtx260 55nm will never be able to ..

dont set the vid table in the bios unless u know what ure doing..

when i say vmod its physical vmod of the card

warrantty easy.. if card dying
just blind flash the card back to the original bios
and take off the soldering work uve done ( take note u got to be good with this.. its not hard just some kemahiran hidup at work here)

gtx295 however u can change vid in the bios


This post has been edited by cstkl1: Mar 3 2009, 09:38 PM

use nibitor to edit nvidia bios

except for gtx295/gtx285 u need nibitor 4.9..
only available for download if u donate a certain amount..

to flash use nvflash
run in bootdisk .. floppy.. usb.
commands are easy
nvflash -i(0,1,2,3,4,5.. gpu) -4 ( overide the protection) -5 -6 (name of bios).rom
to backup
nvflash -b -i(01,2,3,4,5..gpu) (name of bios example backup.rom).rom

gtx 295 or sli systems

example like me
nvflash -b -i0 zotac1.rom backup second card
nvflash -i0 -4 -5 -6 ftw.rom for first card
nvflash -b -i1 zotac2.rom backup second card
nvflash -i1 -4 -5 -6 ftw.rom for second card

gtx 295 should be the same.

take note its ure risk to find the correct bios etc and trust the person who gave it to u.

have fun

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Mar 3 2009, 11:00 PM

u cannot change vid numbers on gtx 260,280,285

only 295

so ure busted..

u just said u flashed ure bios with a vidmod bios
that means they change the vid number..

wont work again for gtx260,285,280

only gtx295

GTAIV ... EVGA GTX285 FTW Sli



this was auto configured.

gain about 6fps


less by 3fps

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Mar 7 2009, 08:38 PM

update unconfirmed
gtx275 specs looks like a overclocked version of gtx260.
no of processors etc same.

nope
unconfirmed but better source than fudzilla

its going to be a overclocked version of gtx260

the gtx295 used a underclocked version of gtx285.
and suggestion of underclocked version of gtx275 is false at this point.
because if what u say is true than its a gtx280 55nm

something like 9800gtx+ vs 9800gtx first round both was 65nm

so again gtx275 is just a overclocked version of gtx260 at the same voltage 1.15
they are doing better yields now on speed binning

hopefully this better binned chips can overclock even higher.. that means out preform a gtx280

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Mar 14 2009, 12:19 AM

gtx260
especially when u overclock it.

err a bit wrong and right here bro
hdmi 1080p is nothing actually other than a 1920x1080 at a lower refresh rate.

what u thik u wanted to say was native support aka bootup via hdmi,

third party gc's can but stock afaik havent seen one yet. other than the dvi dongle via dvi is not a problem.

olga i think ppl here dont know

gtx295 has three ports.. two dvi and one hdmi
he is talking about the hdmi

not most nvidia gc which has two dvi and they give u the dongle conversion from dvi to hdmi... .this one not a issue,

no issue with mine..

been gaming with it for more than 100 hours at 720/1650/1390 bios flashed ...

heck think today itself ( off day )

gamed around 5 hours already since 10 in the morning.. kekeke

btw both cards are on a 24/7 rig that has been running for 328 hours already.

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Added on March 31, 2009, 5:51 pmbenchy for gtx285 sli with xonar d2x so its 16x,8x,8x sli on dfi ut

tony hawx at 1920x1200 dx10 everything max including that setting for dx10 very high a 8x AA , 95FPS average Max 345fps
lost planet at 1920x1200 DX10 everything max 16CQX 16AA , first benchie 58.5fps average, max 110fps, second bencie 79fps average max 108fps.
crysis warhead at 1920x1200 dx10 very high 4xAA Average 56.2fps,

thats all folks..
no problems here.



This post has been edited by cstkl1: Mar 31 2009, 05:51 PM

so far no difference.
all game benches
syntethic benchies exactly the same.

hey i realize a lot of noobies are going around talking about stuttering etc on sli/cf setup..

basically its this..
if ure not gaming with vsync with fps capped to ure refresh rate..
u wont notice or understand what stuttering is..

testing now 4890 crossfire
initial gaming.. i say a lot of over hype
its slow.

well not to sure maybe driver but hmm from previous experience with hd4870, 3870 etc etc
every ati fanboy always says this driver driver driver.. sishh.


but testing on latest games last remnant, hawx, cod 5,

4890 1gb crossfire at 950/2000 1920x1200 8X AA DX10.1/DX10 everything maxed out
average is 74fps max 210fps
gtx285 sli 720/1650/1390 1920x1200 8x AA DX10 everything maxed out
average is 95-100fps ( it changes for some reason) max 350..

the problem with hd4890 it is..
to my opinion to compare with gtx285 is like comparing a very fast dual core with a quad core..
thanks to its gddr5

driver still buggy like vsync cannot work yet.

one thing thats interesting..
previous hd4000 core overclocking not much benefit as mem overclocking
but hd4890 core overclocking gives a lot of benefit .. more than mem..
wonder what changed.

but looking at where gtaiv is heading..
we need 2gb of gc mem.. for max view distance.

all tested on a i7 4.2ghz 2000mhz CL7 Games on Veloci Raid 0, OS on M-X25

also i find a lot of review of hd4890 is still based on past games or unreal engine..

y nobody dares to try lost planet : extreme condition??
tom hardware uses only
assasin creed ( not that intensive)
crysis ( not even warhead)
cod 4
unreal 3

new hardware my opinion should be based on

hawx,
cod 5,
crysis warhead
lost planet: colonies
last remnant
gtaiv
far cry 2

also weird is this
usually by now i will be able to by the gtx275
but until now no vendor, distro etc even has it

aura try 185 driver

didnt know that previous drivers on sli .. aa is only one one card.. not on sli

so with 185 driver aa support on sli.