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andytg7   09-12-2007 at 11:37:15 PM

Hey everyone,

1) A couple of buddies and I are buying an 8800GTS for our friend as a birthday present. So we were wondering which company has been pumping our the best and most satisfying 8800GTS for people? Also, which company has the best reputation and warranty?

The choices we've run into are: PNY, EVGA, XFX, BFG Tech, and ASUS.
Which one would be the ONE to go with?

2) Is it really worth it to buy one of those cards that comes pre-overclocked?

Thanks in advanced for any ***. :)

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emp   09-13-2007 at 12:03:22 AM
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eVGA is the best choice for nVidia cards :) and no, it's not worth buying factory OC'ed cards.

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lostandwandering   09-13-2007 at 12:07:46 AM
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I was going to post this 15 minutes ago but the site crashed.
1) EVGA and XFX get my vote. EVGA has their step-up program and a lifetime warranty. XFX doesn't have the step-up but they have a good warranty. BFG is good too but they are a little more expensive.

2) If your friend has had absolutely NO overclocking experience and shows no interest in it, buy the overclocked one. If he doesn't mind doing it, then get the stock ones since they can be overclocked by the user.

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AdamJ   09-13-2007 at 12:27:18 AM
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My vote is for evga

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kpo6969   09-13-2007 at 12:28:52 AM
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stock overclocked-XFX
best choice-EVGA
BFG-good card but overpriced

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pinaplex   09-13-2007 at 12:30:11 AM
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I have had cards from XFX (7900GT) and eVGA (8800GTS). I have had good experiences from both, but if i had to pick a card based on the quality of the hardware receive, i'd have to go with eVGA.

That combined with their lifetime warranty, and step-up program, would put them as my choice.

Also, I got a factory overclocked card (superclocked version) and am very happy with the performance. I didn't mind paying a bit extra to get the higher clock, and the warranty that comes with it.

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Winly   09-13-2007 at 12:39:59 AM
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eVGA is the best choice and it's not worth buying factory OC'ed cards.

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emp   09-13-2007 at 12:40:22 AM
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pinaplex wrote :

I have had cards from XFX (7900GT) and eVGA (8800GTS). I have had good experiences from both, but if i had to pick a card based on the quality of the hardware receive, i'd have to go with eVGA.

That combined with their lifetime warranty, and step-up program, would put them as my choice.

Also, I got a factory overclocked card (superclocked version) and am very happy with the performance. I didn't mind paying a bit extra to get the higher clock, and the warranty that comes with it.



The warranty that comes with superclocked cards is the SAME as the one for the stock versions, eVGA covers overclocking by user in their warranty as long as the card is not physically damaged (which can probably happen by overvolting or similar, something that is never recommended anyway).

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andytg7   09-13-2007 at 03:43:34 AM
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Thank you all for your responses. Based on your responses, eVGA seems like the favorite and the best route to go. My friend doesn't have any overclocking experience with graphics cards other than using the ATI catalyst control center's overdrive feature. So if he decides to do any overclocking, I believe he will do something like that with Nvidia's equivalent. But I've decided not to get him a pre-overclocked card. If he wants more performance, he can work for it himself. :kaola:

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qwertycopter   09-13-2007 at 04:04:38 AM
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andytg7, make sure your friend's power supply is able to run an 8800 series.

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soldier37   09-13-2007 at 04:06:22 AM
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EVGA has my vote also. Good choice there! I love my EVGA 640mb! Plays everything I have thrown at it so far with max settings at 1920 x 1200.

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andytg7   09-13-2007 at 04:13:46 AM
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qwertycopter, thanks for the concern. Yeah, his power supply can handle the card, he has a 550w PSU.

This is the one I picked out for him:
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