which 8800 GT ?

[davethe11]

hi there

I'm going to buy a 8800 GT, but dont know which one to get: would I be correct in saying that the leadtek is a good choice because of better cooling? Also looking at the gainward as I presently have a gainward card.

Also does anyone have the ocuk geforce 1gb ? Is having 1gb on card ram signficantly better and worth the extra money?

 

[Skeeter]

1GB has shown no read advantage to the 512MB versions from those who have it. And for the money a 1GB costs, your better off getting a GTS.

As for the GT, shop around for the cheapest 512MB you can find with a decent warranty. All the cards are much of a likeness. Unless your going to try to overclock to the extreme then you dont really need to worry about the cooler (definately dont pay a premium for one). I got the BFG OC as it has the 10 year warranty, and even with the older smaller fan, I have it at 702/999 (i.e. speed of fasted stock oc'ed ones available for £20 more) and with some decent RivaTuner fan profiling, idle at 50 and load up to 70.

Simple answer - Cheapest GT with a warranty your happy with!

 

[davethe11]

Simple answer - Cheapest GT with a warranty your happy with!

fantastic answer thats what i've gathered from a few threads here, interesting the extra memory doesnt have much of a benefit, perhaps thats something for the future? Cheers Skeeter

 

[DavidQ]

I'm in the exact same boat as Skeeter, I went for the BFG OC and I'm delighted with it.

 

[Mr Men]

I just ordered the OCUK 8800 GT hopefully will be fine

 

[davethe11]

Gonna order the gainward, ive got a gainward agp at the mo and like it very much, same ocuk price as ocuk 8800 gt so will let you know what I think when I get it