The EVGA Akimbo Killer

Kind of looks like a big hunk of trash. I mean damn, yeah look at the size of that thing. Hope you feel good about your ass ugly card. How many slots does that take up 3? I would not put that thing anywhere near my system.

@ rochin-- i don't build computers to invite my girlfriend over and talk about how pretty it is -- I build them to pwn noobs like you.

pchoi is right--this card is in a case with no sidewindows. And i should mention that it is silent!

It's always funny when someone makes a big deal about hoisting out a great big ePeen but no one can see it because it's in the shadow cast by the bigger ones around it.

Who cares what it looks like, if he gains enough performance to justify putting that HS/fans on, then good for him. I agree, posting a 10K 3dmark as a challenge isn't too wise and will probably be the cause of some harsh words. Some folks with a single 8800GT are over 13K.

That was actually very funny IMO.

Its all in good fun then. Honestly with Vista ultimate 64 I am having a problem getting riva tuner to work with 3dmark06. Most of the time it BSODs half way through. To get my score I had to tinker around after uninstalling riva tuner. But anyway I am sure you will enjoy the card. I paid almost 400 for mine when it was "new" tech. The Akimbo card is a hell of a deal at 289! Damn technology!

My single 8800gt is well over 13k almost to 14k

oh and i currently have a new score with my e2180 @ 3150 and the 8800gs at
761 core /903 mem (1806 effective)/1905 shader

10,726 on 3dmrk06. 500point increase--still going strong!!!

--should note, temps on this card with that cooler are never above 45C

Good lord! that is a mighy large cooler. That thing is larger than my x1900xtx with a thermalright HR-03 cooler and 120mm fan zippy tied to the thing. And that kept the little heater (aka x1900xtx, aka hottest running card created by man, aka at stock cooling hit 93C frequently)

Psssst! I bet if you just plug the fans it the lbs of thrust would be greater than the actual weight if the card making it a hovering object.

Not to rag on ya, it's just funny. I have found though going from my x1900xtx with similar type cooler to a 8800gts512 that those type circulate the heat in your case and heat everything else up. My Mobo temp dropped 5C on load when I switched cards because this one blows it out the 2nd expansion slot.

Haha my buddy has one of them in his "server" although it never hit that since he sought out the highest cfm fans he could find for case flow. Sounds like a damn hurricane.

Dear lord, ever hear of proper case air flow buddy boy? haha 102C?

Mmmmm eggs, breakfast.

this card was the base model xfx 8800gs for 149 shipped at newegg.

stock clocks were at 580core, 700mem (1400 eff), 1450 shader.


i love the comments--this has been a fun thread!

Yeah but i would still rather pay $100 more for a higher end card then overclocking the crap out of a lower model. You can get the MSI 8800GTS 512 for $255 after rebate now. I still prefer paying more for something that is already at a level of the lower models which can OC that high. Now if the difference was like $200+ then it would be appitizing to OC.

That think still looks giant. What really makes you feel bad is the next gen cards that have tiny little coolers that take half the power and pound your card into the sand a year from now. Then you look at your giant goliath and see the size really doesnt matter.

I look at my ATI x1900xtx with big cooler sitting right on my desk each night thinking. GEEZ thats a big thing.

Hey echofoxtrot, I must say for that budget thats one nice score, I only get 14k in my rig, so its great you can get over 11k on that budget.

My Rig:
E6750 @ 3.6Ghz with a Swiftech h120 water cooling system
2x XFX 8800 GT's both with Thermaltake Duorbs (Don't have exact OC right now, but its nothing special)
XFX 680i LT
4 GB Mushkin 800 mhz DDR2
1x 500 GB Seagate HD
PC P&C silencer 750w
Modded Antec 900

Waiting for the new 45nm processors and next Nvidia/ATI cards to come out before I upgrade. I really hope AMD can get back in the game too, I perfer AMD over Intel any day.

I'm claiming the Chewbacca defense...

This thread makes no sense.

@OP: Are those Scyth fans or just some random cr@py fan?

^ You can drill holes on the sink or use double sided tape or a few dots of hot glue.

@OP: Now since you have that great cooling go a head and do a volt mod and see how it dose.

@ shadow-- these are just 2 random 92mm attached with zip ties. (got them from a compusa for like 4 bucks--b/c they are going outta bussiness) --I was going for budget.

Also, I am working on a volt mod right now. I used nibitor to jump the bios to 1.1v and am currently finding some stable clocks.

I was just joking about (f the akimbo) I was just elated when I got this rig thrown together and made this post having fun with the card!

most of the extra parts for this rig came from the bottom of my closet (accelro s1 from an old 3870 I sold from a more expensive comp...etc)

this has been my fun rig to just oc the hell out of!

thanks for all the comments!!!

try puttign 3dmark06 on a seperate HDD if u have one (SATA pref) i got a 1000 point increase, and another 100 from cpu OC. my 3dmark score is 12500 with a 8800GT (reg coolin, waitin for akimbo atm) and a E6750 ~ 3.2ghz