Nvidia 8800 Gt

[absf1r3]

Hello

I know only a little bit of these stuff

Well 1st i have a PCI-E 1.0 slot and if i get the 8800GT will i be underusing it???

and how much power does it use?

I am in CHENNAI, anyone know the price round here ?

Help Will be appreciated

Cheers

[Ham]

Moved to the correct forum, and mate, turn off the caps lock. I dont like re-writing whole posts.

The 8800GT will work fine in a PCI-E 1.0 slot. They consume a medium amount of power, a good 500w unit will run them without sweating.

[Barry]

Yep, the will work in any PCI-E x16.

I have a 430W Corsair powering mine, with no sweat.

[Hatman]

Gd to note aswell that it will perform on pci-e x16 just the same as pci-e2.

[Barry]

You also might want to consider an aftermarket cooler, as the stock one is a little noisy!

otherwise, its a fantastic card!

[absf1r3]

Thanks for the reps!!!!!

How much does the 256mb and 512mb cost anyway??

I heard that it is the best card for the price so this is really on the TOP of my priorities

[mrapoc]

I got mine for £190 with a crysis game bundled (EVGA)

You can turn the fan up/down to suit your needs and it aint too bad on mine.

£170 without crysis (this was in like november so its prolly cheaper)

[Rastalovich]

Any1 done a study of a 2.0 card in both 1.0 slots and 2.0 to see the difference ? (all other factors being equal obviously)

[Hyper]

Alot of the 8800GT cards came with a bug where the fan was stuck at 29%, I am not sure if mine came with this thought as I never change the fan speed from auto.

[Duecut]

I got the Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GT Golden Sample 1024MB for just under £200 and it doesnt get noisy. It did when I MAX OCed it, but I found all my games run with a FPS above 75 with out OC so I just leave it on NORM settings (that way I can hear the noob trying & failing to stab me in the back ).