Is This Worth Buying? XFX GTX 260 Black Edition

TricksterMatt · May 20, 2009

I made a thread a while back saying if I should buy a GTX 260 and in the end I brought one from Scan, it came DOA... So I returned it and got my money back instead. Now I'm still looking for one, and I found a graded one. But I dont know how graded it is and I dont know if it has 216 stream processors... Will this be fine on my current setup? And it wont bottleneck right? Thanks

http://www.videocardshop.co.uk/prod...849-0UTCQS@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&prodid=GX-260N-ADB

BarbaricSoul · May 20, 2009

yes it has 216 stream processors and yes it'll should run fine in your system. Your CPU may bottleneck it alittle bit, but it wouldn't be much.

TricksterMatt · May 20, 2009

So will I still get a nice performance boost or not?

BarbaricSoul · May 20, 2009

TricksterMatt said:
So will I still get a nice performance boost or not?

Over using your 8800gt, I would say yes.

TricksterMatt · May 20, 2009

Ok thanks, do you think it will be in bad condition? It doesnt say anything about the product or anything, just the specs :S

BarbaricSoul · May 20, 2009

It shouldn't be, but really that's a issue with the company you buy the card from. I have no experience with that web site so I can't say eitherway. XFX is a good brand though.

hat · May 20, 2009

If it were me I wouldn't do it. Sure you might notice a little performance boost in your games but in the end it will normalize and you will have paid for nothing. I suggest against upgrading unless you have a number of games that are unplayable or just barely playable. The 8800gt should still be able to run every game in existance on high or at the very least mid-high settings at playable framerates.

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Is This Worth Buying? XFX GTX 260 Black Edition

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