Advantages: Best performance, water cooling, great bundle, limited edition
Disadvantages: High price, noisy, high power consumption, takes a lot of space

...▀ ▀ ▀ A small introduction to the 8800 family. ▀ ▀ ▀ The 8800 family was the first video card family in the world based on Microsoft unified shader Direct3D 10 Shader Model 4.0 / OpenGL 2.0 architecture. Boosting 681 million transistors (by comparision ,Intel best dual core processor intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 has "only" 291 million transistors) and 128 Shader Processing units (96 for the 8800 GTS version) this card surpassed the latest king the ATI Radeon X1900XTX and is now the fastest card on the market. Great job NVIDIA ! ►►►Why did I tested this card the ASUS EN8800GTX AquaTank/HTDP !?◄◄◄ This is simple. I test this card because is the first water cooled card based on the great Nvidia chipset the 8800GTX that arrived in one of my friends... Read review

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Advantages: Sleek and stylish and very slim, with a sliding keypad cover
Disadvantages: heavy, poor battery life

...That's it my Nokia 6600 was on the verge of dying, I needed to use the loudspeaker when i was making a call because I could not hear a thing!! So I was due for an upgrade and I chose the Nokia 8800. If there's one thing I've learned it's that some people will always like shiny metal objects. Whether it's a pen, a toaster, a fridge, shiny and metal are good. I have a few metals things at home may be that's why I chose that phone.. Weighing in at 134 g and measuring 107 x 45 x 16.5 mm, the Nokia 8800 is both heavy and sleek at the same time but I don't mind really , my Nokia 6600 was a bit heavy too. Features The prestigious Nokia 8800 has a large 262,144 colour screen with special, scratch-resistant glass and a state-of-the-art sliding keypad cover that opens to reveal a 0.5 megapixel camera. Other features include... Read review

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Advantages: Nokia Have Attempted A Decent Revamp - Not Just A New Lick Of Paint
Disadvantages: Nice Box & Exterior Don't Justify The Price - Awful Battery Life

...I Learnt Something New Today.......... ...........Sirocco Translates To "Decent New Shell, " The Original 8800 did well to justify it's place in Nokia's Long Line Of Premium, Exclusive Handsets. But It wasn't quite the complete package. From the word go..... Sirocco impresses. From inside the "Milk Tray Esque" Box and Packaging, Nokia hid a newly shaded 8800, and immediately noticable is the additional tweaking to the dimensions and designs, an improved version no less! Still slim and sleak, the handset seemed a little smaller. But one thing was for certain, the buttons were a massive improvement.... easier to handle, less fiddly than the 8800 of old! And in keeping with the tradition of this range, the Sirocco feels robust and solid boasting a stainless steel exterior. It feels great to hold, and has a really smooth slide... Read review

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Advantages: Looks the part and has a great TFT screen
Disadvantages: Expensive and lacks anything of special interest to warrant the price tag

...After keeping hold of my Nokia 8310 for well over 12 months it sadly came to the end of its life recently after a trip round the washing machine and tumble dryer and after attempting to convince my daughter she needed a new phone (she is the source of all of my mobile phones) I had to bite the bullet and actually go out and part with some hard earned money. Choosing which phone to buy is an absolute nightmare. There are so many functions, gadgets and brands on the market today, it simply is a minefield for the potential buyer. The first phone to catch my eye was the stylish Nokia 8800 and after I had seen the £275 price tag I decided this would be my treat and make my daughter positively green with envy. Unlike my other Nokia phones the 8800 oozes quality with a stainless steel body with a slide mechanism to cover the keypad... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to install, affordable, very effective
Disadvantages: Large unit

...I bought myself an 8800GT 512MB some time ago now, and regularly suffered from the graphics drivers failing whilst in game, and I couldn't find a solution. I tried all sorts to no avail, but then as summer (or what we pass off as a summer here in good old England) approached the problems got even worse, and I discovered why. My 8800GT was over heating, and badly. For example, running Call of Duty 4 on low settings, the gpu would reach temperatures of 74C, and on higher settings it would reach 90C before the images would start to artifact (which basically means the graphics break, badly). I even raised the fan speed of the card to its maximum woth very little effect. I decided that I could not do without games for too long so looked into various after market coolers to spend my hard earned birthday money on. I opted for the Zerotherm... Read review

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Advantages: 2 Batteries bundled, Great screen, Sleek and Exclusive
Disadvantages: Poor battery life

...average weight adds to the appeal, and the quality image the phone exerts. The SVGA (0.5 MP) camera hides nicely in the case of the 8800 when the phone is closed, preventing scratching of the lens, the camera is easily sufficient. The ball-bearing sliding mechanism is of excellent quality, and feel, although sometimes you may accidentally fold it shut against your ear and end your call (can be annoying) -Menu- The menu system is great, standard series 40 ease of use, but with upgraded 3d graphic symbols to make use of the advanced 3d graphics engine in the 8800. The only disadvantage in terms of operation is the slightly cramped arrow and "OK" buttons, and the slightly out of reach lower buttons due to the slightly raised section of the sliding case. However, these are very very minor complaints. The speed of the operating system is above... Read review

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Advantages: To many to mention
Disadvantages: Heavy, very small keys

...I haven't had a nokia for almost 10 years now, but once i saw this phone i just had to have it. My V3 had become boring after a year and i got fed up waiting for the Pebl v6 to come out. The 8800 was everything i wanted in a phone (bluetooth, camera and video recorder, mp3 player, games) and Nokia have pulled out all the stops to produce what i think is the best phone on the market at the moment. I think the battery life is quite good, i use the phone a lot and only have to charge it every other night but if you do find a problem with it, the phone is actually supplied with 2 batteries. The main thing that stands out on this phone is how it looks, very shiny thanks to the stainless steel cover which also make it a very durable phone. The games have amazing graphics and include golf, street race (car racing) and chess... Read review

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Advantages: Outstanding design, with rich selection of functions
Disadvantages: A bit on the heavy side, and expensive

...The Nokia 8800 is no doubt an instant attraction to any eye beholding it. It's first high point is in its steel body giving it a lustre that is not a common feature with most other Nokia phones. Truth is, i only used this mobile phone for a short period of one week while trying out its features to decide if I was going to buy it off a friend. Needless to say, I felt no desire to return, asides from the fact that I couldn't afford it at the time eventually. It stands you out distinctively amongst others surely. The image resolution is more than impressive. The video doesn't bring about blurring effects experienced with most other video phones. It comes with a 16MB memory. the sounds are actually composed specially for the phone by a well known musician. Its blue tooth and infra red compatibilities meet every expectation. Its... Read review

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Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: not to use high resolutions greater than 1600*1200

...The fantastic graphics card from XFX the 8800 GS XXX edition, this card is insane and I personally recomend it to everyone who wants to play games but not spending a lot of money. Fantastic results coming from this card on 3DMARK gets around 10000, on the 8800 GS the clocks are 580Mhz core, 1400Mhz memory but this one is the XXX edition running at 680Mhz core, 1600Mhz memory a little bit faster, this one gets better results and is perfect for those people that are not sure how to overclock it or don't trust overclocking it, this is a factory overclock so is tested and is perfect stable you won't have any problems with this card. For advanced gamers the card is tottaly overclockable so if you want to push a little bit further than it already is you can without a problem, my friend has this card running at 740Mhz core and 2070 memory he... Read review

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Advantages: excellent all round
Disadvantages: physically big

...28C MB 36C, after 15mins gaming it increases to CPU 38C, MB39C (ambient temperature = 20C). I have read of these temperatures being over 70C so guess my fans are doing a adequate job. This version is the "OC" version that is factory overclocked. This means it runs at higher spec than normal. Look at the specs. (obtained from www) >Normal card< Core Clock Speed 500mhz, Shader Clock Speed 1200Mhz, Memory Clock Speed 1600Mhz >This OC version< Core Clock Speed 580mhz, Shader Clock Speed 1350Mhz, Memory Clock Speed 1700Mhz As you can see this card is running faster than the normal card in fact it looks like its nearly same, or better, than the 8800GTX 320mb that has a Core Clock Speed of 575Mhz. However I believe that anything that is overclocked has potential to run hotter. <installation> The card fits into one pci express... Read review

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