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Suck_My_Deck
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So. I bought an XFX 8800GT about 3 weeks ago and I am exceedingly unhappy with it so far. The performance is great, but I (over)paid $250 for the card from newegg only to see it drop price a week later and on top of that the fan controller does not work. The fan runs at 100% all the time which is horribly obnoxious. This computer is in my room and it's loud enough that it causes problems when I am sleeping.
Obviously there are options for upgrading the cooling but that means dropping another $30-40 dollars on a cooler. That puts me into a situation where I should have just bought an GTS512 in the first place. Since $250 + $40 = GTS money.
A friend has offered to buy the thing for $200, which means I am eating the $50 less what I paid. Would it really be worth my time and money to shell out the $300 and buy the GTS? What about cooling: can I expect more performance from the card if I upgrade the cooler and over clock it? I'm not terribly thrilled with that idea since the only reason I bought the XFX was for their lifetime warranty which is effectively void if I modify the card.
Obviously there are options for upgrading the cooling but that means dropping another $30-40 dollars on a cooler. That puts me into a situation where I should have just bought an GTS512 in the first place. Since $250 + $40 = GTS money.
A friend has offered to buy the thing for $200, which means I am eating the $50 less what I paid. Would it really be worth my time and money to shell out the $300 and buy the GTS? What about cooling: can I expect more performance from the card if I upgrade the cooler and over clock it? I'm not terribly thrilled with that idea since the only reason I bought the XFX was for their lifetime warranty which is effectively void if I modify the card.