GTX 280 Cards with Water Cooling

[Quad-Damage]

http://www.ewiz.com/newg/B/F/G/BFG-G28OCW/BFG-G28OCW.GIF

BFG nVidia GeForce GTX 280 H2OC 1GB DDR3 2DVI/HDCP PCI-Express Video Card

Specification
o Mfr Part Number: BFGEGTX2801024H20CWE
o Chipset: GeForce GTX 280
o Engine Clock: 680 MHz
o Video Memory: 1GB DDR3
o Memory Clock: 2.45 GHz
o Memory Interface: 512-bit
o Memory Bandwidth: 156.8 GB/sec
o Bus: PCI-Express x16 (Support PCI-Express 2.0)
o RAMDAC: 400 MHz
o Stream Processors: 240
o Max. Resolution: 2560 x 1600
o Connectors: Dual DVI-I; TV-out (HDTV Ready)
o Thermal: Fanless (ThermoIntelligence Water Cooling Solution)
o Support nVidia 2-Wwy & 3-Way SLI Technology
o Support HDCP - High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
o Support Microsoft DirectX 10.0 and OpenGL 2.1
o Support nVidia PhysX Technology
o HDMI Capable
o Power Requirements: 575W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 42A or more
o Package: Retail

$535 shipped



http://images.tigerdirect.com/skuimages/large/E145-281-Main-JH.jpg

EVGA GeForce GTX 280 HC16 Acryllic - 1GB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV

GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Additional Features: HDCP Enabled
DirectX 10
PCI Express 2.0
WaterBlock Cooling Solution
Game Physics Capable
SLI Ready (3-Way Support)
Shader Model 4.0, Nvidia CUDA Technology, OpenGL 3.0

Maximum Digital Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Dual Monitors)

Video Card Profile: Double

Video Memory: 1GB

Memory Type: GDDR3

Core Clock: 691 MHz

Memory Interface: 512-bit

Memory Clock: 2430 MHz

Shader Clock: 1458 MHz

Stream Processors: 240

Interface Type: PCI Express 2.0

Interface Speed: x16

Connector(s): HDTV
Dual DVI (Dual Link)

Multiple Monitors Support: Yes

Max. Monitors Supported: 2

Operating Systems: Windows® XP
Windows Vista

Power Requirement: 550W PSU (with available 6-pin AND 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors)

$650 shipped

Damn thats alot of $$ for a video card. Anyone think these are worth it?

Anyone running any of these cards?

[Linchpin]

I'd rather buy the block and the card seperate, that way I know that everything is assembled properly.

[SaiNRuB]

If youre definitely wanting a GTX 280 then i suggest finding a great deal on a seperate card.


Heres a great deal for one compliments of slickdeals.
BFG Tech GTX 280 1GB PCI-Express Video Card $339 After $50 Rebate w/ Paypal (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=974001&highlight=gtx+280)

Then you can decide on what kind of watercooling will best suit your needs.

You can choose from a variety of waterblocks.

Either full cover blocks from Ek, Danger Den, Koolance, XSPC and more our you can decide if a GPU only block would better suit you.

[Quad-Damage]

I hate buying cards with rebates. I'm still waiting on my ATi 4850 rebate going on 4 months

[Stealth42o]

I always wait a generation. Running 9800 gtx's atm. When the new Nvidia's come out I will upgrade to the 280's.

Running Crisis and FarCry2 all out no problems. Why upgrade?

[Bobly]

I always wait a generation. Running 9800 gtx's atm. When the new Nvidia's come out I will upgrade to the 280's.

Running Crisis and FarCry2 all out no problems. Why upgrade?

Personally I like to take it one step further and skip a generation :P (Though I accidentally* got a laptop during my last upgrade which meant both my laptop and desktop had Series 6 graphics card so the jump to a GTX 280 has been nothing short of stunning :ROTF:)




*I didn't actually order the wrong thing... >.<