best 6800GT to get?

[Cow2kie]

What is the best 6800GT brand to get? any w/ special memory or anything?

[Çhrist0ph]

pny. its cheap

[Cow2kie]

Originally posted by Cow2kie
What is the best 6800GT brand to get? any w/ special memory or anything?

[Çhrist0ph]

Originally posted by Çhrist0ph
pny. its cheap

[Cow2kie]

edited for content that i shouldnt of said.:toast:

[Çhrist0ph]

Originally posted by Cow2kie
can i ban you from my post? you always are.... ya

WTF? just trying to help.

Edit: Karnivore

[Cow2kie]

you are always replying smartly in my post... you didnt say if there was any special ones w/ special memory like some GT's that had 1.6memory or anything.. saying pny cheap doesnt tell me much Çhrist0ph.. plz go further into detail

[Cow2kie]

pny isnt much cheaper than gainward golden samples?
http://www.buyxtremegear.com/vc129108.html

pny
http://www.gameve.com/gve/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?sku=VC-PNY-005

Plz let me know if you find cheaper ones.

[Karnivore]

Haven't seen anything that singles out any clear winner yet for the GT's, However I would agree with Christoph, PNY are inexpensive, have a good warrantee, and typically decent quality. However, I read in another thread that EVGA has some kind of upgrade policy? Might be worth a look.



BTW: Lets keep in civil guys, and Christoph YHPM.

[Cow2kie]

ya sorry :( so the gainward golden samples arent any good? If you were to buy any GT what would you buy Karnivore?

[Çhrist0ph]

I haven't seen any GT's with 1.6ns ram. As for PNY, you can't beat a price that is exactly MSRP.

[Karnivore]

Originally posted by Cow2kie
ya sorry :( so the gainward golden samples arent any good? If you were to buy any GT what would you buy Karnivore?

Have never really heard much bad about the Golden Samples, typically All I've heard about them has been good. I'm not sure what I'll buy, haven't even decided between ATI and Nvidia for sure yet.. I'll probably end up buying mine from Compusa for the TAP warrantee, and they do have PNY. Considering I had really good luck with 3 previous PNY cards, If I go GT that will probably be it...

[Cow2kie]

the 416 pricetag on the x800xt @ dell looks tempting :O

[Cow2kie]

Originally posted by Çhrist0ph
I haven't seen any GT's with 1.6ns ram. As for PNY, you can't beat a price that is exactly MSRP.

what is MSRP

[CTKP]

The price the manufacturer says it should be.

@ Karnivore:

Whats a TAP warranty?

[bh2k]

Manufacterer suggested reatail price

[Karnivore]

Originally posted by CTKP
The price the manufacturer says it should be.

@ Karnivore:

Whats a TAP warranty?

http://www.compusa.com/media/tap_terms.pdf



I haven't used it yet myself, however quite a few have, and its my understanding that TAP (Technology Assurance Plan) allows you trade in yesterdays tech for tomorrows, for a minimal fee.

Exampl: buy 98pro for XXX.xx, and later tradin for 9800XT for XX.xx


Thats what I understand, and have seen others mention it, If perhaps someone who has used the TAP program can add to my description.

[Çhrist0ph]

Originally posted by Cow2kie
the 416 pricetag on the x800xt @ dell looks tempting :O

i wouldnt trust that, ive heard its "too good to be true"

[Cow2kie]

ya i dont really trust it, thats why im looking @ 6800's instead of x800.. the main reason is ppl say x800 for hl2 6800for doom3.. well hell my 9800pro plays cs:s fine so i know a 6800 will do better and since the 6800 does better in doom3 why not go for it.

sry about ealier Çhrist0ph

[Çhrist0ph]

Originally posted by Cow2kie
ya i dont really trust it, thats why im looking @ 6800's instead of x800.. the main reason is ppl say x800 for hl2 6800for doom3.. well hell my 9800pro plays cs:s fine so i know a 6800 will do better and since the 6800 does better in doom3 why not go for it.

sry about ealier Çhrist0ph

how do you have cs:s??? :eek:

6800 definetly seems to be the best option. And the most available, atm.

np, i apologize as well.

[Cow2kie]

Originally posted by Çhrist0ph
how do you have cs:s??? :eek:

6800 definetly seems to be the best option. And the most available, atm.

np, i apologize as well.

YHPM

[r3b0rN]

u got cs:s? u part of the beta tester team?

[LilGator]

Cow2kie, i'll find you one for ~$350 ;) XFX 6800GT I think...

brb :p:

EDIT: There ya go: $352.79 - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40854

[Mariachi]

Get the Albatron one.. 2 Molex connectors, 5 mosfets and exactly same PCB, which means you can get U's speeds easily.

[EnJoY]

Where can you find a cheap Albatron? Plus, I've heard the pictures of those cards are false, they really only come with one connector. No?

[S&M]

EnJoY - that's a good point u came up with ...

I've also thought all of the albatrons are with 2 conncetors - but it seems there are 2 pictures - some of them are dual dvi & power connectors and some of them are single dvi & single power connector - same goes for the pny cards ....

can someone clear this topic ? is it a false picture or 2 different lines of cards ?

coz from a thread i saw on hardforums the pny with dual dvi and power connectors can be flashed to ultra with np at all - cant tell about the memories and so ...

but it's still a good point - i wanted to ask that question myself !

[Cow2kie]

Originally posted by LilGator
Cow2kie, i'll find you one for ~$350 ;) XFX 6800GT I think...

brb :p:

EDIT: There ya go: $352.79 - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40854

do those clock just as well as others?

[EnJoY]

They were all out there, so I ordered one from GameVE. I guess we'll soon see how they clock compared to others. :) I want 420mhz core stable atleast. I just had to sell my Golden Sample because it wouldn't do a thing above 400 core. :/