guess waht i got today !

pinky1 · 23 Jan 2007 at 07:24

so i went out to the local shop and saw somthing there that was calling my name.

in case u missed that monstrosity of a grafx card shoe horned in there, i got me a bfg 8800gtx. sure it cost me and arm, leg and my first bourn, but after running a few benchies and playing a bunch of old and new games. i have achieved nirvana.

i loaded up fear and maxed out all the goodies and my average framerate was 142. i scored a 15500 in 3d05.
but now i suffer the buyers remorse cause this is all to familer to me back with the 6800ultra. it was big, fast and expensive and after two revisions it was smaller faster and half the price. although it did take over a year to go from the 6800 to the 7900. ahhhh welllllllll.

Alf4 · 23 Jan 2007 at 08:17

Nice, However can I suggested a service to remove that dust

Alf

Richdog · 23 Jan 2007 at 08:19

Eek you got that in a local shop? How much was it if I can be cheeky enough to ask? From a shop the price must have been loads higher than the net... :eek:

Stonedofmoo · 23 Jan 2007 at 08:27

Excellent with the heavy depreciation the top cards get that should have lost about 80% of it's value in a years time

JonD · 23 Jan 2007 at 10:07

Clean that dust!

lay-z-boy · 23 Jan 2007 at 10:16

Holy dust batman!!! :eek:

HeX · 23 Jan 2007 at 10:35

May I suggest a dustbuster as your next hardware purchase.

Cartho · 23 Jan 2007 at 13:15

my PC is pretty dusty on the inside too, do you guys use mini hoovers to get it out? or just an air can?

Stonedofmoo · 23 Jan 2007 at 13:45

I use one of the compressed air lines in the factory at work

TC1 · 23 Jan 2007 at 13:48

I try to keep mine clean. How much did that card set you back?

ernysmuntz · 23 Jan 2007 at 13:48

Dust....

Looks like smoke!!!! You ain't got a fire on ya hands there have you?

mishima · 23 Jan 2007 at 14:10

You could have got a dyson for half that price. Nice card though!

Andelusion · 23 Jan 2007 at 14:21

Nice pur-chase!

Seriously though, clean the dust! Also you should be banned from having a windowed panel with that kind of terrible cable management

pinkacidbootson · 23 Jan 2007 at 14:25

I would also like to know the price.

jrodga2k5 · 23 Jan 2007 at 14:29

maybe he is too busy benching 3dmark 06

seriously id love to hear the price if it was a local retailer!

Dmack · 23 Jan 2007 at 14:46

I live in fallowfield manchester OCuks biggest competitor is 3 minutes away, i got the bus there to get my mobo and processor, shipping was 60 p bus fare

also isn't your air flow affected by the big hole in the pci slots xD

SOLDNER-MOFO64 · 23 Jan 2007 at 14:57

Dmack said:
I live in fallowfield manchester OCuks biggest competitor is 3 minutes away, i got the bus there to get my mobo and processor, shipping was 60 p bus fare

Good 1

I got this last week for £230.

ASUS EN8800GTS

A customer who'd pre-ordered cancelled after the card arriving

Muhahahhahahahaaaaaaaa

Must admit, I'm very pleased with the performance coming from a 7800GTX & 7900GTX.

97.92 WHQL 15,235 in '05 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2571829

97.92 WHQL 9757 in '06 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=1031231

pinkacidbootson · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:09

Oops ignore this post.

Jimbo · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:33

I have the Asus EN8800GTX, and it cost about £440 from a local store, it was more cos it was bought on a c card. :rolleyes:

Still a fine beast though, just wish I had time to use it though, instead of working all the time.

SOLDNER-MOFO64 · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:35

Jimbo said:
I have the Asus EN8800GTX, and it cost about £440 from a local store, it was more cos it was bought on a c card.

Still a fine beast though, just wish I had time to use it though, instead of working all the time.

Do as I do then and work with pc's

Nice card...any pics, scores?