BFG Technologies BFG GeForce GTX 280 Video Card - OC2 Edition,, (1 GB) GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Reviews

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I bought 3 of these, and I slapped Swiftech water blocks & heat sinks on them in Tri Sli. They are wicked fast and pretty much over kill with 3 but when not gaming I'm Folding@Home. from Amazon.com Cons: Dont believe their lifetime warranty scam. Apparently they mean you will get lifetime warranty if your card is in perfect mint condition. I dont even want to begin to list how many cards I baught from BFG. Been a loyal customer for years and never RMA'ed anything. from Newegg.com Pros: Looks like its built well Cons: Did not work. Contacted manufacturer and they said i had bad memory and to return back to newegg since it was only 1 day old. Newegg took care of it. from Newegg.com Just great cards over all. Cons: They tend to get a little warm. Other Thoughts: I hae three of these puppies on my new EVGA X58 Classified mobo. On top of that I have an EVGA 9800GT as a dedicated physX card. from Newegg.com Pros: I have 2 of these cards running sli and they throw an awesome picture. High detail accurate shadows all levels of video control maxxed! from Newegg.com Pros: I have a pair of these that I got while they were being discounted which made me very happy. I have replaced my BFG 7900GTOC which are still good and worthy after nealy three years, but much too slow for todays needs. I have run the 280's under stress 24/7 for over a week and with my desktop system on AIR I hovered around 84/85 degrees which BFG states is just fine. from Newegg.com I upgraded from an 8800GTS and the difference is amazing. I am an avid MS Flight Simulator owner and my FS9 runs with EVERY graphics, traffic, weather, and other scenery slider maxed out and I still get 36+ FPS. FS9 eats up memory and processor like crazy so that fact I can max out every performance option on FS9 is testimony to the excellence of this card. from Amazon.com Pros: Man this thing CAPOWNS!!! I play CODWAW all day long max setting, and it looks life like, no glitches, no lagging, no problems what so ever, HUGE increase over my 7900GTX... from Newegg.com To the guy that says they are junk, your words can not be any further from the truth. As far as drivers are concerned, it's kind of obvious that these cards were produced before the latest drivers were written, what is so hard about dowloading the latest drivers from NVIDIA? All a 285 is a 280 with a smaller die GPU and tweaked clocks. The differences aren't phenominal, but this is just my opinion. from Newegg.com First I bought a regular GTX 280 and it was very good. But iwanted a little more. from Amazon.com

Description

GeForce GTX 280 VPU, 650 MHz , PCI Express Interface, 512-bit, 1024 MB (DDR3 SDRAM)

Specs

Released	1 year ago
Installed Memory	1 GB
Graphic Processor	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Display Interface	DVI-I (dual link) x 2
Card Interface	PCI Express
Analog Video Standards	S-Video
Compatibility	PC
Fill Rate	52 Bilion pixels/sec
Form Factor	Plug-in card
GPU Clock Speed	650 MHz
Included Accessories	DVI to VGA Adapter x 1 Drivers CD HDTV Out Cable
Installed Memory / Technology	1024 MB (GDDR3 SDRAM)
MPN	BFGEGTX2801024OC2E
Max. Screen Resolution	2560 x 1600
Memory Bandwidth	148.9 GB/sec
Memory Data Width	512-bit
Memory Tech	DDR3 SDRAM
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista
Output Interface	S-Video HDTV Out
Package Type	Retail
RAMDAC Speed	400 MHz
Special Features	SLI Multi GPU Ready HDTV TV-out Support
UPC	876758002593
Warranty	10 Years

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