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i have a syntax olevia 30" and i love it, even though its limited to 1280x768. HL2, CSS, DoD2, FEAR, doom4, all look amazing at that resolution.

where are you seeing the 6800 NU for 140?

hehe i just beat FEAR, great game, so I no longer have to downclock :)

since BFG has lifetime warrenty (<3) I just decided to RMA the card and got a different one back with the new copper heatsink. My old one had the original hSF with the nvidia logo and black heatsink on it. Works great, OCd it to 400/1100 and 60C Idle, 75C load. I have no problems in all games...

yea not bad for that old of a cpu. But take that score with a grain of salt, 3dmark programs rely on the GPU and not really the CPU, which they have tests for also.

Also I dont believe its the powersupply. I removed all my optical drives from the power supply to just supply power to the video card and it still runs at the same temperature.

My friend said he never removed the HSF. If I were to remove it, can I use Arctic silver 5 on it?

Hi, I recently traded my radeon 9800pro for my friend's BFG 6800 GT OC (he bought the dell XPS to play games on). I installed it, connected the power cable, and booted it up -> everythings fine until I load World of Warcraft and it warns me that the temperature is above threshold levels (at 120...

Faint, keep trying

Ok guys I made a [crude] diagram on how to connect your ipod, tv, xbox, ps2, gamecube, pc, etc to this beast. Its easier then it looks. http://www.ranova.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=586 made it really fast, should get the point across