Yeah, although the card is 16x capable, sometimes under some circumstances, the card will not run at full speed. If im not mistaken, it has something to do with drivers or some other software, coz this type of problem happened on AGP's too, ie AGP8x running at AGP4x.

But the again, I doubt you'll get that much performance hit running at 8x or 4x, coz most card hardly use over 8x worth of bandwidth. Well, not to the extend of getting 8k only in 05

actually with UT2004 at 1680*1050 everything runs smoooooooottthhh....even after i put all details to high/max oso still smooooooooooooootthhh

must be me HDD


checked....running at 16x. im putting the blame on me HDD. coz whenever its active (ie bitcomet running) everything becomes frigging slow. but close bitcomet and the pc moves fine. sadly the 3dm05 scores only ever so slightly improves with the bitcomet off....i need an upgrade

now when is that OP650 of mine coming?? isk.

EDIT: where can i get the old version 3dm05 where i dont have to check my scores online? damn mafan ler have to submit ORB everytime.

thats the thing....i think the HDD must be too friggin slow loading it. im VERY sure thats the reason (more like im praying thats the reason )

my HDD is a 320GB WD SATA 1 by the way. bought from bulk orders about 2 years ago

looks like i have to change oso...coz nowadays everytime i boot the PC itll run scandisk on one of my partition (my BT partition).

godammit...i need an upgrade!

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Jun 27 2007, 01:08 AM

Wow..Never knew it would be a good software. Maybe i should try it out and see whether it works for me or not. Cause i miss the auto OC ability that was previously available in older versions of Nvidia Ctrl Panel..

what do u mean slow?
ade bunyik bunyik ka ur hdd?


This post has been edited by gtoforce: Jun 27 2007, 08:44 AM

Im using Atitool for OC'ing. Great tool as it has temp monitor, artifact detector all in 1 window

put it simply...whenever i wanna open my computer...u can hear the hdd moving and then the flashlight thing comes out searching etc etc etc..

so yeah...its slow.

can any1 recommend a 8800 GTS 320 MB brand i shud buy ? (or those i shud avoid?)

ordered my new rig already , just left the graphics card

eVGA or BFG sint really an option for me because of the delivery period

Any particular brand would be fine as all of them are on reference/stock cooler and PCB. Recommendation from me would be either of these few :

Palit - For being the cheapest available in the market. Bulk orders are even less than 1k

Asus - For having 3 years warranty international wide. Good bundle package.

MSI - For having a good, cheap price. Pre-OCed and at some cases, bundled with COH game which might be a plus point for some.

but is palit recommended? Heard my fren said that a lowyat stall people told him that last year ,the famous brand was colourful , this year , it's palit. How true is that?

If im not mistaken, the cards are manufactured by the same factory. Just they're distributed to different manufacturer. So it doesnt matter if the brand is not a big name. The cards are all the same

colorful is colorful
palit is xpertvision, both are almost the same, except different style of packaging and the mascots used Palit is cheaper than XpertVision, but sometimes a little more expensive than colorful

To all 8series or any other dx10 graphic card user, are u using window xp? Did you encounter any graphic corrupt while playing games? Or maybe hang on window desktop?

Been using this card for exactly a month. Havent encounter anything like that yet. Im on 158.27

Hmm weird, i had been suffering from this error since the first day i got my comp, but after i tried to reinstall my driver a few times, the error will fade away, but after a few weeks it will be back, now i sent my comp to the shop to see whats the problem...=\ Btw i'm using 8800GTS.

No problems here

Helldude : juz wondering what temperature yer card at?.. idle and load.

Anywayz, have u tried different drivers?...

Btw, theres a new beta drivers juz out from Nvidia, try it out

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_162.15.html

Cheers

This post has been edited by TomatomanzSeedlezz: Jun 28 2007, 02:16 AM

Well, Palit had been a good brand when it comes to Nvidia GCs. They are known to be very reliable, OCable and at the same time, very cheap as well. The opinion is based on the low/middle end series of GC. However, when it comes to the 8800series, MOST of them (not sure its all or not) are based on the reference design/cooler. Hence, they are all basically the same with maybe difference in term of the cooler graphics, bundle package and some might come pre-OCed.

With Palit priced lower than 1k for now, its really a good purchase for me. I dont think there is any Colorful 8800GTS on sale at LYP AFAIK. Colorful wise, i am not so attracted to the brand. But it is indeed very cheap..

Using driver 158.22 on Windows XP for roughly 1 month. Never encountered any problem thus far...

As stated in my earlier post i encounter the same problem like yours n it happen to be Asus brand, in fact i send for rma n they return to me saying no problem, i think some software compatibility problem with this gpu.

Hmm just got back my comp, the staff help me install ATI Catalyst Control Center, i was like wth @_@
He told me it solves the problem, so i'm like...okay -.- Just tried out WoW, no problem with crazy graphic loads, going to run 3dmark later.

getting one this weekend! wats the price like.. and if ask for nego how much cheaper can get ah?

Is getting a 8600 GT worth it? I was saving for an 8800 GTS...but then...financial issues. I really hope there is something for me. I really can't afford RM1000+ for just a graphics card. I know because I have a 7800 GTX (it affected my life financially quite terribly)