Nvidia 8800GT. 56k warning.

unseen

I got my new baby. I think this card worths every euro i spend for buying it.





And some first tests i did today.
My cpu on water and the vga on stock air.


http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9280361

If anyone wants to upgrade in 8 series i think this is the best value/performance choice.

Thanks
Christos

ricka05

Wow nice bundle.....But would int it be worth waiting for December....

http://www.dailytech.com/But+Wait+Theres+More+NVIDIA+G92+for+2007/article9474.htm

awhir

COOL wow 740 is quite good seen some and they had trouble getting past 700.

Anti

Very nice mate. good scores with the gpu too

unseen

and a 3dmark05 comparison. In the first picture the vga is default and at the second is at 740/1070 with the cpu at ~4100. Still on stock air unmodded.



http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3632206

ricka05

Is there any chance you could confirm that it has same cooler fittings as 7900 series....

nibble

Nice, definitely a great card. Good core clocks on it too, the average seems to be slightly over 700Mhz.
Plan on getting a pot for it? Or sticking an evap on it, would be nice to see how it clocks with low temps.

nibble

ricka05 wrote: »

Is there any chance you could confirm that it has same cooler fittings as 7900 series....

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163836
It seems to be very similar but not exactly the same, some/most coolers for 7900GT/GS will fit but not all.

L31mr0d

unseen wrote: »

and a 3dmark05 comparison. In the first picture the vga is default and at the second is at 740/1070 with the cpu at ~4100. Still on stock air unmodded.

thats is a crazy overclock on stock air :eek: what are your temps like at those clocks

unseen

~46 at idle and ~65 at load with the fan at full rpms...
I will put a pot soon to that baby and of course i will vmod it...

L31mr0d

unseen wrote: »

~46 at idle and ~65 at load with the fan at full rpms...
I will put a pot soon to that baby and of course i will vmod it...

You obviously reseated the heatsink as you have pictures of the IC's. What TIM did you use when reseating?

unseen

only artic ceramiq to the core. To bgas i left this crappy chewing gum...

L31mr0d

unseen wrote: »

only artic ceramiq to the core. To bgas i left this crappy chewing gum...

sorry for my n00bery but what is bgas...

Can I ask, would you ever use a silver based TIM on the core?

unseen

I mean the memory chips
take a look hear for more -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array

Well i prefer artic ceramiq instead of artic silver. It is cheap and efficient.
Another really good tim is shin etsu.

unseen

Still on stock air and unmodded... I think its time to push her a bit.. what do you think?

Grim.

:eek:

DirkVoodoo

Fantastic! The 880GT is a phenomenal card and for €250 as well.

Im thinking some people around here who may have bought the Ultra edition 8800 are feeling a little foolish?

Looks like I need to find a new home for my XT now

Anti

people who bought a 8800gtx recently feel foolish too. Like me

I should of sold my 8800gtx and bought 2 8800gt's. As nothing is really stressing my 8800gtx's.

Awesome overclock unseen Now hurry the **** up and move to ireland. And i hope its dublin your moving too.

L31mr0d

whats the main difference between the GTX and GT? Is it only clock speeds? Or does the GT have fewer pipelines?

I'm thinking of throwing the 8800GTX from my HTPC into my main one for SLI when I get my 24" monitor then picking up one of these GT's for the HTPC. Just wondering how much of a performance hit it will be downgrading to the GT?

TerrorFirmer

With games that benefit from Sli the 8800GTs seem to loose out at normal res but on larger monitors actually pull well ahead of a single GTX.

Even just one GT is incredible, look at this for example GT neck and neck with GTX at 1600x1200 in some games(and only a very small minority of people game over that res in the general scheme of things)

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3140&p=9

If you feel annoyed at buying a GTX, imagine just having bought a 640mb GTS? Way less performance, for considerable price hit. At least with the GTX you have similar or better performance for the price hit as well as much better Sli prospects. Already on adverts there are people unable to sell GTS cards for decent money because of the GT.

I can't wait to get one but it'll prob be Christmas, as I really can't scrape the money together before then.

edit: I think the GT has 112 processors compared to 128 on the GTX. Also according to Nvidia the bus is 256-bit versus 384 which kinda surprises me. In fact, there are a few varying differences in most aspects between the GT, GTX and Ultra...Think the review above says that the GT has much more transistors too

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_8800.html

edit: Brand new, same edition as the one pictured here 8800GT for sale on adverts at the moment for 255 inc. postage. If anyone can't wait for retailers to restock!

awhir

L31mr0d wrote: »

whats the main difference between the GTX and GT? Is it only clock speeds? Or does the GT have fewer pipelines?

I'm thinking of throwing the 8800GTX from my HTPC into my main one for SLI when I get my 24" monitor then picking up one of these GT's for the HTPC. Just wondering how much of a performance hit it will be downgrading to the GT?

has like 12 less pipelines i think and is only 512ram.

awhir

just got my 8800gt of ebay.got it for a good price and it came fac overclocked to 660core.good deal if you ask me.

here's the box it came in

sorry for the ****ty camrea quailty somethings worng with the focusor in the camera(8mp)






as you can see its quite a cool looking card

the minute i got my hands on it i took it apart :cool:

nice sping screws




as you can see they were very happy giving me loads of tim



toook me awhile to clean off the muck



overclocking the card atm im on 740/1000/1600

spooky donkey

nice card

dazftw

How much you pay for it?

awhir

dazftw wrote: »

How much you pay for it?

cant say that will hit me when im selling it.lets say i paid 260 for it :rolleyes:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

If you feel annoyed at buying a GTX, imagine just having bought a 640mb GTS? Way less performance, for considerable price hit

*mutters*

i'm never upgrading my pc again, sod it. It's not worth it, I'll just imagine I'm playing them... hopefully my brain runs at dx10 without overheating.

Silenceisbliss

hmm, theyre pretty cheap on ccl (http://www.cclonline.com/) theyre mostly about a €20 snip off komplett. (i hate how they advertise without tax, and in pounds tho....grrr)

still, the cheapest one ive found there aswell, and better value than komplett.

L31mr0d

awhir wrote: »

cant say that will it me when im selling it.lets say i paid 260 for it :rolleyes:

so you are not giving out what you actually paid for it so you can swindle someone down the line when you are selling it. Thats ever so nice of you :rolleyes: *note to self: don't buy anything off awhir*

EDIT: You can get an 8800GT on HWV for €216.74

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/8Va81w9abhwWC8/3/articledetail.jsp?aid=18964&agid=554

jonski

@ L31mr0d

Always check the tweaking and modding forums before buying off someone in adverts.ie

Anti

jonski wrote: »

@ L31mr0d

Always check the tweaking and modding forums before buying off someone in adverts.ie

Good advice

L31mr0d

jonski wrote: »

@ L31mr0d

Always check the tweaking and modding forums before buying off someone in adverts.ie

I generally do... plus I buy most of my single item stuff from forums in the states now, if i'm making a big order i'll get it from HWV.

I wouldn't be looking to spend more than €100 shipped for one of those GT's. I already know a few people state side selling them, so i'll wait until their prices come down