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    Asus A7V8X mobo and dual channel DDR question

    ok the basic situation is this: i play World of Warcraft. in thier latest maintainance "patch" (i use the term very losely) they did something that monkeyed around with system memory. prior to this patch the game ran perfectly, now i can't run the game with both my sticks of pc2700 DDR ram...
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    6800gt isn't working! plz help

    what is the wattage on your power supply? you need at LEAST 350 watts for one of these cards to be on the safe side.
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    cooling for BFG 6800 gt

    from what i've been told, BFG is reknowned for thier customer service and warranties. in fact i think this card has a lifetime warranty. why is that important? well if you go taking their fan and heat sink off you are voiding that pretty warranty... just a thought. with that said, those...
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    i can't tell the difference between these cards...

    yeah that makes sense..... thats if they EVER restock these cards. dang i want one, where can i get one?
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    i can't tell the difference between these cards...

    these are 2 BFG 6800 GT cards from newegg: first one is cheaper (419.50) and comes with doom3 free Model "BFGR68256GTD3" -RETAIL http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=14-143-022&depa=1 second one is MORE expensive (469.50) and does not have doom3 Model "BFGR68256GTOC" -RETAIL...
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    Best 6800gt card?

    i second that... everywhere else i have looked the BFG ultra is 500USD + and dell is 655....
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    Looking at getting new video card any recomendations?

    i asked a similar question on the boards recently and got some interesting answers. i guess it depends how much you want to spend. me im an nvidia man so i immediately looked at the 6600 GT and the 6800 GT. the 6600GT is a 200USD+ card, probably 250ish? the 6800 GT is right around 400USD...
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    want to buy a new 6800GT card... can't find comparisons for manufacturer

    haha actually i had no idea it wasn't a real GT. i'm pretty clueless when it comes to some of this stuff. what does GT stand for anyways. "Bleh" said in his post that the xfx and the asus ones are just "overpriced 6800's that have unlocked pipelines and vertex shader" so im glad i asked...
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    want to buy a new 6800GT card... can't find comparisons for manufacturer

    yeah now that you mention it, the asus only has 128 instead of 256. so that answers that question, haha. question for savarak: what do you mean you flashed the bios to the gainward GT bios? isn't that another brand? didn't think that was possible... thanks for the replies.
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    want to buy a new 6800GT card... can't find comparisons for manufacturer

    the really long subject says it all. i tried anandtech articles and tomshardware but i can't find any good articles comparing the different manufacturers of the 6800 GT cards. the evga seems to be popular on newegg but i was hoping for some real comparisons :) if no good comparisons exist...