Geforce 8k-9K Series Clubhouse

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New to the club

I am waiting for my 1GB Palit 8800GT to arrive in the mail as I type. (It's Sat, arrives Mon or Tue). I got lucky and actually found a supplier with 1 left for $201 shipped. I don't plan on oclock'ing it, just changing the texture setting to high quality.

I DO plan on hitting it with some Arctic Silver, and I am contemplating taking the back plate off the RAM and installing Swiftech copper heat sinks. I have, uh, 7.

Any advice for this incredibly adventurous undertaking would be appreciated. For example, will I get any measurable cooling from doing this. Say Wile E, you have this model...if you only knew something about electronics (sigh). Anyway, that's it for now.

System: Q6600 2.4GHZ, 4GB 800Mhz, 64-bit XP, 2 WD 320GB in RAID 0, Logitech MX-518 & Trackman Wheel & Gateway 19" EV910 that I STILL prefer to my old 20" 2007WFP that banded 80% of the video you threw at it till the thought of looking at a "curved surface" (of the T&A variety) made you ill.

 

[Mussels]

if you arent OCing, why bother changing the ram cooling? its just voiding your warranty for no gain.

 

[MightyG80]

With a nickname like mine im sure you understand that i belong here... My 8800GTX retired a few days ago, but i have only respect for that card. Its almost 2 1/2 years old and still it rips at games... Most play easily at maximum settings, with only very few exceptions.

Its true that the longlevity of the card was helped by the games published during that period... The rate of appearance of more demanding games dropped in recent years ( say, if Crysis 2 had appeared alrady, the poor old GTX would suck at it ) as many games based on already existing game engines got published.

Still, that doesnt lower the value of the 8800GTX.

Only other card i kept for so long was my Voodoo2, where i kept it for nearly 3 years. And that card at the end of its life was struggling at games. So i never had anything better than that.

 

[c_C]

Because I am piss poor

I am interested in cooling my card to make it last longer. With my present system, the Palit is the best card I can use w/o upgrading the power supply. My current card is a passivly cooled 7950GT and that thing hits 80 WITH a pci slot fan next to it. (admittedly on the lowest speed). I simply want the card to last. I live in Virginia, USA so the summers can be brutal, I would hate for the AC to go when I'm not home and the card to follow it.

 

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p.s. the warranty is a massive 180 days...

 

[LittleLizard]

sign me up, i have a 8600 gt

 

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GPU Question

I know you can unlock hardware features of a GPU using Rivatuner. I also know that a GTX has 128 stream processors and a GT has 112. It seems 16 stream processors have gone missing, and the obvious question is can they be enabled, or are they lasered out of the circuit? I have heard they are cut and the traces are filled with silicon. I have also heard that I am the nicest person in the world. I am not sure if I believe either of these facts so here I am again to pick the brains of those who know. Those who know feel free to add informative comments at this point...

 

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That line is screwing up my crayon.

Help, help...

 

[LifeOnMars]

I have a 9800gt...sign me up please

 

[h3llb3nd4]

Me also!!
8600GT

 

[zithe]

8800GTX.

 

[c_C]

Gtx!!!

Every time you play Crysis, somewhere on the other side of the world the lights all dim.

 

[c_C]

8800 Drivers

zithe, I have 169.21 whql. It's a solid >8800< driver and I believe the latest driver currently supported by Rivatuner. It is also devoid of all sorts of crap required by newer cards that an 8800 doesn't require.

 

[zithe]

zithe, I have 169.21 whql. It's a solid >8800< driver and I believe the latest driver currently supported by Rivatuner. It is also devoid of all sorts of crap required by newer cards that an 8800 doesn't require.

I'm running 182.06 and I'm not having any issues.

Does your card go "bing" when you turn off your PC? mine does for some odd reason.

 

[c_C]

Video with sound effects

Bing? Like a gas station pump? The only thing capable of making noise, I think, would be the fan, nothing else moves. I would get in touch with the vendor or the manufacturer about the sound effect, at least before the warranty expires. If you are getting a bad frame rate on WoW with that card, something must be up with the driver. I had a perfect rate on WoW and about 30fps max complete with stuttering on Oblivion (until tomorrow, Fedex willing, when the card I'm getting will be 50% to %75 faster than the 7950 GT I've got now).

But I digress...the latest nVidia driver is from this month, but again I use the older 169.21 one. Also, tomorrow's pick 4 lottery number will be 12321, it will never rain again AND you owe everything of value you ever owned in your life to me. Don't ask me why, just get some shipping boxes and get cracking, I need more toys.

 

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Unlikely, but worth asking.

zithe - how many watts, etc is your power supply? do you have the 6 pin power plug(s) (don't know if GTX uses 1 or 2) plugged in? I doubt it's the problem, but I just thought I'd mention in case it's your power supply going "Help, Help".

 

[zithe]

zithe - how many watts, etc is your power supply? do you have the 6 pin power plug(s) (don't know if GTX uses 1 or 2) plugged in? I doubt it's the problem, but I just thought I'd mention in case it's your power supply going "Help, Help".

Sorry. I'm getting great frames in WoW. That was about my old card. I have a 550W PSU. 30V on the 12V rail. I'd still replace it, though. It's a bit of a cheapy.

 

[c_C]

Cnet says 450 watts and dual plugs should be fine with a typical setup. About that sound, are you sure it's not coming from the computer AFTER you installed the card, and not the card itself?

 

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Oh, no...

It turns out your video card going "bing" on shutdown is one of the signs of the Apocalypse. Been nice knowing you. BTW, in a different post you said you were having problems installing some games after upgrading to XP Pro. Just change back to XP Home. Pro is designed for network business users and it actually runs slower. If you are gaming you were better off with home in the first place. Later...