New Nvidia 8800GT is out - looks like amazing VFM.
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New Nvidia 8800GT is out - looks like amazing VFM.
01-11-2007 12:04 AM
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It may be too early to tell for sure just yet, but for around £160 (cheaper overseas but as usual we Brits pay more) it seems like a very strong choice.
Read more about it here (page2 of the review compares it to the GTS cards' specifications, benchmarks appear later in the review): http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/29/geforce_8800_gt/
Hmph, now that they're offering a card like that for that price it looks like I'll be upgrading to PCI-E sooner than I thought (and there was I was looking forward to an AGP x1950!).
Re: New Nvidia 8800GT is out - looks like amazing VFM.
01-11-2007 9:03 AM
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My current card ( ABIT Radeon GX9600) is 256MB and games like TM2 are starting to slow down and jump abit.
This DOES look like a very good investment, thanks for the info
Re: New Nvidia 8800GT is out - looks like amazing VFM.
01-11-2007 9:49 AM
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However the initial guessed results indicate it could be significantly slower (10% or 20% depending on which report you read.)
The one thing which worries me about the present 8800GT models are the very high operating temperatures with single slot cooling.
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01-11-2007 9:57 AM
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Re: New Nvidia 8800GT is out - looks like amazing VFM.
01-11-2007 11:36 AM
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01-11-2007 1:18 PM
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01-11-2007 1:29 PM
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Re: New Nvidia 8800GT is out - looks like amazing VFM.
01-11-2007 2:07 PM
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That said, if I had one I'd be tempted to upgrade the cooler, especially if I intended to overclock the card. The Arctic Cooling Silencer I fitted on my 6800GT some three years ago has served me very well.
(In the unfortunate event of the card developing a fault after upgrading the heatsink, I believe some people have simply re-fitted the original cooler before returning the card and have had their card replaced without issue. It's probably not worth trying if the fault is a result of damage caused during the heatsink upgrade, though!)
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01-11-2007 7:02 PM
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02-11-2007 7:37 PM
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04-11-2007 10:53 PM
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Having a double-sided heasink is a nifty idea too. It looks like the cooler can be mounted either as shown in the picture, or reversed with the heatpipes passing around the edge of the card and the fins positioned at the back of the card, behind the GPU.
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11-11-2007 11:28 PM
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