Nvidia eVGA GTX 260 3-WAY SLi 780i SLI NV 690 Case Review

[omfgg3tlost]

these were really nice cards now the only thing they are missing is dx11 i love em gtx 260 sli ftw i want to upgrade to a 470 or 460 sli

[matttttar]

@omfgg3tlost I already have 3 GTX 470 but not happy with them too too much heat

[omfgg3tlost]

@matttttar sweet ill give u my 260's for one 470 you will be much happier

[omfgg3tlost]

@matttttar well yours are placed right up to each other i can oc my cards up to 670 core with 70c temps that is with a good case cooling and good spacing

[cool2040coasters]

dude thats awsome im wish i could sli i have a sli card but best buy broke my 2 way sli board and now i ahd to buy a asus p5q but im saving up to get a EVGA nForce 730i Motherboard to use hybrid sli with the built in graphics card

[Fijitime26]

the moment of silence xDD nice

[lespaulzrule]

LoL!!

That little socket thing next to the 6-pin power connectors isn't for letting you know whether you haven't connected the power cables!!

It's an SPDIF passthrough connector, and the little cable that you picked up and didn't know what it was, was for hooking the GPU up to your sound card!!! :D :D

[SSracer192]

where can i get one of thos sli connectors ? does it come with the graphics card or do you have to buy it separate

[TehRamen]

You have to buy it separately. A dual and tri bridge connector came with the EVGA 780i SLI FTW motherboard.

[kslifer1066]

im getting one gtx 260 tomorro cant wait to put it in my mod

[Makahainfp]

Im building a comp tri-sli capable.. it looks as if the 260s cover up the pci sloth that my sound card would occupy, if it does, what do you do for audio?

[jeanforthewin]

i have an asus p5n72-t 780i mobo which is triple sli capable and theres a pci-e 1 slot above the card where i can put my soundcard. jut make sure you get the right motherboard for what you want to fit on

[BooteyMasta]

use the sound chip built into your MB it's default.

[Drifter2080]

i have a xion II case but now im getting that case

[shon900]

caghiamo i soldi eh

[CrdBrdProjects]

my 8800gts made the LOUDEST fucking screeching sound, my ears rung for 10 minutes...

[TunerDavide13]

i have a 9600 gt hd 512mb nvidia

[CrdBrdProjects]

good for you.

[TunerDavide13]

good for you

[TheLittleWorldofGaz]

thats not really anything to boast about

[koko56]

Power cables? :P

[CrdBrdProjects]

i know, i just wanted to see how the card functioned WITHOUT the power... not very well obviously...

[koko56]

You crazy mofo. :P

[skauern2]

ty! ;)

[SmokeyRain0722]

My 260 came in a plastic surrounding, no sticker, no foam, but has the same, except mine is the SC Edition, superclocked, i'kll post a vid.

[skauern2]

no hdmi??

[XTV3NOMXT]

im good with just one of those......

[Kenny00712]

Omg...those cards are big

[redneckboy360360]

Good lord that card is huge that thing is as big as my 2 8600GTS put togather

[redneckboy360360]

haha your organized cutting bothers me lol

im ocd about ocd people XD

[eggzilleraten]

HOw much all up dude???

[ChristerX360]

hmm. 3x 260GTX on eVGA 780i is gotta work?

[Killabot123357]

orgasm in background? :D

[aousxd]

ma shaa alah .

[motox93]

its a sticker get over it and it looks 3d because it is fuck..

[bonghits4breakfast]

lol chill man,he's just a hardcore gamer

[NOMADLEON]

I LOVE THE UNBOXING PARTS! SHOULD I GET 3x XFX GTX 260 XXX EDITIONS HOW WOULD THAT BE???

GREAT VIDEO AND THANKS 4 ACCEPTING FRIEND REQUEST xd

[nosiphoratu7]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING AHHHHHH

...is it cuz yous excited?

...me too.

[mattman696]

I say a gtx 269 216 core is the new 9800 gx2... in other words great bang for the buck..

[niggisch111]

Which version of the gtx 260 are this 3 cards?

stock clock,sc,ssc or ftw?

[Jay12341235]

not that expensive... well its like 800 dollars dude just for graphics

[EliteSoldier112]

900 plus tax..

[Jay12341235]

i know tahts crazy

[V3NOMDAWG]

hehe thats gonna OWN F@H GPU client :)

[Elliottc26]

I am currently upgrading and I was running 8800 GTX in SLI; but am now looking at 260s...ovely looking and great performance! Am curious...if you install 3 but only bridge two, does the third take care of physics increasing frame rates?

[matttttar]

No if you want 3 then use the 3way sli bridge

each one uses physics

[8SetMeFree8]

GTX 260's are half the price of a GTX 280, and you are still getting amazing performance. I don't see a problem with three gtx 260's

[EliteSoldier112]

GTX 280 costs 189 dollars more than GTX260 216 cores. NOT DOUBLE lol.. Dat wud be a huge rip off.

[Raphinha181290]

why get 3 260 instead of 3 280 ?????

do not understand!!

[roflwaffles777]

Because it's cheaper and much more efficient than the 280, the 280 is like $600 and doesn't do as much of a good job as the 260, I'm hoping to get a 260 on the weekend to start off my grand custom building PC day (would be sort of my 2nd custom built PC day, since my 1st PC day was like upgrading *replacing mobo, keeping supply/hardrive, new ram, etc.*)

[EliteSoldier112]

GTX280 is now only 449 dollars.

[linkgj]

only 449?? only?? lol.. buy one for me please? lol

[coolharris93]

nice unboxing ;-)

and nice cards...

[PittBullBoi]

lol moment of silence

[kewlkill20]

i just got the gtx 260, its a an amazing card

[xxxsmitsxxx]

AWSOME AWSOME.that what i saving fore

[SVEENMAN]

Those video cards are.... HUGHE!

LOVE UR VIDEOS!

[M5PowerM3Power]

I need a job.

:(

[darkstar286]

tripod. please buy one. other than that, good techie porn :D

[Jay12341235]

they are expensive for some people :)

[Masterofsquirels]

You sir, have a nice refrigerator.

[corrion1]

remember 280's are 50% more expensive for a 16% performance increase over the 260's

[bogangamer]

btw if u didnt know at 5:50 it is a spdif cable so u get audio therough HDMI...

nice builds ill cpy get sam ebut all xfx...

XFX FTW

[ArmyOfAngelz]

Btw that speaker beside the 6-pin and 8-pin ins't for incase you don't plug it in it's for audio output for HDMI

[Poco1997]

WOW!! I'm upgrading my mobo to the 780i also, can't wait, getting a AMD phenom quad core processor as well

[tenz0r99]

That little "sound thing" you were talking about on the side of the card next to the power connectors is for SPDIF. If you are going to use HDMI, and want sound to go through it, you'll need to hook up that connector that "you had no idea" what it was to let sound go through the HDMI connector. If you don't connect the SPDIF connector to the GTX 260, than using the HDMI dongle will just output video.

Nice video by the way, can't wait to see whatever benchmarks and such you'll be posting.

[ante9224]

im getting the xfx version:P

[whitefoxx52]

wouldent 2 gtx 280 beat 3 gtx 260 wouldt two 280 be the same price of 3 gtx 260?

[slinkey123]

i wish i got one of these instead of my 4870, i just couldnt quite afford one as they were more expensive, now they are the same price as the 4870 :(

Oh well the 4870 is meant to be a little better

[Vodje01]

damn man! i own only 1 :D

[matttttar]

Hi i will post a final video of the computer i finshed it already but i am trying to get it 100% stable 3.5GHZ AIR cooling and run crysis.

I already did a crysis benchmark test but every thing on stock speeds 1680x1050

16QAA that's right 16QAA Veryhigh i got 30FPS very happy.

[KapotSpang]

can you run crysis on very high on a 19 inch 1440 by 900, with one gtx 260 ??

[Sindorai]

depends if your using the dx9 tweak or standard vista, I've used my 8800g92 stock on crysis veryhigh in vista and with dx9 tweak at 1680x1050 and i get no less than 20fps so a 260 should rip it to pieces, just no AA ^^

[chambs1]

People are selling their EVGA stickers on Ebay? Douchebags.

Beautiful cards. I want two!

[barf2645]

mmmmmmm

those look tasty....

god im fat

[tjharlow]

ohh now I want to step-up my 9800gtxs'

[BallistixTracer]

Excellent review, getting my EVGA GTX 260tommorrow especially after watching this :o)

[jorgeseibert]

nice!!!!!!!!!!

[L33TJ337]

finally!!!!! gtx260