Which GeForce 8800GT buy to?

Rainbow · February 22nd, 2008, 02:15 AM

Hi! I'm new on this forum so please don't punish my if the topic like that has already been here. I want to buy GF8800GT model but I can't decide which one. I have already read a lot of infos and reviews many of them. Mainly I look for a silent, not too hot model with more or less nice performance. I don't want to overclocking it or changing original cooling system. I read about Palit, Inno3D, Asus model but I think that Gainward model is the best for me. What do you think guys?

**Regeneration** · February 22nd, 2008, 03:12 AM

Most of Nvidia Partners are acting like "resellers", they just replace the sticker. Grab the cheapest (Gigabyte?).

Unixlord · February 22nd, 2008, 03:27 AM

If you like Gainward you can get the golden sample which has pre-installed aftermarket cooling and is factory overclocked (which is simple to do by yourself but voids most warranties) in addition to being extremely overclockable. It's actually cheaper than buying a regular gainward and then buying an aftermarket cooler and installing it yourself.

Mjoelnir · February 22nd, 2008, 10:50 AM

same recommandation here.. gainward or xfx ^^

IModIntel · February 22nd, 2008, 04:03 PM

How about not getting an N$hitia 8800GT? Have you though about what ATi has to offer right now?

Rainbow · February 22nd, 2008, 04:42 PM

I was thinking about ATI 3870 but since I have seen in-game test compared to geforce - 4example 8800gt I don't want to have it

So you think that this gainward model has got a "heatsink"? I have read test and many reviewers praise this one for good tempertarues & power supply and performance...

Unixlord · February 22nd, 2008, 05:22 PM

When a slightly OCed 9600GT with just 64 stream processors is trampling all over ati's 3870, it's pretty clear who has the superior architecture regardless *cough* of the gains from slapping two cores on one card which may or may not scale well.

Rainbow · February 22nd, 2008, 06:09 PM

Yea, I have found Gainward 8800gt 512mb golden sample. It seems got good performance and heatpipe cooling. Probably going to take it, but your opinions are welcome.

SpectatorX · February 22nd, 2008, 10:26 PM

Geforce 9600gt, gainward or zotac

Zamoldac · February 23rd, 2008, 12:06 AM

i've seen som really cheap 8800gts 512 in my contry you should try getting one of those if you cand find it it's like 10$ more then the usual 8800GT price ( Manli Geforce 8800 GTS 512M )