Galaxy GeForce 8800GT $188.32AR +Shipping

[Redleader]

NCIX (http://www.ncixus.com/products/27328/88YFF6HUFEXX/Galaxy%20Technology/) has the Galaxy Geforce 8800GT 512MB HDC PCI-Express 2.0 Video Card (OEM), which is DirectX 10 compatible and HDCP compliant, for a low $188.32 after rebate. $12.00 Express Shipping.

Stolen from TB

[xkon]

i hate. i really really hate you. i just bought that stupid ecs 8800gt. didnt know there was one under $200. really hate you. ;p

edit: nah though. love you. just hate myself now. knew that when my payment got rejected last night i should have waited a little longer/did more research before i bought. i always forget about ncix. doh! *smacks self*

[jhatfie]

Yeah this card rocks, got mine for $214 after rebate a while back. Running mine 700/1750/2000 for 24/7, but it will easily go even higher.

[annaconda]

The deal is back, we had this deal before. Good card and cheapest.

[xkon]

couldn't resist. i bought another one. my girlfriend is so going to kill me. sorry honey, i could only get 1/2 a dozen roses this year because ummm... err... something happened, and i umm.. couldn't umm.. sorry.

[NeoGohan]

couldn't resist. i bought another one. my girlfriend is so going to kill me. sorry honey, i could only get 1/2 a dozen roses this year because ummm... err... something happened, and i umm.. couldn't umm.. sorry.

Just say you lost some money to a super bowl bet. haha

Nice deal on the video card but im gonna wait to see this new generation of cards.

[xkon]

Just say you lost some money to a super bowl bet. haha

Nice deal on the video card but im gonna wait to see this new generation of cards.

lol. she knows i was rootin for NY. maybe i should just say i didnt have much faith and bet on the pats. great deal. blah. 2 nvidia cards /w a crossfire capable board. now what do i do?

[skytripa]

Good deal

[InfeKtioN]

What is their warranty ?

And do they ship with that (not sure what it is) after market hsf ?

thanks

[Artemis87]

holy crap! :eek: that's a good deal

[Warn3rv3]

It's not the prettiest card amongst them all but i bet it kicks some ass if you've got 2! I don't have 2 though...I'm gonna rip someone off here..that makes me a sad panda...

[The Red]

Galaxy is nice in that its not a refference board... it has 3 stage instead of 2 stage power, it has the better samsung ram, and if you buy the right version you can up the voltage with a jumper, as well as change which bios you're loading. (This is not available in the NA version, only in the AZN) And it needs 2x of your video card power cables because it supplys power to the GPU and RAM separately for stability. Its a nice tricked out card.

[motolube]

So how can one know which one we're getting prior to purchasing it from NCIX site? I have been wanting to pull the pin on one of this cards for a long time but I wanted to get to 200 bucks, I just wasn't sure if this brand was any good. dumb question, I know have 2 BFG 7800GTX cards and I know the 8800GT is much better but, will my E6300 (@ 2.1GHZ) be able to pull this card with no problems? I have a Toughpower 600W PSU (sli capable)... would I need to upgrade anything here?

I'm hoping they will hold those prices until I can get an answer on this ;) :D

[The Red]

So how can one know which one we're getting prior to purchasing it from NCIX site? I have been wanting to pull the pin on one of this cards for a long time but I wanted to get to 200 bucks, I just wasn't sure if this brand was any good. dumb question, I know have 2 BFG 7800GTX cards and I know the 8800GT is much better but, will my E6300 (@ 2.1GHZ) be able to pull this card with no problems? I have a Toughpower 600W PSU (sli capable)... would I need to upgrade anything here?

I'm hoping they will hold those prices until I can get an answer on this ;) :D

My recommendation is not to grab the one with the Zalman knock-off, it doesnt work anywhere near as good as it looks... grab the one that looks like its a brick as the rest do, it still has the better components anyway.

The relevance of RAM and CPU is directly relevant to what you're trying to run. The GPU and on-board video ram relieve much of the stress, and unless you're running a lot of shit in the background, you should be fine CPU wise. If your resolution is high, for example over 1600x1050 ... expect to risk your computer's ram performance especial in RAM intense games like Hellgate: London... on the other hand, titles like UT3 seem to be MUCH more CPU heavy than RAM... it takes it easy on your ram, but will run your cpu up to 100%.. there you might be compromised if the GPU clock on your vid card cant help enough.

Power wise, it is entirely dependent on your peripherals... for me, 600 wasnt enough for a stable system, but then again, I have 5 hard drives which are the main cause of my power drain and I had to go 850, however it should be noted that my system was unstable at 600 whether i had my 7900 in or my 8800.. it wasnt relevant and upgrading to 850 fixed everything.

[SexTreX]

/threadjack

Pretty awesome deal though AR.

[djgizmo]

My recommendation is not to grab the one with the Zalman knock-off, it doesnt work anywhere near as good as it looks... grab the one that looks like its a brick as the rest do, it still has the better components anyway.

Proof or ban

[pxc]

How is Galaxy at paying out rebates?

[Archaea]

My recommendation is not to grab the one with the Zalman knock-off, it doesnt work anywhere near as good as it looks... grab the one that looks like its a brick as the rest do, it still has the better components anyway.

The relevance of RAM and CPU is directly relevant to what you're trying to run. The GPU and on-board video ram relieve much of the stress, and unless you're running a lot of shit in the background, you should be fine CPU wise. If your resolution is high, for example over 1600x1050 ... expect to risk your computer's ram performance especial in RAM intense games like Hellgate: London... on the other hand, titles like UT3 seem to be MUCH more CPU heavy than RAM... it takes it easy on your ram, but will run your cpu up to 100%.. there you might be compromised if the GPU clock on your vid card cant help enough.

Power wise, it is entirely dependent on your peripherals... for me, 600 wasnt enough for a stable system, but then again, I have 5 hard drives which are the main cause of my power drain and I had to go 850, however it should be noted that my system was unstable at 600 whether i had my 7900 in or my 8800.. it wasnt relevant and upgrading to 850 fixed everything.

What else did you have in your system?

five hard-drives will only take 50-60 watts? leaving you with quite enogh for even a 120 watt processor, motherboard, 8800GT (only usess about 100 watts), and several PCI cards.......IF it was a newer power supply that had heavy amps allocated to the 12 volt rail.

If the PSU was several years old then it might have been 5 volt heavy rather than 12 volt heavy.

To the other poster

600 watt PSU shoudl be way more than enough to power an 8800GT if you have a newer power supply with 26 amps or more on the 12 volt rail.

[Khanmots]

Power wise, it is entirely dependent on your peripherals... for me, 600 wasnt enough for a stable system, but then again, I have 5 hard drives which are the main cause of my power drain and I had to go 850, however it should be noted that my system was unstable at 600 whether i had my 7900 in or my 8800.. it wasnt relevant and upgrading to 850 fixed everything.

I'm thinking that your 600 wasn't really a 600. Kinda like the recently reviewed Ultra... Mind sharing what the brand/model was? (Or as the previous poster suggested, it could have been a 5V heavy supply not 12V heavy)

A real 600 watt supply woulda been fine. Hell, my brother's running a pair of 8800 GTS 512s off of his 620hx

[xkon]

I'm thinking that your 600 wasn't really a 600. Kinda like the recently reviewed Ultra... Mind sharing what the brand/model was? (Or as the previous poster suggested, it could have been a 5V heavy supply not 12V heavy)

A real 600 watt supply woulda been fine. Hell, my brother's running a pair of 8800 GTS 512s off of his 620hx

yah... never really trust the total watts a power supply unit is rated at. especially from companies known to have units that aren't up to par. i'm wondering what brand/model psu you have also. a single 8800gts takes up more power than a single 8800gt right? check this out, a shuttle sg33g5 system /w 640mb 8800gts running off of a 250watt (http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/forums/viewthread/98808/) shuttle power supply. so yah. some psu manufacturers just straight up lie about their power ratings. go with a good trusted brand.

the galaxy 8800gt takes up two 6 pin connectors. my m12 has cables /w 2x 6 pin connectors. i wonder if i can just plug both connectors in the card /w a single cable. would that affect the whole ram/gpu power equilibrium that this card is designed for?

So how can one know which one we're getting prior to purchasing it from NCIX site? I have been wanting to pull the pin on one of this cards for a long time but I wanted to get to 200 bucks, I just wasn't sure if this brand was any good. dumb question, I know have 2 BFG 7800GTX cards and I know the 8800GT is much better but, will my E6300 (@ 2.1GHZ) be able to pull this card with no problems? I have a Toughpower 600W PSU (sli capable)... would I need to upgrade anything here?

I'm hoping they will hold those prices until I can get an answer on this ;) :D

the toughpower should be able to handle it. i don't own one, but they're oem is channelwell. one of the best names in the business. if you really want to know... i'll be gettin 2x 8800gt's soon (hopefully tomorrow). i'll test them in sli on a 600 watt m12 runnin 3dmark or crysis or wutever.

[slugbug]

How is Galaxy at paying out rebates?

Its handled by worldwiderebates.com. I sent in a rebate two weeks ago for a Galaxy 8800GT Overclocked and I received an email yesterday saying I should receive a cheque in 6-8 weeks.

[The Red]

Proof or ban

proof?... I own it... the zalman-knock-off vs. my Zalman VF900 is 23 degreens in Zalman's favour when OCd to the speeds in my sig. Although if you're not overclocking, it'll be less, and at stock, it will be acceptible. Fan Speed at 100% constant.

The zalman knock-off is NOT good for overclocking... it will heat up over 80 within 6 minutes of 700 gpu, 950 ram, and then either lock up or if you have vista. While my Zalman VF900 which I only attached 2 days ago, I run stable 750, 2100 around 72 degrees.

[The Red]

How is Galaxy at paying out rebates?

worldwiderebates.com ... I got mines about 2 weeks ago, I had it processed and sent it in after x-mas.

[The Red]

What else did you have in your system?

five hard-drives will only take 50-60 watts? leaving you with quite enogh for even a 120 watt processor, motherboard, 8800GT (only usess about 100 watts), and several PCI cards.......IF it was a newer power supply that had heavy amps allocated to the 12 volt rail.

If the PSU was several years old then it might have been 5 volt heavy rather than 12 volt heavy.

To the other poster

600 watt PSU shoudl be way more than enough to power an 8800GT if you have a newer power supply with 26 amps or more on the 12 volt rail.

I dont discount the fact that it could have been unstable rails. All I knew is that it was unstable when I put on more HDs, or added ram sticks. The voltage droop was probably unacceptable to my sensetive hardware, or the power was not enough.

[Exanimis]

Galaxy is nice in that its not a refference board... it has 3 stage instead of 2 stage power, it has the better samsung ram, and if you buy the right version you can up the voltage with a jumper, as well as change which bios you're loading. (This is not available in the NA version, only in the AZN) And it needs 2x of your video card power cables because it supplys power to the GPU and RAM separately for stability. Its a nice tricked out card.

Think its worth it for me to buy this card, even though I'm going to remove the cooler and WC it? Also, you say its not a reference card, so is the layout similar enough to nvid spec designed boards to use a "8800" watercooling block with it?

Thanks for any help.


I'm upgrading from a 7600GT, lol

[Archaea]

I just got mine today...Ordered it Sunday, arrived thursday..it's a lot smaller than a typical 8800GT.

I need a new power supply. My antec 500 is rma'ed and my cheapo 450 has no PCI-E - this card needs two of them.

My wife's 350watt Ultra PSU doesn't have enough umpf to drive it. _ Believe me I tried. I can run a single hard-drive and the 8800GT and my BE-2400/motherboard/4gb of ram. As soon as I add a fan, or cd-rom, or second hard-drive. The system won't post.

I wonder if this 8800GT is more power hungry than other 8800GTs?

[Wrecktified]

My recommendation is not to grab the one with the Zalman knock-off, it doesnt work anywhere near as good as it looks... grab the one that looks like its a brick as the rest do, it still has the better components anyway.

You may have had bad luck with your zalman style galaxy 8800gt but as some one who recently purchased one I can say that this cooler definitely does its job. I received my galaxy 8800gt from NCIX 2 days ago and so far it is very impressive. It idles at ~43C and tops out at ~63C when OC'd to 720/1010 (which is as high as I pushed so far, no idea how far it goes...) Compare that to a reference style evga 8800gt I had which idled at ~63C and topped out at ~90C at stock speeds, yikes. My case has really poor cooling too: mATX, one 92 mm exhaust fan, stock psu fan, stock cpu fan.

The fan on the zalman style galaxy is very quiet as well, though I believe it is locked at 29% and cannot be adjusted. In the galaxy 8800gt thread here (http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1031895352) many people are saying the brick style one sounds like a hair dryer and is locked at 100%. A lot of people are saying its intolerable. I think NCIX is only shipping the zalman style model now so it may be a moot point.

As far as power issues, I am running this card on a 400 watt FSP power supply that only has 1 PCIe cable and I only have the card hooked in to one connector. It doesn't seem to affect stability or overclocking at all. Of course your experience may differ from mine, but I just wanted to throw in my two cents for people who are on the fence about this card.

[lixuelai]

proof?... I own it... the zalman-knock-off vs. my Zalman VF900 is 23 degreens in Zalman's favour when OCd to the speeds in my sig. Although if you're not overclocking, it'll be less, and at stock, it will be acceptible. Fan Speed at 100% constant.

The zalman knock-off is NOT good for overclocking... it will heat up over 80 within 6 minutes of 700 gpu, 950 ram, and then either lock up or if you have vista. While my Zalman VF900 which I only attached 2 days ago, I run stable 750, 2100 around 72 degrees.

You might have recieved a dud. The other sink is worse however.

[The Red]

Think its worth it for me to buy this card, even though I'm going to remove the cooler and WC it? Also, you say its not a reference card, so is the layout similar enough to nvid spec designed boards to use a "8800" watercooling block with it?

Thanks for any help.


I'm upgrading from a 7600GT, lol

It seems to have the same mounting holes as my old BFG 7900 GT OC.. since I used the same Zalman VF900 cooling solution on it. This Zalman is over a 1.5 years old now and its still running like a beast, seriously quality VGA cooling, I underestimated them. Washed out the fan and its still shiny solid copper.

[xkon]

wow. that was quick. ordered on wednesday 2/6/08 got it on friday 2/8/08 shipped fedex from bellingham, wa. about to install it now. found my new fast shipping web retailer. :D newegg was number one, but ever since ups + newegg...

[jhatfie]

proof?... I own it... the zalman-knock-off vs. my Zalman VF900 is 23 degreens in Zalman's favour when OCd to the speeds in my sig. Although if you're not overclocking, it'll be less, and at stock, it will be acceptible. Fan Speed at 100% constant.

The zalman knock-off is NOT good for overclocking... it will heat up over 80 within 6 minutes of 700 gpu, 950 ram, and then either lock up or if you have vista. While my Zalman VF900 which I only attached 2 days ago, I run stable 750, 2100 around 72 degrees.

Weird. When I was using the Galaxy stock cooler I never remember breaking 65c, of course now with the Accelero S1 and a 120mm fan, I never bust mid 40's when playing anything.

[vsboxerboy]

so I told my buddy to order one of these and it just came in but there is one thing that I find odd (well two if you count the dual power connectors)

Why are there no heat sinks on the ram?? I know the fan will blow on them, but I mean, it seems odd.......

[pxc]

Why are there no heat sinks on the ram?? I know the fan will blow on them, but I mean, it seems odd.......Because heatsinks on RAM are not necessary, unless you're buying some overclocked and heavily over-volted DIMMs. :p

[Invalid]

Can my Antec Neopower 480w handle this card?

[Archaea]

Can my Antec Neopower 480w handle this card?

yes...

Nvidia says 450 watt PSU for this card, and they are being conservative.

[Obi_Kwiet]

Yeah, the 8800GT is going to be the card to SLI.

[Kuyt]

proof?... I own it... the zalman-knock-off vs. my Zalman VF900 is 23 degreens in Zalman's favour when OCd to the speeds in my sig. Although if you're not overclocking, it'll be less, and at stock, it will be acceptible. Fan Speed at 100% constant.

The zalman knock-off is NOT good for overclocking... it will heat up over 80 within 6 minutes of 700 gpu, 950 ram, and then either lock up or if you have vista. While my Zalman VF900 which I only attached 2 days ago, I run stable 750, 2100 around 72 degrees.

Red, do you have any comparision to the stock?

Also, have you tried resetting the Zalman knock off with better paste?

[jasoncrowley]

I'm taking a serious look at this card, taxes were unexpectedly good to me this year. Normally I don't believe in giving the government a no interest loan that I have to jump through hoops to get at the end of the year. But thats another story.

I will be replacing the stock zalman-clone heatsink with a water solution. The thing I'm curious about is how much the 2 pcie power connectors really help with OC stability?

I was shopping around for a cheap 8800GT that would make the aftermarket cooling + GPU total easier to bare. So this card is at the top of the shortlist, anyway.

Finally a thread hijack watercooling question, Any water users out there have a favorite waterblock for the 8800GT? I've been eyeballing the Swiftech MCW60-R block coupled with the Swiftech MCW-Ramcool graphics memory sink. Although I guess for $20+ more I could jump on the DD IONE $109.95.

This is all going in a NZXT Rogue case, so I'd rather use an all internal water solution than air for any length of time.

Edit: Check That, the DD ione will not fit, non-reference card :P

[jasoncrowley]

One more comment. :)

It seems that the Zalman-clone version is more likley to come with the better clocking samsung chips vs the Qimonda that comes on the brick version.

Its looking better and better! Can any purchasers here confirm this?

[The Red]

Red, do you have any comparision to the stock?

Also, have you tried resetting the Zalman knock off with better paste?

I do not have comparisons to the stock speed temp differences, at stock the zalman-knock-off was sufficient, I remember. And no, I did not try resetting the knock-off with better paste. When I took it off, I already had plans to put my VF900 on using my AS5.

[The Red]

One more comment. :)

It seems that the Zalman-clone version is more likley to come with the better clocking samsung chips vs the Qimonda that comes on the brick version.

Its looking better and better! Can any purchasers here confirm this?

I dont know about chances, but my zalman knock-off did come with the samsungs.

[jasoncrowley]

And no, I did not try resetting the knock-off with better paste. When I took it off, I already had plans to put my VF900 on using my AS5.

I too, am a little curious about temps of the stock cooler with better thermal interface, but its your card and dime, so not going to ask. :D

I'm thinking of what I would do with the heatsink since I would be replacing it. Maybe a paperweight? My xbox needs a better cooling system, maybe I should use it there? Hehe.

[Archaea]

jus thought I'd throw in here that I got the 8800GT up and running now with an antec 500 watt earthwatt PSU.

The Galaxy card works just fine and is nicer in my case due to it being shorter anyway. It's shorter than my 6800GT and 7800GS and 7800GTX were. The heatsink and fan are nearly silent, and it works like a champ....

Titan Qeust looks smoother than I've ever seen it, and I'm able to crank up to 1920x1200 resolution with every detail maxed. BEAUTIFUL!

[Bad_dude]

With the price being so low, I would think that these are not G92.

[The Red]

With the price being so low, I would think that these are not G92.

lol, they dont make 512mb models in non-G92 style

[Bad_dude]

Why don't they make 3rd party cooler like the ones they used to to blow the hot air out the back? I only see them in original cards they sold.

[Lolento]

Why don't they make 3rd party cooler like the ones they used to to blow the hot air out the back? I only see them in original cards they sold.

Why would you want those?....they sound like a hair dryer.

[Bad_dude]

So are they shipping these from Canada or Washington?

[jedihobbit]

So are they shipping these from Canada or Washington?

They have multiple warehouses and they ship from the "closest to you" or where they have stock! :D

[Bad_dude]

They have multiple warehouses and they ship from the "closest to you" or where they have stock! :D

So if I buy it and I am in the US, they would ship within the country right? The reason I asked b/c I need it by the weekend.

[jedihobbit]

Even when coming from Canada it seems fairly quick. Without paying for special shipping no one can give a delivery garantee, give it a go!

[xkon]

53C ~20fps crysis all high settings + 3mozilla windows with a dozen tabs each + webcam convo on msn in an open case sg03 ~1 hour

[Archaea]

Why would you want those?....they sound like a hair dryer.

No they don't....the new revisions are nearly silent. The first revision was really loud, because the fan was stuck on 100%. Even when this fan spins up when you first start the PC it isn't overbearing. In normal gaming use I've never heard it spin up. I know from exp ----because mine arrrived and was installed last Friday. I can't hear it over my standard generic thermaltake 80mm case fans that came with my case and my antec earthwatts PSU.

Also I ordered mine on sunday. Got it on Thursday in Missouri. So four day shipping. Packaged very well. This company may be the next newegg. I've seen a lot of great deals there.

[NASTY_LOS]

Newbie here....I'm about two clicks away from ordering this 8800. I see on the specs section of the page that is says "built for Vista." Would I be able to run XP being that XP is less tasking than Vista?

[Archaea]

absolutely..The card will work in vista or xp...drivers come from Nvidia's website and you can get either flavor.

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

[The Red]

Newbie here....I'm about two clicks away from ordering this 8800. I see on the specs section of the page that is says "built for Vista." Would I be able to run XP being that XP is less tasking than Vista?

no hardware company would dare make a piece of hardware that didnt work with XP unless they have a wish to isolate themselves from 96% of the world market.