[Wanted] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 GPU

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Due to being unable to afford a full system overhaul, I'm looking to add a second GPU to boost performance for a bit longer. If anyone has one for sale, please PM me.

[OB1]

Any reason it's that card in particular? If you're doubling up for SLI then fine, but for the price of a used 280 you could probably pick up a newer midrange card (a GTX560 for example) which will be just as fast but add extra shiny bits like HDMI and DirectX 11.

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Any reason it's that card in particular? If you're doubling up for SLI then fine, but for the price of a used 280 you could probably pick up a newer midrange card (a GTX560 for example) which will be just as fast but add extra shiny bits like HDMI and DirectX 11.

It was to SLI them. However I will have a scan and check them out.

Ideally, it's my CPU that could do with an upgrade (Duel core AMD @ 2.6GHz) , but it's the fastest my mobo can support so would mean that needed upgrading too, then the memory as well. Which may as well be a whole new system.

[OB1]

A new GPU will get you more performance in games, but a new CPU will get you more performance everywhere.
Have a look at this article. It's a bit old, but not a huge amount has changed and it shows that even a modern budget dual core is quick enough for most of us.

There are also a number of issues with SLI depending what games you play and whether or not Nvidia has deemed your favourite game worthy of a profile in the drivers. Sometimes you get almost double the framerate with two cards, and sometimes you actually take a performance hit... Whacky stuff.

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Thanks for the info. Interesting read.

Been having a look at Cyber Power System's website at some of their pre-build setups and they have some nice PC's there for a good price. Think I may have to look at selling mine and upgrade that way.

[difinity]

You should really get an identical card with identical firmware otherwise you can have problems if using SLI

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You should really get an identical card with identical firmware otherwise you can have problems if using SLI

Thanks for the head's up. Think I may forget SLI then and look into a more affordable upgrade later in the year then.