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#2754861 - 06/30/09 09:50 PM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: No Name]  
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Originally Posted By: peppergomez
update- i bought this card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102825

so SLI is now moot. likely able to recoup most of my purchase cost by selling my 8800gtx. woot.

comparison between the two:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=115791


Check your PSU.

You need TWO power leads for one of these cards.

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#2755141 - 07/01/09 04:48 AM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: No Name]  
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If you can sell it, then go for it. But I doubt you'd get $100, since the newer and faster GTS 250s go for just a bit more (same card).
#2755192 - 07/01/09 05:46 AM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: Razman23]  
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Originally Posted By: peppergomez
update- i bought this card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102825

so SLI is now moot. likely able to recoup most of my purchase cost by selling my 8800gtx. woot.

comparison between the two:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=115791


Check your PSU.

You need TWO power leads for one of these cards.


ditto the 8800gtx

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#2755521 - 07/01/09 01:56 PM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: No Name]  
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woot...just sold my 8800gtx for $200 on amazon. lol, i just made a profit of $50 upgrading my card.

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#2755991 - 07/01/09 09:26 PM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: No Name]  
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I'm considering an 1GB HD 4890, coming from a 512MB HD4850.

My primary sim is FSX. Will this help?

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#2756013 - 07/01/09 09:55 PM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: PFunk]  
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Not really, although there is a performance increase with those cards, you'd need to be playing on a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (or above) to really see any difference.....and on top of that FSX is CPU limited therefore not the best game to notice any change.

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#2756077 - 07/01/09 10:57 PM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: Paradaz]  
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Hey Pfunk, you just have to wait around for one of those killer deals at Fry's! Wow the price varies a lot on that 4890 card. Jeez, it's going for 200 bucks. I can't believe the way prices are falling on these video cards.


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#2756150 - 07/02/09 12:44 AM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: speedbump]  
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I know, they always run great specials in the Friday sales ad.

Hey, what the hell are you doing in Whittier, Alaska?

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#2756224 - 07/02/09 02:43 AM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: PFunk]  
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#2756248 - 07/02/09 03:19 AM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: PFunk]  
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Originally Posted By: PFunk
I'm considering an 1GB HD 4890, coming from a 512MB HD4850.

My primary sim is FSX. Will this help?

pfunk


Not a whole lot. I'd just wait a few months... ATI's DX 11 cards will be out. By then the price of the 4890's will drop.

Unless you can get a killer deal when selling it like Pepper did.
#2756677 - 07/02/09 04:09 PM Re: no more nvidia 8800gtx cards? [Re: No Name]  
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Originally Posted By: peppergomez
woot...just sold my 8800gtx for $200 on amazon. lol, i just made a profit of $50 upgrading my card.
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