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I consider myself a pretty observant person and I too haven't noticed any image quality differences between my current 8800GT and my previous 1900XT 512MB I used for 10 months. I've owned these cards in the following order and the only difference I've noticed is performance gains. =)...

Yes, that mobo will support the 8800GT. That is the same mobo I used to flash my eVGA 8800GT GEN2 to a GEN1 card. Overclocking options are good too, enabling me to overclock my Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz to 3.2GHz. -Optimummind

My score in 3DMark06 is 9373 with: =Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit =ASRock 775Dual-VSTA, BIOS: v3.00 =Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected] <--mobo limitation on the overclock =eVGA 8800GT KO @stock speeds =2x1GB DDR2-800MHz running at DDR2-533MHz When I used to have my CPU & GPU on the...

I haven't played FEAR since 2004! :p Back then, I was running it on the 6800GT. -Optimummind

It's still good. :D My CPU is at 2.66GHz and the 8800GT under water + PCI-slot fan has allowed me to clock it at 738MHz/1784Mhz/2000MHz. I've beaten Crysis, Hellgate London, and Stalker with this setup and I'm currently on The Witcher. Replacing the 1900XT 512MB PCIE for the 8800GT has...

Are you overclocking your CPU/RAM by any chance? If I set my overclock too aggressively on my ASRock 775Dual-VSTA, I get the same "stuck" syndrome at times. I also get the "stuck" screen if my Windows files have been corrupted. Happened to me a few times. In those cases, I had to reformat...

When you installed the card onto the ASRock mobo, was it a clean install? If not, I suggest you run cleaning programs such as CCleaner and Driver Sweeper before trying to install the ForceWare drivers. In my case, I had a HDD that already had Vista Ultimate on it with drivers for the ATI...

Crysis sure is a FPS-killer. I beat the game on 1280x1024 with all settings "High" except for Shadow but I had to tone down the options to medium in a few levels because the lag and stutterings were so bad--especially the last level. Now that I've beaten it, I'm replaying the game with...

Yup and I don't regret buying the 8800GT KO at all. I'm getting awesome performance in all games except for Crysis and I was able to overclock it to 738MHz (core), 1782MHz (shader), and 2000MHz (GDDR3). Even if I was buying today, I would still choose the 8800GT KO over the new 8800GTS and the...

Ah, ic. Thx for the update. ;) -Optimummind

Flashing the BIOS generation to GEN1 from GEN2 isn't a downgrade. AFAIK, only the X48 chipset supports PCIE 2.0 specification and they aren't even out yet. That means that 99% of the mobos out right now are still on PCIE GEN1 and using the 8800GT on it wouldn't be a downgrade at all. Even if...

Yes, nVIDIA bought them out during the times when ATI's own southbridge chipset was in trouble and they were relying on a ULI chipset to make up for it. Most people think nVIDIA bought ULI only to hassle ATI. :D

MVKTech has released the new Nibitor v3.5b which allows you to edit your own BIOS into GEN1 or GEN2. You can download it here: http://www.mvktech.net/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,26/func,selectfolder/cat,92/page,4/ -Optimummind

Yes, the 939Dual mobo for AMD fully supports the PCIE specification unlike the VIA-based Intel ASRock dual-series mobos. The AMD Dual mobo is based on the ULI chipset. -Optimummind

Yes, the 8800GTS will work both in XP and Vista. If you go with the older 8800GTS, then you won't have to flash the GPU. You just need the latest nVIDIA drivers so you can use your card in the OS. If you have a friend who has a PCIE mobo, it might be more cost-effective to flash the 8800GT...

Just to add a bit to this, there is another difference between 2 BIOS's. The Asus 8800GT is based on version 62.92.12.00.00 and the eVGA 8800GT KO BIOS versoin is 62.92.12.00.05. If you want to flash to the newer revision BIOS: (1) Download the eVGA 8800GT KO BIOS (2) Open it using...

That score is unusually low. Are you running 3DMark06 at its default settings or running it as higher resolution? -Optimummind

I just hope that eVGA will CONSISTENTLY do well--both in the products they sell and the customer service they show. Consistent is something hard to find both in people and in businesses. So far, my favorite tech retailers are Fry's, Newegg, eVGA, BFG, and Antares Digital. -Optimummind

Yes, I'm also impressed by their superior customer service. When I first bought my eVGA 8800GT KO, I found out, to my big disappointment, that it would NOT work on my VIA PT880Pro-based ASRock 775Dual-VSTA. The reason was that the 775Dual-VSTA does not support the newer PCIE 2.0 specification...

Here's an update guys. Today, I flashed my eVGA 8800GT KO with the OFFICIAL eVGA-provided 8800GT KO GEN1 BIOS and it works! Best thing about it is that according to the eVGA tech support, this WILL NOT void my warranty!! (yes, I have it in writing. =)) Here is the link to the eVGA file for...

Assuming you're running your CPU at its stock speed, the score seems about right. If you overclock the CPU, the score should go up a bit, to maybe the 9000 ballpark. -Optimummind

I agree with the rest here that you should get a name-brand and high-PFC, stable, power supply. I learned my lesson in the past where a cheap, high-wattage PSU can cause lots of trouble in the short-term and the long-term and affects everything from PC stability, overclocking ability, ability...

For the 8800GT KO, I'm using Koolance's 4-years-old GPU-180 waterblock. It's tiny and it's big enough to entirely cover the core. -Optimummind

Under load playing Crysis, the core reached 42 C with a waterblock. The 8800GT's core runs cooler than the 1900XT 512MB core which reached as high as 55 C under load with water. -Optimummind

No, you don't have to. -Optimummind

Whoops, forgot you're on the 4Core. :P CCleaner is actually Crap Cleaner. It's an excellent program that removes crap and orphaned registry entries.

EDIT: My mistake, it's actually 8 memory modules. =P

I suggest you flash the mobo the latest BIOS version--3.00. Then, load up newer ForceWare drivers after cleaning out the old ones. I hear that with an update ForceWare, some nVIDIA GPUs can now enter the Windows Desktop. To cleanly remove drivers, I use this procedure: (1) From Safe...

You have the core, the 12 RAM modules, and the PWM modules to cool. In my case, I ran out of ramsinks so I have my PWM modules exposed. But, with a PCI-slot dual-fan setup, my temperatures are: 26 C idle (core), 26 C idle (RAM0, and 30 C idle (ambient), according to Lavalys. The core...

Which BIOS version are you using and which GPU on the PCIE slot is causing the incompatibility? Before the 8800GT, I was using an ATI 1900XT 512MB PCIE card and the 775Dual-VSTA recognized it right away during POST. Also, I had to change a few BIOS settings in order to continue CPU...

Yes, I used the Asus 8800GT BIOS. However, since I wanted to run my clock at GT KO's speed, I opened up the Asus BIOS with Nibitor and set the clock speeds to the KO speeds then flashed. I noticed that the Asus BIOS version is a bit older than my eVGA KO's BIOS so I'm gonna re-flash my card...

Watercooling helped a lot. I went from 52 C idle core to 34 C idle core after watercooling. -Optimummind

On my eVGA 8800GT KO, idle is 52 C and load under Crysis is 82 C. It's a bit high for me as I used to watercool my 1900XT 512MB and the highest it got was like 55 C. I'm going to slap on a waterblock tonight and see how much a difference it makes. -Optimummind

Wow, idle at 80 C. On my eVGA 8800GT KO, my idle is 52 C and load under Crysis is 82 C. I'm putting a Koolance GPU waterblock tonight. It's good to see that it works well. -Optimummind

Yes, it's running great and stable. I've tested it out on these games: Crysis retail, The Witcher, Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines, Stalker, and Hellgate London. I can play Crysis at "High" settings for everything except for Shaders (Medium) and Shadows (Medium) at 1280x1024 and there is no...

If you PM me your email address, i'll send you my eVGA modified BIOS. I also sent my original and modified GEN1 BIOS to mvktech 2 weeks ago and he said he'll make the feature available soon after studying the files. So if you have the same eVGA 8800GT KO, then he has the same file as he got it...

Sure, he's a product manager from the motherboard division, not the GPU division. His name is Everardo Parra. When you call eVGA, ask the GPU guy to transfer to the mobo division and ask for him. =Optimummind

You might want to give a call to eVGA tech support. They pick up the phone pretty fast based on my experience. -Optimummind

I believe the problem is different from the 8800GTS problem. AFAIK, the 8800GTS allowed one to boot their PC and enter Safe Mode. When the user reached the normal desktop, the 8800GTS would crash the system before the nVIDIA driver update. With the 8800GT, the PC won't even boot up at all...

I think your memory is fine but your CPU is definitely holding you back. That score is even lower than my old 1900XT 512MB running with a E6600 2.4GHz on an old VIA PT880Pro chipset (ASRock 775Dual-VSTA). Since you can reuse most of your parts, I say just buy a new motherboard and a Core 2...