Which one? (gfx cards...)

2008-01-16 12:48:49

#1

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6694|Finland

So. I'm selling my HD 3870 since I want to try nvidia this time.

I have really hard time deciding which one of these excellent cards I should get.
I mean, is it REALLY worth spending 80€ more for a 8800GTS when I can get a 8800GT with dual slot cooler. I'm gonna OC the shit out of the card I get.

1st:
Palit 8800GT 512MB Sonic 236€

https://images.tweaktown.com/imagebank/pal88gtson_05l.JPG

2nd:
Inno3D 8800GTS 512MB 310€

https://tietokonekauppa.kauppakulma.com/tkuvat/GK-IN-8800-GTS-G92-512.jpg

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-01-16 12:50:02)

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2008-01-16 12:52:10

#2

Brasso: member; +1,549|6910

I vote the Palit, don't they have a 1 GB version though? That's just overkill...

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2008-01-16 12:53:27

#3

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6733|The Twilight Zone

Gt

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-01-16 13:03:08

#4

02fxnmaurer: Member; +75|6762|Birmingham UK

i have the sonic version ...its overclocked a little bit for retail....so will run most likely as fast as the stock 8800gts (if its the g92 version)

plus cheaper so yh palit gt

2008-01-16 13:06:59

#5

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6810|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

Get a Gainward 8800GT 1GB, red PCB matches your whole PC.

2008-01-16 13:14:49

#6

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6694|Finland

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
Get a Gainward 8800GT 1GB, red PCB matches your whole PC.

It's cooler is bollox... the contact with the gpu die is horrible resulting in overheating and crashing...

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2008-01-16 14:07:42

#7

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6810|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

BS, I had a 7300GT Golden Sample and that cooler is amazing, I OC'ed with 40% in general.

2008-01-16 14:11:24

#8

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6694|Finland

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
BS, I had a 7300GT Golden Sample and that cooler is amazing, I OC'ed with 40% in general.

note that it is 7300. not a 8800.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/ … 0gt_4.html

Alas, we had some problems with the cooler of our sample of the Bliss 8800 GT 512MB GS GLH. The heat-spreader proved to be not exactly flat, which resulted in poor contact with the GPU die and, consequently, in overheat. We suspected that after the card would hang up all the time during our tests, so we dismantled the cooler to check it out. The traces of thermal grease of the die and the cooler were uneven, and the thermal grease itself was dried up. The card would still hang up in 3D application even when we replaced the thermal grease. So, we had to polish the cooler off to achieve a proper contact with the GPU. Hopefully, this is only a problem of presale samples of the Bliss 8800 GT 512MB GS GLH because the cooling system developed by Gainward seems to have a high potential.

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2008-01-16 14:19:24

#9

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6810|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

Note that that is not the cooler I had, I was talking about this one
http://www.alternate.de/html/product/pr … tno=JCXWL1

Last edited by _NL_Lt.EngineerFox (2008-01-16 14:19:48)

2008-01-16 14:30:08

#10

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6477|Winland

I vote GTS. The GTS coolers are really easy to mod better fans to. At least the G80 ones.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-01-16 14:49:53

#11

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6694|Finland

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
Note that that is not the cooler I had, I was talking about this one
http://www.alternate.de/html/product/pr … tno=JCXWL1

that costs as much as the GTS. so no go

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2008-01-16 14:50:59

#12

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6810|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

Oke, GTS then

2008-01-16 15:04:16

#13

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6929

Benchmarks show the 1Gb 8800GT as being equal or worse than the 512Mb version in a lot of cases.

2008-01-17 01:10:59

#14

']['error: Banned; +630|6923|The Netherlands

As you're going to overclock the shit out of it anyway: Go for the GT.

Palit 8800GT 512MB Sonic	52%	52% - 13
Inno3D 8800GTS 512MB	48%	48% - 12
Total: 25

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