VF900 and 8800GTS

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TheSandman2236

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Alright...so I have a 7900gt with my lovely Zalman vf900 and in March I'm "required" to trade up with my video card (Compusa warrenty, the only reason why i didnt buy it at newegg). Now I have this vf900 that will be just sitting there unused; or does the 8800 GTS need a cooler like it? Hows the cooling on the GTS? Should I plan on selling my VF900? I've heard a bunch of different things but no real answer; if you guys could clarify this I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks again!
 
Fan noise could also be a factor you might want to consider. Can you tell me more about this Compusa warranty?
 
yeah, don't try and put your vf900 on the 8800... for one you'd have to do some ghetto rigging to get it on there, then it will likely not cool any better, if not worse than the stock cooler.. I read the vf900 worked poorly on the x1900 series ati cards because of how hot they ran..so I am guessing the same will apply here.. also the ramdac's on the 8800s gets really hot and they have more memory chips then the 7900 series, so you'd need more sinks to cool all the chips anyways.. stick with the default. It's very quiet at 59% (auto seems to set it there) and works well.
 
Just sell it and make 20 bucks.Not really much point in putting it on and it would cool worse.
 
Monkey_feces said:
Fan noise could also be a factor you might want to consider. Can you tell me more about this Compusa warranty?
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Basically I've done this for the last 3 years since I had my old 6600gt when it first came out. I buy the card and the 1 Year Replacement Plan; A few days/weeks short of when the year is over I tell them I'm having "issues" with the card. They give me a giftcard worth the amount of the card I had bought over a year ago. So this time ill be getting a $600 giftcard, because the year before they gave me a $300 giftcard (for my 6600gt) and I spent an extra amount to buy my 7900 gt. So i'll end up getting my 8800 gts for free (technically) or I can spend a little extra this year and get the GTX. And who knows, next year I wont have to spend a dime ever again. The salesman I work with is in the business center; and he's taken care of all of my paper work. Don't choose a regular salesman, they no idea what you're talking about most of the time. The business center salesman are really friendly; especially every time you buy a card you buy their warrenty. (replacement plan) Most of the time they're really nice about the problems, and they know their Video Cards are WAAAAAY over-priced.

Note: Usually theres a problem with my card when all is said and done, I dont return them working properly. By the end of a year; im usually having artifacting problems or "display issues" and thats a valid excuse for them
 
The CompUSA extended warranty is really nice. I bought an Xbox from compusa when they first came out. About 9 months later, the DVD drive went out, so I went and returned it. They gave me a gift card for the full amount of the original purchase, which was considerably more than a new xbox cost. So I got a new xbox and two new games without spending a dime.
 
Exactly, they may charge more; but they are really commited to their warrenties. I'll always buy my video cards and some 'other' gadgets from them.
 
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