8800gtx!

[DaJe]

It's here, and it's all installed now. I was sleeping when it arrived. So wewt for me, I get DirectX 10. I got it through eVGA's step-up program, so I got $500 back on the 7950GX2 that I already had. And now, pictures!


It's here!

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6648.JPG


Packaged in foam

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6650.JPG


Quality

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6651.JPG


A notice about the insane power it will consume

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6652.JPG


And there it is!

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6653.JPG


Wrapped up in protective radiation shielding (it has an internal nuclear cell you know).

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6654.JPG
http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6655.JPG


A warning about the dangers of it exploding

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6658.JPG


I was just trying to make sure it would fit in there

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6656.JPG
http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6657.JPG


There's the bug that delayed my installation. Fell out of my processor's heatsink.

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Unwrapped, in all it's glory

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6662.JPG


There appears to be an Nvidia label underneath the eVGA one

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6664.JPG


Massive heatsink

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6666.JPG


Massive fan

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6667.JPG


Two power connectors, of course

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6668.JPG


This thing is a beast

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6669.JPG


It has a blackish color, like gunmetal

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6670.JPG


Finally installed!

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6672.JPG


All plugged in

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6673.JPG


Though now I need to do some wire management again

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6674.JPG

[public_eyesore]

excited much?

[DaJe]

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I had to move my hard drive down one space to make room for it.

[DaJe]

The card actually goes over the hard drive a little bit

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6695.JPG


And the hard drive is actually slanted a little so it doesn't touch the card

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/8800/PICT6696.JPG

[simon275]

That thing is beastly. Buy another and SLI them. :up:

[DaJe]

My motherboard doesn't actually support SLI (I know, I did a bad thing). But it does support crossfire. Asus P5W DH Deluxe.

[DaveW]

No insects in there this time, right? ;)

-Dave

[DaJe]

If an insect attempts to crawl into my video card, a small nuclear detonation will be set off.

[Zephik]

rofl

Will that be caused by the power of the card or the security device you installed to prevent theft? :P

Why would you need SLI anyways? Isn't that card already more powerful than most SLI setups for around the price?

[Ronyx]

it's like pr0n for geeks lolz

is it loud? the fan that is...

w00t can't wait til i get mine :D:D:D

[DaJe]

It's a little louder than the 7950GX2, but I already have five 8mm case fans for noise, so I don't really notice it. Right now I'm looking fo a game to get into. One to play online and really put time into and become a part of. I downloaded the Battlefield 2 demo, and it seems promising so far. But I'm also trying to find something to give a nice workout to me 8800 here. I hear Oblivion would be good, but I already played the hell out of the 360 version. I know, the PC one had mods and such, but I'm just tired of the game.

[Ronyx]

Well i'm definatley going to put some pressure on my video card and my CPU with 2 specific games...

Medieval II Total War: This will be for the CPU because ther's literally going to be hundreds of independent AI soldiers in the battlefields to controll and issue orders to so the CPU will get a real workout here.

Oblivion: Foliage area's are your friends with a graphics card like that =] You might also want to wait and see what Bioshock will bring, graphics wise, to the FPS genre =]

[jaxspades]

Oh man.....................

I can't wait until I start my project this summer........

I need money............

You are on lucky guy--how many games has it eaten by now?

[armadilloben]

well firstly if he was going to sli them (asuming he had a supported mobo) what about power require ments i doubt u have a quad rail psu or one that at least supports quad sli cuz u would need to more pcie 6pins
although u could use the molex to six pins but unless u sheethed em they would look ugly

[DaJe]

Well, here I am with an 8800, and I still haven't really tried to push it with anything.

[Silenced_Coyote]

Games I would like to play on the 8800GTX:
FEAR Extraction Point
Company of Heroes

Check out Company of Heroes on Gamespot or IGN.