8800gts

[darkorb]

Since i didn't win the contest... (hehe)

i wanted to get an 8800gts 320mb for my comp.

My bday is next week, so ill be getting tons of money

also, i wanted to get an x2 3800+ so i dont bottleneck the card, would that be ok? or still a huge bottleneck. of course, it would be at 2.4ghz, the max i can get while not OCing my ram. its value

its gonna be $350+ tax at canadacomputers.com XFX card

What you think? Oh cpu is $100 + Arctic Freezer Pro for $35 ish i believe!

Or do i wait till ATI releases their stuff, and price drops, or for dx10 stuff, ahhh confuzled

 

[Toxcity]

Rob, you have heard my response to this.

And I hope everything goes well.

The 3800+ x2 will be a welcome improvement to your CPU at the mo.

And shouldn't bottleneck the GPU too much or mybe not at all.

Running it under the Arctic freezer should give you a pretty good overclock.

Good luck matey!

 

[darkorb]

Wait a sec, will my Antec 550watt SLI True Power II be enough for dual core + 8800?

 

[Toxcity]

Should be more than enough!

 

[FarFarAway]

Ye the PSU should be ok

That CPU and the card should give you a noticible speed and graphics boost in games

 

[PP Mguire]

Not only that, but if you OC to 2.4 like you say it will be like you have a 4600+ or somethin. GL man.

 

[Toxcity]

I hope you will do some benchys and show us how everything went!

 

[darkorb]

Oh ill deff get some benchies going, COH/CSS/HL2/and i can play Test drive cranked!! lol

thing is, i need to be 100% the PSU is gonna work, would hate to shell out that much cash then need an extra $150 for psu

I have 2 vantec torandos in the front, 1 antec tri speed 120mm exhaust, 2 dvd drives, and w/e it says in my profile for my comp's specs

 

[Toxcity]

Oh ill deff get some benchies going, COH/CSS/HL2/and i can play Test drive cranked!! lol

thing is, i need to be 100% the PSU is gonna work, would hate to shell out that much cash then need an extra $150 for psu

I have 2 vantec torandos in the front, 1 antec tri speed 120mm exhaust, 2 dvd drives, and w/e it says in my profile for my comp's specs

It will be fine!

Im only running on 580watt and I have a water cooling kit thing!

 

[darkorb]

Kk, my rail is at a constant 11.71, doesn't move by more than 0.01, and dont go below 11.70, stays the same really lol