My experience of this card is currently only short lived as i only received it 3 days ago, but my its a goody!
Compared to the shoddy 5 year old relic that was my old system (AMD Athlon XP 2800 with GeForce 4 Ti4600) this system wipes the floor with it (Athlon 64 x2 6000) Need for Speed Most ... Read review
Advantages: Quick, apparently quiet. Disadvantages: Only on DVI converter, 2 slot design may not suit all.
My experience of this card is currently only short lived as i only received it 3 days ago, but my its a goody!
Compared to the shoddy 5 year old relic that was my old system (AMD Athlon XP 2800 with GeForce 4 Ti4600) this system wipes the floor with it (Athlon 64 x2 6000) Need for Speed Most Wanted in 1024x768 with all detail levels whacked to the max! It looks beautiful, and smooth.
I was impressed that the card was very well protected ... ...slotter, therefore needing plenty of space, even more so if you intend to use 2 in SLi mode.
My only gripe is the box only included 1 DVI to v-sub converter as my main monitor is still a creaky old CRT and don't have the money for a flat panel!
Luckily my old Ti4600 had 2 so i could use 2 CRT monitors if i wanted.
I must say i haven't really noticed any fan noise from this card, but as i have plenty of other fans that are noisy ... more
My experience of this card is currently only short lived as i only received it 3 days ago, but my its a goody! Compared to the shoddy 5 year old relic that was my old system (AMD Athlon XP 2800 with GeForce 4 Ti4600) this system wipes the floor with it (Athlon 64 x2 6000) Need for Speed Most Wanted in 1024x768 with all detail levels whacked to the max! It looks beautiful, and smooth. I was impressed that the card was very well protected in polystyrene type foam.+ This card is a 2 slotter, therefore needing plenty of space, even more so if you intend to use 2 in SLi mode. My only gripe is the box only included 1 DVI to v-sub converter as my main monitor is still a creaky old CRT and don't have the money for a flat panel! Luckily my old Ti4600 had 2 so i could use 2 CRT monitors if i wanted. I must say i haven't really noticed any fan noise from this card, but as i have plenty of other fans that are noisy it's hard to tell! I must confess i haven't reviewed the manual, it was child in a sweet shop syndrome, i had new goodies stick them together and press the on button, and install the drivers, no problem! I haven't had to use the manufacturer support this is why I've only rated these 2 items as satisfactory.
In response to a comment, what does the card do, personally its a case of what can't it do! I will play games super smooth and with high detail settings. Supreme Commander, Sim 2 (With all the addons) Black & White 2, SimCity 4, Need For Speed Most Wanted, to name the games i have tried
When i can afford it i shall try Command & Conquer 3 and Call of Duty 4.
It is capable of resolutions up to 2560x1600, although i only run 1152x864 as the text becomes to small on my monitor! You can run 2 Flat Panel Digital displays through the dual DVI ports of Dual CRT monitors (you will need to buy an extra converter to do this)
Baring its fangs with a standard core clock over 20% faster than previous versions, 512MB DDR3 ram, 128 stream processors and PCI-E 2.0 support, this card doesn't roll over and play dead. It makes the competition do that. What it does do exceptionally well is play a lightning fast game of fetch, delivering unprecedented performance and supreme realism in every gaming experience. Specifically, the graphics processing power generated by the GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB ensures richer and more immersive gaming environments by generating faster frame rates at higher resolutions.
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