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05-16-08
Duration of ownership: 2 Months
Strengths: Powerful Graphics Card, Dual DVI, HD Supported,SLI Capable, Single Slot, Over-Clockable
Weaknesses:Runs Pretty Warm, Fan Can Be Annoying
Overall Evaluation: This card is great. I tossed it into my custom built Dell XPS 630i and it has yet to disappoint me. I've ran more than a handful of games in a resolution of 1920 x 1080 with all the settings maxed and have yet to see any of my frame rates dip below the low 60's. Old games like Battlefield 2 or Battlefield 2142 won't even cause it to break a sweat. Newer games (Frontlines: Fuels of War & Rainbow Six Vegas 2) give it a little bit more to do but still no trouble. Once you hit the BioShock, Gears of War, Crysis area it can be very system taxing. This card will run Crysis, just don't expect Very High Settings and max resolution. My only complaints with this card is that I don't have two, and that it runs slightly hot. Turn your fan speed up from 29% to +70% and that'll help a lot.
05-30-08
Duration of ownership: 18 Days
Strengths: fast card, best warranty in the market
Weaknesses:none so far
Overall Evaluation: This is the best bang for the buck if you are a computer gamer. 8800GT is so affordable than ever before. For less than $150 (with rebate and etc.) you could almost play every game smoothly.Plus XFX has the best of the best warranty - double lifetime! it justs keeps the resale value of the card, coz you know you are gonna upgrade in no more than 2 years when new generations come out.
05-16-08
Duration of ownership: 1 Weeks
Strengths: -Reasonable price point (05/08 avg $150AR)-Great performance-Best card warranty out there-Package included full Company of Heroes game
Weaknesses:-Card is long. Make sure you have room in case and a dedicated 6-Pin PCI power connector
Overall Evaluation: My system (yes, it's about 2 yrs old)- Pentium D 820 Dual Core 2.8Ghz,800FSb, 2gig Dual Channel 533Mhz DDR2, Windows XP SP2, SBlaster X-Fi 500W Rosewill Stallion ATX12v v2.2 PSU Old Vid Card: EVGA 256MB 7600GT GDDR3 Before removing my old card I did benchmarks with 3dmark03 and 3dmark06 Installing the XFX card was relatively easy. It's almost twice as long as my old 7600 and required a dedicated PCI-E 6 pin power connector. I installed the 175.16 Nvidia Driver w/ Ntune. My 1st concern was whether my 500W PSU would post.No problems. I then ran the System Stability Test w/Ntunes for 30 mins (all components).No problems there either. Nvidia MonitorView reported the temperatures at 51-53C before and after the stress test. The card fan did not get loud once (yes. mine came with a variable fan). I then followed the Stress test with the 3dmark03 and then 3dMark06 benchmarks. After running both of them, temp remained at 53C. Now, here are the results of my benchmark.: 7600GT 3dmark03=13,104 3dmark06=3,271 8800GT 3dmark03=26,020! 3dmark06=6,333 Basically, my $145AR upgrade doubled my performance! Plus the package came with Company of Heores full retail game. This is definitely the best bang per upgrade dollars I've ever spent!
05-10-08
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: Almost everything, Warranty from XFX
Weaknesses:Pricey
Overall Evaluation: I got this to upgrade my old graphics card. This card is amazing. It can handle almost any game even at high frame rates. The build quality is very nice. Never faced any issue about any type of incompatibility. I have VISTA on my comp. The card comes with Double lifetime warranty which is the best warranty a graphics card company can offer. The warranty is valid even if you overclock it. The warranty is also transferable. I recommend any card from XFX and 8800GT card is currently one of the best at present. Its a bit pricey though but I am sure it will come down over time.
03-09-08
Duration of ownership: 1 Weeks
Strengths: Powerful graphics, double lifetime-warranty, dual dvi, includes game
Weaknesses:Price! Runs Hot! Card is too long, Fan is loud
Overall Evaluation: Finally splurge and bought myself a near high-end graphics card for my gaming needs at the time. This card totally fulfills it. Crysis runs great and smooth with the settings all on high. Double lifetime warranty is a great bonus, helps cut down cost if and when I choose to upgrade again. The stock cooling is too loud for my taste, seems like its running on high all the time. Will be going for an aftermarket quiet solution. The card seemed to fit well in my case, but with smaller cases, I can see a problem with it fitting. Overall this is a great buy for gamers!
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