Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-14 Thread maccrawj
-Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 6:37 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Some benchmarks on the 295: http

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Weeden
Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Time out! My bad for being so quick with a OPINION expressed in bad prose, sorry! You're not being lambasted nor am I insisting you need to do ATI was implying in a 2 horse race you were really limiting your options based what sounds like arbitrary

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-12 Thread Bobby Heid
: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Some benchmarks on the 295: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3498 --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sun

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-11 Thread Bobby Heid
. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:01 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Well when you close off a valid choice

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-11 Thread maccrawj
Time out! My bad for being so quick with a OPINION expressed in bad prose, sorry! You're not being lambasted nor am I insisting you need to do ATI was implying in a 2 horse race you were really limiting your options based what sounds like arbitrary reasons about old issues that may/may not

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-11 Thread Bobby Heid
Sorry that I took your earlier email wrong. Thanks, Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 6:21 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-10 Thread maccrawj
Your loss, the ATI thing that is... Bobby Heid wrote: Hey, I am in the process of building a new machine. I have decided on a limit of about $300 to spend on the video card. I am an NVidia guy so I have no plans on an ATI card. Guru3d.com has a review of the ye

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-10 Thread Bobby Heid
LOL. I was waiting on one of these. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:48 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-10 Thread maccrawj
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:48 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Your loss, the ATI thing that is... Bobby Heid wrote: Hey, I am in the process of building a new machine. I

[H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Bobby Heid
Hey, I am in the process of building a new machine. I have decided on a limit of about $300 to spend on the video card. I am an NVidia guy so I have no plans on an ATI card. Guru3d.com has a review of the yet-to-be released Nvidia GTX 295 here (retail - $500):

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread tmservo
Wait Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Bobby Heid bh...@sc.rr.com Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:23:12 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Hey, I am in the process of building a new machine. I have decided on a limit of about $300

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Brian Weeden
I'm a huge believer in buying the previous generation of video cards when the new ones come out. As long as you aren't one of those fanatics who are driven to have the absolutely highest resolution and frame rate you should be fine with any of the current crop. I recently went from a X1950 to a

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Bobby Heid
or wait for GTX 295? Wait Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Bobby Heid bh...@sc.rr.com Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:23:12 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Hey, I am in the process of building a new machine. I have decided on a limit

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Bobby Heid
Ok, I'll wait :-( Thanks, Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:43 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Die

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Bobby Heid
Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:27 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? Ok, I'll wait :-( Thanks, Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Greg Sevart
. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:35 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295? But, I just thought of something