Gigabyte 8800GT on EP35 DS3L

Help! i ve ordered the gigabyte 8800GT 256mb pcie 2.0 ... i wanna know if its compatible with the EP35 DS3L board...plz help me out here... and also is the EP35 solid capacitor board better or wat for $20 more ??

yeah your 8800 gt will work just fine and i think the solid capacitor board is the same but with solid state capacitor i think its supposed to "save energy" and solid state capacitors last longer but the standard board is fine

Solid state capacitors are better quality and last longer.

I don't like the 256MB 8800GT though. It tanks bad as resolution gets increased, sometimes starting at 1280x1024. Should have bought a 512MB GT or if that was out of budget, an 8800GS.

It's very cheap if you got this deal: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125089

But I'd rather have this (which was cheaper last week)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130332


edit:
Take a look at this link: http://en.expreview.com/2008/01/21 [...] b/?page=20

example:
Dirt at 1280x1024 4xaa:
8800GS 384MB - 32.7fps
256MB 8800GT - 15.0 fps

The 8800GT leads alot of low res tests, but really both seem pretty equally playable. But once res and/or fsaa increases, the 256MB 8800GT falls of playable first.

Keep in mind, I believe the Gigabyte 256MB 8800GT has 700(1400)MHz mem like most 256MB versions.Still nice for $70 AR though, especially if you game at lower res.

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