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Geforce 8800 gts 512 died. In look for a 470

Next day is free for forum members on the 470 i believe here at OCUK. Sound problems? Never heard of any, but I don't use it for sound :) Got my Creative Fata1ity for that! ATI have generally had better HDMI, sound etc, compat that Nvidia. Hense I'm gona be using one in my HTPC build.
 
Snooble i am sorry i should be more specific about the sound problems. I meant it for the fan as i wrote in an earlier post, i read it sounds like a jet next door when you play a graphic hungry game..(thats for the stock cooler nvidia style).Ty about the delivery tips crackerbear
 
@crackerbear, yeah seems like he musta mean >250, that's a shame. Could give em a ring and double check I guess.

@apostolis_kt, yeah it's noisey but nothing like a jet imo, going by this seems to be almost identical in db. Just check out the temps and create your own fan profile for it so you can reduce the noise :) especially if your not OC'ing i'm sure it'll keep quiter that your imagining.
 
Guys i eventually bought it. The MSI 470 Twin Frozr II. When it arrives i will post all my impressions and maybe a pic or two of how does the cpu bottleneck it. Thank you everyone! I am anxious to get it i am without a pc for 4 days and i feel constrained..
 
Well if you have a card to run your pc then just wait for 69xx and see the benches and prices. I didn't have the option, i needed a card now so i will surelly post tomorrow about the frozr. I will definetely oc it... After what i read today about the 68xx i was surprised that, although it was made to go head to head with the 460 1gb, it sometimes surpasses the 470. I think the 69xx series will be a serious threat to nvidia which better start doing something about it..

I am no nvidia fan boy nor ati *.I would be if ati had better drivers..but each company has it's pros and cons. I always like to have the best i can get with the money i have to spent. There will always be a better super duper card which costs as much as 4 ps3, but i consider what i want to do with it. For me tossing 400 to 500 to 1000 pounds or even more for a card is no option. I would prefer to buy a 200 one and 2maybe 3 years later buy the new one that would cost 200. It depends.I was happy with the 8800gts which i bougth 2.5 years back (only for 60euros really lucky when it had 220) and i wouldnt change it for another year since the games i play in 1900x1200 (mostly wow and sc2) were almost maxxed.



*PS. To tell you the truth my ati radeon 9600 pro back then never had a problem and still works, my asus geforce 8600gt had some artifacts as soon as i oc it for only +5 mhz, and my geforce 8800gts as i said died 4 days ago no oc at all.
 
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my geforce 8800gts as i said died 4 days ago no oc at all.
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I think the 8800 GT/GTS series were prone to biting the dust, despite how good they were. My 8800 GTS 512mb died last week and I've been putting off buying because I knew the 68xx were coming out today. I'm waiting till Monday to see what prices are like and then buy, though I may regret it if they go up...
 
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It all depends on how good or bad is the 6870. If it turns as some reviews say (almost as good or maybe a bit better than 470) then nvidia might drop the price abit more. But i read in some other reviews dont remember which one (i read a lot i lost count), that it's worse than an oc 460 1gb and worse than the 470 except furmark. So it depends..
 
Good morning everyone. Card is here just plugged it in took some hardware pics i will upload them later after i play with this thing.. One question where is the voucher to download the free Mafia II game?
 
Nope nothing i did check the manuals. Only thing is the receipt.

Update:I called ocUK and no worries they said they didn't have stock of the game vouchers yesterday when they sent the card, they said they will post via email today i think...
 
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So far the card gave me some really nice impressions. For instance WHATEVER (so far 3dmark06 crysisbench cod4) the fan will stay constant on 40%. I'll try some more games and i will do a full hour gaming session in order to see what happens.

When i installed the beast and powered on i notised that it was silent!My 8800gts when i powered on allways started in 100% the first 3 seconds of bootup.

So far 40%(1770rpm) fan is inaudible. In 50%(2670rpm) you hear a small breaze. 60%(3450rpm) you can hear it i nothing disturbing. But if you go upper 70% especially 80%(4560rpm) to 100%(4830rpm i notished its the same as the 90%)it will be loud. But i think my 8800gts in 100% was the same or a bit more loud in the 100%. All these come from a pc with the side panel opened , has a scythe ninja 2 (constant 1081rpm inaudible), enermax 620 pro82+(i cant tell if it makes a sound) and the only sound comes from the 2 HDD nothing much though. And the place i live is also silent lol..

So far those are my small findings i will try some games to see the temps in 40%. and i will probably oc the E7400 more tha 3.2 to see if it bottlenecks the gpu.
 
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