PNY Verto GeForce 8800 GTS Graphics Card

Great price for a great card!!

Strengths: Cheaper than the 8800 GTX, Great upgrade from an ATI x800, DX10 and SLI ready, Great price.

Weakness: BIG CARD, A little louder than earlier generation vid cards, Runs a little hot with stock fan settings. (Recommend either a case with more than 3 fans or water cooling.)

MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR CASE WILL ALLOW THIS CARD TO FIT. At 9 inches long, this card is a monster. Do your research or you'll have the same problems with the card as the 1 star reviewer. It's your fault if it doesn't fit due to lack of research. This card is a must have for those who are planning to upgrade, but aren't interested in spending the $ for the GTX. Plus it's DX10 ready so you'll be a...
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MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR CASE WILL ALLOW THIS CARD TO FIT.
At 9 inches long, this card is a monster. Do your research or you'll have the same problems with the card as the 1 star reviewer. It's your fault if it doesn't fit due to lack of research.

This card is a must have for those who are planning to upgrade, but aren't interested in spending the $ for the GTX.

Plus it's DX10 ready so you'll be a step ahead in anticipation for next generation games.

By millhous - Nov 14, 2007

Nice upgrade from 6800GT

Strengths: Great performance, shorter than GTX and only uses one PCI-E plug

Weakness: Not a GTX, takes up two slots

Coming from a PNY 6800GT this is a huge improvement in play value. It's pricey, but from what I've been seeing in game usage it's a big bump up. Oblivion can now be played at 1600x1200 with everything turned up and the framerates stay nice and fluid. Checked out FEAR at 1600x1200 with everything turned up and my lowest framerate was 48fps. Not too shabby!

Bring on Crysis.

By bugazila - Jan 12, 2007

Physical dimensions of this card are huge

Strengths: Great performance if it fits in your pc.

Weakness: Not much good if it doesn't fit.

The fan and heat sink case bolted onto the circuit board are huge, making this card 1.5" thick. It is also 9.5" long. The card's metal plate that covers the opening/slot on the back of the PC is not tapered like a normal graphics card. The result is that this card will not physically fit in many PCs. Check the dimensions carefully before you spend $400 on this card. MacMall will rip you off by...
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The fan and heat sink case bolted onto the circuit board are huge, making this card 1.5" thick. It is also 9.5" long. The card's metal plate that covers the opening/slot on the back of the PC is not tapered like a normal graphics card. The result is that this card will not physically fit in many PCs. Check the dimensions carefully before you spend $400 on this card. MacMall will rip you off by charging a 15% re-stocking fee if this card doesn't fit your PC (at no fault of yours).

By anon5; - Mar 8, 2007

So far so good.

Strengths: Very powerful. Low power consumption. No to loud.

Weakness: Nothing.

I came off a XFX 6800 OC on an old AGP 8x. So I'm highly impressed. But then again I knew I would be seeing that I dropped almost 400 bucks for ONE component in my comp and it wasn't even the Big Boy model. I stuck this in a Dell XPS 410. I was worried the 375w PS wasn't gonna push it I had some money set aside for a new PS just in case. But I stuck it in installed the dirvers and was running BF2...
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I came off a XFX 6800 OC on an old AGP 8x. So I'm highly impressed. But then again I knew I would be seeing that I dropped almost 400 bucks for ONE component in my comp and it wasn't even the Big Boy model. I stuck this in a Dell XPS 410. I was worried the 375w PS wasn't gonna push it I had some money set aside for a new PS just in case. But I stuck it in installed the dirvers and was running BF2 at 103fps steady with everything maxed out. 8x AA 1610x1150 res I have a 22" LCD. Half Life 2 100 fps average.

For any dell users out there. I have 2 sata 250gig HDs, 3 fans ,DVD rom, 2 USB mice, an Axis Joystick, 2 gigs of ram, and a Core 2 Duo E6600. Some other crap in this thing and that little 375w PS is taking the entire load with that beast 8800 in there. I was highly impressed. Now how long the PS last is the question but it is working for now.

By anonymous; - Jun 4, 2007