The Official 8800GT Information and Discussion Thread

[Sistum Id]

Originally Posted by linskingdom

Are you sure you geting the vanilla one? Check the part number from the box or the back of your card.

Just says e-GeForce 8800GT and bunch numbers. And yes am sure I have the vanilla one

[Pvt. Pritchard]

Originally Posted by Sistum Id

Just says e-GeForce 8800GT and bunch numbers. And yes am sure I have the vanilla one

You could have gotten the OC version. When I ordered my BFG 8800GTS from newegg it was supposed to be the OC version, but I got the OC2 which has higher clocks. Who knows if their stock was low on vanillas, they could have just thrown a OC version in there.

[Pvt. Pritchard]

Originally Posted by KillaCrow

Will it run slower if I dont have PCIe 2.0. I dont wanna have to get a new motherboard for a while?

No PCIe just has extra bandwith, probably for future cards down the line. The card is backwards compatible with PCI-E 1.0.

[Anth0789]

Originally Posted by Pvt. Pritchard

No PCIe just has extra bandwith, probably for future cards down the line. The card is backwards compatible with PCI-E 1.0.

So there's not much of a difference then?

[Pvt. Pritchard]

Originally Posted by Anth0789

So there's not much of a difference then?

not at all. It won't take advantage of PCI 2.0 yet because cards are still not using 1.0 to its full potential.

[linskingdom]

Would it be nice if you pay the vanilla price but end up to have the OC.

[Gauvenator]

I've heard of an 8800 GT running in the 90 degrees celcius range. Is that bad for the video card? And could that possibly damage my motherboard?

[linskingdom]

Originally Posted by tqs01

My E2140 runs at 3.0G now. I am going to buy a 8800GT soon. Can my E2140 handle this? Also, I am using this PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182044
I only have one hard drive, one dvd and three 120mm fans. Is it still OK? I only have $250 for GPU at this point.

E2140 should be able to handle the 8800GT. Regarding the PSU, based on what you described, your PSU should be fine for now.

[TnB= Gir]

Originally Posted by Pvt. Pritchard

not at all. It won't take advantage of PCI 2.0 yet because cards are still not using 1.0 to its full potential.

You're forgetting a big part of pci-e 2.0. If you're running a pci-e 2.0 card in a pci-e 2.0 slot, the slot can provide 150 watts from the slot alone instead of pci-e 1.0's 75 watts.

[Sistum Id]

Originally Posted by Pvt. Pritchard

You could have gotten the OC version. When I ordered my BFG 8800GTS from newegg it was supposed to be the OC version, but I got the OC2 which has higher clocks. Who knows if their stock was low on vanillas, they could have just thrown a OC version in there.

Even tho the box doesnt say superclock? Cause based off atitools thats what it looks like. Maybe a glitch in atitools?