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  #11  
Old October 16th 04, 04:00 AM
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Thanks for your comments. I will probably buy the XFS since it is cheaper
with the discount ($379 and free shipping) since no
one here says anything bad about it. It must be ok?


http://www.pricewatch.com/ shows the pny at $363 shipped, but do what
you like

rms


  #12  
Old October 16th 04, 05:55 AM
guess
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Well, you seem to be the only one having a problem with the BFG card. Every
review I have read rated it the best. I have it myself and it works great.
Any product sold will have some bad ones. For her to base her decision
solely on only you having trouble wouldn't be good.


"The DragunLadee" wrote in message
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guess wrote:
Well, about the only truth to this reply, is that you say she is a good
girlfriend. The BFG 256 meg card is actually the one to get. You get 24/7
support (no one else offers it), there is NO, repeat NO problem with the
heatsink, it comes out of the box overclocked WITH a warranty, and it can
easily take the same clock speed settings as the $100.00 more expensive
6800 Ultra. the stock 6800 GT is clocked at 350 / 1.0. the BFG is clocked
at 370 / 1.0, and it can easily be clocked to 400 / 1.1. I have this
card, and it is fantastic. It is the one that I would recommend as the
one to get hands down. All the magazines recommend it. Maximum PC gave it
thier "KickAss" award.

So, to the girl who is looking for a card, I highly recommend the BFG
6800GTOC 256. (the "OC" stands for Over Clock)

P.S. If she ever breaks up with her boyfriend, I am recently seperated,
and she can stay at my place anytime!!


"The DragunLadee" wrote in message
news:YIMbd.184854$wV.119796@attbi_s54...

Suzanne wrote:

Hi everyone, I am a newbie. I want to buy the nVidia 6800 GT that my
boyfriend wants for his birthday, but there are so many
brands. What is the difference between them? Why are some more money
than others when it looks like the same item? I did a
little hunting and the only thing I could find was some ppl said the BFG
brand has a bad heatsink or something. I also looked
on newegg.com and saw that all the cards look the same, but the PNY
brand doesn't show that has DirectX 9C, it only has
DirectX 9. Is this a concern? Please I'd like to hear from some of you
and possibly find some comparisons and best values.
Thank you,

Susanna


First of all, you must be a REALLY good g/f in order to spend that much
for your b/f for his b-day. Now, one of the differences is the amount of
vram that's onboard the card. The 6800GT comes in two main flavors...one
that has 128mb of vram onboard, and one that comes with 256mb of vram
onboard. He really doesn't need the 256mb version, as none of today's
games really take advantage of that much vram as of yet. Yes, don't get
the BFG as it does indeed have a bad heatsink and fan, junk really. All
of them support Directx9 (you can upgrade a card that doesn't come with
9c quite easily). Personally if it were me, I'd go with the asus card
that newegg has. It's the best deal for the money IMO, but if he insists
on having one of the more expensive cards, PNY is a good brand as well as
EVGA. I also wouldn't go with a chaintech or gainward either, as the
performance on those cards tends to be less than that of some of the
others that are supposed to be the "same quality".




I suppose if she really wants her b/f to have nothing but problems, then
she should go ahead and get the BFG, but I certainly wouldn't.



  #13  
Old October 16th 04, 08:02 AM
The DragunLadee
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guess wrote:
Well, you seem to be the only one having a problem with the BFG card. Every
review I have read rated it the best. I have it myself and it works great.
Any product sold will have some bad ones. For her to base her decision
solely on only you having trouble wouldn't be good.


"The DragunLadee" wrote in message
news:isYbd.187384$wV.33999@attbi_s54...

guess wrote:

Well, about the only truth to this reply, is that you say she is a good
girlfriend. The BFG 256 meg card is actually the one to get. You get 24/7
support (no one else offers it), there is NO, repeat NO problem with the
heatsink, it comes out of the box overclocked WITH a warranty, and it can
easily take the same clock speed settings as the $100.00 more expensive
6800 Ultra. the stock 6800 GT is clocked at 350 / 1.0. the BFG is clocked
at 370 / 1.0, and it can easily be clocked to 400 / 1.1. I have this
card, and it is fantastic. It is the one that I would recommend as the
one to get hands down. All the magazines recommend it. Maximum PC gave it
thier "KickAss" award.

So, to the girl who is looking for a card, I highly recommend the BFG
6800GTOC 256. (the "OC" stands for Over Clock)

P.S. If she ever breaks up with her boyfriend, I am recently seperated,
and she can stay at my place anytime!!


"The DragunLadee" wrote in message
news:YIMbd.184854$wV.119796@attbi_s54...


Suzanne wrote:


Hi everyone, I am a newbie. I want to buy the nVidia 6800 GT that my
boyfriend wants for his birthday, but there are so many
brands. What is the difference between them? Why are some more money
than others when it looks like the same item? I did a
little hunting and the only thing I could find was some ppl said the BFG
brand has a bad heatsink or something. I also looked
on newegg.com and saw that all the cards look the same, but the PNY
brand doesn't show that has DirectX 9C, it only has
DirectX 9. Is this a concern? Please I'd like to hear from some of you
and possibly find some comparisons and best values.
Thank you,

Susanna


First of all, you must be a REALLY good g/f in order to spend that much
for your b/f for his b-day. Now, one of the differences is the amount of
vram that's onboard the card. The 6800GT comes in two main flavors...one
that has 128mb of vram onboard, and one that comes with 256mb of vram
onboard. He really doesn't need the 256mb version, as none of today's
games really take advantage of that much vram as of yet. Yes, don't get
the BFG as it does indeed have a bad heatsink and fan, junk really. All
of them support Directx9 (you can upgrade a card that doesn't come with
9c quite easily). Personally if it were me, I'd go with the asus card
that newegg has. It's the best deal for the money IMO, but if he insists
on having one of the more expensive cards, PNY is a good brand as well as
EVGA. I also wouldn't go with a chaintech or gainward either, as the
performance on those cards tends to be less than that of some of the
others that are supposed to be the "same quality".



I suppose if she really wants her b/f to have nothing but problems, then
she should go ahead and get the BFG, but I certainly wouldn't.




Actually no I'm not the only one having problems, but you seem to think
you know everything, so we'll just leave it at that.
  #14  
Old October 16th 04, 03:26 PM
Scotter
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get the BFG 6800 256 GT OC from http://www.outpost.com for around $350

"Suzanne" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone, I am a newbie. I want to buy the nVidia 6800 GT that my
boyfriend wants for his birthday, but there are so many
brands. What is the difference between them? Why are some more money than
others when it looks like the same item? I did a
little hunting and the only thing I could find was some ppl said the BFG
brand has a bad heatsink or something. I also looked
on newegg.com and saw that all the cards look the same, but the PNY brand
doesn't show that has DirectX 9C, it only has
DirectX 9. Is this a concern? Please I'd like to hear from some of you and
possibly find some comparisons and best values.
Thank you,

Susanna



  #15  
Old October 16th 04, 07:58 PM
paking
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I had the same problem with something hitting my fan as well. It turned out
to be a cockroach!



"MJ" wrote in message
ink.net...
"The DragunLadee" wrote in message
news:isYbd.187384$wV.33999@attbi_s54...
guess wrote:
Well, about the only truth to this reply, is that you say she is a

good
girlfriend. The BFG 256 meg card is actually the one to get. You get

24/7
support (no one else offers it), there is NO, repeat NO problem with

the
heatsink, it comes out of the box overclocked WITH a warranty, and it

can
easily take the same clock speed settings as the $100.00 more

expensive
6800
Ultra. the stock 6800 GT is clocked at 350 / 1.0. the BFG is clocked

at
370
/ 1.0, and it can easily be clocked to 400 / 1.1. I have this card,

and
it
is fantastic. It is the one that I would recommend as the one to get

hands
down. All the magazines recommend it. Maximum PC gave it thier

"KickAss"
award.

So, to the girl who is looking for a card, I highly recommend the BFG
6800GTOC 256. (the "OC" stands for Over Clock)

P.S. If she ever breaks up with her boyfriend, I am recently

seperated,
and
she can stay at my place anytime!!


"The DragunLadee" wrote in message
news:YIMbd.184854$wV.119796@attbi_s54...

Suzanne wrote:

Hi everyone, I am a newbie. I want to buy the nVidia 6800 GT that my
boyfriend wants for his birthday, but there are so many
brands. What is the difference between them? Why are some more money

than
others when it looks like the same item? I did a
little hunting and the only thing I could find was some ppl said the

BFG
brand has a bad heatsink or something. I also looked
on newegg.com and saw that all the cards look the same, but the PNY

brand
doesn't show that has DirectX 9C, it only has
DirectX 9. Is this a concern? Please I'd like to hear from some of

you
and possibly find some comparisons and best values.
Thank you,

Susanna


First of all, you must be a REALLY good g/f in order to spend that

much
for your b/f for his b-day. Now, one of the differences is the amount

of
vram that's onboard the card. The 6800GT comes in two main

flavors...one
that has 128mb of vram onboard, and one that comes with 256mb of vram
onboard. He really doesn't need the 256mb version, as none of today's
games really take advantage of that much vram as of yet. Yes, don't

get
the BFG as it does indeed have a bad heatsink and fan, junk really.

All
of them support Directx9 (you can upgrade a card that doesn't come

with
9c
quite easily). Personally if it were me, I'd go with the asus card

that
newegg has. It's the best deal for the money IMO, but if he insists on
having one of the more expensive cards, PNY is a good brand as well as
EVGA. I also wouldn't go with a chaintech or gainward either, as the
performance on those cards tends to be less than that of some of the
others that are supposed to be the "same quality".



I suppose if she really wants her b/f to have nothing but problems, then
she should go ahead and get the BFG, but I certainly wouldn't.


I bought the BFG 6800 Ultra OC from NewEgg. It has worked great and has
lifetime warranty,
BUT I have heard some strange noises coming and going from my case (about

2
weeks ago). It sounds like something was hitting a fan inside. I coundn;t
pinpoint it but i guess it could be the heatsink/fan problem people are
talking about...
It hasn't happened for over a week now and everything seems to be running
fine. I probably should have saved the $$$ and bought a GT but I had the $
and didn't do as much research as I should have...
BFG does have a lifetime warranty if you go that route.
Also you asked about DVI. The new cards usually come with a DVI to VGA

(old
crt style) adapter so don't worry if you don't have an LCD monitor.
MJ




  #16  
Old October 17th 04, 03:31 AM
OldFartJAC
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Ditto, I've owned a BFG 6800 GT OC for over 2 months now and it works great
so disregard what DragunLadee said about it. Chances are that Dragun doesn't
even own one so knows nothing of which she or he speaks. I have played Doom3
and Far Cry along with many other games and it performs flawlessly.
"guess" wrote in message news:1097834221.843776@news...
Well, about the only truth to this reply, is that you say she is a good
girlfriend. The BFG 256 meg card is actually the one to get. You get 24/7
support (no one else offers it), there is NO, repeat NO problem with the
heatsink, it comes out of the box overclocked WITH a warranty, and it can
easily take the same clock speed settings as the $100.00 more expensive
6800 Ultra. the stock 6800 GT is clocked at 350 / 1.0. the BFG is clocked
at 370 / 1.0, and it can easily be clocked to 400 / 1.1. I have this card,
and it is fantastic. It is the one that I would recommend as the one to
get hands down. All the magazines recommend it. Maximum PC gave it thier
"KickAss" award.

So, to the girl who is looking for a card, I highly recommend the BFG
6800GTOC 256. (the "OC" stands for Over Clock)

P.S. If she ever breaks up with her boyfriend, I am recently seperated,
and she can stay at my place anytime!!


"The DragunLadee" wrote in message
news:YIMbd.184854$wV.119796@attbi_s54...
Suzanne wrote:
Hi everyone, I am a newbie. I want to buy the nVidia 6800 GT that my
boyfriend wants for his birthday, but there are so many
brands. What is the difference between them? Why are some more money
than others when it looks like the same item? I did a
little hunting and the only thing I could find was some ppl said the BFG
brand has a bad heatsink or something. I also looked
on newegg.com and saw that all the cards look the same, but the PNY
brand doesn't show that has DirectX 9C, it only has
DirectX 9. Is this a concern? Please I'd like to hear from some of you
and possibly find some comparisons and best values.
Thank you,

Susanna

First of all, you must be a REALLY good g/f in order to spend that much
for your b/f for his b-day. Now, one of the differences is the amount of
vram that's onboard the card. The 6800GT comes in two main flavors...one
that has 128mb of vram onboard, and one that comes with 256mb of vram
onboard. He really doesn't need the 256mb version, as none of today's
games really take advantage of that much vram as of yet. Yes, don't get
the BFG as it does indeed have a bad heatsink and fan, junk really. All
of them support Directx9 (you can upgrade a card that doesn't come with
9c quite easily). Personally if it were me, I'd go with the asus card
that newegg has. It's the best deal for the money IMO, but if he insists
on having one of the more expensive cards, PNY is a good brand as well as
EVGA. I also wouldn't go with a chaintech or gainward either, as the
performance on those cards tends to be less than that of some of the
others that are supposed to be the "same quality".





  #17  
Old October 18th 04, 04:17 PM
Chip
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"paking" wrote in message
. com...
I had the same problem with something hitting my fan as well. It turned out
to be a cockroach!



You had a cockroach in your PC???!??! Yuk. Makes me - for once - glad I
live in cold, damp & rainy England. It may be cold an wet, but at least its
roach-free!

Chip



"MJ" wrote in message
ink.net...
"The DragunLadee" wrote in message
news:isYbd.187384$wV.33999@attbi_s54...
guess wrote:
Well, about the only truth to this reply, is that you say she is a

good
girlfriend. The BFG 256 meg card is actually the one to get. You get

24/7
support (no one else offers it), there is NO, repeat NO problem with

the
heatsink, it comes out of the box overclocked WITH a warranty, and it

can
easily take the same clock speed settings as the $100.00 more

expensive
6800
Ultra. the stock 6800 GT is clocked at 350 / 1.0. the BFG is clocked

at
370
/ 1.0, and it can easily be clocked to 400 / 1.1. I have this card,

and
it
is fantastic. It is the one that I would recommend as the one to get

hands
down. All the magazines recommend it. Maximum PC gave it thier

"KickAss"
award.

So, to the girl who is looking for a card, I highly recommend the BFG
6800GTOC 256. (the "OC" stands for Over Clock)

P.S. If she ever breaks up with her boyfriend, I am recently

seperated,
and
she can stay at my place anytime!!


"The DragunLadee" wrote in message
news:YIMbd.184854$wV.119796@attbi_s54...

Suzanne wrote:

Hi everyone, I am a newbie. I want to buy the nVidia 6800 GT that my
boyfriend wants for his birthday, but there are so many
brands. What is the difference between them? Why are some more money

than
others when it looks like the same item? I did a
little hunting and the only thing I could find was some ppl said the

BFG
brand has a bad heatsink or something. I also looked
on newegg.com and saw that all the cards look the same, but the PNY

brand
doesn't show that has DirectX 9C, it only has
DirectX 9. Is this a concern? Please I'd like to hear from some of

you
and possibly find some comparisons and best values.
Thank you,

Susanna


First of all, you must be a REALLY good g/f in order to spend that

much
for your b/f for his b-day. Now, one of the differences is the
amount

of
vram that's onboard the card. The 6800GT comes in two main

flavors...one
that has 128mb of vram onboard, and one that comes with 256mb of vram
onboard. He really doesn't need the 256mb version, as none of
today's
games really take advantage of that much vram as of yet. Yes, don't

get
the BFG as it does indeed have a bad heatsink and fan, junk really.

All
of them support Directx9 (you can upgrade a card that doesn't come

with
9c
quite easily). Personally if it were me, I'd go with the asus card

that
newegg has. It's the best deal for the money IMO, but if he insists
on
having one of the more expensive cards, PNY is a good brand as well
as
EVGA. I also wouldn't go with a chaintech or gainward either, as the
performance on those cards tends to be less than that of some of the
others that are supposed to be the "same quality".



I suppose if she really wants her b/f to have nothing but problems,
then
she should go ahead and get the BFG, but I certainly wouldn't.


I bought the BFG 6800 Ultra OC from NewEgg. It has worked great and has
lifetime warranty,
BUT I have heard some strange noises coming and going from my case (about

2
weeks ago). It sounds like something was hitting a fan inside. I coundn;t
pinpoint it but i guess it could be the heatsink/fan problem people are
talking about...
It hasn't happened for over a week now and everything seems to be running
fine. I probably should have saved the $$$ and bought a GT but I had the
$
and didn't do as much research as I should have...
BFG does have a lifetime warranty if you go that route.
Also you asked about DVI. The new cards usually come with a DVI to VGA

(old
crt style) adapter so don't worry if you don't have an LCD monitor.
MJ






  #18  
Old October 20th 04, 01:51 AM
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Chip wrote:
"paking" wrote in message
. com...


I had the same problem with something hitting my fan as well. It
turned out to be a cockroach!


You had a cockroach in your PC???!??! Yuk. Makes me - for once -
glad I live in cold, damp & rainy England. It may be cold an wet,
but at least its roach-free!


Heh, that's where the term "debug" came from in the first place when
computers were rooms full of vaccuum tubes with exposed wiring. Bugs would
get into the works and cause electrical havoc.

dvus


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Old October 20th 04, 03:13 AM
Vu
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"dvus" wrote in message
...
Chip wrote:
"paking" wrote in message
. com...


I had the same problem with something hitting my fan as well. It
turned out to be a cockroach!


You had a cockroach in your PC???!??! Yuk. Makes me - for once -
glad I live in cold, damp & rainy England. It may be cold an wet,
but at least its roach-free!


Heh, that's where the term "debug" came from in the first place when
computers were rooms full of vaccuum tubes with exposed wiring. Bugs would
get into the works and cause electrical havoc.


See:
http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/...mputer_bug.htm
http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/..._bug_large.htm
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/cs...bjects/bug.htm

Apparently it was a moth in a relay switch...

Vu.


 




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