OT - 8800GTX Problem

[Jambone]

The new gen of 8800GTS 512mb's smoke any card out there currently

[Canada_Boy]

Jambone wrote:
The new gen of 8800GTS 512mb's smoke any card out there currently

lol, Silly Wabbit..

[boom_box]

IMO.. 8800GTX requires a lot juices.. i mean 500W+ PSU (750W is recommended)... perhaps your current PSU didn't take it any longer for that power
hungry card...

also.. 8800GT can match its performance on a GTX with the price level of GTS... but you have to overclock it and use 3rd party coolers like zalman, TT
and etc to cool off...


but i love to see your 8600GTS superclocked then fly it on FS9 or FSX... since im about to get an Palit 8600GT Sonic+ 1GB DDR2

[fs2004josh]

gronji2004 wrote:
Hey!

I recently purchased this card:

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.as...800gts-512

However, got home, pluged it in and connected all the power leads, plugged in the monitor, and when I turned the PC on, the monitor
read no signal,
and the Beep that you get on booting a PC didn't sound!

I have a 500W PSU so thats more than enough, 1GB RAM, MSI 7155 (I think) motherboard, and Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (3.6 GHZ)

Anyone have any ideas, as the card cost me £230 or roughly $460!

Regards,
Alex

You should of purchased two 512MB 8600GT cards for a cheaper price then one 8800GTX card. The 2 8600GT's deliver the same results
as the one 8800GTX.

[gronji2004]

Yeh, not if I am not capable of running an SLI conifgurated system. I would have needed a new mobo, which would cost more than the 8800!

[Joeflyer]

fs2004josh wrote:

gronji2004 wrote:
Hey!

I recently purchased this card:

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?
product_id=19291&category_id=611&manufacturer_id=0&tid=px8800gts-512

However, got home, pluged it in and connected all the power leads, plugged in the monitor, and when I turned the PC on, the monitor
read no signal,
and the Beep that you get on booting a PC didn't sound!

I have a 500W PSU so thats more than enough, 1GB RAM, MSI 7155 (I think) motherboard, and Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (3.6 GHZ)

Anyone have any ideas, as the card cost me £230 or roughly $460!

Regards,
Alex

You should of purchased two 512MB 8600GT cards for a cheaper price then one 8800GTX card. The 2 8600GT's deliver the same results
as the one 8800GTX.

Speaking from experience, I have had the 8600GTS in SLI config before, but apparently SLI isn't too stable. The second 8600GTS I
installed went bad after about a month of SLI. Now I'm waiting on the replacement card. I likely won't use it in SLI config, but will keep it as
a back up in case the original card goes bad. The heat generated by both cards wasn't bad at all, however. As far as performance goes, 2
cards don't necessarily enhance performance much. Yes, SLI does a much better job of rendering textures and smoothing them out, but
not necessarily increasing FPS. The "much better performance" statement is a myth. Folks need to read up on SLI to get the real story.

[Canada_Boy]

Yes, as Joe mentioned SLI doesn't really have an effect on FS9, only on games like Crysis, and some other modern games (not including FSX until a
patch is released) will you notice a good difference. SLI won't give you double the frame rates, so really one 8800GTX is better then 2 8600GT's when
it comes to FS9/FSX.



Post Edited ( 01-13-08 01:20 )

[fs2004josh]

There are good motherboards that dont cost alot that can use SLI.

[boom_box]

for me SLi is only a myth.... if you have the money to burn.. then buy.... but i would stick to the saying "Bang for the buck"... =)

...HTH