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Here it comes.....8800gtx

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    #242
    Psycopat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 862 ✭✭✭Psycopat


    gline wrote:
    anyone else know of any to recommend?

    the enermax 1kw comes highly recomended i believe


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    #243
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    cool

    i was reading up on some forums, looks like i might have burnt out the cpu, LOL

    il know soon enough when i get home


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    #244
    Flaccus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭Flaccus


    Dude just buy one of these.
    It is cheap and will power 1 g80 no problem
    Your OCZ should handle the other g80 and everything else in your rig.
    http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_1763.html

    If you prefer a massive psu, the enermax 1000w comes highly recommended as does the noisier pc power and cooling models and the silverstone 750w I believe. Wouldn't bother with the Tagan 1100w - too noisy. And the BFG - the jury is still out on that (it does actually have 4 pci-e connectors). Their previous efforts were not rated at all. Depends on who is oem'ng this one.

    If you get the Enermax make sure it fits and the huge 140mm fan is not blocked in anyway.


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    #245
    Flaccus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭Flaccus


    gline wrote:
    cool

    i was reading up on some forums, looks like i might have burnt out the cpu, LOL

    il know soon enough when i get home


    OMG !! Hope not. Let me know. PM sent.


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    #246
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    I dunno, im not happy with enermax at all. Im on my second one, As the first suplied no pwoer. Its noisy, Get very hot. But the rails are very stable.

    My 850W is rated to handle 2 g80's but they are expensive.


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    #247
    CivilServant
    Registered Users Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭CivilServant


    I bought a silverstone Zeus 850watt psu. It's very nice and on nvidia's certified 8800 GTX SLI list so the upgrade path is there if needed. It's only slightly bigger than the OCZ 600w powerstream it replaces and still manages to fit in the cramped P180 comfortably.


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    #248
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    yeh looks like either mobo or cpu is fooked :(
    hopefully its the cpu :(


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    #249
    DublinEvents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 209 ✭✭DublinEvents


    You know what's really ironic is that in just a few months, you will have a new Geforce 8 series card built on a finer manufacturing process that will eat less power and churn out faster FPSes in games than the current 8 series cards. The insanity never ends.


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    #250
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    DublinEvents wrote:
    You know what's really ironic is that in just a few months, you will have a new Geforce 8 series card built on a finer manufacturing process that will eat less power and churn out faster FPSes in games than the current 8 series cards. The insanity never ends.

    Ironically enough, there is always someone like yourself posting everytime this so called "insanity" occurs..


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    #251
    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users Posts: 12,788 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    OK Guys,

    Going to buy a GTX, but was wondering which brand is the best? or are they all reference Nvidia boards, I suppose I want one that runs the coolest and can overclock pretty well. I was leaning towards an XFX version.

    Thanks

    Snake ;)


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    #252
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    Snake Plisken wrote:
    OK Guys,

    Going to buy a GTX, but was wondering which brand is the best? or are they all reference Nvidia boards, I suppose I want one that runs the coolest and can overclock pretty well. I was leaning towards an XFX version.

    Thanks

    Snake ;)

    pretty much all are similar, xfx are good, bfg, gainward etc....


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    #253
    Flaccus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭Flaccus


    Buy whatever is cheapest.
    Asus actually manufacture ALL the G80's for Nvidia at the moment and the other companies just slap their own cooler / branding on it.
    So whichever is cheapest. There is no supposed to be no tiering at the moment where the like of BFG, EVGA, XFX, Gainward get the pick of the best cores and Point of View, and a few others get the rest. Never put much stock in that anyway, as a hell of a lot of people bought preoverclocked XFX and EVGA 7900GTX's for them only to artifact.


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    #254
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Ok don't slate me for linking the Inquirer, but did nobody read this story?

    All this talk about uberPSUs being needed for the 8800GTXs and then this guy gets an amazing rig stable on 500w's?


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    #255
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Dunno how he managed that tbh. but fair play to him.


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    #256
    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users Posts: 12,788 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    I see that XFX are going to release a special edition overclocked GTX called an XXX, think its going to be limited edition

    Snake ;)


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    #257
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Let's see what OCZ bring to the GFX market......


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    #258
    TerrorFirmer
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    CivilServant wrote:
    It's only slightly bigger than the OCZ 600w powerstream it replaces and still manages to fit in the cramped P180 comfortably.

    I just bought one of those (the 600w ocz) for a new machine, any opinions or observations? I won't ever be going sli or crossfire, so that's not a concern :)


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    #259
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    HavoK wrote:
    I just bought one of those (the 600w ocz) for a new machine, any opinions or observations? I won't ever be going sli or crossfire, so that's not a concern :)

    should be fine for 1 gpu


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    #260
    Buzz_Irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 144 ✭✭Buzz_Irl


    i'm running an 8800gtx on a 550w psu and no glitches


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