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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    I consider myself a pretty observant person and I too haven't noticed any image quality differences between my current 8800GT and my previous 1900XT 512MB I used for 10 months. I've owned these cards in the following order and the only difference I've noticed is performance gains. =)...
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    Yes, that mobo will support the 8800GT. That is the same mobo I used to flash my eVGA 8800GT GEN2 to a GEN1 card. Overclocking options are good too, enabling me to overclock my Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz to 3.2GHz. -Optimummind
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    My score in 3DMark06 is 9373 with: =Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit =ASRock 775Dual-VSTA, BIOS: v3.00 =Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected] <--mobo limitation on the overclock =eVGA 8800GT KO @stock speeds =2x1GB DDR2-800MHz running at DDR2-533MHz When I used to have my CPU & GPU on the...
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    I haven't played FEAR since 2004! :p Back then, I was running it on the 6800GT. -Optimummind
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    It's still good. :D My CPU is at 2.66GHz and the 8800GT under water + PCI-slot fan has allowed me to clock it at 738MHz/1784Mhz/2000MHz. I've beaten Crysis, Hellgate London, and Stalker with this setup and I'm currently on The Witcher. Replacing the 1900XT 512MB PCIE for the 8800GT has...
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    Are you overclocking your CPU/RAM by any chance? If I set my overclock too aggressively on my ASRock 775Dual-VSTA, I get the same "stuck" syndrome at times. I also get the "stuck" screen if my Windows files have been corrupted. Happened to me a few times. In those cases, I had to reformat...
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    When you installed the card onto the ASRock mobo, was it a clean install? If not, I suggest you run cleaning programs such as CCleaner and Driver Sweeper before trying to install the ForceWare drivers. In my case, I had a HDD that already had Vista Ultimate on it with drivers for the ATI...
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    Crysis sure is a FPS-killer. I beat the game on 1280x1024 with all settings "High" except for Shadow but I had to tone down the options to medium in a few levels because the lag and stutterings were so bad--especially the last level. Now that I've beaten it, I'm replaying the game with...
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    Yup and I don't regret buying the 8800GT KO at all. I'm getting awesome performance in all games except for Crysis and I was able to overclock it to 738MHz (core), 1782MHz (shader), and 2000MHz (GDDR3). Even if I was buying today, I would still choose the 8800GT KO over the new 8800GTS and the...
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    Ah, ic. Thx for the update. ;) -Optimummind
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    Flashing the BIOS generation to GEN1 from GEN2 isn't a downgrade. AFAIK, only the X48 chipset supports PCIE 2.0 specification and they aren't even out yet. That means that 99% of the mobos out right now are still on PCIE GEN1 and using the 8800GT on it wouldn't be a downgrade at all. Even if...
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    Yes, nVIDIA bought them out during the times when ATI's own southbridge chipset was in trouble and they were relying on a ULI chipset to make up for it. Most people think nVIDIA bought ULI only to hassle ATI. :D
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    MVKTech has released the new Nibitor v3.5b which allows you to edit your own BIOS into GEN1 or GEN2. You can download it here: http://www.mvktech.net/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,26/func,selectfolder/cat,92/page,4/ -Optimummind
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    Yes, the 939Dual mobo for AMD fully supports the PCIE specification unlike the VIA-based Intel ASRock dual-series mobos. The AMD Dual mobo is based on the ULI chipset. -Optimummind
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    Asrock 775 Dual VSTA Incompatible with Nvidia 8800 series

    Yes, the 8800GTS will work both in XP and Vista. If you go with the older 8800GTS, then you won't have to flash the GPU. You just need the latest nVIDIA drivers so you can use your card in the OS. If you have a friend who has a PCIE mobo, it might be more cost-effective to flash the 8800GT...
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