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    Help picking between two 8800 GTs

    I'd go for the cheaper one and put the extra $20 towards an aftermarket cooler. Maybe an Accellero. $269 isn't all that bad for an IN STOCK EVGA 8800gt 512
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    *** Official 8800GTS 512MB (G92) O/C Thread ***

    ClubIT has sent me out a new one today. I had to pay for it again, but they are covering all the shipping and will refund my original once I send it back. I thought I should send it back because it's winter now and generally about 10 F cooler in my computer room, but what really decided it was...
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    *** Official 8800GTS 512MB (G92) O/C Thread ***

    Yeah, hopefully ClubIT will be cool about it and send me a new one without me sending this back first. I work from home when I'm on call (which happens to be this week starting tomorrow) and I have to have my computer working. I really wish I hadn't already ebay'd my old card already! Poor...
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    *** Official 8800GTS 512MB (G92) O/C Thread ***

    I'm unable to O/C anything but the memory. Even with fan at 100%. This is an MSI OC edition that runs at 730 stock. I'm at 730/1839/1050 I can see light shining through in between the GPU and HSF combo so I'm thinking that this card will need to be RMA'd. Or maybe I'll just pop the...
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    *** Official 8800GTS 512MB (G92) O/C Thread ***

    Can you run games with that? Any artifacts in ATITool? That's an insane OC! :thumbsup: Mine is on the FedEx delivery truck so I should be getting it this afternoon. It's an MSI OC edition.
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    *** Unofficial 8800 GTS review thread ***

    Please stop feeding the troll. This is getting ridiculous. I have seen him personally attack multiple people throughout his tirades in multiple threads. This guy is the epitome of a troll and is adding nothing to this board but mindless clutter. BAN! Edit: In case I'm not being clear...
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    MSI 8800GTS 512mb OC in stock at clubit

    If I could get an 8800gt for that price I would instead of the GTS. The problem I have is that the only place I know of to find that price is Dell and last I heard Dell has been moving back shipment dates. Even the folks that ordered their cards the first day of the special are being told they...
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    MSI 8800GTS 512mb OC in stock at clubit

    I can't find it on the search anymore, but the link still works.
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    MSI 8800GTS 512mb OC in stock at clubit

    link They also have the gigabyte.. it's more money though and is slower clocked. I caved and ordered mine already. Edit: The item has been removed... sorry.
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    So, with GDDR5 maybe we will get cards that can play Crysis at Very High

    Non-educated? Ignorant? That's funny, those sound like personal attacks to me. I could have sworn that there were rules about that sort of thing on this forum.
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    So, with GDDR5 maybe we will get cards that can play Crysis at Very High

    This has been a very informative thread. Thanks for clearing everything up BFG10K!!!
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    8800 GTS, moving forward

    I think you could do pretty well. The GTS is selling from 210 to 220 on ebay right now. If you're willing to wait a couple weeks after ordering from dell you can get an MSI 8800gt shipped for 222. Then if something better comes out, sell the GT on ebay for a profit and upgrade.
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    3870 $207 at Dell.

    Lol. I bought the Dell deal, but it said that it wouldn't ship until 12/10. So I just bought the newegg deal... time to go cancel the dell deal!
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    Who else thinks the 8800GT sucks?

    This is the first time EVER that a $230 card has been able to play games at 1680 or 1900 widescreen with AA/AF at good frame rates. I think that's pretty impressive. The only game which I've heard of where you can't do this with the settings maxed is Crysis... which isn't even out yet. I...
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    11029 3dmarks with 320mb 8800GTS

    I don't know that I'd say it's cheating considering it only made a 50 point difference. At high quality with all optimizations off, I got 11138. I'll take a 50 point drop for noticeably improved visuals. :) http://service.futuremark.com/...14&XLID=0&UID=11127042
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    11029 3dmarks with 320mb 8800GTS

    What quality? Are you talking intellisample quality? Right now it's set to performance (2nd from the right) with all 3 optimizations checked. Or are you talking about anis, AA, etc?
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    11029 3dmarks with 320mb 8800GTS

    ok, final score is 11187. Not a whole lot better, but it is a minor improvement. http://service.futuremark.com/...14&XLID=0&UID=11123504 Here's my final settings: 634 core (edited... i accidentally put 624 the first time) 2.65 shader multi (shader running at 1674) 1034 mem A...
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    11029 3dmarks with 320mb 8800GTS

    Just figured I'd share this with everyone: http://service.futuremark.com/...14&XLID=0&UID=11122852 I got this score running the 163.71 Beta drivers. 634 core 2.5 shader (1585) 1035 mem Pushing the shader up to 2.5 increased my score by almost 400 points. I haven't tested with a...
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    GeForce 8 Series and Flat Panel Scaling!

    Ok, I know there's been some discussion. Here's how I got flat panel scaling to work properly using 162.18 drivers 1. Install 162.18 drivers, shutdown 2. turn off monitor 3. start up and wait until windows or windows login screen loads 4. change to no scaling. Whoops, everything...
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    will opty 165 running 2.7ghz hold back 8800gtx?

    I'd say tell your bro to hold off for 6-8 months. His current card should be fine for 1280x1024 and if he waits for 6 months chances are he'll be able to get something as fast or faster than the gtx for $300-$350.
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    Will a 7900GS be able to play PC games at high resolutions until the end of the year?

    a 7900gs is not going to play oblivion very well at 1680x1050, even with lower settings.
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    8800gts 320mb SLOW?!

    Yeah, mine's 11k, but I have my video card overclocked. You definitely have a weird issue somwhere. I'd bet it's your PSU.
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    Official FW158.19 released

    I gained 300 points in 3dmark. Scaling is worse than the 102.x driver i was using because scaling no longer works. Oblivion is MUCH smoother now. It does still slow down inside rooms with lots of lights with HDR enabled.
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    I am pretty happy with my 8800gts 320

    AGREED! The only games I haven't been able to run at max settings 1680x1050 60+fps are Oblivion and Stalker and I've seen 768MB 8800 GTXs posting with the same issue. Depending on R600 though, I may dump the 8800 assuming it's ~$400, faster than a GTX, and still overclockable. Only time...
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    STALKER Performance Issues

    Try turning anis down. That's what I had to do. I don't think this is really hitting your card that hard... it's just a limitation in the game or driver. I could run at 60+fps at 1400x900, but when I went to 1680x1050 with the same settings i was getting an average of about 35fps. Dropped...
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    PCI-E Frequency OC Testing | DS3 Rev3.3

    i'm able to load windows at 3.6 now. Not orthos stable, but I think after I lap tomorrow and I play with the settings a bit more it will be. I wasn't able to post past 3.45 before messing with PCI-E. If I'm able to get 3.6 orthos stable tomorrow I'll update this thread with my exact...
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    PCI-E Frequency OC Testing | DS3 Rev3.3

    YOU ARE MY HERO! I thought my CPU was limiting my O/C because anytime i went above 445 fsb my pc was erroring, restarting, bsods. Setting my multi to 6, i found out that I was having stability problems even then. Just increasing voltages did not fix the issue, however increasing PCI-E freq...
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    PCI-E Frequency OC Testing | DS3 Rev3.3

    VERY interesting. I have a ds3 3.3 and have the same g.skill ram you do. I'm also hitting a wall around 430ish FSB. I'm going to try this NOW! Back in a second with findings! p.s. When i set my PCI-E freq to 100 awhile ago, the PC wouldn't boot at all.
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    e4300 bad temps

    I'm beginning to think that this is the major difference between the older better o/c chips and the newer more troublesome chips. if you've reseated a few times carefully, lap that chip and see how much better it gets.
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    e4300 temps @ 3.1

    You could have a really bad heat spreader on your CPU. I was running high temps with my zalman so I upgraded to a tuniq 120 and I'm getting the same temps minus like 3 C. I'm running 70-75 C under orthos load with speedfan... but that's at 1.45v I recently ordered a lapping kit (i know, i'm...
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    8800GTS 640mb -or- 7950GT X2 in SLi

    Don't even bother with a superclocked card. I'm running my vanilla EVGA 8800GTS 320MB at 615/2000 with no problems. Makes a HUGE difference in Oblivion.
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    how good is this dx 10 card??

    ahh, i remember the days of my 6800 vanilla.. was able to enable the disabled shaders and got a nice 10% bump. Just wondering, why do you think we won't be able to enable the shaders eventually?
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    E6300/DS3/G.SKILL/Tuniq

    Yes, run it at 2.1. Also, when using Orthos you should be using the CPU test (Small FFTs). You should be stable with the CPU test prior to running the blend test.
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    E6300/DS3/G.SKILL/Tuniq

    You're never going to run your processors that hard in real life unless you're running something like orthos or some other distributed computing calculation program. I would say that that is stable. However, from a purist's perspective, you should be able to run Orthos for 10+ hours without...
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    OC CPU and maybe video card

    When you get your 8800 get the newest version of ATITool. ATITool works with both nvidia and ati cards and is much better than the current nTune provided by Nvidia. By moving from stock up to 615 GPU/1000 mem my score went from 8900 to 11000 in 3dmark06! I don't know about the cpu... I...
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    E6300/DS3/G.SKILL/Tuniq

    1) Alot of people say that the L2s do not o/c as well as the B2s 2) I am hitting 3.4 with a weak zalman 7700cu. Others have gone MUCH higher. I'm not so sure that B2 is that much better. 3) Yes
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    HDR+AA in STALKER?

    found the culprit. I had Anis maxed out. I moved it down to about 1/3 on the slider and the FPS jumped up to 50-60. Also, I upgraded to the new beta xp drivers. Oblivion now plays ALOT better.
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    HDR+AA in STALKER?

    For some reason when I play stalker i get horrible FPS at 1680x1050. I get somewhere around 20fps... and this doesn't change regardless of any settings changes I make. I can set everything to the lowest setting but if I'm at 1680x1050 I get 20FPS, even if I turn everything back up! If I...
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    Need Immediate help w/ Gigabyte GA-965P DS3

    stable 3.42 at 1.37? Yeah, I'd say you have A LOT more room. push that chip further! Go up to 1.4 and see how high you can get. Don't go over 1.5. :)
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    My e6400 o/c

    I'm using Coretemp and Speedfan 4.32. They both report the same temps.