Galaxy GeForce 8800GT 600MHZ 512MB DDR3

[shinson]

Updating this info from the Dead Dell MSI GT8800 Thread...

Galaxy GeForce 8800GT 600MHZ 512MB 1.8GHZ DDR3 PCI-E DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out OEM Video Card

The 8800GT at NCIXUS is now only $188.32 + shipping after $40.00 rebate.

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Rebate

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[ncage]

is it me or is this crazy white lighting hot?

 

[nyker96]

Is this brand dependable?

 

[ghost recon88]

In for 20!

 

[v8envy]

Crazy hot. Was about to pull the trigger until I checked out the $16 shipping (with insurance) which makes it about $244 with a $40 rebate for me.

I'm feeling risk averse, so I'll give this deal a pass.

 

[Jules]

Why does this thing need 2 PCI-E plugs?

 

[ncage]

only reason i'm a little hesitant is this company is relatively unknown. How likely is it that we will get a rebate? I can find reviews on their HDMI version of their card but its quite different than the one in this deal.

 

[ncage]

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
Why does this thing need 2 PCI-E plugs?

I don't think anyones going to be able to answer your question. Maybe the company took the safe route or maybe it really needs it because of bad card design. I have seen other people ask the same question and no one has come up with a good answer.

 

[gft]

Beware of loud fans. I was going to jump on this deal until I found out that there's 2 versions of this card, and one of them has a fan that's stuck at 100% or something like that. I *think* the round one they have pictured and are currently shipping (according to their note) is the quiet one , but I'm not sure. All I have to go on is the user reviews on the same page.

 

[symocho]

Originally posted by: gft
Beware of loud fans. I was going to jump on this deal until I found out that there's 2 versions of this card, and one of them has a fan that's stuck at 100% or something like that. I *think* the round one they have pictured and are currently shipping (according to their note) is the quiet one , but I'm not sure. All I have to go on is the user reviews on the same page.

That is correct. They are only shipping out the model with the circular fan from coolermaster. Although both models have the fan stuck at 100% the fan used in the coolermaster version is super quiet.

 

[iskim86]

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
Why does this thing need 2 PCI-E plugs?

you can use one. two for overclocking

or so they say.

I have the version with the flat reference design heatsink+fan

I love it.

but i've never tried any other 8800GTs so my opinion is not valid.

 

[chazzzer]

Mine arrived today. It looks great, though I won't have any time to do benchmarks until this weekend. They have only been shipping the quiet one (with the round Coolermaster cooler pictured on the ncixus.com site) for the last couple of weeks. This is a hot deal, no doubt. Others have reported being able to get very good overclocks. This card allows you to overvolt the GPU just by moving a jumper rather than doing a mod to the card.

Galaxy Tech isn't a common name in the U.S., but they are well known in other parts of the world. The rebate has a No-Wait option where you can get the rebate mailed (or deposited into your PayPal account) within a week of them receiving your paperwork. I believe they charge you about 10% for the "service fee," but what's the real difference between $40 in 12 weeks and and $36 this week?

Also, NCIX handles the warranty for one year on all OEM products like this one. That means you won't have to ship your card to the other side of the world if there's a problem with it.

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: chazzzer
Mine arrived today. It looks great, though I won't have any time to do benchmarks until this weekend. They have only been shipping the quiet one (with the round Coolermaster cooler pictured on the ncixus.com site) for the last couple of weeks. This is a hot deal, no doubt. Others have reported being able to get very good overclocks. This card allows you to overvolt the GPU just by moving a jumper rather than doing a mod to the card.

Galaxy Tech isn't a common name in the U.S., but they are well known in other parts of the world. The rebate has a No-Wait option where you can get the rebate mailed (or deposited into your PayPal account) within a week of them receiving your paperwork. I believe they charge you about 10% for the "service fee," but what's the real difference between $40 in 12 weeks and and $36 this week?

Also, NCIX handles the warranty for one year on all OEM products like this one. That means you won't have to ship your card to the other side of the world if there's a problem with it.

Nice! :thumbsup: Id be all over this if i haven't gotten mine for $180.

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: ncage

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
Why does this thing need 2 PCI-E plugs?

I don't think anyones going to be able to answer your question. Maybe the company took the safe route or maybe it really needs it because of bad card design. I have seen other people ask the same question and no one has come up with a good answer.

short answer: it doesn't

when i bought mine i had a PSU with only one pci-e plug... so i tried it. worked great, even in heavy gaming (HL2, bioshock, BF2).

I believe the second plug is for added stability when overclocking. some versions of this board (not this one, or at least not mine) have a jumper to increase GPU voltage. I would assume that the extra connector is for added stability when running it in over-volted mode.

 

[psihog]

Actually no tax for CA, now that's hot and rare..

 

[ghost recon88]

Think you could flash this with any companies BIOS to fix the fan problem?

 

[gft]

Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Think you could flash this with any companies BIOS to fix the fan problem?

It sounds like the cards they're shipping now don't have a problem fan. I dunno about a bios, but a resistor would fix the problem.

 

[gorobei]

What's included in the OEM package?

weird, I cant find any place selling the retail version.

 

[Odeen]

Originally posted by: gorobei
What's included in the OEM package?

weird, I cant find any place selling the retail version.

I bought the OEM Galaxy 8800GTS 512mb, and I got the video card with accessories in a white cardboard box. Here's what was in the box:
Video card
Driver CD
2 DVI/VGA adapters
S-video cable
Molex-PCI-E adapter

Basically, everything you get in a retail packaged video card, minus the pretty box and any additional software.

My GTS is a bone stock card, with the standard heatsink and nVidia sticker on the fan. For the price, I'm quite happy.

 

[shinson]

It's funny how a company like "Galaxy" can get enough 8800GT GPUs to produce these Video Cards, but a big company like say, MSI can't get any to produce any 8800GT Video Cards to supply Super-Freaking-Huge Companies like Dell with several thousand open orders to fill!

WTF !

 

[ghost recon88]

Well I bit, came out to $240 shipped. Plan on using the one-week rebate to get $36 back instead of waiting the full time for $40. Means $204 for a semi-retail 8800GT, not bad IMO. Appears the card they're shipping now is quite quiet compared to earlier models people were complaining about.

 

[Rockhound1]

Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Well I bit, came out to $240 shipped. Plan on using the one-week rebate to get $36 back instead of waiting the full time for $40. Means $204 for a semi-retail 8800GT, not bad IMO. Appears the card they're shipping now is quite quiet compared to earlier models people were complaining about.

Please report back and tell us your impressions.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: psihog
Actually no tax for CA, now that's hot and rare..

That's one of the fringe benefits of me moving away from SoCal and to Wisconsin.

Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Think you could flash this with any companies BIOS to fix the fan problem?

I'd be wary because knowing that it has two PCI-E plugs means it isn't a reference design.

 

[gimpsoft]

well evga selling 8800GT for $229 @ microcenter

Galaxy @ $228.32 don't see nothing strange about it

rebate: they keep $40 for 6-8 weeks artificially inflate profit for the 1-2 month and then send your check.

not bad deal


in for 1

 

[you2]

Is the fan still stuck at 100% or has that been fixed ?

Originally posted by: chazzzer
Mine arrived today. It looks great, though I won't have any time to do benchmarks until this weekend. They have only been shipping the quiet one (with the round Coolermaster cooler pictured on the ncixus.com site) for the last couple of weeks. This is a hot deal, no doubt. Others have reported being able to get very good overclocks. This card allows you to overvolt the GPU just by moving a jumper rather than doing a mod to the card.

Galaxy Tech isn't a common name in the U.S., but they are well known in other parts of the world. The rebate has a No-Wait option where you can get the rebate mailed (or deposited into your PayPal account) within a week of them receiving your paperwork. I believe they charge you about 10% for the "service fee," but what's the real difference between $40 in 12 weeks and and $36 this week?

Also, NCIX handles the warranty for one year on all OEM products like this one. That means you won't have to ship your card to the other side of the world if there's a problem with it.