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If you play games like Counter Strike: Source, TF2, or WoW than going from a 3850 to an 8800GT won't make a noticable change. But if you play the newest most graphically intense games you can get your hands on, an 8800GT would be an awesome card for you. Depends on what games you play...

Try using only one monitor, it should work with 2 monitors but maybe one of the DVI ports is buggy or something. IDK I don't see why it shouldn't work, I recently just had my 8600GTS die for no apparent reason just because I shipped it to someone. Video cards sometimes do unexplainable things

Enough already! :mad: /thread

A Zalman VF900 is a good alternative if you can't find an S1 I use one and it keeps my 88gt nice and cool.

What second rail? Do you mean the power connector that comes with the 8800GT? Where you can plug 2 molex connectors into one PCIE connector?

He's throwing money away IMO. For a little more he can get a 8800GT 256 or 512

This looks really cool. Downloading it now.

Nvidia's still got the most powerful GPU's

I think this is old news, XFX's website said that more than a month ago when I got my 8800GT. I registered it the same day I got it BTW.

Memory sinks aren't required, but they do work to keep it a couple C cooler, it's really up to you. Some will say you need RAM sinks if you overclock, I personally haven't seen the memory get any hotter with an overclock, but the vcore does get hotter. I have my XFX 8800GT with the Zalman...

Good pick, that Gigabyte has a nice HSF, the reference ones are crap. I was about to recommend a Zalman VF900 or S1 but that Gigabyte should be more than sufficient.

If in the future you had more money and want to get out of using your Dell, all you need is a new case, new motherboard, and new PSU. You could take your CPU, RAM, HDD, Video card, DVD drives, etc. From your dell and into the new rig. The benefits of doing that is a) You can overclock b)...

Obviously your not going to find out why your Xbox plays movies prettier than your PC does overnight so in the mean time, watch DVD's on your Xbox.

http://techreport.com/etc/2006q2/ecs-factory/index.x?pg=1:eek: I thought this was just mind blowing the amount of work that goes into manufacturing systems. I never thought the factories were this big!

Whats the rest of your system specs. CPU, HDD, RAM, does your power supply have a PCIE power cord, does your case have room for a 2 socket PCIE card (my old Dell E521 didn't) If you'r looking for a true budget card, I would suggest the 8600GT, 3850, or the 8800GT 256 Meg. But don't buy...