Dual Evga Gtx 285 - Sli

[meade916]

well just my luck, exactly 2 1/2 months after my 2 year warranty on my baby girl (my Alienware), one of my 8800GTX took a crap on me......i spent about 3 days with a single 8800gtx and although its OK, im used to being spoiled with 2 cards. Last night i went and got an upgrade I REALLY wanted a pair of GTX 295's but you need a 1200w power supply and all i have is a 1000w. Until i upgrade the p/s, the 285 is the biggest cards i can run....and its VERY close, it wants 1100 -

old 8800GTX, dead.....RIP!

remaining 8800GTX (had 2 in SLI before) - runnin the show on its own

Twins!

New GTX 285

side by side

ahhh, nothin like gettin with the times - AGAIN!

I think $100 is reasonable for my remaining 8800GTX - this is not a for sale thread though so watch in that area if i do decide to sell it Its still a BADASS card by most peoples standards.

here is a link on the card itself -

http://www.evga.com/articles/00445/

[meade916]

damn, wheres all my computer nerd buddies this morning? am i all alone LOL!! geeked up on coffee tryin to show off some nerdy shit and im the only one up.......WEAK!!

[Herrie_V]

Nice man!

I know the AW will like them new ones too

Damn 2 years indeed, mine is 2 in about 2 weeks..... time too upgrade too shhht

[meade916]

theres my computer nerd buddy hahah......

ya 2 years went by way too fast...

for the record, after talkin to EVGA about my 8800gtx, they said when you buy them retail (not in an Alienware) and you get the ones with certain codes (like an AR at the end of the bar-code) you can get a lifetime warranty..... Thats the reason i went with EVGA again even though im slightly upset my $600 8800 (at the time) died after only 2 years.....

computers will be computers and do that shit but for $600 i want more then 2 years!!!! especially if it was $600 x 2 for 2 of them!!!

lucky for me the 285's werent that much......$750 for both (after tax) - coulda got away a SLIGHT bit cheaper but without lifetime warranty.

[newls1]

Meade........ Those 285's are great cards and overclock EXTREMELY WELL. On my GTX285 SLi setup I got 780c/1650s/2750mem speeds on stock vcore, on watercooling. I also my gaming PC at the time had quad SLi GTX295 (These you can change the Vcore on the GPU) I got 745c/1630s/2400mem ON ALL 4 GPU's. This is where the performance is at! If you game using a higher res (I.E 1920x1200, or larger) the 4 gpu's will kick in like your bass bro. Im a huge PC "nerd" and even make and patented an external watercooling setup. I used to Overclock on a comp level, and you would be surprised how interesting some of US people are. Most of us are down to earth people, doing crazy shit. You should try OCing using liquid nitrogen, dry ice, phase change type of cooling, that shit is a blast. Your talking about CPU temps as low as -100c !!!!! You can take a new CORE i7 XE965 to 5+ GHz across 8cores. That is just crazy fun. Anywho, those 285 cards are fantastic, make sure you REGISTER THEM ON EVGA's WEBSITE, to maintain your warranty. If you ever want to watercool them, let me know, I can get you excellent prices on watercooling stuff.

[meade916]

oh one more thing.....Crysis.....EVERYTHING on VERY HIGH, everything PEGGED with 8x antialiasing, doesnt even skip a beat. To put it in perspective, if i tried that with my old setup, it would lock up immediatly LOL. It wouldnt even do 2x antialiasing before and i had a few settings that werent all the way up just so it was playable. The game is old now but its still a good point of reference since its still a hard core gamers-game

[meade916]

Meade........ Those 285's are great cards and overclock EXTREMELY WELL. On my GTX285 SLi setup I got 780c/1650s/2750mem speeds on stock vcore, on watercooling. I also my gaming PC at the time had quad SLi GTX295 (These you can change the Vcore on the GPU) I got 745c/1630s/2400mem ON ALL 4 GPU's. This is where the performance is at! If you game using a higher res (I.E 1920x1200, or larger) the 4 gpu's will kick in like your bass bro. Im a huge PC "nerd" and even make and patented an external watercooling setup. I used to Overclock on a comp level, and you would be surprised how interesting some of US people are. Most of us are down to earth people, doing crazy shit. You should try OCing using liquid nitrogen, dry ice, phase change type of cooling, that shit is a blast. Your talking about CPU temps as low as -100c !!!!! You can take a new CORE i7 XE965 to 5+ GHz across 8cores. That is just crazy fun. Anywho, those 285 cards are fantastic, make sure you REGISTER THEM ON EVGA's WEBSITE, to maintain your warranty. If you ever want to watercool them, let me know, I can get you excellent prices on watercooling stuff.

bro, great info!! can i call you i wanna sit down with you when i get home from work and go over some stuff. For one, i DO want to watercool. When i got the Alienware, my cards were supposed to be WC already. I guess i misread the specs - at least my CPU is watercooled and im already setup to do my cards i just need to know how....

anyway, do you think we can bullshit and you can teach me how to PROPERLY O/C my cards? I dabble in O/C'ing my CPU and have for years and years, but ive never been good at doing my cards CORRECTLY.

email me your number if its cool for me to call

thanks!

[meade916]

oh and im so out of touch since i been spoiled with my AW computer - i havent paid much attention to the newest chips.....will this badass i7 ive been hearing about drop right into the socket i have now? Mine is currently a quad core 2.66 6700 (or 6800 i forget).....O/C to 3.4 of course

if it will drop right in, ill do it this weekend

[newls1]

EMAIL SENT...... Thanks

Edited May 13, 2009 by newls1

[newls1]

oh and im so out of touch since i been spoiled with my AW computer - i havent paid much attention to the newest chips.....will this badass i7 ive been hearing about drop right into the socket i have now? Mine is currently a quad core 2.66 6700 (or 6800 i forget).....O/C to 3.4 of course

if it will drop right in, ill do it this weekend

If you have a 2.66GHz quad, then your CPU is a Q6700, or even better a QX6700 (If it has an unlocked multi, which would be PERFECT FOR OCing) The good thing about the Q6700/QX6700 is that you are 100% guaranteed to get the "G0" stepping. That is a huge benefit as it takes LESS VOLTAGE to scale higher in MHz speed. For example, a Q6600 (B3) stepping took me 1.59vcore to achieve a 3.6GHz OC, and at that voltage, the CPU was topped out, (Unless you throw DICE, or phase change cooling on it) 1.6v over 4 cores with a H20 setup, my temps were 60c across all cores 100% loaded. Take a Q6600/Q6700 (G0) stepped CPU, I can go to 3.74GHz using only 1.42Vcore, temps are 50c x4 on AIR!!! (if on water, 38-43c temps are likely) 24/7 stable. Throw in your GTX295 quad setup, 4/8GB ram, 4 CPU's @ 3.74GHz (on air, no even water) you have a badass PC that can game crysis (Which for us in the PC gaming arena is really isn't a game, but a benchmark as the game is coded so fu*king shitty, and doesnt scale as it should) Steve, I can go on forever about this stuff, and to answer your above question.......The new CORE i7 CPU's are NOT compatable with your setup. It would require a new motherboard/ram/PSU/CPU upgrade. The new i7 chipsets (X58) are DDR3 only, and LOW VOLTAGE ram ONLY! They use a SKT 1366. Figure about $1000bones and some transferring of parts from your current PC, to have a current i7 rig. DONT EVER BUY A PRE BUILT PC AGAIN!!!! COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY! IF YOU WANT THE BEST OF THE BEST PC BUILT, I CAN DO THAT NO CHARGE! I will tweak it, oc it, install your OS of choice, etc..... Just pay for shipping. When you call tonight, we can go over all this if you like. Thanks again

Edited May 13, 2009 by newls1