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Mar 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM Post #211 of 3,097
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I had the 8800gtx for a while, now it's starting to be come very affordable. There is a factor to help choose between the 8800gts 512mb G92 and the 8800gtx G80. It seem that the 8800gts can be a couple frames rate higher for the most part, but at higher resolution, ie 1920x1200 with AA AF on, the higher memory bandwidth lends it way for the 8800gtx. They all are affordable now though.

I think the Palit 9600GT is a good deal. If I didn't already has a faster card I would buy the Palit 9600gt for these factors: hdmi and spdif outputs, much lower power consumptions and temperatures. It almost compared with the 8800gt, overlocked it should. But right now I would wait for both the 9800s to come out so all prices would settle down even more.

I think it's good for the market now that ATI is finally beginning to pull out products that compete with Nvidia. I might be owning one again, if they just improve the user interface of their drivers...


Thanks for the post, this was very helpful for me. I do have a 1920x1200 monitor now but I don't do a whole lot of gaming, mostly COD4, HL2, and Bioshock, certainly nothing demanding like Crysis, so the GTS might actually be the better choice for me. It's hard to decide though, the GTX is commanding only about a $50 premium over the GTS right now so it looks mighty tempting. Who knows though, I may end up just picking up a 9600GT and using the saved cash to buy a HD-DVD/Blu-Ray drive so I can take this A30 back to Best Buy.
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Mar 18, 2008 at 6:40 PM Post #213 of 3,097
Primary:
15" Apple MacBook Pro
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
160GB 7200rpm HDD
Mac OS 10.5.2

Secondary:
15" Apple PowerBook G4
1.5GHz Freescale PPC7447A
1GB RAM
100GB 7200rpm HDD
Mac OS 10.5.2
 
Mar 21, 2008 at 12:57 AM Post #215 of 3,097
Primary:
- Lian-Li PCB25B
- 3GHz quad core
- 4GB cl4 pc6400 ram
- LG L245wp-bn 24" lcd monitor
- Gigabyte 8800GTS 512
- Acoustic Energy 'Aego M' pc speakers + Sennheiser HD595
- Audigy 2
- Plextor PX760A + PX716A dvd burner's
- 750 + 250 GB Seagate Sata HD's
- Logitech MX510 mouse
- Razer Tarantula keyboard

Secondary:
- CoolerMaster Stacker
- AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+
- 2GB cl2 RAM
- Auzentech X-Mystique DD Live sound card
- Asus 8600GTS 512MB
- LG 42LY95 42" 1080P LCD screen/TV
- NEC DVD burner
- Seagate Sata HD's 3x500 + 320 + 160GB

Xbox 360 and a Wii =)

Soon a Pimeta headphone amp and maybe a Auzentech X-fi Prelude on Primary if i am not satisfied with my Audigy 2 card
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Mar 22, 2008 at 3:27 AM Post #216 of 3,097
did something really stupid, tried fitting my 8800gtx (14") into my microatx case (17"). ended up getting rid of the raid setup to make room, and installing vista ultimate sp1 my brother got from the microsoft handout, seem to be running faster.

q6600
intel g35 microatx (seems to run faster than my p965 express chipset)
patriot 2gb 1ghz
8800gtx

 
Mar 25, 2008 at 2:03 PM Post #217 of 3,097
Intel E6600
Zalman 9700NT/liquid cooling
Asus Commando
Corsair XMS2 Dominator 1gb*2
HD2900XT 512mb CF
2*Seagate Barracuda 11 500gb + Seagate Barracuda 10 320gb HDD
Asus Xonar D2 sound card
Creative T20 speaker
2*Pioneer DVD burner
LG 1953T LCD
Thermaltake ToughPower 1000W
Silverstone TJ-07
 
Mar 26, 2008 at 10:52 AM Post #218 of 3,097
New workstation:

E8400 @3.6GHz (could go to 4GHz easily, but I didn't want to overclock the RAM FSB)
Scythe Mini Ninja Cooler
8GB RAM
Abit IP35 Pro
PNY Verto Geforce 8600 GT
3x HDD (WD6400AAKS 640GB and WD3200AAKS 320GB x2)
Antec Phantom 350 PSU
Scythe S-Flex SFF21D 120mm Fans x2
Dual Boot (separate HDD's) Vista Home Premium x64 and Vista Ultimate x86
Custom Hard Drive Power Switch (DIY by me).

-Ed
 
Mar 27, 2008 at 4:29 AM Post #219 of 3,097
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Originally Posted by Edwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif
New workstation:

E8400 @3.6GHz (could go to 4GHz easily, but I didn't want to overclock the RAM FSB)
Scythe Mini Ninja Cooler
8GB RAM
Abit IP35 Pro
PNY Verto Geforce 8600 GT
3x HDD (WD6400AAKS 640GB and WD3200AAKS 320GB x2)
Antec Phantom 350 PSU
Scythe S-Flex SFF21D 120mm Fans x2
Dual Boot (separate HDD's) Vista Home Premium x64 and Vista Ultimate x86
Custom Hard Drive Power Switch (DIY by me).

-Ed


The masses demand pics, Ed! Everyone needs to see just how you managed to cram it all in there.
 
Mar 27, 2008 at 4:47 AM Post #220 of 3,097
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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer /img/forum/go_quote.gif
The masses demand pics, Ed! Everyone needs to see just how you managed to cram it all in there.


I'm knee deep in Work and Taxes right now, but yes, I'll post pics. I'll be starting a thread on [H] and SPCreview as well.

Oh, and that damned red LED burned out again. Argh! I need to buy a decent one now, or maybe it's the craptastic Rat Shack resistor. I guess I could go for a different color for the x86 HDD.

-Ed
 
Mar 27, 2008 at 2:06 PM Post #221 of 3,097
I should soon receive my workstation :

2x Xeon 54xx @ 2.5ghz (can't remember the exact model number but the 2..5ghz 12MB cache 80W ones)
16GB DDRII 667mhz
Nvidia 8600GT passive
Tyan i5400X motherboard
Coolermaster Comsos RC-1000
Corsair HX650
Dual Thermalright HR-01X
Noctua 120mm fans

Dual 24" 1920x1200 monitors (probably going to go with acer ones price/specs seem ideal).
 
Mar 27, 2008 at 3:45 PM Post #222 of 3,097
Mine is:

CPU: Q6600 G0 @3.3ghz stable
HD: Samsung 2x500gb
Screen: Samsung 226BW 22"
Speakers: Yamaha YHT-185B
Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570
Cooling: Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme with Scythe 120mm includes fan control
Fan Controller: Zalman Fanmate 2
PSU: corsair HX-620
Keyboard: Logitech G15 Refresh
Mouse: Logitech G9
Mousepad Razer eXacTmat
Optical: Asus 1814BL
Mobo: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
Ram: 2G Kit-800 (2x1G) A-DATA–Heat Spreader x2
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro
Assesories: Arctic Cooling MX-2 Compound
GPU: Asus 8800GT @ 724mhz/999mhz/1810mhz (when benching)
GPU cooling: Thermalright HR-03-GT with sythe 92mm fan.
 
Mar 27, 2008 at 9:56 PM Post #224 of 3,097
E4400 @ 2.7 ghz (fooling with manual voltages and memory timing seemed like too much work so i left it at the max clock the stock memory timings could handle)
Corsair XMS 2 gigs (forgot exact speed...)
Gigabyte P35-DS3R
Samsung 500 gig SATA hdd
Lite-On DVD burner
EVGA 8800GT 512 meg
Tuniq Tower 120 w/ Arctic Silver thermal paste
Lian Li A05B (2 stock 120mm fans)
Corsair 520HX
MX518 mouse; cheapo Mitsuko keyboard carryover from my old rig
Vista HP x86

assembled by yours truly...grand total was barely over $1,000 after rebates
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Mar 28, 2008 at 2:27 AM Post #225 of 3,097
Current desktop consists of:

Q6600 G0 @3.0ghz
4gb Mushkin DDR2-800
2x 250gb WD Sata2 raid 0
1x 400gb Hitachi Sata for storage
ATI HD2600XT 512mb
DFI P35 mobo
HT Omega Claro sound card / EMU 0404 USB
Corsair 620HX psu
Pioneer DVD-RW
Klipsch Promedia 4.1
Gateway 21" HD LCD
Logitech MX-518 / Saitek Eclipse keyboard
Windows XP-64
 
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