Nvidia 8800 questions

[owa]

Sorry I didn't report on my card sooner. The 8800 GTX in my system is pretty quiet. I can only hear it when I take the side off and put my ear next to it. It's hard to know exactly how quiet or loud it is though since the 1000W PSU is the dominant noise factor in my system. Initially I was using 8800 GTX SLI and had to go with a louder than I'd like PSU. I really need to take that out now that I'm not using SLI but I dread having to re-run/organize all the cables again.

Anyway, be sure to double-check reviews/comments on whatever card and brand you decide to go with. Sometimes, the noise-level isn't quite what you'd expect. For example, the GT level cards are usually pretty close to the GTX/Ultra (top-end card) performance-wise but often are single slot designs. This has lead to some of GT-level cards actually causing more noise than the high-end cards b/c they had to use high rpm fans to cool them. I haven't checked to see if that has been an issue with the 8800 series or not though but it is something that has happened in the past.

[illegal beagle]

i got the PNY GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB Graphics Card.....runs pretty quiet on my machine.....and runs Crysis,Call of Duty 4 and World in Conlict...on high and flawlessly.....and thats just 1 card waiting to put a second one in there in SLI CONFIG.

http://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-88.../dp/B000K28GXG

[Kairav]

Originally Posted by illegal beagle

i got the PNY GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB Graphics Card.....runs pretty quiet on my machine.....and runs Crysis,Call of Duty 4 and World in Conlict...on high and flawlessly.....and thats just 1 card waiting to put a second one in there in SLI CONFIG.

http://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-88.../dp/B000K28GXG

If your motherboard can't do it, don't go for the SLI config. It'll slow things down.

[maxmcleod]

Originally Posted by illegal beagle

i got the PNY GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB Graphics Card.....runs pretty quiet on my machine.....and runs Crysis,Call of Duty 4 and World in Conlict...on high and flawlessly.....and thats just 1 card waiting to put a second one in there in SLI CONFIG.

http://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-88.../dp/B000K28GXG

Im not really interestd in sli, but thanks for letting me know about the GTS 640, that's the one Ill be ordering... hope it works out

[yamahaSHO]

I've got an 8800GT SSC with a Arctic Cooling S1 (passive) and it is SILENT. I don't game very much to be honest, but the card works well.

[maxmcleod]

Originally Posted by yamahaSHO

I've got an 8800GT SSC with a Arctic Cooling S1 (passive) and it is SILENT. I don't game very much to be honest, but the card works well.

hey that's actually a great option... it would be directly in line of the fans that are cooling off my hard drives, so it would catch a nice airflow from that...

I will have to look into that for sure.
if the card is too noisy, I think I'll try that
its not too pricey, 32 bucks on their site

[Disco_And]

I have had the EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 768MB for around a year and a half now and there is nothing it can't run as of yet, but when that day comes i will get another one
It run very quiet, it’s just the rest of the fans on my case that’s making all the noise

[w_tanoto]

the OP is reminding me of the graphic card I originally want with my laptop. Instead I got ATi XT2600HD