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After reading the reviews, I wonder if this is a good card to buy... I am looking for a video card to replace my existing card. Thx OP for the post, but can somebody chip in on the quality of this card? I often hear my friend's recommendation of EVGA due to their lifetime warranty
dtanuwid said:After reading the reviews, I wonder if this is a good card to buy...
Agreed. I've been shopping around to replace my 7900gt that has started artifacting and rebooting my system (I'll RMA it, but I need something to keep working)... unless I can find an 8600gt for nearly free (like the CC deal), I think I'm going to finally ditch the nvidia camp and get myself an ATI card.
valleypoboy said:dtanuwid said:After reading the reviews, I wonder if this is a good card to buy...
Agreed. I've been shopping around to replace my 7900gt that has started artifacting and rebooting my system (I'll RMA it, but I need something to keep working)... unless I can find an 8600gt for nearly free (like the CC deal), I think I'm going to finally ditch the nvidia camp and get myself an ATI card.
Hey... unrelated but I got a 8800gts 320 back from RMA with 7900s from both bfg and evga
FPSguy said:Green for being a true FatWalleter and buying the video cards just because they are affordable, whether you need them or not.
You do realize that the 8000 line of video cards are now two generations old though, right?
Only if you count the 9800 series as a generation---debatable.
The plummeting prices of these 8800 GTs make for some interesting arguments. Sure, the 8800 is no longer the newest tech, but there isn't a game it can't run well right now and probably for the forseeable future (and nVidia's recent addition of Physx handling to the 8000 series drivers buys you a little extra durability in that department). If you're counting pennies, I'd say anything with this much power for less than a hundred clams is a GREAT budget option (and arguably the most GPU power that <$100 has EVER bought in the history of PC gaming), especially since the ATI 4850s haven't gotten any lower than $140 AR so far. Finally, if your current motherboard supports SLI, getting 2 8800 GTs for around $200 (definitely attainable these days) would give most of the high end single slot cards a damn good run for their money. Yes, you also have to look at the power consumption/heat & connector availability issues, the space concerns re/ fitting a fat, two-slot card like this into your case, etc, but I don't think we need to label the 8800 GT as dead quite yet.
valleypoboy said:I've been shopping around to replace my 7900gt that has started artifacting and rebooting my system (I'll RMA it, but I need something to keep working)... My eVGA 7900GS was hardly powered on for more than 10 hours and now no signal. Now I got an Arctic cooling passive cooler just sitting. Maybe my RMA will result in a 8800?
G92 is part of the "graphics family" that nVidia did a $196 million reserve in its last 8-K for. The price on the 84/86/8800G92 series has dropped sharply since then. Probably reflects the risk premium. Does it mean you will get a bad card? NO. But your odds aren't normal.
Well I appreciate specs as next as the next guy, or gal for that matter, but really. One genereation, two generation. 8800GT are in a sweet price range and I have yet to hear of a game that these cards are doing poorly in. Sure, some of the big brothers are considerably faster but if you are shopping for a bargain gaming card, I've yet to see how you can go wrong with these cards.
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