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The dude guy
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:00
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Okay, so I'm planning to order an 8800GTS off Newegg today, but they're different prices, so what's the difference between all of these?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127225
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127228
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814122018

What would be the best cooler for the card, I've heard that it gets really hot.

And what are the minimum specs to run it?
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JerBil
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:13
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Don't know but there will be a new 8600GTS next month a little less costly. Supposed to take the place of the 7950 series.

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:14 Edited at: 19th Mar 2007 23:17
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Well they all look the same to me apart from the last one that has a diffrent logo, and I know you need a duel core processor if you don't want to "bottle neck" it.

*EDIT* The 2nd one seems to say HD out unlike the first and thrid which have S-video and the first has Composite Out

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The dude guy
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:30 Edited at: 19th Mar 2007 23:31
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Would this run it?

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Samoz83
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:34
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hmmm well if you want vista (dx10) is what im guessing you want it for then yes they say you should have 1GB of ram which im guessing you have even tho it says 0.99, the only problem is the CPU not being duel core, I don't know if Pentium D is ok but i picked up a Pentium D 945 3.4GHz for £98

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The dude guy
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Posted: 20th Mar 2007 00:25
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So the only thing I need to do extra is get a dual core? I'm actually not planning on using this with Vista for a while, or at least until a few games come out for DX 10.
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Benjamin
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Posted: 20th Mar 2007 01:28 Edited at: 20th Mar 2007 01:29
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Whether or not you need a dual core depends on what you want to do. Things like DBP will run faster on a 3.0Ghz single core than a 2Ghz dual core due to not taking advantage of the extra core.

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