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bitJericho
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2008 20:18 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2008 20:20
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I'm looking at buying an 8800gt and selling off my 8600gts, these are the cards I'm looking at:

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Sorry for the excessively long link.

I'm leaning towards the asus, what are your guy's thoughts? For the near future, I won't be running at much above 1024x768, so I'm looking for aa and sweet effects, rather than high resolutions.


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Lukas W
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2008 20:34
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I don't know much about graphics cards, but I recently bought a 8800GT from XFX (Alpha Dog Extreme edition).

The first thing I noticed was how loud the fan was and there isn't an option to adjust the fan speed.

I've searched around and apparently all 8800GT's are running with fans on full blast, so you'll get a jet engine in your computer, like me.

I am concidering buying a new gpu fan, just because of the loudness of this thing. And also it doesn't cool down the card much.
At stress my card runs at 75-79 degrees celsius. With 49degrees on idle.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2008 20:36
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Ye, that's why I was leaning on the one that has the zalman fan.. and it couldn't be worse than my diamondplus That thing sounds like a train, in an otherwise totally silent setup


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Kendor
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2008 20:49
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I have this Zotac installed and it works like a treat. Don't know about the sound, since my 2x 120mm fans running at full speed make much more noise.

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UnderLord
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I just bought a geforce 8800GT (EVGA) it runs like a charm the fan is quiet but then again i have 4 fans that you can hear in the next room. But they do run hot i bought a pci slot cooler to help with the heat and it has helped, the card will most likely be the hottest thing in your case so ventilation is a must. But i can run any game on high with no problems at all. I'd recommend the EVGA card, but only because i have never had a problem with a EVGA card =)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130318

Thats the card i got....

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Mr Makealotofsmoke
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 07:19 Edited at: 3rd Jun 2008 07:19
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i can see my gfx card on that list
go the gigabyte (but mine is 512mb)


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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 09:20
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The specs look good.

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 12:31
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nvidia is discontinuing the 9800 series and announcing the next series this month, so you may want to hold off on the purchase for just a bit. The 9800 prices may drop like a stone shortly.

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Mr Makealotofsmoke
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 15:06
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:/ and i just bought a 8800GT 512mb....oh well at least i can sli now


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GatorHex
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 16:43
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If you want quiet try an ATI 3850/3870 based on a 55nm (instead of nvidias 65nm) chip it requires power and less cooling. I have even seen a fanless 3870 floating around somewhere on the web.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 4th Jun 2008 08:28
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Well I think I'm gonna go for the:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150280

I'm gonna buy it on Thursday, I'm not willing to wait a month (or more) for prices to drop

This card seems the best out of the bunch. It's 100mhz slower than the gigabyte card, but it's got twice the ram.

I'm kinda bummed that none of these have the rear exhaust like my 8600gts, but I think it'll be fine, i've got a big 120mm zalman cpu fan pushing towards a 120mm rear exhast, two 80mm front exhaust and a top exhaust, I think she can take it


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Darth Vader
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Posted: 4th Jun 2008 12:06
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See the ASUS one here,

I've got one that looks exactly the same, and has the exact same specs. Only difference is that I have 1GB DDR3 VRAM.

Oh yes I got a new beat computer, I'll be making a thread over the next few days! Stay tuned for pictures!


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