Quick Question regarding GTX 285

[karder]

I might buy an evga GTX 285 for $150, is it worth it?

I am currently using a PNY GTX 260 core 216 but it feels inadequate since I'm gaming with 2560x1600 resolution. Will I see an increase in performance?

Thanks

 

[ganzey]

for $150 i would say go for it. thats a pretty good deal.

 

[bomberboysk]

Good price, go for it.

 

[jarlmaster47]

thats an amazing deal. you will see a massive fps increase.

 

[karder]

Sweet, Thanks for the advice.

Btw, how is overclocking on GTX 285, decent?

 

[just a noob]

I doubt you will see "a massive fps increase" but you will see some increase, I'm guessing that it's stock clocked as well? No idea how much headroom pre overclocked models have(I just matched my stock clocked 285 to the pre overclocked one)

 

[jarlmaster47]

Nvidia cards don't overclock too well in general. You will be able to oc a little but dont expect too much. like u wont be getting +100mhz on ur core, shader, and mem. if u want overclocking thats ATI

 

[ganzey]

Nvidia cards don't overclock too well in general. You will be able to oc a little but dont expect too much. like u wont be getting +100mhz on ur core, shader, and mem. if u want overclocking thats ATI

are you kidding? i can get +100mhz on my 9800gt easy

 

[joh06937]

are you kidding? i can get +100mhz on my 9800gt easy

he might have meant the pre-oc'ed one.

 

[ganzey]

ahh

 

[karder]

Not 100% sure, but I believe these are the clocks I am running at:

729c/1620s/1458s (maybe 1% lower, sitting on work comp, cant check)

I have regular GTX285, no overclocked edition. Didn't do stress test, but played AC2 for more than 2hrs yesterday at 2560x1600 with everything at MAX. Silky smooth and not a hickup.

Rest of my setup is AMD Phenom II 965 BE and 4GB 10666 1333mHz OCZ RAM

EDIT: Before this card I used a PNY GTX 260 Core 216 (10% overclocked) and had issues running same game smoothly. But still annoys me that Bad Company 2 barely saw any increase in performance. still lags from time to time.

 

[The Chad]

Wait.. Whats the question?

 

[karder]

Wait.. Whats the question?

Haha, the question is whether that is a good overclock or not basically.

 

[The Chad]

Well as you said the card is flying through the games you playing just fine at that resoulution so yup its great.

 

[just a noob]

I would check for stability, otherwise it's a decent overclock if it's from stock

 

[JLuchinski]

I get lag in BC2 as well @ 1440 x 900 8 MSAA, as well as lag in Crysis with 4 x AA, but every other game runs flawlessly.