low end 8800

PopCorn · Post by **PopCorn** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:17 pm

hey im gonna be getting this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130038 8800 video card and want to know if its any good and if anyone has used it

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:30 pm

theres nothing at all low end about that card.

for 300, its a nice deal and blows away anything that existed a month ago. what more can you want?

640 megs helps in some games but like... the price difference is huge from what I see in the stores around me.

how are you planning on cooling the card?

PopCorn · Post by **PopCorn** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:42 pm

well alot of reviews have been saying its quiet but there quiet could be a blowdryer to us, so i figured id give the stock coller a chance also seeing how ill be eating potatoes for amonth after buying this card i wont have money of a new heatsink... and my next question was gonna be if anyone had the temps for this card and what hestsink do they suggest.. yea ill give a spcr review of the cards stock cooling in about a week once i order it witch will be in like 13 hours .... after work tomorrow... so it should be here in about a week... 2 max

kakazza · Post by **kakazza** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:08 am

A nice review by anandtech:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2926

The "Does Size Matter" part will interest you. (320 VS 640MB).
Also a price/performance chart:

http://forum.effizienzgurus.de/f37/prei ... -t265.html

Red: Price (lower means cheaper)
Yellow: Price/Performance (higher = better)
Blue: Performance (you guessed it, higher = better)