NVIDIA 8400gs 128mb Pci-E 16x VGA/DVI $14 shipped

DevilDoc · Dec 19, 2009

lifanus said:
wow i see people going crazy with their $13 investment. that's good

I expect nothing less from the OCP. Buy cheap, OC it till it almost burns up. That's [H]

Phimp · Dec 20, 2009

I grabbed two more... Couldn't resist xD

atrance5 · Dec 21, 2009

Can you SLI these?

LawGiver · Dec 21, 2009

gonna get one as a spare. unless there is faster card for cheaper anywhere?

jk..lol. its always a headache when changing video cards and not having a spare. so this will be good for my head.

SirKronan · Dec 21, 2009

Still no shipping notification. I'm worried. Been a week now ...

Edit: Just double-checked. Payment actually cleared one week ago, verified everything. I don't know what his deal is. Said that he usually ships two days after payment clears. I'm sending an email to him.

-=Antimatter=- · Dec 21, 2009

SirKronan said:
Still no shipping notification. I'm worried. Been a week now ...

Edit: Just double-checked. Payment actually cleared one week ago, verified everything. I don't know what his deal is. Said that he usually ships two days after payment clears. I'm sending an email to him.

He's probably busy with the sudden influx of orders from [H]

Tolyngee · Dec 21, 2009

adriantrances said:
Can you SLI these?

Why would you want to?

Slap a waterblock on it, overclock it and flash a hacked BIOS to it and you'll be running Crysis all maxed out in Nv-eyefinity...

Veedo · Dec 21, 2009

has anyone tried an hdmi adapter with this card? just wondering if it is capable of passing audio over hdmi, or even video.

Zarni · Dec 21, 2009

Veedo said:
has anyone tried an hdmi adapter with this card? just wondering if it is capable of passing audio over hdmi, or even video.

It does do video thru an adapter,however I havn't tried audio

fuelvolts · Dec 21, 2009

LawGiver said:
gonna get one as a spare. unless there is faster card for cheaper anywhere?

jk..lol. its always a headache when changing video cards and not having a spare. so this will be good for my head.

I got mine pretty fast. Something must be up. I got a non-ebay email from the seller. Check your junk mail folder.

hardware_failure · Dec 21, 2009

Wow, this is super [H]ot. Thanks OP! In for 3x. Took my offer of $13.50. (Too bad theres CA sales tax, just like everything else these days)

To me, its 10x more gratifying to really squeeze more performance out of a inexpensive item vs an expensive one, even if I can afford it.

Anyone have a link to a hacked bios that will work on this card?

brainfried · Dec 21, 2009

Just load up Rivatuner 2.24, find your max stable clocks, then use Nbitor to put those clocks into your BIOS, if you so desire.

hardware_failure · Dec 21, 2009

Wow, never even seen Nbitor before, guess Im really behind the times.

Thanks linuxdude9.

skiddy · Dec 21, 2009

Bought one for $13.55 as a spare. Thanks OP!

SolidBladez · Dec 21, 2009

Got mine today. Will use it as a backup card when I sell my "old" ones.

CrimandEvil · Dec 21, 2009

Veedo said:
yes it will!

No it won't. It's only partial supported, only the PCIe 2.0 version does full hardware acceleration.

Veedo · Dec 21, 2009

CrimandEvil said:
No it won't. It's only partial supported, only the PCIe 2.0 version does full hardware acceleration.

think you could enlighten us with your incredible knowledge instead of giving me the eye roll crim? i could be wrong, but i thought the g98 will accelerate everything. the older g86 cores lacked VC-1 and MPEG2 acceleration. either way, they both support h.264 hardware acceleration, which is what most will need anyways, correct?

krupted · Dec 21, 2009

i could never find anything definitive on its hardware acceleration. since its g98, its supposed to do it all... i really dont see why you would need pci2.0, i think someone (me) needs to just put this card into a 1.8ghz celeron system and see what plays and what doesnt...

atrance5 · Dec 21, 2009

-=Antimatter=- said:
He's probably busy with the sudden influx of orders from [H]

Hehe

Deleted member 184142 · Dec 21, 2009

I have been trying out the HW acceleration and don't seem to be having any luck with the killa sample (35mbps). Also tried other samples and CPU still sits around 89% usage (E2180). Just have not had the time to get all the settings in place, might have some time tonight, if I do I will post my results for others asking about the HW acceleration.

Tolyngee · Dec 21, 2009

Wow, 44 left... Wonder how many he actually has...

Tempting just for a back-up card...

krupted · Dec 21, 2009

35mbs would definitely be a 'killa' sample

even if these cards cant do that, if they handled 12-15mbs they would still work with most bluray rips that are out there. i know i sure dont use 35mbs files, but its nice to see someone actually testing this out. edit- im downloading this 'killa sample' off bittorrent... i want to see if itll even play on my hd3200 with turion x2 laptop. i doubt it will honestly.

atrance5 · Dec 21, 2009

Yeah lets see some Vantage runs guys

Edgar · Dec 21, 2009

Will this be better then my 7800gt?

SolidBladez · Dec 21, 2009

EdGaRRRRR said:
Will this be better then my 7800gt?

No, but in terms of driver support I would rather have this than a 7800GT.

jeremyshaw · Dec 21, 2009

EdGaRRRRR said:
Will this be better then my 7800gt?

only in dx10, power consumption, and video decoding.

The 7800gt will be faster in dx9 gaming, and will likely have more vram.

krupted · Dec 22, 2009

bladez is right, the 7800gt is very lacking on the driver side. it just doesnt have any of the features that are common today for a good media experience... it was a solid card in its time for gaming, but for any other reason its just not ideal.

LawGiver · Dec 22, 2009

no CUDA = avoid.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html

jeremyshaw · Dec 22, 2009

LawGiver said:
no CUDA = avoid.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html

lol. I wonder if TurboCache will make up for the 128MB difference

gwarren007 · Dec 22, 2009

LawGiver said:
no CUDA = avoid.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html

Avoid a $13.50shipped backup card ??

HAHAHA

You might need it when you need to rma you more $$$ card.

SlowCobra · Dec 22, 2009

LawGiver said:
no CUDA = avoid.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html

Well this card is on that list so I am not exactly sure what you are saying beyond an inability to form a coherent sentence?!?

jeremyshaw · Dec 22, 2009

SlowCobra said:
Well this card is on that list so I am not exactly sure what you are saying beyond an inability to form a coherent sentence?!?

nVidia stated a 256MB min at the top, too. (this card has 128MB)

Though another statement on that page makes it seem like a recommendation, not a requirement.

I was gonna blast LawGiver on that, untill I saw both statements.

krupted · Dec 22, 2009

thats probably what crim is talking about limited acceleration then. it says right on that page that some programs can run less on 256mb locall memory, but many dont.

SlowCobra · Dec 22, 2009

I didn't click on the actual 8400gs link I merely saw it on the supported list.

jeremyshaw · Dec 22, 2009

krupted said:
thats probably what crim is talking about limited acceleration then. it says right on that page that some programs can run less on 256mb locall memory, but many dont.

Which is also why I wondered if TurboCache (assuming this card has it) would cover the difference.

Mine should arrive tomorrw, since I paid for it last thursday, I'll know by then.

krupted · Dec 22, 2009

SlowCobra said:
I didn't click on the actual 8400gs link I merely saw it on the supported list.

it says right above that list on that page,

NVIDIA CUDA-enabled products can help accelerate the most demanding tasksfrom video and audio encoding to oil and gas exploration, product design, medical imaging, and scientific research. Many CUDA programs require at least 256 MB of memory attached to the GPU. Please check your systems specifications to ensure the GPU has enough memory to run CUDA programs.

krupted · Dec 22, 2009

jeremyshaw said:
Which is also why I wondered if TurboCache (assuming this card has it) would cover the difference.

Mine should arrive tomorrw, since I paid for it last thursday, I'll know by then.

cool. im too lazy to swap out my gt220 to test this card. i bought it as a spare, i dont really care how well it works... im just curious.

jeremyshaw · Dec 22, 2009

krupted said:
it says right above that list on that page,

Also this:

GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB of local graphics memory. For example:

at the top of the Geforce column.

jeremyshaw · Dec 22, 2009

krupted said:
cool. im too lazy to swap out my gt220 to test this card. i bought it as a spare, i dont really care how well it works... im just curious.

Spare here, too.

While I know my "other" spare - a 4350 - will hand it's [rear] to it on a platter, the driver mess I got into last time I really needed it turned me to this option.

krupted · Dec 22, 2009

jeremyshaw said:
Also this:

at the top of the Geforce column.

that doesnt specifically mean its not cuda capable unless it has 256. its a marketing trick really, they dont make it clear at all. which is why itll be nice to get some feedback on actual results

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