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XFX PVT88SFDF4 GeForce 8800GS 384MB GDDR3 580Mhz PCI Express 2.0 SLI Ready Video Card ( Dual DVI / S-video )
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List Price: $166.50
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Manufacturer: XFX
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: XFX
EAN: 0778656044791
Feature: Sold Individually
Graphics Memory Size: 384
Is Fragile: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: XFX
Manufacturer: XFX
Model: PVT88SFDF4
Publisher: XFX
Studio: XFX
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Sold Individually
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Editorial Reviews:
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For the gaming enthusiast, the XFX GeForce 8800 GS is remarkably friendly for an Alpha Dog, compatible with the PCI-E 2.0 bus architecture ensuring a guaranteed fair fight in any of tomorrows bandwidth-demanding gaming environments. Powered by a core clock, a memory clock and stream processors, the XFX GeForce 8800 GS graphics card basically has pit bull powered-jaws that put a significant bite into any gaming experience.For movie buffs, the XFX GeForce 8800 GS graphics card features the revolutionary second generation NVIDIA PureVideo HD engine, bringing astonishing Blu-ray and HD DVD movie picture quality to any users PC, with 100 percent offload of H.264 video decoding from the CPU with significantly reduced power consumption.Built for Microsoft Windows Vista, this XFX 8800 GS graphics card has dual-link DVI outputs that support two resolution displays and it is SLI ready. It also has NVIDIA unified architecture with GigaThread technology for extreme processing efficiency.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great video card
Comment: great video card worked as promised. Does take a connection to the power supply to work, make sure your can handle it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice card, but noisy... TOO noisy, I'm sending it back.
Comment: This is a nice card, very fast, very nice quality. The heatsink is large, heavy, and cools not just the GPU but also the RAM chips. The support bar on top is a nice touch and makes plugging the card in and taking it out feel easier. The card easily overclocks to the same speeds as the OC version with full stability, I almost think the two cards may be identical.
The major drawback for this card is it's LOUD. The fan runs at 100% at all times. It sounds similar to air being released from a car tire. Imagine that sound CONSTANTLY. Perhaps if your computer is under the desk in a cabinet, the noise won't be bad. However, my computer is on top of the desk, next to my monitor, and the noise is unbearable. It's louder than 2 80mm PSU fans, 1 90mm case fan, and an OEM CPU fan - combined! It's loud enough I can hear it in the hall before I even enter the room. Some say it's because this card has a 2-wire fan, but that's not the cause. Many Geforce cards only have a 2-wire fan, yet the fan speed is automatic and can also be manually controlled in nTune. Resistance tests shows the black ground lead going to the fan is indeed a floating ground, probably controlled either by GPU or fan control IC - a very similar setup to previous Geforce cards WITH 2-wire variable fan control. My guess is this could be fixed via VGA BIOS update, but I have never heard of XFX offering firmware updates for their video cards so there is really no point in hoping there will be a fix.
As much as I like the card overall, I plan to return it.
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