What 8800GTX to get?

i am thinking of getting a 8800gtx, but not sure what i should get, the MSi the Asus or the XFX one, wich one is the best?

My guess would be get an XFX or an ASUS.

XFX has been making graphics cards for years and have plenty of experience, while Asus is new to the business but are rising pretty fast.

the two will be the same, unless u buy an overclocked card.

Personally, i think XFX is better cuz they tend to use a better cooling structure (but i'm not sure)

My choice eVGA - life time warranty (even when you oc), step up program.

1.eVGA

2.BFG

3.XFX

They should basicly all be the same.
I like XFX myself as unless you change parts on them or run them over with a truck they will fix/replace or give you the next modal up and they don't care how many people owned it befor you send it in to them.
Of all the "lifetime warrentys" they have the best.

Asus is way overpriced.

Was looking for the graphics card for the system im planning on putting up
Motherboard: Asus Striker Extreme
Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Extreme QX6700
Graphics Card: 8800GTX (undecided on build yet)
Memory: Kingston PC2-6400 (800) HyperX [KHX6400D2LLK2/2G](2x1024 or 4x1024)
HD:WD Raptor
Optical Drive: PX-760SA
Chassis: TT Soprano DX
Power Supply: TT Toughpower 700W (because of the detachable cables)

by the way, will the 88''gtx fit in TT Soprano? i see a lot of warning everywhere regarding the card's size

This man is right. A good PSU with a stout single 12v rail would be your best choice and the one you are going to use is not the best one in the world, especially when pairing it up with a high power draw GPU like the G80. The amps on the 12v rail are most important now a days, not the total wattage.


Either of these would do a much better job and are affordable.


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What do u mean "They overclock the nvidia driver"?

They over clock the standard Nvidia 8800 chipset for you. Like the Standard CPU is 550MHz, XFX takes it to 580MHz, the standard Memory is 1500MHz, XFX's version is 1800MHz

[I think those are the exact specs, but dont quote me on it]

Really??? hmmmmmm good to know lool I was leaning towards getting the XFX version, guess i'm gonna go with the EVGA kos3 edition [or whatever] or at the very least the BFG one.

I definitely own an XFX, HAVE HAD ZERO PROBLEMS and have successfully over clocked it as well in both auto-over clock, and manual, unless you've owned one Rob you shouldn't comment, and I'm about to buy another that will probably have ZERO PROBLEMS

also on a side note XFX IMO tends to lead the industry, like for instance when they came out with the 7950gt many companies put a 3-speed fan on it that 'wined' instead of beefing up a fan XFX made it completely silent, a passively cooled card, that was faster and cooler than the stock version

Besides if you were gonna buy an XFX, say on newegg just look at what other people said, and weather or not they have had problems

I definitely own an XFX, HAVE HAD ZERO PROBLEMS and have successfully over clocked it as well in both auto-over clock, and manual, unless you've owned one Rob you shouldn't comment, and I'm about to buy another that will probably have ZERO PROBLEMS

also on a side note XFX IMO tends to lead the industry, like for instance when they came out with the 7950gt many companies put a 3-speed fan on it that 'wined' instead of beefing up a fan XFX made it completely silent, a passively cooled card, that was faster and cooler than the stock version

Besides if you were gonna buy an XFX, say on newegg just look at what other people said, and weather or not they have had problems

I dont really see why I would need to own one in order to make a comment on it and I never said that all of them were bad either.

All one has to do is some research online and they can find out for themselves, also after personally seeing what my friend went through with two DOA 7900GTX'S back to back you couldn't give me a XFX card.

Bottom line is there are better choices than XFX.

Hmmmm Maybe I should wait for the 8900's, i heard it makes alot of heat x_X

BFG all the way!!!
Overclocks like crazy!

Not any more than say the X1900XTX cards from ATI, my last card was a X1900XTX and that thing ran almost identical temps to the 8800GTX yet you hardly ever hear of anyone complaining about the ATI X1900XTX temps

Honestly the people that have problems with the temps are usually the same people that lack the common sense to having a case with good airflow design. If you have good case air flow it makes all the difference in the world.

Now I took it a step farther and made an addition cooler for my 8800GTX. With my Card Overclocked to 650mhz core and 2030 mem my idle temps are just 49c and load temps after gaming for hours are just 57c.

My temps are as good as my friends water cooled 8800GTX

Thats a big difference from the typical load temps which is usually in the high 80's.

I'm off to the store right now, gettin' this:
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Not any more than say the X1900XTX cards from ATI, my last card was a X1900XTX and that thing ran almost identical temps to the 8800GTX yet you hardly ever hear of anyone complaining about the ATI X1900XTX temps

Back when the 1900s were first released, there were plenty of complaints about heat and noise, along with reviews of aftermarket GPU HSFs that discussed it in detail. The topic raised its head again when the 1950 series was fitted with a quieter cooler with equal or better cooling performance.

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