Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-18 Thread maccrawj
Personally I would of gone with a Rampage II. More truthfully I would not be forking out $$$ for DDR3 anything just yet. After Antec raped me on bad cap PSU I'd never give them another dime and that case is no where near as nice as a Cosmo, Stacker, Armor+, etc... Would have gone > 750W PSU. Si

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-17 Thread Bobby Heid
Well, I know that you all were holding your breath waiting to see what I got. LOL. I just ordered an EVGA GTX 285 for $360 after $20 rebate. http://www.buy.com/prod/evga-geforce-gtx-285-1gb-ddr3-648mhz-pci-e-2-0-video -card/q/loc/101/210657180.html I know, I know, my limit was $300. But the lo

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-14 Thread maccrawj
e. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 6:37 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Some benchmarks on

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-12 Thread Bobby Heid
om Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Some benchmarks on the 295: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3498 --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Weeden
hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? > > Time out! My bad for being so quick with a OPINION expressed in bad prose, > sorry! > > You're not being lambasted nor am I insisting you need to do ATI was > implying in a 2 > horse

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-11 Thread Bobby Heid
Sorry that I took your earlier email wrong. Thanks, Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 6:21 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-11 Thread maccrawj
Time out! My bad for being so quick with a OPINION expressed in bad prose, sorry! You're not being lambasted nor am I insisting you need to do ATI was implying in a 2 horse race you were really limiting your options based what sounds like arbitrary reasons about old issues that may/may not hav

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-11 Thread Bobby Heid
here. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:01 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Well when you close off a valid c

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-10 Thread maccrawj
rom: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:48 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Your loss, the ATI thing that is... Bobby Heid wrote: Hey, I am in th

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-10 Thread Bobby Heid
LOL. I was waiting on one of these. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:48 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-10 Thread maccrawj
Your loss, the ATI thing that is... Bobby Heid wrote: Hey, I am in the process of building a new machine. I have decided on a limit of about $300 to spend on the video card. I am an NVidia guy so I have no plans on an ATI card. Guru3d.com has a review of the ye

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-10 Thread Bobby Heid
...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:46 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Technically, a smaller GPU usually means a cheaper chip. That doesn't always translate to street price

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Greg Sevart
to manufacture. > -Original Message- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:35 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Bobby Heid
Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:27 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Ok, I'll wait :-( Thanks, Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of B

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Bobby Heid
Ok, I'll wait :-( Thanks, Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:43 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Bryan Seitz
-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of tmse...@rlrnews.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:28 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? > > Wait > Sent via BlackBerry > > -Original Mes

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Bobby Heid
wait for GTX 295? Wait Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Bobby Heid" Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:23:12 To: Subject: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Hey, I am in the process of building a new machine. I have decided on a limit of about $300 to spend on the

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Brian Weeden
I'm a huge believer in buying the previous generation of video cards when the new ones come out. As long as you aren't one of those fanatics who are driven to have the absolutely highest resolution and frame rate you should be fine with any of the current crop. I recently went from a X1950 to a 4

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread tmservo
Wait Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Bobby Heid" Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:23:12 To: Subject: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Hey, I am in the process of building a new machine. I have decided on a limit of about $300 to spend on the video card. I am

[H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Bobby Heid
Hey, I am in the process of building a new machine. I have decided on a limit of about $300 to spend on the video card. I am an NVidia guy so I have no plans on an ATI card. Guru3d.com has a review of the yet-to-be released Nvidia GTX 295 here (retail - $500): http://www.guru3d.com/artic