Video card ANGST !! Tell me not to buy it.

[WalkinTarget]

How LOW can you GOOO ?????

eVGA card is now down to $36 !!

Newegg has the eVGA 9600GSO 384MB PCI-Express Video Card for $100 - $14 coupon VGA92613 - $50 rebate = $35.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130356

[{CLR} Naillik]

Ok, just buy it......... I have 36 bucks lying infront of me, and I usually can't afford that stuff. Seriously. do it.

[WalkinTarget]

Ok, just buy it..

I did, x2. SLI for $72 after rebate. Will start a thread on it and show off pics once I get them. The main limitation is the 384 RAM, but again, my LCD maxes out at 1440x900, so I should be fine.

[K PhaNTOM]

Depends on what PC I put it in. Honestly, I don't have a set plan on what PC to use it in, but after reading that it may well do better than my 8800GTS G80 card, if I use it with my 19" LCD, it will end up going into PC #2, which has better specs than the one listed in that link:

e6600@3.2 (will do 3.6 with a voltage bump)
MSI P6N Platinum
4gb Super Talent DDR2-800
SB Live! Audigy
Ac Freezer Pro 7
Seagate 320gb 16mb HD
19" WS Envision 1440x900
Raidmax Smilodon Extreme case
Vista Ultimate 64

D... A.... M... N... DAMN! nice specs, those are gonna be cool for CoD, is it gonna be working for Crysis? You got the specs, but I dont think the Vid cards are gonna role with the crew.

[WalkinTarget]

Crysis ?? Hah, NOT !!! I tried that game, found it was no different than any other FPS, and in fact felt like nothing more than Far Cry 2.
After seeing the same thing with three iterations of Unreal Tournament, it was the same old 'been there, done that' feel to it.

So, no, its won't be playing Crysys, but it tears up CoD 4, Dungeon Siege 2, Comp. Of Heroes:OF and another game that I'm playing lately. For a total of $72 after rebates, I think I did OK.

Forgot to add pics ! :

Both cards fit !



Only problem, SATA cable was soooo tight that it pushed up against card #2's fan, inhibiting the fan from spinning much at all. I hadda use a ziptie to keep it from contacting the fan.

[Trooper110]

Preeeetty WT

[Duke{CLR}]

Nice job there WT. I had an issue with the HD cables getting in the way. I bought a few 90 deg. angled connectors and then I took a stock sata power cable and removed the molex. I was then able to squeeze the wires in a tighter group that fit my drive spacing. I then put some UV shrink wrap over them and it looks OK .

[juneau]

Looking great WT.

[WalkinTarget]

Duke, you have the exact same SATA cables as I have ! Yea, mine are right angle, but I used the right angle on the board end so the didn't smash into the underside of the video card (second card in the SLI config covers all four SATA slots.

So what I need is a right angle on both ends at this point. What you see in the second pic above is the SATA power lead from the Aerocool ZeroDBA PSU with its sleeved cables hitting the vid card fan, so my search now begins for a PSU to replace this one.

I emailed my buddy to order an OCZ GameXstream 600w for me, but I had told him to hold off on ordering it as it isn't a necessity at this point. Looking for a good deal on one that fits this build, but nothing is on sale that looks appetizing.

Another pic of the setup:

http://www.wtslair.com/ProjectSLI/sli005.jpg

I just about tweaked my back picking this thing up. It seems like I had better get a back belt if I keep upgrading PCs.

[WalkinTarget]

Anybody notice that I don't have an SLI bridge in place ??? Apparently not !!

Weird that SLI is working, but it may be hampering my cards a bit. I have a bridge from a 7 series card, but its nowhere close to fitting these newer cards. Even my 8800GTS didn't come with one !

[Duke{CLR}]

Have you tried taking the sleeving off the your current plug and redo the wire? Mine was from my Thermaltake PSU that I striped and re wrapped. TYou could also order a coustom one like this.

Serial ATA Power Adapter - Customizable - FrozenCPU.com

Doesn't the SLI bridge usually come with the MB?

[WalkinTarget]

Doesn't the SLI bridge usually come with the MB?

Sure does !! I had the 7x series SLI bridge lying on my workbench and assumed it would fit on the 9x series cards. Uhmmm .. no.
Dug out my eVGA board box and found the missing SLI bridge. Sadly, no change in benchmark numbers, which really surprised me. I've always read that it hampered performance, but in this case it didn't.


I'll pass on the unsleeving, Duke. I picked up an OCZ GameXStream 600w unit for $43 today ($79-$25 MIR-$12 code+free OCZ 4gb USB stick) so that will replace the Aerocool unit which then goes back into the case that I borrowed it from. It should fit better as the cables aren't as tight as the ones in there now.