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Old October 30, 2007, 07:38 PM
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Skymtl how hot do these things get anyway? I'm skeptical about going for a single slot cooler when there is no aftermarket cooler available right now. After spending two years with an x1900 that got up to 80C and a tiny fan that was louder than everything else in my pc I don't want to have to go back to that. If they made something like the HR-03 for these (which I have now) it would be great.
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Old October 30, 2007, 07:58 PM
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Review of XFX will be up shortly from me. Just updating some drivers and screenshots of old setup first.
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will be interesting to see how it handles the crysis demo after your last run with 7800
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Do you think using a 400w power supply for only the video card will work? I've got a sparkle 400w power supply and I'm thinking of tossing it onto my 8800 GT
You'll have to clarify, as I am unsure if you plan to power the video card by using an ATX power supply with no other components? The 8800GT (G92) is a fairly power efficient GPU, but to power it alone with an ATX power supply would require the "paper-clip" technique.
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Old October 30, 2007, 10:39 PM
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You'll have to clarify, as I am unsure if you plan to power the video card by using an ATX power supply with no other components? The 8800GT (G92) is a fairly power efficient GPU, but to power it alone with an ATX power supply would require the "paper-clip" technique.
Paperclip with a 400w power supply = no go! :(

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The term is used for shorting out the green "PS_ON" pin with a ground pin. This causes the ATX power supply to power on. It's not a recommended way of powering devices, but a quick test to see if the power supply will turn on.
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Any opinions on whether a Thermalright V1 would be able to cool this thing?

I have it cooling a 7800GT right now (about 68-70 Celsius after several hours benchmarking at full load, about 42 idle) with an undervolted 80mm fan on it...but I suspect the 8800GT will produce more heat.
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Old October 31, 2007, 12:26 AM
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PLease note that the discussion for the Antec TPQ has been moved here: Antec TPQ Problems Discussion Thread Antec reps have been alerted to the thread and they will be watching it for additional info about the problem
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Great job SKYMTL

Nice to have an affordable alternative if my 8800GTS 320mb should fall short in the future.
Can't wait to see what that new 8800GTS version does when it's OC'd as well.

I can only wish that GPU manufacturers would follow the lead of CPU's and offer better performance AND make the product more energy/heat efficient at the same time. The AMD A64 and the C2D have proven this can be done and I really hate the way these GPU's gobble up the juice.
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SKYMTL,

I noticed that different bioses gives different overclock speeds.

Would you be willing to make available to us the bios used in that EVGA card that overclocked to 744 core? I would like to test it on my card.
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EVGA has posted new BIOS's for their 8800GTs. "This BIOS is for those who wish their fanspeed to spin up quicker, there are no other changes."

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=176929&mpage=1&key=𫌡

I haven't tried it out yet, still using Rivatuner ATM.
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the thread here is a bit old by now, but i just found it so i hope i still can get some help here :p

i'm wondering if the card will work on an older mainboard with pci express 1.0a (in our case the epox 9npa+ sli)...evga posted a bios update to fix some problems like that but i would like to hear some end-user comments as well about all that.
thanks in advance :)
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I haven't had a problem with my older DFI Lanparty SLI DR Expert but if I were you I would make sure I had the EVGA BIOS on hand just in case. Maybe someone else can shed some more light on this.
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Old February 3, 2008, 09:37 AM
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thanks for the first response already :) i also hope for more responses :)

the problem with flashing the bios after buying the card is that the pc won't post without the right bios, so i would have to find a pc which is compatible to flash it there...and that is impossible right now...
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