GF 8800GTX or the "G80" - Page 21

nVIDIAxp · 24th October 2006, 7:44 PM

update:

8800GTX requires 2 sli bridge

8800GTS needs only 1

length is about 27cm

MR CHILLED · 24th October 2006, 7:47 PM

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length is about 27cm

ROFL.... absolutely bloody ridiculous. Well that won't fit in my case as it stands.......I'd have to do some shifting of hard drives and cables.

proffesso · 24th October 2006, 8:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MR CHILLED

ROFL.... absolutely bloody ridiculous. Well that won't fit in my case as it stands.......I'd have to do some shifting of hard drives and cables.

all cases accept full lenght pci cards dont they? (thats what the slots at the other end of the case are)

MR CHILLED · 24th October 2006, 8:09 PM

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Originally Posted by proffesso

all cases accept full lenght pci cards dont they?

Well this is my case and you can see the bottom drive would have to be shifted as they are directly in line with the end of the drive and the cables.....

Little annoying as the hard drives are set up perfectly in front of fans which can't be moved.

proffesso · 24th October 2006, 8:12 PM

ahhh ouch.

Nvidia should just make the bloody things external for people with smaller cases, and have a highspeed pci-e link to it, just like thier quadro plex.

Darko · 24th October 2006, 8:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MR CHILLED

Well this is my case and you can see the bottom drive would have to be shifted as they are directly in line with the end of the drive and the cables.....

Little annoying as the hard drives are set up perfectly in front of fans which can't be moved.

Damn CHILLED, do you absolutely need that many hard drives?
What if you ditch the bottom drive and replace one of the other drives with a larger capacity one.
Or get yourself a LIan Li V1000 or similar, then none of your drives will be in the way.

MR CHILLED · 24th October 2006, 8:15 PM

It's an Antec 1080AMG file server case so not exactly a small case!

I'll just have to reshift things if I nab this card, ah well.

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Originally Posted by Darko

Damn CHILLED, do you absolutely need that many hard drives?
What if you ditch the bottom drive and replace one of the other drives with a larger capacity one.

Yes, yes I do

I have a raid setup and I backup drives I use......they are 250G drives so I'd have to buy a 500Gigger.......kindof pricey at the moment. But yeah that's an option for later.

Darko · 24th October 2006, 8:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MR CHILLED

It's an Antec 1080AMG file server case so not exactly a small case!

I'll just have to reshift things if I nab this card, ah well.
Yes, yes I do

......they are 250G drives so I'd have to buy a 500Gigger.......kindof pricey at the moment. But yeah that's an option for later.

Or get yourself a LIan Li V1000/2000 or similar, then none of your drives will be in the way.

dexster · 24th October 2006, 8:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mau1wurf1977

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...023142704.html

i am really looking forward to these new graphics cards... but i can not help but feel a little bit confused about the choice of ram use on the gtx... gddr3

really, why not use gddr4???? plus the gddr3 ram is clocked at/over its limits from stock...
wtf where is the overclocking potential

my main point of concern is i want 2 gtx's to put in sli

do i drop 2k+ on the gtx's for wait until the cards come out with gddr4

a few people have pointed out that early adpoters of new technology often dont get the best and pay a premium for it

soo confuzion... but maybe its excitement - g80, wii, christmas pagent

[edit]:- me think g80 fits into a lian-70.. too lazy to get ruler out

SLATYE · 24th October 2006, 9:03 PM

Why bother with GDDR4? Presumably GDDR3 is cheaper and more readily available - and with the 384-bit RAM, bandwidth really shouldn't be a problem at all.

EDIT: Right now, I can't help feeling glad that I bought a CM Stacker a few years ago. When video cards get too long to fit in the Stacker, there will be serious issues just supporting the back half of the card.

Modafroman · 24th October 2006, 9:17 PM

How long are 7800gtx cards? Surely the G80 will fit in most cases, I know on my p180 I had to take the top hdd bays to get my gtx to fit tho

nVIDIAxp · 24th October 2006, 9:26 PM

7800GTX=23CM

TOFUGil · 24th October 2006, 9:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SLATYE

EDIT: Right now, I can't help feeling glad that I bought a CM Stacker a few years ago. When video cards get too long to fit in the Stacker, there will be serious issues just supporting the back half of the card.

Yer! CM Stacker 810 is awesome...fits X1900XT with space to spare

I just read this http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35271 ..huh?

dexster · 24th October 2006, 10:52 PM

thats the article i read a yesterday days ago... which is making me think twice

but i dont think it will change my mind

edit:- time flies

Neoman · 25th October 2006, 2:14 AM

Okay, i know i'm new here and this is my first post, but let the pics talk. These photos are not FAKE.

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SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 25,773	Why bother with GDDR4? Presumably GDDR3 is cheaper and more readily available - and with the 384-bit RAM, bandwidth really shouldn't be a problem at all. EDIT: Right now, I can't help feeling glad that I bought a CM Stacker a few years ago. When video cards get too long to fit in the Stacker, there will be serious issues just supporting the back half of the card. __________________ Main system: Phenom II X4 920 \| 8GB (4x 2GB) DDR2-800 \| Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 v2.0 \| Leadtek Geforce 9600GSO 384MB \| Enermax Modu82+ 525W \| 1TB Hitachi HDD \| 3.5" + 5.25" FDD Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600 Last edited by SLATYE; 24th October 2006 at 9:06 PM.

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nVIDIAxp Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North Shore, Sydney Posts: 1,161	7800GTX=23CM __________________ Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 4G\|ASUS Rampage Formula\|Team Xtreem 6400 4GB D9GMH @ 1000 4-4-4-10\|MSI 285GTX\|WD Velociraptor BLFS 300G4 Raid 0\|Pioneer DVR A09XL\|Creative X-Fi Elite Pro\|Logitech Z-5450\|PC Power & Cooling 1KW\|Dell 3007WFP-HC\|CM Stacker 830 Evo nVIDIA Edition*

25th October 2006, 2:14 AM	#315
Neoman Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Box Posts: 114	A close look to G8800GTX Retail and you don't wanna miss it Okay, i know i'm new here and this is my first post, but let the pics talk. These photos are not FAKE.