Best agp Geforce 6800gt

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the time has come to buy a new graphics card yay! only problem is that it has to be agp and im looking into buying a geforce 6800gt 256mb version. What make is the best geforce 6800gt out there for agp 8x?
im not including the bfg oc one but the best stock geforce 6800gt agp 8x card.
 
Anything with the reference cooler. eVGA or PNY... I'm sure there are others.
 
the single slot peace of crap that it comes with.
go galaxy, or leadtek. they have better performing quieter heatsinks.
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freddiepm61 said:
the single slot peace of crap that it comes with.
go galaxy, or leadtek. they have better performing quieter heatsinks.
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That peice of crap cooler kept my GT at 50* (70 load) before I got my NV5...
 
makshim said:
That peice of crap cooler kept my GT at 50* (70 load) before I got my NV5...
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My piece of crap nVidia reference cooler keeps mine at 61C idle 91 load. Reseating the sink and applying AS5 on the GPU made no difference in temperatures.

So, if you think you've got it bad... ;)
 
I would personally choose the BFG one since it's OCed out of teh box and it has lifetime warranty..

Second option : Evga or PNY..
 
diablo111 said:
At this price point...even though it has the reference cooler on it...$306.98 shipped, I would go for this Prolink 6800GT.

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814108137
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Is it just me, or is there a dinky aluminum sink on the voltage regulator (or whatever the thing on the back of the card is)... don't nVidia reference designs use the standard black sinks there?? Something about the back of that card looks "sparse" to me... look at the pics!

I would stear clear of that card personally. It's too cheap and weird-looking and unknown branded for me!
 
Zinn said:
My piece of crap nVidia reference cooler keeps mine at 61C idle 91 load. Reseating the sink and applying AS5 on the GPU made no difference in temperatures.

So, if you think you've got it bad... ;)
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I meant it as it is a good cooler. The other guy said it is bad. Putting on an NV5 only dropped me to 47* idle high 60s load. Perhaps I just have good airflow? ;)
 
makshim said:
I meant it as it is a good cooler. The other guy said it is bad. Putting on an NV5 only dropped me to 47* idle high 60s load. Perhaps I just have good airflow? ;)
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Yeah you probably do have good airflow. I'm sure it doesn't help that the back of my case is near the wall in the corner of my room. Kind of a dead zone back there.

Heh, when I had my vanilla 6600 I had my case right next to my gas heater. It worked fine until I upgraded. Took me a while to figure out that a 6800gt runs hot and doesn't like running next to a heater at full blast [/stupid]
 
lol, airflow always helps.

I've never heard of prolink, doesnt mean they dont make a good card, but who knows about its O/cing capability. BFG makes a high quality card and so does leadtek, but you pay for it. I got my PNY very cheaply from Gameve.com
It came with a nice blue PCB, but everything else was reference design. It overclocked very well (see sig) after I installed the Zalman cooler, and because it was so cheap it cost the same as the other cards when the zalman cooler's price was added :thumb:. On a side note though, it did NOT overvolt well, and crashed when I tried to run it at 1.4v. Evidently the power circuitry cannot handle the extra load, but no worries, I'm happy enough where I am :cool:
 
Zinn said:
Yeah you probably do have good airflow. I'm sure it doesn't help that the back of my case is near the wall in the corner of my room. Kind of a dead zone back there.

Heh, when I had my vanilla 6600 I had my case right next to my gas heater. It worked fine until I upgraded. Took me a while to figure out that a 6800gt runs hot and doesn't like running next to a heater at full blast [/stupid]
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My PNY does the same temps with stock cooler and fan on it.
 
Zinn said:
Is it just me, or is there a dinky aluminum sink on the voltage regulator (or whatever the thing on the back of the card is)... don't nVidia reference designs use the standard black sinks there?? Something about the back of that card looks "sparse" to me... look at the pics!

I would stear clear of that card personally. It's too cheap and weird-looking and unknown branded for me!
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Black heatsinks don't mean ANYTHING. That card looks exactly the same as my PNY.
 
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