Well it works...err worked.
The Shuttle Powersupplies are really good, so I had no doubts that the 350W would power it. It fit a little tight, but it fit.
Ran hot, but once I upped the fan speed a bit it was comfortably warm with a high 50s idle, and load in the 60s-low 70s...not bad for a small case. Eveyrhting was fine, no power supply issues at all or components overheating.
It all worked great, except:
-the evga sticker on the 8800gts fan came off and got stuck in the fan, so that was a scare when it started making noise.
-the card is rather large, but the monstrosity to keep it cool is rediculous...about 2 or 3 times more massive then my 7900GT, which is still a very viable card.
-card died within 1 or 2 hours
it didnt work in my system or any other ones, so the card's definitely dead. Screen went grey and then it wouldn't post.
bad thing is i'm on a military deployment so it'll take a few weeks for me to get a replacement from newegg
performance wise it was good. Played Quake4 and Prey maxed out (1280x1024 monitor resolution's limited), 16x af, 16x aa, max shadows, etc...all without a single hitch. Marvelous. I am not a fan of 3d mark( I play games not 3dmark), so I didn't do any numbers for you guys.
Medieval 2 didn't like max details though, was a bit choppy, so I settled for semi maxed.
So right now I'm back to using my 7900GT which surprisingly handles all the games almost as well at my resolution. Quake 4 at max detail (4x AA, 16x AF) looks 95% as good and is just as smooth...same with Prey. Medieval 2 runs great too with 4x AA, low shadows, everything else maxed. But understandably so, my card would be a lot more taxed at 1600x1200 and above while the 8800gts will jsut be stretching its feet.
Though to make up for the speed difference, I finally had the balls to O/C my 7900GT...and man O/C is good with this one. Bumped GPU from 500 to 515( ok I guess), and memory 750 to 900( ) and life is good.
well I still can't wait for my new 8800GTS to come back, but unfortunately it'll probly get here after all the holidays are over. But oh well, I've found new life in my 7900GT which was still plenty fast to begin with, but even better now.
PS
oh yeah all of this is/was running in a shuttle SN25P w/ latest bios, 2gb ram, amd 4000+ @2.5ghz
The Shuttle Powersupplies are really good, so I had no doubts that the 350W would power it. It fit a little tight, but it fit.
Ran hot, but once I upped the fan speed a bit it was comfortably warm with a high 50s idle, and load in the 60s-low 70s...not bad for a small case. Eveyrhting was fine, no power supply issues at all or components overheating.
It all worked great, except:
-the evga sticker on the 8800gts fan came off and got stuck in the fan, so that was a scare when it started making noise.
-the card is rather large, but the monstrosity to keep it cool is rediculous...about 2 or 3 times more massive then my 7900GT, which is still a very viable card.
-card died within 1 or 2 hours
it didnt work in my system or any other ones, so the card's definitely dead. Screen went grey and then it wouldn't post.
bad thing is i'm on a military deployment so it'll take a few weeks for me to get a replacement from newegg
performance wise it was good. Played Quake4 and Prey maxed out (1280x1024 monitor resolution's limited), 16x af, 16x aa, max shadows, etc...all without a single hitch. Marvelous. I am not a fan of 3d mark( I play games not 3dmark), so I didn't do any numbers for you guys.
Medieval 2 didn't like max details though, was a bit choppy, so I settled for semi maxed.
So right now I'm back to using my 7900GT which surprisingly handles all the games almost as well at my resolution. Quake 4 at max detail (4x AA, 16x AF) looks 95% as good and is just as smooth...same with Prey. Medieval 2 runs great too with 4x AA, low shadows, everything else maxed. But understandably so, my card would be a lot more taxed at 1600x1200 and above while the 8800gts will jsut be stretching its feet.
Though to make up for the speed difference, I finally had the balls to O/C my 7900GT...and man O/C is good with this one. Bumped GPU from 500 to 515( ok I guess), and memory 750 to 900( ) and life is good.
well I still can't wait for my new 8800GTS to come back, but unfortunately it'll probly get here after all the holidays are over. But oh well, I've found new life in my 7900GT which was still plenty fast to begin with, but even better now.
PS
oh yeah all of this is/was running in a shuttle SN25P w/ latest bios, 2gb ram, amd 4000+ @2.5ghz
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