8800GT Ramblings Thread

paul8811 · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:12

Got my Inno 3d & it comes with Tomb Raider anniversary.

Big.Wayne · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:13

cool!

willhub · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:13

Tom|Nbk said:
I personally don't like that ugly sticker on them

I think it looks kind of cool lol, reminds me of something indian or something, it reminds me of something anyway, looks kool

paul8811 said:
Got my Inno 3d & it comes with Tomb Raider anniversary.

My gainwood came with that game, gonna sell it tho.

Big.Wayne · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:15

willhub said:
I think it looks kind of cool lol

Theres no accounting for taste Will

Take no notice of Tom, he's just in a stroppy mood for some unknown reason?

warren_1979 · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:16

Hows the clocking on the inno's going?

Richdog · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:16

willhub said:
My gainwood came with that game, gonna sell it tho.

Do you often Gainwood with video cards?

willhub · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:17

Richdog said:
Do you often Gainwood with video cards?

No never!

fabkat · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:20

I've just had to change my order again. From a Gainwood to a Leadtek and *should* be with me tomorrow. God these cards are hard to get hold of!

Same thing happened to me. Had to change to a gigabyte one. Hopefully be a good clocker..

Big.Wayne · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:23

Zotac 8800GT AMP! Edition

Zotac have went with the reference specifications for the outputs, so we find one single PCIe 6 pin connector on the back of the card, with two dual link DVI and a TV-Out in the front. Rather than the reference 600MHz core, 900MHz Memory and 1500MHz shader, Zotac are using 700/1000/1700 respectively, which should give an impressive performance advantage over other models.

One final point is that the memory on the Zotac card is Qimonda HYB18H512321BF-10. These chips are rated up to 1.0GHz which means they are running within specification. In the past we have seen manufacturers use heavily overclocked (out of specification) chips on their special edition cards, so the fact Zotac have went for higher quality memory modules deserves special mention.

See I was lead to believe that all these cards were exactly the same but when you look a little closer it seems that not all are created equal.

Still it seems like a few people are having no problem hitting 1GHz with their cards, happy days!

Tom|Nbk · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:26

Big.Wayne said:
Take no notice of Tom, he's just in a stroppy mood for some unknown reason?

What?

No mood Wayne just giving my God's honest opinion.

Or do you want me to lie and admit it's fantastic?

willhub · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:27

That AMP edition is by far the best looking 8800GT!

markyb · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:28

willhub said:
That AMP edition is by far the best looking 8800GT!

Indeed, is that the stock fan they are using on all of them? it looks a little bigger in that photo.

paul8811 · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:29

warren_1979 said:
Hows the clocking on the inno's going?

I have an annoying problem called work to deal with, will hopefully have a bash tonight.

willhub · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:30

markyb said:
Indeed, is that the stock fan they are using on all of them? it looks a little bigger in that photo.

The fan looks a little different, the blades look different, more of them.

knowledge123 · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:33

Sparkle has unveiled a passively cooled version

willhub · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:36

knowledge123 said:
Sparkle has unveiled a passively cooled version

With a fan on it thats probs gonna run cooler than a stock 8800GT.

~>Dg<~ · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:37

shop near me has 2

Big.Wayne · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:38

willhub said:
That AMP edition is by far the best looking 8800GT!

Lol yeah its not to bad. I've not really paid a lot of attention to stickers on the cards before but it seems quite the point of conversation with these 8800GT's lol!

markyb said:
Indeed, is that the stock fan they are using on all of them?

I think so, however the Zotak has a cool looking amber LED nestled into the fan somewhere so it glows :cool:

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:41

Update: It isnt noisy. Was my CPU fan.

Tom|Nbk · 31 Oct 2007 at 15:42

Is it just me or do the fans on these GT's look like the ones that will die within a year or so, or the bearings may go and make a god awful noise.

Brings back memories of my 9600 with a similar looking fan, the bearings didn't last long.