I'm in the same situation as you mate though I already have my 8800GTS. This morning i was casually web-browsing while the g/f was sleeping.. i ended up shutting the machine down with a headache cos of the horrible droning noise the N/B fan was making.
Zalman passive is a no go, the GTS hangs...
i can feel the need to reinstall xp now, but last night i couldn't be assed so i just tried the new 97.02 WHQL drivers that i noticed nvidia had relesaed on their site. it fixed the slow gpu issue! wtf.. so i'm back to gothic3 being jerky.. maybe it was the previous nvidia drivers + 8800 + dual...
i'm having all sorts of issues but then again i'm probably trying too many things at once. here's the history of my rig :p
- initially had venice 3000+ @ 2.6, 7800gt and otherwsie same as sig. Games were all fairly good in 1920x1200 but i could only ever have lower details, and most...