Why you drag me into the picture? If you think that you could beat him, go ahead.
If VT-Ten this, If VT-Ten that... I say, if I'm cstkl1, i would plug in MY QX6800@3.2 and put it MY P5n32-e-SLI and MY 2xAsus 8800 Ultra, overclock it and shut Ian up!

Forummers, I apologise if I sound sarcastic, but I'm really on my nerves if someone used me in this sort of "discussion".

wa..price drop so fast ar? rm888 is the normal xfx 8800gts or the xxx edition?

1. Yes.
2. Rivatuner does not support adjusting fan speed in Vista. As of now, only XP is able to do it.
3. No harm using different bios. but make sure you know what you are doing if you plan to flash it.

i would love to do that too if im $$$$$$$$$
lemme try my oc if i could reach the xfx fatility speed. will update u guys later.
haih, wat to do... no money for GTX or ultra, hv to settle down with gts and oc kaw kaw lor.

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*update: 684/2088 failed.

This post has been edited by VT-Ten: Oct 14 2007, 06:29 PM

AoiNatsume is right. theres no point waiting. technology is just advancing too fast. if im you, i'll grab it, enjoy it for a year or 2 before starting another round of gc hunting again.

3,200rpm is kinda high. I suspect is kind loud. say, how loud (or rather quiet) is 34db?

Quoted adopted from guru3d with regards to the xfx 8800gts fatal1ty.

Source: http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/465/11

i guess any a3 revision of 8800gts is able to do that speed with some help of rivatuner.

yeap, it really depends of individual taste.

my personal opinion on 88GT vs 88GTS 320
88GT:
single slot solution. more clearance on other PCI devices.
louder fans? (since thinner fans needs to spin faster than fatter ones to produce same amount of cfm). anyone beg for differ?
better benchmark figures
cheaper than gts (guess this is the main selling point)
more memory compared to gts (handy for upcoming DX10 games)

88GTS 320:
fat!
thicker heat sink (added cost?)
lower benchmark figures. anyone can tell whether im runnin GT or GTS while gaming?
more expensive. nevermind the initial selling price, since they have stopped production anyway.
handicapped by the limited memory.

If someone is upgrading from Geforce 7 series or 85/86 series to 88gt, then they'll notice a significant improvement (applies on 22" LCD or bigger screens). But if one is selling his/her 88gts to get 88gt, imo, there's not much gain rather than adding numbers to the benchmark scores.

my 2 cents.

Cheers.

im not an audiphile, but i agree with madman.
audigy 2 and above (except for Xtreme auido) are good, as they are using EMU10k2 sound processors which supports up to EAX 4.0

if you wanna be a hardcore, go for X-fi models (again, minus the Xtreme audio) to enjoy EAX 5.0. But hor... i think there's no games out there optimized for EAX 5.0 yet. i might be wrong thou....

the reason some say sound cards are better than in-built are becoz they have dedicated sound processor. this will take some load off from the cpu for sound processing. another reason is in-built cards will have alot of inteference within the mobo itself. the only advantage is newer inbuilt sound cards supports 5.1 (some even 7.1) speaker system where as older sound cards may only supports up to 5.1

check my siggie, i've got 8800GTS in sli mode and a SB Live! (very old sound card) and i dont have any problem with it cramping in the middle of 2 heat-emitting creatures or what so ever.

err... i think we are sailing too far off from this thread. lets stick back to the discussion before moderators/TS start making noise.

cheers.

This post has been edited by VT-Ten: Nov 7 2007, 03:46 PM

from my previous experience, the system will follow the settings of the slower card, irregardless of position.

can. even 88gts sli can pawn single gtx. but due to the memory limitation of the 88gts 320, the gts sli can outperform single gtx at native resolution of 22". anything greater than that, the gtx will perform better due to the availability of 768mb.

hey bro i get what you mean now. my sli setup oc 648core / 2000mem / 1674 shader got only low 20s fps in crysis. setting was 1680*1050 high setting. and i was using only directx 9.

tried using dx10. the result? too embarrased to tell.

This post has been edited by VT-Ten: Nov 10 2007, 07:38 PM

yea, i pre-ordered the LE too. but it'll prolly only reach me by 20th.
man i wish they could get it posted earlier.

thanks for the tip ian, will get my GTS driver updated.