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Cheap New GeForce 8800 GT Challenges $400 Cards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-fanless-music-to-my-ears dept.

J. Dzhugashvili writes "What would you say to a video card that performs like a $400 GeForce 8800 GTS for $200-250? Say hello to the GeForce 8800 GT. The Tech Report has tested the new mid-range wonder in Crysis, Unreal Tournament 3, Team Fortress 2, and BioShock. It found that the card keeps up with its $400 big brother overall while drawing significantly less power and — here's the kicker — generating slightly less noise."

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  1. Nice looking card by Emetophobe · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here are the main benefits I see with this card:

    1. Single slot cooler instead of a dual slot like all the other high end cards made over the last 2 years
    2. One 6 pin power connection instead of two like all the other high end G80 cards
    3. Power consumption. According to the article (yes I read it), Nvidia rates the power consumption of the 8800GT at 110 watts.
    4. Supports PCI Express 2.0 (backwards compatible with PCI Express 1.1)
    5. Relatively cheap. I always found $200-300 to be the best price range for a video card (the high end G80 cards on the other hand cost $500-800)