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Post Date: 2007-10-31
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    Posted: 31 Oct 2007 at 12:53pm
I'm hearing some crazy good things about this kid; apparently it's actually better than the GTS, only a little bit inferior to the GTX, and in SLI, blows past the GTX for the same price.
 
Thoughts?
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Yep, it should be a good overclocker, too.  Their heat output is way below a GTX.  In fact, it's so much so that some manufacturers are going to try releasing passive cooled cards (heatsink only).
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Yeah...starting to wonder if perhaps in the future, instead of buying a second GTX for SLI, to instead buy a pair of GT's, solely for the considerably lowered heat output.
 
Goshdarnit :)
 
I wonder if this would be covered by the upgrade policy nVidia has...
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If you have a single GTX now it doesn't seem like you should need to upgrade to either SLI GTXs or SLI GTs anytime soon. Why not just wait for the 9-series card whenever it is released - by the time you need to upgrade it should be a bit cheaper than at launch - and just put one of those in.

Chances are it will blow away anything on the table currently..

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I think I found my next upgrade :)
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Everything I've read and all the comments about this card make it look very promising and a perfect set-up for a midrange card.   I just hope it's not too good to be true.
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Here's a thorough review by Tom's Hardware
 
 
Any ideas on when DSO will begin offering these cards?
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Look closely, already in the options list.
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Posts: 27 		  Quote kahlsted Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 31 Oct 2007 at 3:46pm
Originally posted by Minion

Look closely, already in the options list.
 
 
Immediately after I posted I went and looked and found it.  Stupid me for asking first, lol.  Embarrassed
 
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Immediately after I posted I went and looked and found it.  Stupid me for asking first, lol.  Embarrassed
 
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Heh, after I posted I double checked.  The old eyes ain't like they used to be.
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Posts: 27 		  Quote kahlsted Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 31 Oct 2007 at 9:48pm
Anyone know how well 1 and 2 of these will fit in the PRO case?
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Smaller than a GTX, which can be SLI'd into the Pro case, so decently well I'd imagine.
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Posts: 27 		  Quote kahlsted Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 01 Nov 2007 at 1:52pm
Originally posted by Jingping

Smaller than a GTX, which can be SLI'd into the Pro case, so decently well I'd imagine.
 
 
That is good news!  I will probably get a system in the coming weeks.  Hope the 8800GT's aren't backlogged Smile
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