PNY GeForce 8800GT XLR8 Graphics Card

Can't handle the heat

Strengths: made pretty pictures, while it lasted

Weakness: longevity, as in, lack of.

Saying the last words over the dead carcass that is my video card, I cant help but feel jipped. Despite the competitive price I paid for it, it died an untimely death less than a year after purchase, too late for any help from a limited warranty. I have a liquid cooled rig, though the graphics card wasnt part of the loop - so I relied on what appeared to be somewhat substantial fan cooling on the...
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Saying the last words over the dead carcass that is my video card, I cant help but feel jipped. Despite the competitive price I paid for it, it died an untimely death less than a year after purchase, too late for any help from a limited warranty.

I have a liquid cooled rig, though the graphics card wasnt part of the loop - so I relied on what appeared to be somewhat substantial fan cooling on the card itself. But that clearly wasnt enough.

If you dish out any goodly amount of graphics abuse onto your video cards, then I'd recommend steering away from this one. In hindsight, although the price is nice, I dont believe these cheap-end cards can really take the heat, literally. Its better to pay more for a serious hard-core card, and have it be able to stand the test of time.

By 1_eighty - Oct 25, 2008

Good card

Strengths: Price/performance ratio

Weakness: Heat: common to all these cards

Great card! I did clean the old thermal paste off and applied some arctic 5 paste instead in a thin line. Seemed to be helping by about 5 degrees.
I am happy!

By navidf - Mar 28, 2008

PNY 8800gt PCIe video card

Strengths: performance for the price, quit fan

Weakness: It gets hot

This card replaced a 7900gs on my gaming PC and what a differnce it makes. Most DX10 games palys smoothly on the highest quality setting. The only problem is heat and power consumption. You should have a big case with good air flow as well as power supply of 450W or higher to opreat this card at its best.

By sabor - Apr 6, 2008

Amazing performance for a great price

Strengths: Single slot version 8800GT, G92 GPU

Weakness: No fan control

This video card has been performing wonderfully. Pretty much every game can run smoothly at maximum video settings. It's also nice and compact unlike the other 8800GT cards. It will only take up one motherboard slot and not block the slot below. The downside is that the fan is running at a fixed speed and does not change with GPU temperature. You will need to use software like Rivatuner to...
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This video card has been performing wonderfully. Pretty much every game can run smoothly at maximum video settings. It's also nice and compact unlike the other 8800GT cards. It will only take up one motherboard slot and not block the slot below. The downside is that the fan is running at a fixed speed and does not change with GPU temperature. You will need to use software like Rivatuner to manually adjust fan settings. I easily overclocked this video card 700MHz core and 2000MHz ram without issue.

By AntLee29 - Mar 22, 2008

PNY GeForce 8800 GT Video Card (512MB Review

Strengths: New version of 8xxx series using Nvidia G92 chipset Decent 3years + extra 2 years warranty if register it 2nd Best VGA Card for the money right now after 8800GTS G92

Weakness: Uses reference cooler with very tiny fan that is hardly adequate cooling.

Its a 8800gt with a G92 core, the reference cooler is making me have reserve about buying it at first tho. I got it at a good price, guess get what you pay for. I would rather get the XFX 8800gt tho which has the best VGA warranty and XFX cooler is a modified upgrade version of the reference cooler.

By stevesurfing - Mar 14, 2008