8800gt Which one??

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Alien99

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Hey. I'm upgrading my rig for gaming (COD4 woot) and I'm planning on buying the Geforce 8800gt. So I went to tigerdirect.com and typed in 8800gt and their are alot of different 8800gt cards. If someone can explain the differences to me and help me narrow one down I would be grateful. Thanks
 
There's two basica types of 8800gt's, the 256mb and the 512mb one. There really isn't a performance difference between them unless you use high resolutions. As for the different brands, some of them are preoverclocked, but those aren't really worth it unless it's about the same price. Also, check on newegg.com, they have a nice selection too.
 
Thanks for the quick response. Wondering if you have had any expirience with this card or if I should find another one.

(tigerdirect.com) EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Superclocked Video Card - FREE Enemy Territory: Quake Wars PC Game, 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, Dual DVI, HDTV, Video Card
 
EVGA is a good brand, nice incentives, but overclocked (superclocked) versions are not usually worth it, as their more expensive and the overclocking process for a video card is extremely simple. The free game is cool, but It's a manufacture specific deal, in other words it doesn't rely on Tigerdirect.

I don't like tigerdirect as a vendor, shipping can be outrageous at times. Newegg I like. Water sucks, gatorade is better. (IMO :D)
 
Get EVGA they are very good lifetime warranties and a well known brand. Don't go for the pre overclocked versions they are more expensive and you can overclock yourself. If you are running on high resolutions get the 512 MB version.
 
oh lol, their factory is about a mile away from me... i remember when it was only sold in and around NC :P

So i don't thread jack...


I think XFX has a good warranty too.
 
does anyone know what XFX's warranty actually covers?

like would they still take my card (8800GT) back if i have overclocked it?
 
well... only if you say "its been overclocked" they wont take it back. But if you keep your mouth shut they have no way of knowing :P

But to your answer, if its been overclocked, and they know, then its not covered ;)
 
hey alien, since the 8800GT takes about 200W when its stressed, your power supply doesnt look like its gonna be able to handle the load...
 
ThatGuy16 said:
oh lol, their factory is about a mile away from me... i remember when it was only sold in and around NC :P

So i don't thread jack...


I think XFX has a good warranty too.
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Cool yeah we have a bottling factory around here to that makes it in the glass bottles. we are one of the few towns around here that has it
 
ThatGuy16 said:
well... only if you say "its been overclocked" they wont take it back. But if you keep your mouth shut they have no way of knowing :P

But to your answer, if its been overclocked, and they know, then its not covered ;)
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I think XFX actually has these green tiny alpha dogs that go in the GPU and recognize if it's been overclocked.

*edit* um, no more goblins :D
 
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I don't know, maybe if you use one of those EVGA E-guns that shoot blue lasers (look at the design plate of an 8800GT) :D
 
ahahhaha

wait. since when did your post say alpha dogs?

it soo said goblins...

but hasnt said its been edited hahaha.
 
Oh that! It was one of those little MSI anime girls, she changed it...

Haha I don't know where Im going with this. I'll put the edit thingy
 
I was lookin at the BFG 8800gt 512mb. Is BFG good? Reason is, I have Best Buy gift cards and I was going to use them to get it. Thats the only 8800 gt model that the Best Buy here has.
 
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