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The 8800gt is known to run hot, so if you still want to run one of these, aftermarket cooling is a must. The reason for this is that the stock heatsink/fan combo is not only dependent upon a very weak fan, but the unit was simply poorly designed. I ran one for at least two years on my... slightly... obsolete, but current system; an Abit Fatality AN9-32X with an Athlon x2 64 5000+ Black Edition (easily OCed to 3.13ghz), two of these cards in SLI, and more recently, an additional 4gb of ram (adding up to 6, after I finally got 64bit Windows), etc. As these cards heat up side by side, each runs hotter than one alone would. Because of this I opted to modify them. I've read that the Accelro S1 (Google it) is the choice for aftermarket cooling of this card, especially if you want your machine to quiet down, but I went with the Coolviva Z1, which was cheaper. Its huge however, so if you want to run these cards in SLI, keep that in mind. Before I cleaned them of dust, they idled with the stock cooler at around 70 degrees C! After I cleaned them and got nTune (yeah I use nTune), I upped the fan speed to 66% on them both and they began idling at around 55. Not bad for so little work. They're still too hot to overclock, however. Enter the Z1. If you're still interested in running a graphics card thats close to four years old (I think), take care of it by cooling it down. Especially the 8800gt, which is the best of its generation, in my humble opinion. I've never installed a game they couldn't handle maxed out or close to it.Read full review
Every so often a company produces a product that becomes an icon, this is one of those. The 8800GT series was know to be a great card for the price, powerful, and didn't break the bank for those on a budget. Even with the advances in today's graphic card technology, the 8800GT holds its own, especially when running in an SLI configuration. This card outperforms the new nVidia GTS 250 for example and it's technology is nearly 3 YEARS older. Go ahead, do the research for yourself. nVidia has the same results posted on their website. The 8800GT is virtually the same card as the next years model 9800GT with just a newer name and package. Some have said it runs hot, others have had no issues. The fact is that the card runs great. Your system may be the only bottleneck holding any performance back. I have had both ATI and nVidia cards over the years, both companies have produced great products, and the 8800GT signature edition is definately one of their top 5 cards ever.Read full review
i did notice the difference in color, a lot better!!!
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