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dinosaur donkey cocks i can't fit the 9800gx2 into my case, and the 8800gtx/gts versions are highly debatable (all depends if the sata cables can just squeeze down the sides or not). fuck monkeys
so i started looking for the fastest card that will definitely fit, and have come up with: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...56&subcat=1008 it's a nicely clocked 8800gt512mb on a shorter than reference pcb and with a (hopefully) decent and quiet fan. looks like my best option. any thoughts? gonna order tonight i think. |
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03-23-2008, 07:32 PM | #43 |
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03-23-2008, 07:32 PM | #44 |
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my 256MB runs everything, including crysis, fine. with the extra MB you'll be able to play Crysis with more AA and higher res.
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ermmm, hmmm.. so i got the 8800GT512MB and was all installed fine. i pld TFC on it about 5 hours solid, then loaded up tf2 and it instantly went all fcked (about one frame every 10 seconds, and flashing lights and stuff). then the pc turned off and since then it doesn't boot at all with the 8800 in (all the fans try to spin up then all stop a fraction of a second later). if i take the 8800 out it works fine. if i put my old gfx card back in it works fine (and fine in games too).
so yeah, the obvious conclusion is that valve feel sufficiently threatened by FF to the extent that they have resorted to putting special bug in TF2 that destroys just my gfx card in order to stop me playing FF greenday: i use 1680x1050 res, and in my experience 256mb is not enough (my current one is 256mb and in demanding games the performance is v respectable up to about 960x600 but higher than that it suddenly plummets). |
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03-31-2008, 08:04 PM | #47 |
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please tell me you're joking about the valve bug thing...
oh, BRW, i know 256MB isnt enough, i wish i got the 512. i play at 1280x1024 for w/e game can play it at, but at crysis, it doesnt ply well. i'll gladly take the GTS512 off your hands... |
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04-01-2008, 08:41 AM | #48 |
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ru5? ofc it's not a valve plot to bring down FF.. but yes, TF2 did blow my brand new card up the first time i ran it, and i've sent it back today for a replacement. if the replacement one blows up too then i will have to get the soldering iron and some paperclips out and make my own gfx card from scratch that actually works - i mean, how hard can it be?
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yeah, well i already am using 90 degree sata cables if that's what you mean, but i can't have them all like that unless i can find some that are angled the other way (else they get in each others way). i might be able to get a bigger card in, but the card i went for (linked above) seems to be the obvious best choice - 8800GT512MB is the sensible sweet-spot atm, good default clocks, small pcb that easily fits in my pc, (hopefully) quietish zalman cooler - i just need to hope the replacement they send me isn't a duff too...
as with any gfx card there are a few other ppl around the net who have been having stability problems with it, and the reply from gigabyte is to underclock the card yourself to the nvidia reference design defaults. this is intended as a "stability" fix though, not for if your card dies completely (i.e. i think my problem was different, and something was completely broken on the card from the start - it wasn't just overheating). however, i might give that a go before i use it anyway (underclock it) because the 8800GT reference clocks should be perfectly adequet, and just getting the thing to work reliably is much more important to me than a pretty irrelevant ~10% at most performance gain. |
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04-01-2008, 01:12 PM | #54 | |
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04-01-2008, 08:45 PM | #56 |
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iy probably wasnt TF2 that killed it. it was just overheating, and as TF2 is has much more advanced graphics, shader calcuations etc
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orly?
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