8800GT Ramblings Thread

Novice39 · 29 Oct 2007 at 21:42

jac4593 said:
Look at the difference

System hardware
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad QX6850
(FYI: similar to the E6850 in games)
Motherboard Asus P5K3 Deluxe
Memory Kingston 2 x 1024 MB
setup in DDR-3 800 6-6-6-15-21
Hard Drive Hitachi T7K250 250 GB
DVD-ROM DVD Player Asus 12x
Power Supply Tagan U15 Easycon 530 W
System Software & Drivers
Operating System Windows XP Pro
Nvidia ForceWare 167.37 (all GeForce all games except Crysis)
ForceWare 169.01 (all GeForce under Crysis)

hi tell me if im missing something here. These are dx9 results. You guys telling me you buying a brand new card to play a dx9 game.
I want to see real dx10 results with all settings on high screen res set to monitor limit (1680x1050 in my case).
If it's still performing! then i will understand all the commotion.
Until then you've got one of the best performing dx9 cards whoopee

willhub · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:10

Novice39 said:
hi tell me if im missing something here. These are dx9 results. You guys telling me you buying a brand new card to play a dx9 game.
I want to see real dx10 results with all settings on high screen res set to monitor limit (1680x1050 in my case).
If it's still performing! then i will understand all the commotion.
Until then you've got one of the best performing dx9 cards whoopee

Dont you realise no card is good for DX10 at this time, why do you think people will be buying the GT? DX9 or 10?, the answer is DX9.

mrk · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:17

Hmmmmmm...

Jokester · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:21

willhub said:
Dont you realise no card is good for DX10 at this time, why do you think people will be buying the GT? DX9 or 10?, the answer is DX9.

People who have played Bioshock in DX10 will argue different.

Jokester

mrk · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:23

Does this mean I'll be the first person on ocuk to have an 8800GT tomorrow? :O

I'd buy it just for that if that's the case then refund it and wait for the new GTX !*

*not ¬_¬

The Asgard · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:24

Jokester said:
People who have played Bioshock in DX10 will argue different.

Jokester

Didn't think Bioshock was a really heavy duty DX10 app. Just some token Dx10 features?

joedeath332 · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:24

By the time DX10 becomes important , we will be on the 12000 series card's

The Asgard · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:25

mrk said:
Does this mean I'll be the first person on ocuk to have an 8800GT tomorrow? :O

Nope

mrk · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:27

The Asgard said:
Nope

Speak up and share your 8800GT experience!

*shakes fist in air*

willhub · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:32

Jokester said:
People who have played Bioshock in DX10 will argue different.

Jokester

Yea I played Bioshock in DX10 and it was fine and that was with a 2900XT lol, but still, looks same as DX9, I'm talking about DX10 like Crysis, Bioshock is hardly fully DX10.

alexmc · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:08

Anyone know of any passive cooling solutions that will work for the new 8800GT. I want mine to be silent ?

[TW]Fox · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:12

I originally ordered a BFG 8800GT OC2 from OcUK but I've since swapped my order to just a regular OC as I dont want to wait until 9th November.

Am I likely to regret this? The speed of the OC2 did look tasty.

Tom|Nbk · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:14

[TW]Fox;10380007 said:
I originally ordered a BFG 8800GT OC2 from OcUK but I've since swapped my order to just a regular OC as I dont want to wait until 9th November.

Am I likely to regret this? The speed of the OC2 did look tasty.

The way I'd do it..

Buy the cheapest brand, clock the nuts off it.

Enjoy

They're all from the same factory/production line

Aslong as you have a year or so warranty it will do.

ademcg · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:19

Tom|Nbk said:
The way I'd do it..

Buy the cheapest brand, clock the nuts off it.

Enjoy

They're all from the same factory/production line

Aslong as you have a year or so warranty it will do.

Word !

Doomy · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:19

Quickie. Will this card be in stock tomorrow?

Tom|Nbk · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:20

ademcg said:
Word !

Ya! Fo' real dawg

Or something.

warren_1979 · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:22

Is it worth ditching my EVGA 8800GTS 320MB for the 8800GT? I play on a 19" monitor. How much faster is the GT? Also, would I be able to use the EVGA step up program to get a GT maybe?

easyrider · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:24

warren_1979 said:
Is it worth ditching my EVGA 8800GTS 320MB for the 8800GT? I play on a 19" monitor. How much faster is the GT? Also, would I be able to use the EVGA step up program to get a GT maybe?

Depends on wether you can be bothered.

The GT offers close to GTX performance.

If it was me I would ditch the 320mb but at that res its fine tbh.

TheRealDeal · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:24

warren_1979 said:
Is it worth ditching my EVGA 8800GTS 320MB for the 8800GT? I play on a 19" monitor. How much faster is the GT? Also, would I be able to use the EVGA step up program to get a GT maybe?

Read some of the reviews posted on this site. In short the gt is almost as fast as a gtx in some games so its way faster than a gts. If you can fetch a good price for your gts which a good few people on here have then yea go for the upgrade.

warren_1979 · 29 Oct 2007 at 23:27

Cool thanks. I'm wondering do you think they'll be a drought on these cards, I mean if there that good will there be shortages over the next few weeks as people scramble to get them?