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EVGA GTX285 SC 01G-P3-1285-AR which i just order from Newegg. i got free ship and @ $349.99 i thought i didn't do to bad. since this is the only item i will be able to upgrade. i am using some of my income tax to get this and i hope the 3 items i have listed on craigs list sale which will also help cover the cost some what.

then i think i will sale my EVGA 8800GTX i have with the cooler on it yet and the stock cooler to go with it. wonder what price tag i can put on it since it to will help cover the cost of my new gfx card. i still have the original box the gfx card came in yet.

and i hope my OCZ 700watt psu will handle this till my Tagan 900watt psu gets RMA and back to me. which i am still waiting for a reply to my many emails and RMA forms i filled out at there web site!! which i will never buy from them again because of this wait.

i just hope i can sale those items that i have listed there since they are going to cover what i did.

Well, congrats, Scavy! That is one hell of a card. Tax refund checks can be a wonderful thing. Chris.

Hey Big Congrats! on the card Scavy!

As far as your OCZ 700w PSU goes, if it's the GameXStream or ModXStream, you shouldn't have any problem at all as they have +12V rails rated at 50A and 46A.

The requirements for the GTX 285 are for a PSU with 550W and 40A on the +12V rail sustained/continuous (Total System Power) so you should have more than enough juice to feed the beast.

Let me know how it works out for you after you get it. Great choice in cards by the way, gotta love EVGA.

honestjohn wrote:Hey Big Congrats! on the card Scavy!

As far as your OCZ 700w PSU goes, if it's the GameXStream or ModXStream, you shouldn't have any problem at all as they have +12V rails rated at 50A and 46A.

The requirements for the GTX 285 are for a PSU with 550W and 40A on the +12V rail sustained/continuous (Total System Power) so you should have more than enough juice to feed the beast.

Let me know how it works out for you after you get it. Great choice in cards by the way, gotta love EVGA.

yep its the gamexstream that i have. so i can not wait to get it thats for sure. yeah tax refund is good but i got get enough to pay the old property taxs to yet. so thats why i really need to get some stuff sold. which i have on craiglist right now. 3 items.
https://accounts.craigslist.org/post/sh ... 6810&db=lv wolfking key board

https://accounts.craigslist.org/post/sh ... 6117&db=lv G7

https://accounts.craigslist.org/post/sh ... 1101&db=lv G9

well those are the items on sale if after a wk i get no hits im gonna drop them dwon in price a bit.

Congrats Scavy!!

Yeah BUDDY now your set, I didn't read the whole thread, but, was wondering what your doing with your 8800GTX?

No matter, I still have my 8800GTS640 for a back up card, if I had went with a dual PCIe Set-Up I could use one for

PhysX only, and I would. As far as your 700 wt PSU, that'll power your GTX285 easy bro. IMHO.

What a Looker too, these cards ROCK!! Stupid me, I buy games, not cards all the time, LOL!!

Very Happy for you Scavy!!

Blue

well thanks Blue and yes so far i am very happy with it. just like when i got the 8800gtx i was very happy with it to. well im thinking of selling it since i do not have a nvidia chip set beside the 700watter wont run both any ways. since it was a struggle with just the 8800gtx. but ill get some pics up here some time tonight. i think i may take it back out and redo the thermal paste on it. since other have stated it help with temps. even though mine are pretty good yet. with it down clocking it stay very cool, like 33C like it is now. but gaming i have seen it hit 66C so far

well im in XP and was playing STALKER for about 2 hrs. and man what a huge difference it makes! now with AA and AF force to 16X via nvidia control panel. on the main menu im well over 2400fps and in game im over 100fps steady. but i notice the temp was over 70C though but that is with the gpu fan still set to stock auto, which is 25% well i now got my tweak auto fan setting set so maybe it will be different next time i play it. all so i got some nice benchmarks.

finally broke into the 17K's WOOT!!
vantage P15594 3DMarks
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=878908

then i ran clear sky benchmark and wow



guess i should have taken some pictures before i installed the card


not to bad uh? even though i am still running and old dual core C2D it still got some muscle left in yet to go.

Hey Scavy congrats again. If you get around to overclocking it, I've found (as well as others) that the shaders seem to be the sticking point. I had no problem with the core or memory though. Also the usual fan speed for most cards is set at 40%. I idle at 42c-46c and sit in the mid 70s under-load which isn't really bad at all. I also let the card handle the fan speeds as it seems to ramp up well. This is the first time in quite a few cards I didn't need to bump up the fan speed manually. I monitored the ramp-up by watching EVGA Precision and running a 3D Bench windowed.

Have Fun!

yeah i have been messing with the clocks but i have been using what BFG used which seems to work really good. but when i bench i use the EVGA FTW clock speed which works well but i cant game at that with some games. STALKER for one does not like it much. but i all ways leave the shader link when i do adjust it. but yeah when i 1st got it the fan speed auto setting was at 25%

but even at that setting the idel temp was 32 to 34C which it does that down clocking thing. then the highest i have seen it go was 71C which was when i was playing STALKER which i felt was od. since bench marking it it never got into the 70C at all just in the low to mid 60C is all. but i was over clock to, lol FTW speeds!! which is 720 core shader link and memory 1386

i havent tried the EVGA SSC clocks yet. and to see if i can game with those settings yet, which is 702 core memory 1323. but right now i have it set to BFG SC clocks which is 691 core and memory 1296 which is just over what EVGA SC runs at. so i think i got me a great over clocker of a card. since i could not do that high with the 8800GTX

which will be add to my craig list which ill start out at $175.00 with both coolers going with it. i think that would be a fair price to start with

SCAVENGER1 wrote:yeah i have been messing with the clocks but i have been using what BFG used which seems to work really good. but when i bench i use the EVGA FTW clock speed which works well but i cant game at that with some games. STALKER for one does not like it much. but i all ways leave the shader link when i do adjust it. but yeah when i 1st got it the fan speed auto setting was at 25%

but even at that setting the idel temp was 32 to 34C which it does that down clocking thing. then the highest i have seen it go was 71C which was when i was playing STALKER which i felt was od. since bench marking it it never got into the 70C at all just in the low to mid 60C is all. but i was over clock to, lol FTW speeds!! which is 720 core shader link and memory 1386

i havent tried the EVGA SSC clocks yet. and to see if i can game with those settings yet, which is 702 core memory 1323. but right now i have it set to BFG SC clocks which is 691 core and memory 1296 which is just over what EVGA SC runs at. so i think i got me a great over clocker of a card. since i could not do that high with the 8800GTX

which will be add to my craig list which ill start out at $175.00 with both coolers going with it. i think that would be a fair price to start with

I've found the best clock for me are 710c / 1476s (default) / 2700m effective. I run these clocks 24/7 and they're perfectly stable. If I raise the shaders too high I'll get a BSOD, so I left them be. Raising the fan-speed didn't help either. Odd about the fan-speed though. Others with the EVGA GTX 285 have said it was set for 40%. Maybe Rivatuner is doing some funky stuff?