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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #30 on: May 02, 2010, 03:32:07 PM »
Quote from: Chalenge on May 01, 2010, 04:41:55 PM
Yes and I noticed the price of Ati cards on Amazon are going through the roof.

http://www.amazon.com/PowerColor-Radeon-HD5970-GDDDR5-Displayport/dp/B002XT7LR6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1272750169&sr=8-2

Luckily Amazon is by far not the only shop in the universe. Their pricing does really not concern anyone.

On a related note if you're getting a 470 or 480, you're gonna need to invest to a whole new kind of hardware that you previously didn't need: Closed cup noise isolating headphones. Those will take a good 40db edge off the vacuum cleaner-like noiselevel of fermi. :D
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #31 on: May 02, 2010, 05:02:27 PM »
My computer has four 10,000rpm drives in it right now.  I doubt any video card is going to significantly increase or decrease its noise output.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #32 on: May 02, 2010, 06:38:52 PM »
I have heard this before and I dont believe it Ripley. The temperatures that have been reported by users are not that far out of line with 8800s and are certainly below the 295s I am already using.

If you are having trouble with noise levels in your PC I know a really good solution.  :D

http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-7854-Splitting-28-Inch-Handle/dp/B00004SD7B/ref=sr_1_39?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1272843458&sr=8-39

Unplug your system before using this product.   :bolt:
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #33 on: May 03, 2010, 01:34:03 PM »
Managed to get all the info eVGA needed to do an RMA.  It will most likely be replaced with a 9800GT as that is what is available now.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #34 on: May 04, 2010, 03:05:27 AM »
Check out this bloke's youtube channel for some ATI5970 Vs GTX480 bench testing: http://www.youtube.com/user/maxishine#p/u/1/eras9dtIuUE

I take back what I said about the GTX4** being the best price/performance. They are dawgchit.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #35 on: May 04, 2010, 12:15:33 PM »
GTX480 won this one though: http://www.youtube.com/user/maxishine#p/u/2/iQLRP24rKhk

Seems unclear at best.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #36 on: May 04, 2010, 01:30:20 PM »
I don't think GTA4 scales too well with multi GPU's. the 5970 crushes the GTX 480 on everything else.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #37 on: May 04, 2010, 01:34:53 PM »
Misread the video.  Edited out.  5970 is about $150-$200 more expensive than the 480.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #38 on: May 04, 2010, 02:39:39 PM »
There's only a $50 difference in price where this guy lives, maybe the GTX480's are limited stock in Aus.

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