thats the problem...its a rumor...whether or not itll actually come out is another thing.

the question of will the price drop below 1k for the 8800GTS 320mb...answer is most likely not. if u want it, ur gonna have to fork out 4 digits. otherwise theres the garage sales.

the ONLY brand ive seen gone below the 1k mark was Palit and that was in the Bulk Order Section....but last i checked (which was a few weeks ago) the price has gone back up above the 1k mark.

seriously, if ur thinking about it...go for it. just get the cheapest one u can find. the card is totally worth it IMHO. didnt regret paying the 4 digits for mine.

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Added on August 26, 2007, 3:43 amoh yeah...the other day someone was asking about the temp of my A2ZS sandwiched between my 2 GCs....

FYI, its pretty friggin HOT! both front and back gets quite warm to the touch

ive also added an old NB heatsink onto the main chip. stuck there with 3M thermal tape

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Aug 26 2007, 03:43 AM

this downcclocking thing is very interesting.....

kmarc...dont forget to post guides and results once uve done ur homework yah

yes....those PSUs can support the 8800GTS 640

yo kmarc...i read ur topic in the nvidia forums....

about the fan speed thingy....u can check out the first post. theres a link there to an 8800 fan speed guide.

i did it and it works....the steps are a little tedious...but it still works.

logically what u said is true.....

but believe it or not i get higher temps playing UT2004 than i do playing Quake 4 and even CoH

decided to try something to help with the cooling of my 2x 8800s...

previously it takes a while for the temps to go down from load to idle. so i added a 60mm fan in the HDD bay to help push some air from the front intake to the GC coolers..

bottom card benefitted alot from this....from load, the temps went down pretty quick to idle...even the idle temps has dropped...

top card however, is not receiving as much air as the bottom card...but its still benefitting from this... temps from load to idle drops pretty quick...but still not as fast as bottom card. idle temps has also dropped.

not really sure about load temps..as i started the PC and straight ran 1 round of CoH benchmark and 1 round of 3D Mark 05....

currently top card is idling stable at 63 and bottom card is at 56



the sli bridge area is still friggin hot though

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Sep 1 2007, 05:29 AM

if i put the fan on top of the HDD then none of the GCs will be getting air...the air from the fan will be blowing over the top of the card...


EXACTLY! the air around the sli bridge area gets hot...even my sidepanel on that side feels warm. need to figure out a way to exhaust the hot air from there.

thought about that....but then all my hidden cables behind the HDD bay will be exposed!

besides...even if i did do it...im still gonna install another 120mm fan right before the GCs to help pull fresh air from the front intake (same thing like now la)....but at least now both my HDD and my GCs are benefiting from this setup cooling wise.

i did..... 680/1000 (2000 effective) max ive gone so far. perfect 3dmark05 stable. never tried going any higher though.

but this was on single card.... driver 158.22

now using the latest 162.sumthin....... and on SLI...cannot touch 1k mark. will pass RT test...but 3dm05 crash. but then already SLI still need to OC meh

lansi

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Sep 2 2007, 02:53 PM

nope....stock cooler and even on stock TIM.

fan speeds @60% and closed case....i just put the clock slider in RT to 1000 and it worked!

ran 3dmark05 and perfectly stable.... heh.... after that put back to stock.

did it 2-3 times before i think....

eeerrr......machan here....

wats bohsong

basically it means kiasu laaaaaaaaa

yeah...was using 158.22.

now im thinking of reverting back to 158.22 oso... but then the latest driver supposed to be better for lost planet..so ill stick to that for awhile more la

@kmarc
dun have ati tool to test out artifacts etc etc... so i just use 3dmark05 hence the reason i mentioned "3dmark05 stable" and not just "stable". besides..i only OC when im doing benchmarks... other than that, the GCs remains @ stock as even @ stock they can take alot of the current games.

eh eh...nono...i meant BEFORE SLI... actually any GC i use (even the AGP days)...OC only for benchmarks and normal usage @ stock as i didnt see a need to OC the GC for my gaming needs.

actually now SLI oso the GCs are @ stock

only tested with the first GTS @ 680/2000... the second GTS didnt bother to test....just wanted to make sure its working only

B4 this where got high end card??? i was using an FX5200 -> 9550 -> 6800 Vanilla -> 8800

the 8800 would be my first high end card man...ever

test 1 round only....then set back to default coz like i said...OC only for benchmarking...

but did it 2-3 times la...

eerrrr...
3dmark05
single : 16.9k
SLI: 19.5k

CoH benchmark all settings high AA disabled
single: average FPS almost 80 (forgot exact figure)
SLI average FPS 113 (or around there)


yeah i was wondering about the ram thing as well... but in the end....im not moving from my 22" (eventhough ianho has been poisoning me with 30") so the ram thing shouldnt be an issue for me...

for 1680*1050 id go with 320mb....simply because of price and it also works perfectly on that reso...also most people dont upgrade their monitor that often. so dont really see a need to have that extra.

somehow i find the 640mb a little too 'expensive' (unless buying used at brand new 320mb prices). for my needs (1680*1050) i cant see any reason to justify the price for a 640mb.

try googling it up...i remember bumping into something somewhere about the irq not less or equal to thingy...