8800GT Official Reviews

[Ub3r-L33ch]

I ordered mine (ncix canada) at about 9:30am, still waiting for "shipped" email. It better come...

I ordered mine around 11a.m. CST I believe and did the pin processing around 12p.m. CST and I haven't heard anything back from them either way.

[Eddie3dfx]

I ordered from buy.com and ncix.com.
The buy.com ws msi and the ncix was evga.. I had to cancel the msi order when I realized ncix had them in stock and now I find out they just chose not to update their inventory!!!!! argh...

Evga is selling them directly, but at the retail prices.
$289 for the most expensive version.. ouch!

[fornowagain]

eBuyer has them for a decent price but OOS

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134393

Stock at Scan, not too cheap though.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...=512&OrderBy=3

[kemo]

any body remember the 8800GTS 640MB release ... that was a great deal , lowest price at this time was PNY @ 450$ but in couple of weeks price goes down

[Ub3r-L33ch]

any body remember the 8800GTS 640MB release ... that was a great deal , lowest price at this time was PNY @ 450$ but in couple of weeks price goes down

I'm more interested in taking a tour of Windows XP now for some reason.

[kemo]

I'm more interested in taking a tour of Windows XP now for some reason.

, that screenshot was taken year ago from a PC in my university , i am not a kaspersky user and definitely wont use IE unless i have to

[Eagleclaw]

Well I guess I was one of the lucky ones, just got my tracking number!

I think I got lucky as I used Paypal instead of a CC, I think that sped things up considerably.

[Diverge]

Well I guess I was one of the lucky ones, just got my tracking number!

I think I got lucky as I used Paypal instead of a CC, I think that sped things up considerably.

i was just venting on their forums about my frustrations with their purchase process... and then checked my status, and it was all good then. So i had to edit it lol

1 more step to go: shipping

[horn_]

so if i were to buy an evga GT atm, and nvidea released the 8900's within 90 days, i'd be able to send the GT back and get one of the 8900's for the price difference?

[Ub3r-L33ch]

Well I guess I was one of the lucky ones, just got my tracking number!

I think I got lucky as I used Paypal instead of a CC, I think that sped things up considerably.

They are steenkeeng slow man ... lol
I still haven't gotten an update.
I'm hoping that they just haven't gotten around to filing my order yet.....

[Eagleclaw]

Yup, plus shipping and having to wait with no card.

so if i were to buy an evga GT atm, and nvidea released the 8900's within 90 days, i'd be able to send the GT back and get one of the 8900's for the price difference?

[adamsleath]

so if i were to buy an evga GT atm, and nvidea released the 8900's within 90 days, i'd be able to send the GT back and get one of the 8900's for the price difference?

lol

[Ub3r-L33ch]

Did you guys that got an order status update receive a message via email or did you have to check your account at the website?

[Diverge]

Did you guys that got an order status update receive a message via email or did you have to check your account at the website?

you'll get an email saying at the payment processing step to let you know it was paid for. and i assume another once it ships.

[Eagleclaw]

That doesn't look good then, my package was out the door already at 3:45pm


I got this: Then after that I got a tracking number via email.

They are steenkeeng slow man ... lol
I still haven't gotten an update.
I'm hoping that they just haven't gotten around to filing my order yet.....

[Ub3r-L33ch]

That doesn't look good then, my package was out the door already at 3:45pm


I got this: Then after that I got a tracking number via email.

Well that stinks. I haven't gotten a message about a back order at least. I'm a patient man, I can wait at least a couple of hours before I panic ... LOL

[horn_]

lol

what's funny about that? :/

[GoldenTiger]

I ordered from buy.com and ncix.com.
The buy.com ws msi and the ncix was evga.. I had to cancel the msi order when I realized ncix had them in stock and now I find out they just chose not to update their inventory!!!!! argh...

Evga is selling them directly, but at the retail prices.
$289 for the most expensive version.. ouch!

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5434329

I ordered two from here after cancelling my non-shipped NCIX order that I was told would take a few days just to process, let alone send when it was in stock. I was told over the phone they should be receiving them tomorrow morning, if not tonight, for shipment. $230 for the stock-clock eVGA each, plus $10 2-day air for both = $470 total for both shipped 2-day air. From what I could find with google, it includes Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, still.

EDIT: To their credit, NCIX's customer service was very friendly and responsive, despite being unable to help. I would definitely order again from them on a different occasion.

[Richard Dower]

I don't understand the logic of all this?....if you can buy a 512MB version of the GT which has been proven faster the 320MB/320bit GTS version and faster then the 640MB version...then WHY would anyone buy a new GTS card?

Why make the GT faster then the GTS?....it's illogical, surely the smart buyer is gonna avoid the GTS now, or dump his old GTS and buy the new GT.

The superclocked cards show alot of promise and headroom.

[TreeTop]

Ordered Mine from NCIXUS at 12:04 Eastern and its shipping today

[Jass]

I see the EVGA 8800GT SSC version is not out yet, so I rather wait for couple of more days until they release it. Those of you who didn't buy one yet.... wait for this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinf...6-A1&family=19

There is only the superclocked edition at newegg. Not good enough :P

[bluep3ace]

what cooler do you guys think will be best?
HR-03/Plus?
VF900?

[GoldenTiger]

Ordered Mine from NCIXUS at 12:04 Eastern and its shipping today

Lame... mine was 11:49am Eastern and didn't even get past the first 3 steps by 4:00pm-ish, so I cancelled. Went with these http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5434329 , since I was told mine wouldn't go through for a few days or more . Fry's tells me my order should ship tonight.

[IanB]

what cooler do you guys think will be best?
HR-03/Plus?
VF900?

The ThermalRight HR-03 Plus is 8800GTS/GTX specific and won't fit. The original or Revision A versions should.

For air-cooling you need something compatible with 8600GTS from the reviews out already, for water-cooling there are no compatible full-cover blocks yet but die-only blocks like the Fuzion GFX or MCW60 will be fine.

[Metroid]

what cooler do you guys think will be best?
HR-03/Plus?
VF900?

HR-03 is a bit clumsy and heavy on the other side comes the opposite VF900. I still use VF900 with my 7900GT and temps are around 42C. I may consider the 8800GT, if so I can test it with it.

Metroid.