I just got the funds to order my second 8800GTS.512mb.Its not the same version mines the N841 and this one the N845 its a faster clocked version but its only slightly faster.and ill just flash the slower cards bios to the faster cards bios.YES YES YES.SLI here i come again..lol Now i just hope my PSU holds out..lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130337

Curse you, and all your money, and your pair of 8800GTS's.



No, I am sorry. I just feel like an ant here thinking about my single 7600GT, and my lack of money ( actually, I have $1.33 in my bank account ) *sigh*

Definitely gotta post us some benchmarks

Kieran Blenkarne said:

Hey I feel ya 100%.I watch people on here get top of the line video cards and cpu's all the time.And i bust my butt to buy the mid level suff I get and then I try to OC it to within a inch of its life.
But seriously to stay ontop off things I always try to sell my stuff off before it gets to old and loses to much of its value.Thats how i upgrade all the time.In the last month ive bought 2 sets of ram a mobo and ultra 120 extreme and the E8400 and i dont think i put out more than $50 or $60 out of my pocket.

I was lucky this time.I had built a decent watercooling system about 6 months back and i only used it for about a week.(I was afraid it was gonna leak so i removed it..lol I just wasnt comfortable with water in my case)And i got almost $300 for all that plus i sold my Q6600 and my old P5K-E.So this upgrade was almost completely founded by my old stuff i had laying around.Ok yeah i bought all that stuff to but i did it the sameway.


By the way Kieran Blenkarne your system is pretty sweet.And there is nothing wrong with the 7600GT even if you game alot.I get my but kicked all the time by guys running the old AGP 6800 and X800Pro etc.So its not always what you run...lol Im living proof of that im probably the worst COD / COD 2 / CSS/ Crysis /Farcry player in the world but my system is 90% better than most of the guys that whipp my butt

Wow the 8800gts are in a great price range now. Wish I had one.

Hey Mothow how is that 750iFTW? Does it really overclock better than the 680i or the 780i? I'm really interested in it.

I don have it yet.I should have it tomorrow or tuesday according to Fedex tracking. And i should have the other 8800GTS thursday.Im gonna have fun next weekend.

Meats when you gonna grab another 8800GT?

Super sweet rig tom, putting me to shame you are.....man u can clock them babies GOOOD!!!!

Enjoy.

What res you playing games at tom?

look at the rig im on, its circa 2003.

Plug & Play said:
Im gonna be getting a 22 or 24 inch LCD asap!!!!!!! 1440x900 isnt gonna stress these cards.I dont even think Crysis will stress them at 1440x900 since thats less pixels than 1280x1024.ATM its pretty much just for kicks.

Oh and thanks for the complament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mothow said:

I don't know man, I don't think I'll buy one any time soon. Believe it or not I can max out all my games with the Max resolution which is 1680x 1050 and get above 60fps; exluding Crysis of course. So I don't see another video card as a worthy upgrade. Well at least not until I have a 40" or bigger 1080p HD-TV connected to my PC.

Ultimate Gaming Rig! > Buahaha!

Nice

Just installed

Congrats on the new card! Have fun!!!

Mothow,
Just keep a eye on those temps. The OC differential may be what causes your old card with possibly lesser heat sink capability stable under high load.
Run the NVidia temp monitor with both cards in SLI mode to make sure that the older one isn't borderline when you flash it. If it is, then flash both cards back to the old cards speed, thus keeping them syncronized.

Gerritt

They are running nice and cool Gerritt but ill keep an eye on them.I also flashed the orignal card with the newer faster cards bios and its working awesome

Benchmarks!!!

I've been eyeballing an 8800GTS 320MB for around $120-$130 ... Definitely time for me to start saving my pennies and ditching ye olde X800.

I am also due for an upgrade....will embarrass self for cash payments.

Thanks.

With the GTS 512MB and the 9K series out, the 320MB GTS prices dropped pretty good. In a couple/three weeks when I have enough money, maybe they will even be under $100.

Kieran Blenkarne said:

I'll give you $3 to eat a raw egg

F**k ... I'd eat a live chicken for $3.