OC3D Review: XFX Fatal1ty 8600 GT Professional Series

[PP Mguire]

Edit: Well yes it is actually cooled according to the image.

Hah! Must be nice, considering i have a bigger one on my video card and my memory is not being cooled at all.

 

[FarFarAway]

Ye like I said, it's a pretty well designed cooler

 

[PP Mguire]

Mine is to, cept i dont have memory coolers!! *Curses at XFX for beign so good yet so bad*

 

[AmBush]

I'm just going round in circles i've been trying to find the answers myself http://forum.overclock3d.net/showpost.php?p=152323&postcount=19

XFX Fatal1ty 8600 GT Potential for more oc'ing with liquid

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XFX 8600 GTS XXX Massivly oc'd already.

I'd appreciate some input i'm lookin to spend £250 on 2xSLI or One card

Cheers.

 

[FarFarAway]

For one thing: SLI isn't worth it, save your money and get a decent single card.

As for choice between the two - they're clocked the same, but if you're watercooling you may as well get the cheapest

 

[Rastalovich]

Ya for the price of 2 x 8600GT, I`d rather 1 x 8800 tbh.

But for a selfish reason, I`d like to see how the 2 x 8600 get on >.<

 

[MikeEnIke]

Ya for the price of 2 x 8600GT, I`d rather 1 x 8800 tbh.

Plus, you can always throw another one in if it gets to that point

 

[JN]

As others have said, SLI on mid-range cards is deffo not worth it. Just go for the best single card you can.

Only if you have an 8800GTX and a wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket, with absolutely nothing else to buy, should you consider SLI.

 

[AmBush]

Oki I Think ONE monster card will be the plan as MikeEnIke says always got scope to add another later.

Ya for the price of 2 x 8600GT, I`d rather 1 x 8800xx tbh.

But for a selfish reason, I`d like to see how the 2 x 8600 get on >.<

I'd be interested too Tom's Hardware hasn't got 8600's on the list either

Cheers p33ps.

Time to hunt for 8800xx

 

[PP Mguire]

Ohh just to clarify and correct one thing, the Fatal1ty DOES have the modder friendly warranty.