Edit: The Deal is Dead
One helluva deal for those in the hunt for one. Don't know how long it will last. HIS HD 4870 only $193 after $20 rebate using this link which just began floating around, free shipping too ....
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=HIS-4870&c=pw
Edit: The Deal is Dead
I'm using 175.12 Betas which are working well for me, guess I'll go with the official 175.16 ones now. Here are some links if anyone wants to give them a shot ....
Official 175.16 WHQL Drivers ....
XP32-Bit
http://us.download.nvidia.com/...32bit_english_whql.exe
XP64-bit...
This is the cooler they should have used in the first place. It's more or less and EVGA 8800GT with a GTS 512MB Dual-Slot Cooler slapped on it. Seems to me if you wanted that, why not buy a GTS 512MB??
Base Model $269 - http://www.evga.com/articles/393.asp
Pic...
For those interested. This one's only $189 after $40 rebate. 512MB card with decent fan, 3-phase power system, heatpipe cooler. Shipping is $12 though ....
http://www.ncixus.com/products...X/Galaxy%20Technology/
If you're in the market for one of these, here we go ......
Mwave ....$509.95
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/vie....hmx?scriteria=AA72586
(**Listing Taken Down**)
Asus ATI Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB - EWiz.com ....$459
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=AS-38701GB#
Haven't tried them yet, but here they are. Long thread discussing these on Guru3D and NVNews. They just showed up.....
Vista/32
http://www.itocp.com/ftp//WinVista171_16beta.zip
XP/32
http://www.itocp.com/ftp//WinXP171_16beta.zip
EVGA 8800GT 1/14/08
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=176929&mpage=1&key=
"This new update ramps the fanspeed up quicker, and more gradually as the temperature increases. This update can lower the GPU operating temperature by about 10c under load. In addition, this BIOS also improves...
Great after-market cooler round-up for the 8800GT at HardForum. The Zalman VF900-CU is still doing very well for $32. No Accelero S1 as they couldn't get sample ... ....
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
This is for anyone who's interested in buying the 8800GTS 512MB.....
http://www.clubit.com/search.c...=8800gts+512mb&cat=all
Gigabyte 8800GTS 512MB - $329 (Now out of stock)
EVGA 8800GTS 512MB - $349 (with Crysis)
PNY 8800GTS 512MB - $339
Best Price so far courtesy of HardForum...
Never heard of these guys before, but they have a review posted since yesterday for the EVGA 8800GT 256MB....
http://www.gamepyre.com/reviewsd.html?aid=897&p=1
To answer the many of the "unfounded" rumors floating around the internet regarding the 8800GT, HardOCP reached out to a few manufacturer's today to get the lowdown. They state that card failure rates have been extremely low thus far......
http://www.hardocp.com/news.ht...xoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=
Found an interesting discussion going on over at the Hardforum regarding overclocking the 8800GT. JonnyGuru who is fairly well know for his expertise when it comes to power supplies made an appearance in this thread and issued a warning against overclocking the 8800GT's memory to 2000 Mhz. or...
If this has been posted already, my apologies. Sparkle has two different cooling solutions for their 8800GTs. No Fan and Dual-Fan Design ...
Passive Cooler:
http://www.sparkle.com.tw/News...8800GT_passive_EN.html
Dual-Fan:
http://www.techmessenger.com/S...-Gaming-071029007.html
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