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Old March 31, 2008, 07:12 AM
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Are you sure it wasn't the PSU that went kerplunk?
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Old March 31, 2008, 07:41 AM
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Are you sure it wasn't the PSU that went kerplunk?
I was just gonna say that! Are the power requirements of the 9800X2 listed?
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Old March 31, 2008, 09:09 AM
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It was not the PSU.

I tried another PSU.

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My Xtreme Results! GA-P35-DS3P W/e8400 STUNNING!!! - XtremeSystems Forums
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Old March 31, 2008, 02:54 PM
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One guy did a review of his own and showed that the 8800 Ultra beat the 9800 GX2 at crysis @ 1920 x 1200 with 4x AA very high because it used like 750mb of video ram. So the ultra beat it because it has more usable ram and a higher bus.

Does crossfire double the ram or is it just like SLI?
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Old April 2, 2008, 04:12 AM
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It prolly beat the 9800 GX2 when it was on beta drivers.

I doubt it'll beat it now, with the new forceware out :)

Anyways, i'll do a benchmark with the new forceware i'll post soon
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Yo, my first XFX 9800GX2 died within 11 days of operation. The lights would turn on, and the fan would spin 100% but my mobo would give the bad VGA beep code. I was able to get a direct replacement, so far my 2nd XFX is working good and oc'ed a bit higher.

Anyone else had a dieing GX2? XFX told me it was a "normal" thing stated by nvidia...jeez, what a thing to say for a flagship release.
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man thats sad only 11 days of glory. But videocards dying in less than 2 weeks is "normal"... what's next? Krispy Creme is good for you?
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Funny, I had that same VGA-beep issue with one of the EVGA 8800GT cards.
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man thats sad only 11 days of glory. But videocards dying in less than 2 weeks is "normal"... what's next? Krispy Creme is good for you?

LOL! Yeah rele....Well i got a direct replacement so that was good. Here are my results for my 2nd XFX:
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I forgot to mention, I RMA'ed my Gigabyte board (EP35-DS3P) because if the NB volts were sit higher than 1.4, the pci-e slot would automatically change to 1x thus, limiting my fps from 30-50fps.

and that's just a kick in the nuts, especially when u've got a l33t GX2 installed and u're trying to OC your cpu.


If you have a GA board, and a GX2, good luck tryin to get high CPU OC without jepordizing your GX2's performance.

GA is unl33t.
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