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GeForce 8800 GTX - Review

Strengths: Has no problem playing any of the latest games at max settings. DX10, plenty of memory, and super fast!

Weakness: Cost, requires a lot of power, may need to upgrade power supply. The card is huge!

EVGA has a lifetime warranty, if you register the card with in the first 30 days they also cut the price of their premium RMA services, which is a nice plus, since you can get cross shipment, and pre-paid shipping services, at very reasonable cost. This card does cost a lot, but you are definitely getting what you paid for, not only a excellent product, but service to match. This card is huge, it...
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EVGA has a lifetime warranty, if you register the card with in the first 30 days they also cut the price of their premium RMA services, which is a nice plus, since you can get cross shipment, and pre-paid shipping services, at very reasonable cost. This card does cost a lot, but you are definitely getting what you paid for, not only a excellent product, but service to match. This card is huge, it just fits my case, but it does cover a big chunk of my mother board, which requires me to remove the card to add or remove hdds from my motherboard. Requires a lot of power, using a 520w very high grade PSU with so far no problem. More then likely I am pushing close to the limit of the PSU at full load. If you have the money to spend, this card will not disappoint. I moved from a ATI 9800 Pro and well I am just blown away, so I have nothing of like to compare against.

By Ryokucha - Jul 11, 2007

GeForce 8800GTX excellent card and prices are getting better

Strengths: 1. Best graphics engine for games. 2. Good (not great video codec decoding). 3. Low CPU utilization.

Weakness: 1. Video codecs are handled better by other cards. 2. IT'S HOT! a water block helps. 3. It's a power hog.

This is an amazing graphics card. It handles complex video tasks freeing the CPU for other jobs. It handles graphics for games better than any other card at this time. It is very good at video codecs, but there are better. I added a water block because the thing is HOT. I got this card on sale for $475.00 so prices ARE falling. It is THE card for serious gamers.

By lou2u - Jun 15, 2007

Best card ever owned

Strengths: Eats DX9 games alive, performs like a champ! Very quiet. Great warranty

Weakness: Not a whole lot...Bottlenecked by the rest of my system. Power requirements

For a couple years I've had the sub-top-of-the-line video cards. I had 6800gt's in SLI when they came out and then I had 7800gt's in SLI when they came out. Obviously, this card blows away any experience I've had with the lower end cards in SLI. The only downfall, which I had forseen, was that this card would be bottlenecked by the rest of my system, which it definitely is, but only in limited...
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For a couple years I've had the sub-top-of-the-line video cards. I had 6800gt's in SLI when they came out and then I had 7800gt's in SLI when they came out. Obviously, this card blows away any experience I've had with the lower end cards in SLI. The only downfall, which I had forseen, was that this card would be bottlenecked by the rest of my system, which it definitely is, but only in limited spots of certain games. The only times I get lower framerates are when there's a lot of physics that need to be processed which makes sense because 1. I have a 3 year old Athlon FX-55 and 2. The FX-55 is an aged out architecture and is only single core. I'm solving this problem by getting an Intel Core 2 Duo setup though. Other than that though the framerates are silky smooth with everything maxed out, the performance and quality jump was HUGE compared to my 7800gt SLI. Anyway, many complain about the size of the card (and yes it is large) but its not an issue if you have a large case (I have the Thermaltake Armor). Also, many worry when they see that the idle temps are about 60 degrees C...these are just its normal operating temperatures. The next thing is power, I did have to upgrade my power supply to ensure sufficient power was getting to the card but I needed a new power supply anyway but just something to keep in mind. Overall, I love this card and would buy it again in a heartbeat. Can't wait to see what it will do with a new rig and DX10!

By outlaw88 - May 21, 2007

8800 GTX - Great Card!

Strengths: Speed. This card is FAST. I can't wait until I can test the Full potential of this card. Also you can't go wrong with a lifetime warranty!

Weakness: Size, Price, and Power. This thing is huge (almost 11 inches long!) and is power hungry. Also the price tag is a bit steep.

I was a bit worried about fitting this card into my Coolmaster Mystique case, but it was a perfect fit. You also cannot go wrong with eVGA's lifetime warranty. Even if you choose to overclock (I know i will) you are still covered. Also, the free dark messiah was a bit of a bonus. I strongly suggest making sure you have enough power for this card. REMEMBER: This card is almost 11 inches long....
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I was a bit worried about fitting this card into my Coolmaster Mystique case, but it was a perfect fit. You also cannot go wrong with eVGA's lifetime warranty. Even if you choose to overclock (I know i will) you are still covered. Also, the free dark messiah was a bit of a bonus. I strongly suggest making sure you have enough power for this card.
REMEMBER: This card is almost 11 inches long. Meassure before receiving this card and realizing it won't even fit in your case!

By Inversed - Apr 1, 2007

GeForce 8800 GTX Video Card 768 MB PCI Express x16 Dual DVI Video Card review on 1-3-2007

Strengths: Impressive speed and and graphics on Direct X 9 games. Fastest Graphics card out at this date. I was unable to test Direct X 10 games at this time.

Weakness: Power hungrey. Uses 105 watts extra system power just by displaying the desktop image. In a game it used 125 extra watts of system power.

Prepare to crank up the AC in the summer because you system will run warm with the power requirements of this video card. They might of designed the graphics CPU to throttle down when graphics requirements are low. Besides that I can't wait to test the card with windows Vista when it comes out.

By timrobocop - Jan 3, 2007