Oblivion pwns current gen cards? Oblivion is peanuts already even on current gen cards. I max out all the gfx options, 2560x1600 resolution n still the most demanding outdoor areas r showing 40-50 FPS which is plenty good. The less demanding areas average 100+ FPS. Oblivion is no big deal for current gen cards.

Yes that is a Zalman cooler. Made specially for Galaxy. N yes the 8500GE is true. I'm gonna buy sum to put in my testbench just for sum fun. From the benchmarks I've seen, the 8500GE is just awesome for such a dirt cheap card.

NO. I tried an Enermax 600W just for fun to c if it cud handle it. N that's a server grade Enermax. Yet cant do it.



Get the Galaxy GTS. It's got the best HSF n OC. All that n it's fully guaranteed. Just that nice juicy HSF alone is reason enuf. I wish they used that HSF on the 8500GE. Then I'll OC them to the sky.





CC? What is CC? U mean Command n Conquer kar? I havent bought that game yet. Still on SupCom now. Havent finished it yet.

Anyway, I think what that guy meant by CC=Credit Card.

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Added on May 18, 2007, 7:58 pmThe FSP has very low Amps IIRC. I hafta go read up on that to make sure though. U dont need hi end WC n lotsa HDDs to require a big mama PSU for a 8800GTX SLi rig. U need a big mama PSU for big OC n daily use. Then oni everything will b nice n stable. But of course, once u haf the big mama, u can add in WC n lotsa HDDs too.

This post has been edited by ianho: May 18 2007, 07:58 PM

I've seen sum pretty impressive benchies. A hi OC 85GT at 750/800 did close to 3000 in 3DM06.

U shud get a proper 750W. A Silverstone OP750 wud b nice. I'll be receiving 1 from Silverstone soon. I'll be sure to review it for u guys once I get it.

Well, if under budget constraints then an OP650 will do the job too. The Silverstone PSU engineer told me the OP650 is enuf for a rig with 2x8800GTX even OCed oso can. In fact they wanted me to review the OP650 to show it works great with 2x8800GTX in a hi OC system but they ran out of stocks so sending me a 750 instead. I'll hafta try out the OP650 b4 I can say for sure though.

1680x1050 is not uber hi reso by today's standards. U shud be fine. Just dont turn on all the eye candy n u shud get sum nice framerates. U can always SLi it when u get the 22" monitor later.

Just go to Nvidia.com n use the latest WHQL drivers for max stability. Beta drivers not assured of stability. Also, make sure u select the right drivers. 8800 series n the lower end 8 series use diff drivers IIRC.

Well, if ure looking to maximize the usage of ur 8800GTX, go get the Dell 30" monitor. They're really really cheap nowadays at only about rm3700 depending on the current offers. A single 8800GTX can even handle COH at 2560x1600, full gfx options on. Average FPS still at about 40. I tried it by switching off my SLi n got 50 FPS average. With SLi on I'm getting about 80-90 FPS. Sum ppl cant even get 40-50 FPS on a 17" monitor so yeah, I'd say the upgrade to a 30" will let u fully utilise the power of the GTX.

Dont bother getting the 22" since ur already on 20". It's not even an upgrade since both haf the same resolution. Once u c how games look at super hi resos, u'll never go back to small screens.

SLi without the bridge can only be done for the low end cards like the 8500 n 7300.

Nope. If the game is supported by SLi(most games are SLI nowadays) then the 7950GX2 is still faster than a single 8800GTS.

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Added on June 3, 2007, 2:13 amHoly smokes! Those 3DM05 scores are absolutely mind blowing for a rm350 card. My old watercooled 6800GT overclocked like hell oso score around the same oni.
And that was a rm1800 gfx card back then. That just shows the progression of tech. Pay rm350 now for the same performance of a rm1800 card 2 years ago.


This post has been edited by ianho: Jun 3 2007, 02:13 AM

Time for me to get another card? U want me to buy a 3rd 8800GTX kar? Tri SLi!

I used the water cooled 6800GT for a while only, then moved on to a 7950GX2. Now oredi 8800GTX SLi.

This post has been edited by ianho: Jun 3 2007, 02:49 PM

Because 8800Ultra is just a slightly clocked up GTX. It's only about 10-15% faster. All I need is a simple 10-15% OC n they'll be about the same as the Ultra. Besides, even at stock speeds, the 8800GTX SLi already plays Oblivion on my 30" monitor at full graphics options smoothly. That's y I haven't even bothered to OC my cards. There's simply no need to stress them when they already run all my games smoothly. I usually only upgrade my gfx cards when I can get new cards which r 2 times more powerful than what I haf. If it's only incremental improvements then I wont bother upgrading as playing with top end cards especially when u play SLi is very painful on the wallet.

That's y if u look at my gfx upgrade history, I went from 6800GT to 7950GX2 to 8800GTX to 8800GTX SLi coz every step I took was about double the performance of the previous card.








I dont want to go back to water cooling coz I change hardware very often n I also swap around my hardware between rigs n the testbench to do hardware testing n reviews n all so a water cooled rig will b too troublesome. I need to be able to remove n reinstall the hardware quickly without the hassle of a water loop.

158.45 is more for the 8800 series with more SLi optimisations n also better performance in Company Of Heroes DX10 version.

Single card users shud stick with 158.24 as recommended by Nvidia.

Wooooo. Now so cheap oredi it's time for u to grab another 1 to fill up ur P5N32E-SLi.

The reference coolers on the 8800GTX n GTS IS a Zalman design.

Just so u dont get deeply dissapointed by those benchmark scores............. the scores with AMD dual core is really lauya. BUT dont worry bout it. It's not at all indicative of how good ur rig is for real games.

There r fellas with C2D E6300 n single 8800GTS with higher scores than my rig at 3DM06. When it comes to real gaming though, the E6300 n 8800GTS rigs cant even smell smoke. So dont bother about benchmarking.

Use Firefox to view the 3DM06 results if IE dont work. It's lidat sumtimes

U wish. From what I've read, 3DM07 is gonna take into account Quad cores. Which will make it even more sucky. Then the benchmark becomes even more pointless. As it is, 3DM06 is already a very poor indication of a rig's real gaming power. 3DM07 will just take it into the realm of the Twilight Zone.

U want max Vista score of 5.9 u gonna need to spend big bux. Mine scores 5.9 but it's 8800GTX SLi.