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GTX 275 or 260 (Read 348 times)

Jul 17^th, 2009 at 12:17pm

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I'm running an Intel Core duo running at 2.53 Ghz, and I'm looking in new graphics card. Bearing in mind the 260 is more costly than the 275, which would be be most suited for my computer?

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Reply #1 - Jul 17^th, 2009 at 1:03pm

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since when did a 260 cost more than a 275

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130478

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130433

the 275 is a better card

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Reply #2 - Jul 17^th, 2009 at 1:09pm

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I'll probably go with the 275 then.
This is what I meant:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/buy_now_results_ci.html?id=GFGTX260

http://www.nvidia.com/object/buy_now_results_ci.html?id=GFGTX275

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Reply #3 - Jul 17^th, 2009 at 1:12pm

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make sure you have a 600watt PSU and since either card is PCIe 2.0 the motherboard must also be compliant. Most are backwards compatible from PCIe 2.0 but there are higher functions in the newer cards that do not work without a PCIe 2.0 motherboard.

It wont keep you from using the card, the card simply will not have all its horsepower on non 2.0 PCIe slots

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Reply #4 - Jul 17^th, 2009 at 1:41pm

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Thanks for the info. The motherboard has a PCI Express x 16 slot, PCI express x 1 slot, and 2 other PCI slots.
http://uk.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=bLVB6rzf6bPajeg5&content=specifications
I'm not sure if it is PCIe 2.0 though.

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Reply #5 - Jul 17^th, 2009 at 2:00pm

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Your motherboard is very limiting.. The Nvidia 610i chipset only supports a max of single channel DDR2 800 memory and 800 is considered overclocking

The results you will get with a better video card will be limited by that board so dont expect miracles

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Reply #6 - Jul 17^th, 2009 at 4:08pm