8800GT

djkest · Post by **djkest** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:13 pm

It appears that NEWEGG has 4 models of the 8800GT in stock and ready to ship. The brands are PNY, EVGA, ASUS, and XFX, all great brands. Prices are 259.99-289.99 with about $6 in shipping.

Tempting!

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:56 pm

_MarcoM_ wrote:
~El~Jefe~ wrote: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/ ... es-passive

look at that crap.

Passive. full clock. full feature. 2-5 frames from GTX.
OMG. OMG.
When dreams come true... a passive powerfull card. I hope is ok to mount this beast in my Antec P150

Looks awesome, a worthy passive card to be sure

Gundy · Post by **Gundy** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:29 pm

Tsorovan wrote:
Amourek wrote:The HR-03 Plus doesn't fit according to HardwareCanucks. Apparantly it has the same mounting holes as the 8600GTS.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/ha ... eview.html
The Chinese site that was first in reviewing this card last week said something about HR03 (non Plus) fitting. Can't find the article right now though, so don't take this as truth just yet.

Well, looking at the compatibility list from Thermaltake on the non-plus HR-03, 8600GTS is right there.... This would be so lovely

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:45 pm

JazzJackRabbit wrote:Well, seems like 8800GT beats GTS fair and square in every resolution except 25x16 and 19x12 with 4xAA/16xAF where memory size/memory bandwidth become an issue. Given that evga is supposed to come out with superclocked version at 700/2000/1750 (compared to stock 600/1800/1500) at $289 MSRP this is going to be a winner.

Finally, affordable (relatively speaking) performance to the masses, although Crysis performance is still lacking but that's hardly surprising. The only problem left to solve is puny noisy cooler. Anyone knows of any compatible after market coolers? Zalman VF900 or Accelero S1 maybe?

I am gladd you said, "relatively speaking". Yes, that is a good point. 280 dollars isnt cheap for anything that is a hobby. I hope the sparkle can hit the 225 dollar mark. That would actually negate a lot of equipment that costs money to cool it. I always love a passive solution and then I slap on a 90 or 120mm nexus on ultra low to cool it. No difference in audible volume, yet it runs cool 24/7

JazzJackRabbit · Post by **JazzJackRabbit** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:54 pm

FRYs has stock clocked (600/1800/1500) evga for $229 on pre-order if you're interested.

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5434329

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:35 pm

wow
that's pimp

jeez

I have to call Zalman and see if that card can hook up with the GTS or GTX waterblock.

I always like going for EVGA or BFG

quadraphonic · Post by **quadraphonic** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:49 pm

I know it beats the 8800GTS 320 in benchmarks, but I picked one up on a good deal a few months back (haven't bought the system for it yet). Do you guys think that they could still release some drivers that would push the GTS further - or am I sitting on a brand new, underperforming card?

kayrin · Post by **kayrin** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:59 am

Tsorovan wrote:
Amourek wrote:The HR-03 Plus doesn't fit according to HardwareCanucks. Apparantly it has the same mounting holes as the 8600GTS.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/ha ... eview.html
The Chinese site that was first in reviewing this card last week said something about HR03 (non Plus) fitting. Can't find the article right now though, so don't take this as truth just yet.

It would be awesome if the mounting hole position is same as 8600GTS. because accelero S2 fits 8600GTS perfectly.

WR304 · Post by **WR304** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:37 am

The VR-Zone.com review has side by side pics where they show the holes on the card appear to be the same as the older Nvidia Geforce 7 cards.

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/Nvidia_ ... 69-12.html

It should just be a case of fitting a standard Thermalright HR-03 cooler onto the card.

Jay_S · Post by **Jay_S** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:43 am

Until someone actually gets a card in their hands, who knows, but to me, based on the "naked" pictures of the 8800GT in the VR-Zone review, you might be able to replace the whole stock cooler with a massive chunk of heat sink. It looks like the stock cooler has a continuous flat base. If the ram chips and the GPU are all at the same height, and no other components interfere, this should be possible. Massive heat sinks are cheaply available at most scrap metal yards. Again, until someone actually pulls one apart - or we get pics of the BACK of the stock cooler - this is hypothetical.

I am buying one of these cards as soon as etailers price at or under MSRP. Finally a reasonably priced replacement for my 6800GS!

Jay

Wedge · Post by **Wedge** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:17 pm

Will the 8800GT fit in an Antec Solo?

Wedge · Post by **Wedge** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:58 pm

Nevermind, i read the spec sheet and the dimensions match that of the 8800GTS, which we all know fits the Solo without issue.

For google searches: 8800GT fit Antec Solo

Answer: Yes

I think i'm going to use eVGA's "step up" program and trade my 8800GTS in on the 8800GT. Is it worth it? Depends on:
1. If the benchmarks aren't lying
2. Power consumption charts aren't lying
3. After market cooling choices

djkest · Post by **djkest** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:09 pm

As mentioned before, anything that mount on the 7000 series will fit on the 8800GT. So basically there is already a huge amount of coolers available that fit it.

tehfire · Post by **tehfire** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:50 pm

quadraphonic wrote:I know it beats the 8800GTS 320 in benchmarks, but I picked one up on a good deal a few months back (haven't bought the system for it yet). Do you guys think that they could still release some drivers that would push the GTS further - or am I sitting on a brand new, underperforming card?

Well the 8800GTS and the 8800GT are somewhat the same architecture (G92 is a die-shrink with maybe some locked features), so even if they come out with new drivers that help the GTS, chances are those drivers will help the GT as well.

Simply put, the GT has more processors running faster with more memory to allocate. Hard to beat that ::shrugs::

quadraphonic · Post by **quadraphonic** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:54 pm

tehfire wrote:
quadraphonic wrote:I know it beats the 8800GTS 320 in benchmarks, but I picked one up on a good deal a few months back (haven't bought the system for it yet). Do you guys think that they could still release some drivers that would push the GTS further - or am I sitting on a brand new, underperforming card?
Well the 8800GTS and the 8800GT are somewhat the same architecture (G92 is a die-shrink with maybe some locked features), so even if they come out with new drivers that help the GTS, chances are those drivers will help the GT as well.

Simply put, the GT has more processors running faster with more memory to allocate. Hard to beat that ::shrugs::

I've got two weeks left on my trade-in with eVGA, I'll see if anything comes out in the next few days, but I'll likely trade in the GTS.

Writer · Post by **Writer** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:17 pm

I wonder if a Thermalright V1 would be able to cool this thing?

I have a 1st-gen V1 cooling an overclocked 7800GT CO right now with an undervolted 80mm Nexus on it.

It hits about 68-70 Celsius after several hours at load, and idles between 38 and 45 at idle depending on the room temperature.

Judging from the pictures I'm pretty sure it would fit, but I'm not sure it would provide enough cooling to handle the hotter card.

Edit: hmmm, this post at PCPerspective might indicate the answer is no. Although Thermalright also said the V1-Ultra was needed for a 7800 GT and my regular V1 works fine, so...

Torajirou · Post by **Torajirou** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:46 am

~El~Jefe~ wrote:
Garfield3d wrote:According to... http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/29/ ... oise_level the 8800 GT is pretty much on par with the 8800 GTS. As to how accurate or discriminating his techniques really are... *shrugs* But, at the least, this seems to indicate that the 8800 GT won't be a leaf blower.

--Garfield3d
tom is a F***ing moron.

that being said, the 8800GT beats the GTS in any memory configuration in 9 out of 10 tests currently shown around the web. I have not been on Tom's sight in a while. It has royally screwed my up purchase choices before with it's inane drivel.

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/ ... es-passive

look at that crap.

Passive. full clock. full feature. 2-5 frames from GTX.

previous gts owners = pwnd

A year is a long time though and that should have been understood.

Same thing happened to the x1900xt vs x1950 series cards. cheaper by far, works better, year later.

Yeah that passively cooled 8800GT sure is sexy.

That being said, I've yet to see a x1950 beating a x1900xt... what models are you talking about exactly ?

EDIT : I suppose it's the 1950XTX you're talking about, I stand corrected ^^

Techno Pride · Post by **Techno Pride** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:14 am

from this picture, it appears that some chips on the right need cooling as well.

JazzJackRabbit · Post by **JazzJackRabbit** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:25 pm

Dailytech just ran a news item and apparently nvidia IS going to release g92 based GTS with 512/1024MB memory on board. Until now it's all been rumors but it finally seems to be confirmed, new GTS should be coming at the end of November, early December, not much is known except that they will feature 128SPs.

Hopefully unlike GT new GTS will feature normal dual slot cooler.

Also, I think that current 8800GT and refreshed 8800GTS releases are very much alike 7900GS and 7950GT that were released last time, so I think shortly after new year we will see new generation from nVidia.

Tzupy · Post by **Tzupy** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:08 am

There's a new version of the HR-03, called the HR-03 GT, specifically for the new 8800 GT.
While the HR-03 rev. A is compatible with the 8800 GT, Thermalright recommends their new product:
http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main ... _03gt.html

MamiyaOtaru · Post by **MamiyaOtaru** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:37 am

The hr-03 GT of course can also fit geForce 7 series cards, unlike the hr-03+. SO I can get a 6 pipe HR on my 7900gt

I'm happiest about the 8800gt's smaller chip size since it caused the release of a beefed up hr-03 that fits my card hehe

sputnik99 · Post by **sputnik99** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:51 am

Just picked up an Asus 8800GT and found the stock fan to be really quiet... I can barely hear the card when I'm not gaming. The card is in a micro-atx setup and it replaced a passive video card.

Buddabing · Post by **Buddabing** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:27 am

HardOCP: 8800GT=new price/performance king

They say it runs a bit hot with the 1-slot cooler.

kfuglsang · Post by **kfuglsang** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:54 am

I've ordered a BFG 8800GT as well as a Zalman VF900-Cu to run in a micro-atx environment (asus p5k-vm, q6600 and antec fusion 430).

Hope I'll be able to make it quiet

AuraAllan · Post by **AuraAllan** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:01 am

kfuglsang wrote:Hope I'll be able to make it quiet

With a VF-900 it wont be really quiet imo. I find the VF-900 too noisy. Damn noisy Zalman fans.

kfuglsang · Post by **kfuglsang** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:04 am

AuraAllan wrote:
kfuglsang wrote:Hope I'll be able to make it quiet
With a VF-900 it wont be really quiet imo. I find the VF-900 too noisy. Damn noisy Zalman fans.

Hrm okay, thought it was quiet :/

Any idea of what alternative I have with the Antec Fusion 430-case?
- the cooler won't fit if its taller than the retaining bracket of the card I've read. How large a gap there is between the case and the card I don't know, unfortunately :/

AuraAllan · Post by **AuraAllan** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:09 am

Thermalright HR-03 should do the job.

kfuglsang · Post by **kfuglsang** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:10 am

AuraAllan wrote:Thermalright HR-03 should do the job.

I've been looking at that one, but I'm unsure whether it will fit the case or not.

AuraAllan · Post by **AuraAllan** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:12 am

kfuglsang wrote:I've been looking at that one, but I'm unsure whether it will fit the case or not.

Try starting a thread. Maybe someone has the same case and can make some measurements for you.

ZGerman · Post by **ZGerman** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:20 am

sputnik99 wrote:Just picked up an Asus 8800GT and found the stock fan to be really quiet... I can barely hear the card when I'm not gaming. The card is in a micro-atx setup and it replaced a passive video card.

I got an EVGA 8800GT SC and have the same experience. For about 3 seconds after booting the fan is at maximum and then goes quiet. Very happy with price/performance so far.

8800GT

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