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eVGA GeForce 8800 GTS Video Card
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$149.99
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Overall Rating
3 Star Review
Reviewed by: noteapot
Updated:08-17-07
Duration of ownership:3 Months
Strengths: Good performer - better than the 7950 I owned for 3D applications (Maya) in terms of both rendering and an improvement in smoothness over the 7950.
Weaknesses: some corruption with playing quicktime movies under vista ( works ok when booted in XP) Vista drivers still flakey and hard to install and upgrade. Does not have full DX10.1 support
Overall Evaluation: Until Nvidia produce a clear statement on DX10.1 and 8800 series cards I would not recommend buying any curent 88 series card unless its really cheap. This probably applies to current ATI cards as well but i'm not familiar with them It looks like new hardware may be required even if they use the same GPU for DX10.1. Nvidia will argue that most of the DX10 features are there but if I had known that DX10.1 would obsolete the card I would have kept using the 7950 and waited.
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5 Star Review
Reviewed by: mogmaster
Updated:07-03-07
Duration of ownership:6 Months
Strengths: 640mb RAM, directX10 capable, great performance
Weaknesses: None
Overall Evaluation: Second best video card on the market today next to the 8800GTX and more than $200 cheaper. It runs any video game I have with no problems while all the settings turned all the way up. I recommend this card to everyone who doesn't want to shell out $500+ on the GTX.
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5 Star Review
Reviewed by: pqinsheng
Updated:07-23-08
Duration of ownership:5 Weeks
Strengths: super fast.
Weaknesses: Huge!!!
Overall Evaluation: This is a sweet card. Stacked this card on a C2D E7200, Evga 650i, 4 gigs of Crucial ddr2 800, 500gig wd se16. This thing puts off a lot of heat but easy to control with a nice case. Runs bf2142 all high with no problems. Please note this card is huge, make sure your case/motherboard is compatible.
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: jsyjordan
Updated:07-11-08
Duration of ownership:60 Days
Strengths: Great power. Great price/performance ratio
Weaknesses: lots of heat and uses a lot of power
Overall Evaluation: Great upgrade from 8600gts. This thing is totally worth it. 320mb won't matter unless your resolution gaming is with a 30 inch screen or bigger. The video card is huge though. Prepare to have a big case. My Antec Solo case barely fits it. I had to put one of the hard drives in a lower bracket.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: icepop33
Updated:07-07-08
Duration of ownership:3 Months
Strengths: DirectX 10 support, 320-bit memory speed, solid performer, good value (see notes)
Weaknesses: Not enough memory for latest games, not PCI Express 2.0 compliant
Overall Evaluation: Recent games (2007 or later) and especially those that support Vista and DirectX 10 have marked a turning point in what to look for in a card. In other words, a couple of years ago it made sense to opt for a 128MB 256-bit card over a 256MB 128-bit card, for example. Things have changed. It now makes sense to opt for a 512MB 256-bit such as the 8800 GT over a 320MB 320-bit card such as this 8800 GTS for the latest graphically intense games. This is because the detailed images and textures at high resolution typical of modern gaming are held in a frame buffer (memory) before being output to the screen while the next frame is being rendered. If you don't have enough discrete graphics memory, then the main system memory will be utilized, slowing down performance. This was brought home to me while playing Crysis. Quick specs: DFI DK-790FX-M2RS mobo, Athlon X2 5400+ cpu, 2GB OCZ Platinum DDR2-800 ram, Cooler Master RealPower Pro 750W psu (this card draws around 115W max so check BIOS to make sure enough power is being supplied to the PCI Express slot) Crysis was very playable at only 20-30 fps with all settings on high and no AA. When AA was tried, it was too choppy while retaining the highest settings. The gpu never got over 82 degrees C. Riva Tuner revealed that both cpu cores were at 70% usage, but also that all 320MB of the onboard memory were being used and about 150MB of sytem memory. Conclusion: If I had it to do over again, I would have bought the 512MB 8800 GT or the 640MB GTS for about $50-$100 more than I paid for this. I may still take advantage of EVGA's trade-up program, but at their website prices, I don't know. Maybe if they appraised my card at their prices, we'd have a deal. EVGA and probably other vendors are discontinuing their g80 based cards and liquidating stocks so one should find good values on several of the models, especially the ones that aren't PCI Express 2.0 compliant, which I'm not sure is so important. If you don't plan on installing Vista, installing DirectX 10 on XP, or playing DirectX 10 games, especially shooters, than this card will rock your games at highest settings. It handles NFS Pro Street and Lego Indiana Jones. I still have to give this card four stars. Just explore your options.
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: SDTechDeals
Updated:07-05-08
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: eVGA quality; dual-slot cooling; lifetime warranty
Weaknesses: Last generation; no HD video decoding
Overall Evaluation: I was upgrading my computer from XP to Vista, so wanted a DX10 capable card. I had a 7800GT, so this was the next best step. Note that this is a 1-year old card, as it has the G80 nVidia chipset. It's a slower performer than the G92 nVidia chipset used in the current 8800GTS cards. It also will *not* offloading of HD video decoding. But I don't game alot, not is it setup for HDTV viewing, so it was plenty for me. Installation was a snap, I downloaded latest drivers, and I was good to go! nVidia provides a utility called nTune that will allow for overclocking the card, but I have yet to test the waters yet. The card has a dual-slot setup for cooling (blowing air out of back of case, so keep this in mind. A nice bonus is that eVGA provides a lifetime warranty after you register the card on their web-site.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: maynardflower
Updated:06-22-08
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: Cheep(
Weaknesses: 320mb, no oc from factory
Overall Evaluation: It is great card and awesome upgrade from ATI X1650. Runs fast, receive 5.9 rate from vista. tried ATI tool to overclock and had about 6% gain. Best buy for budget less than $100.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: MCCMemory
Updated:06-08-08
Duration of ownership:20 Days
Strengths: Cheap video card with G80 GPU(8800GTS 320), although it is not good as G92, but it still worth while to buy
Weaknesses: Not designed for OC. EVGA usually do not provide software to overclock its card. And only with 320M memory.
Overall Evaluation: 1.If EVGA provide software to overclock its card, that's will be more comfortable to use the card2.Not sold with SLI cable although it is a high level video card.3.No free game with it.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: pastel_wzb
Updated:05-20-08
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Strengths: Perfect performance for less money.Vista compatible!Nice fan!
Weaknesses: None so far
Overall Evaluation: This is a terrific video card I have ever used! It works very well with Vista (maybe not very well in XP ). It runs every game I want to play, no matter how high the configuration requirement is printed in the game outside package. I bought it when this card is on sale at buy.com. Total cost is around $70, which I though it is more than a deal, it is a steal.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: tyronechow
Updated:05-15-08
Duration of ownership:1 Weeks
Strengths: super fast at 1920x1200
Weaknesses: use a lot of power and gets warm
Overall Evaluation: I just got this video card and a 24" LCD with resolution of 1920 x 1200 and I can play games and watch movies with no problem. Just make sure you have a big power unit, lot of space and good ventilation. Overall it is a best value for the performance.
