gaji coming out today so looks like ill be ordering the 8800GTS once i settle my finances & bills. hopefuly everything ok...otherwise cant order....

the 2900xt is really attractive...but the driver issues and especially heat issues is really putting me off. more heat means more power and my pc is gonna be on 24/7 for torrents. dun wan daddy to start screaming about the electricty bill

as for the galaxy....i think they OC their cards...coz theres a shop here in MV that sells it...i saw on the box got written overclocked on the corner...just dunno how much OC done to it la...myself, planning on the BFG 8800GTS 320MB OC2. lifetime warranty how i wish i have enough money for the 640MB OC2.

and hopefully next month's pay can get another one for SLi

yeah...good point... might as well stay with 320mb and use the extra money for a new SATA II HDD....since my SATA HDD are all SATA I

oh well....have to wait for gaji right now..boss still busy...

guys....can someone help me and gimme a direct link to the best drivers to use with the 8800GTS 320MB & the Galaxy 8500GE?

planning to get both soon

and im an absolute n00b when it comes to these driver thingys....usually just use the one on the cd and never change again

This post has been edited by mADmAN: May 29 2007, 02:54 AM

i guess this should work with the 8800GTS 320mb...but i was wondering about the 8500GE...would it work as well? since they arent reference cards...should be the same thing right?

actuallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy........

i remember seeing sometime ago in this forum someone posted a pic of true quad sli.

yep.....a mobo with 4 PCIE slots and all 4 slots taken up..if im not mistaken the mobo was from gigabyte or sumthin like that....cant really remember..so long ago.

id go with the Asus if i were u. like u said...grat bundle, great warranty....plus u can RMA it from a local distributor...

u wan cheap then theres of course the palit.

e-VGA's lifetime warranty is product life or owner's life like BFG's? either way, both brands wanna RMA have to send back to Ah-Me-Li-Ka.

myself...i just ordered the BFG 8800GTS 320mb OC2 from karom

EDIT: wats in the e-VGA 8800 GTS Superclocked bundle anyway?? i cant seem to find any info on that in their website.

This post has been edited by mADmAN: May 30 2007, 09:51 PM

actually i think ALL 8800 series are still on reference design...except that some like calibre and evga came out with a diff cooler...other than that..even the cooler is the same..heck...even the PCBs are the same green ones...

some may have factory OC and some dont...this is the only major difference i can see.

in the end it comes down to the bundle, warranty, OC (if got), and preference i guess.

someone asked that question before cant remember if it were u or someone else....and this is what i answered

ive never really liked 3DMark06 to test the Graphics card....

simply because the final scores also take into account ur CPU Power...

I personally think the 3DMark05 is still a better judge for GPUs

Non OCed? thatll make them all the same....but i guess ill go for the XFX for the double lifetime warranty thingy.

but also depends on what u want in the bundle la. personally...id rather have peace of mind with the warranty than an extra game which can be had for cheap .

actually the price is more like 1200....the Palit is even going for 1040 in the bulk orders section.

ur 450W is what PSU?

one thing i noticed from the manufacturer's website such as evga and bfg, when they recommend a 400-420W PSU with xxAmps on the rails... they always state that its based on a QX6800 system. so i guess a lower power consuming system should be alright if u meet the bare minimum of the recommendation from those sites.

just out of curiosity...

has anyone found any hard voltmodded 8 series card out there? mainly the 8800 cards...

wondering how a voltmodded 8800 in SLi would look and perform...

and i aint talking about pencil mods. im talking soldering and variable resistors etc.

WOOOHOOOO!!! MY BFG 8800GTS 320MB OC2 is in the house!!!!

so can consider me officially a member of the 8800 series family

only thing is i still dont have the hardware to use it...still using my trusty AGP motherboard

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Jun 11 2007, 02:23 PM

yeah...the Palit 8800GTS is at RM990 now in ShSikua (is that how u spell his nick?? ) bulk...

now no difference one ler....es[ecially since the 8800gts are most if not all still on the reference design

the only cooler available for the 88 series now is the thermalright HR03.

calibre oso still on reference design ler....just the cooler only different. even then...i read a review that wasnt really impressed with the cooler.

wat bios version u using? the 1102 is out and stable it seems... 1103 ive read in the asus forum that its still screwed...

good OC tips???

sharing is caring man...cmon cmon!!!

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Added on June 14, 2007, 2:02 pmthe bios u posted is the 1103...have u tried it?? coz after reading THIS, im pretty freaked out honestly...

geez...i really hope i stop hearing issues with this board..coz im planning to get it for my upgrade!

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Jun 14 2007, 02:02 PM

me oso in the same boat. booked an OP650 fromm jy14. have to wait for stocks to arrive first.. the PSU thing is really holding me back from my upgrade...damn itchy wanna try the 8800GTS...that and also the intel price cut. july 22nd seems so friggin far away

but i did manage to get a Biostar TForce 6100 (S754) mobo last night. only thing is now...i need to find the time to fix it with my BFG 8800GTS OC2 and CM Realpower 450w...

yeah man....damn sad...he wait is killing me la...

me using the A64 2800+ in muh rig temporarily until i get the OP650 and the intel price cut. once cut...hopefully got enough money for a Q6600

but one thing i noticed....the minimum PSU requirement is usually based on a QX6800 system... saw this on the BFG and EVGA 8800GTS website while i was doing some research. so if ur system consumes less power than that then iguess it should be ok la.