8800GT - Accelero, RAMsinks Preinstalled! $269

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toadeater

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Accelero, 2 fans, and RAMsinks preinstalled. $269.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814134035

The only gripe I have with it is the fans are small (60mm?) rebranded AC fans. I would put two silent 80mm ones on there, it looks like even a 120mm would fit. But since this is selling for a lower price than some other well-known 8800s with Nvidia's defective mockery of a stock cooler, there isn't really anything to complain about.

You've probably also seen the revised Gigabyte 88000GT custom heatsink by now too? No longer the Zalman 700, the only problem with that one is no RAMsinks. Gigabyte, why did you leave those out? At least put them on the VRMs like Asus did. A few dollars more and you could have saved yourself, and us, some trouble.
 
gorobei

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keep us posted on this one. It is a hell of a deal, given the crappy reference cooler on most models.

The one year warranty gives me pause, but if it works well and stays cool then it goes on the short list.
 
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I believe the fans are 80x15mm. SPCR had very favorable opinion about them. Of course 120 would fit and would cool the card better, but it would obstruct passive airflow too much. With turbo module installed I could run the card passive in 2d and only turn on fans while gaming, I don't think I'd be able to do it with 120mm fan attached.
 
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Has anyone gotten this card and tried to overclock it? If so what's the max overclock did you get with this card?
 
gorobei

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Originally posted by: John
The ECS appears to use a non-reference board/component design and only has a 1yr. warranty. I'd rather spend $30 extra for an EVGA/BFG/XFX w/ lifetime warranty and put the Accelero on it.
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actually the only difference appears to be in the power management circuitry. The ecs looks like it has solid ferrite cores(usually better for longterm) to go with the solid state caps. It's normal for the gpu part of the pcb to be reference and the power part to be left to the manufacturer to choose their own solution. The ecs design could actually be better than the stock. The components could be crap though.


Originally posted by: zeroburrito
knowing ECS it's probably full of crappy components and will explode when you try to oc.
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yes, unfortunately ECS does cut corners to get its products out at the discount prices. But like foxcon they are the actual manufacturer of a lot of "known" reliable M/B makers. They certainly give you the barest BIOS options around and that means no OC on any of their boards. Not sure if they are the oem of video cards as well.
 
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soccerballtux

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IMO, there's no point in getting the accelero if you're getting a non 120MM fan.

The more and more you listen to your computer, the louder and louder it gets; and then you wish it were silent. The 120MMs are silent, <90MM is LOUD.

So I'd get the S1 and a 120MM fan.
 
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