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Ok gurus need a little help
OEM8800GTS dying and would prefer a single slot 9 inch card Seems the 9800GT would be closest to buy. What's a good brand/manufacturer? Really not familiar with any of them. If I have to get dual slot then please also recommend Budget less than $200 Only game is MS FSX Thanks Bill |
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"Bill" wrote in message ...
Ok gurus need a little help OEM8800GTS dying and would prefer a single slot 9 inch card Seems the 9800GT would be closest to buy. What's a good brand/manufacturer? Really not familiar with any of them. If I have to get dual slot then please also recommend Budget less than $200 Only game is MS FSX Thanks Bill My 9800 GT uses a single slot. Checking what company made it is too inconvenient to do now. I've been considering an upgrade to a GT 240 - somewhat more performance at about half the power, and still uses a single slot. You may want to check here to compare some Nvidia cards: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html Note that there are some that, although they plug into a single slot, are tall enough to block access to the next slot. Robert Miles |
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Thanks for the info will check link
Bill "Robert Miles" wrote in message ... "Bill" wrote in message ... Ok gurus need a little help OEM8800GTS dying and would prefer a single slot 9 inch card Seems the 9800GT would be closest to buy. What's a good brand/manufacturer? Really not familiar with any of them. If I have to get dual slot then please also recommend Budget less than $200 Only game is MS FSX Thanks Bill My 9800 GT uses a single slot. Checking what company made it is too inconvenient to do now. I've been considering an upgrade to a GT 240 - somewhat more performance at about half the power, and still uses a single slot. You may want to check here to compare some Nvidia cards: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html Note that there are some that, although they plug into a single slot, are tall enough to block access to the next slot. Robert Miles |
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On 30/08/2010 3:15 AM, Bill wrote:
Thanks for the info will check link Bill "Robert Miles" wrote in message ... "Bill" wrote in message ... Ok gurus need a little help OEM8800GTS dying and would prefer a single slot 9 inch card Seems the 9800GT would be closest to buy. What's a good brand/manufacturer? Really not familiar with any of them. If I have to get dual slot then please also recommend Budget less than $200 Only game is MS FSX Thanks Bill My 9800 GT uses a single slot. Checking what company made it is too inconvenient to do now. I've been considering an upgrade to a GT 240 - somewhat more performance at about half the power, and still uses a single slot. You may want to check here to compare some Nvidia cards: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html Note that there are some that, although they plug into a single slot, are tall enough to block access to the next slot. Robert Miles My XFX GT 240 is a double slot profile, so you might want to double check before you commit to buy. http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/g...s/240GT.aspx#2 -- -- /Tazz |
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On 8/29/2010 5:34 AM, Bill wrote:
Ok gurus need a little help OEM8800GTS dying and would prefer a single slot 9 inch card Seems the 9800GT would be closest to buy. What's a good brand/manufacturer? Really not familiar with any of them. If I have to get dual slot then please also recommend Budget less than $200 Only game is MS FSX Thanks Bill XFX made excellent 9800GT's with late revision boards and custom HSF's that are both quiet and efficient. A 9800GT is the most straight across replacement for an 8800GTS, be it the 512 or older 320/640 versions. The newer style 9800GT boards you see here are far more efficient than the original 8800GT style PCB's that came out; shorter and less power use. http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/g...es/9800GT.aspx |
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"Tazz" wrote in message ... On 30/08/2010 3:15 AM, Bill wrote: Thanks for the info will check link Bill "Robert Miles" wrote in message ... "Bill" wrote in message ... Ok gurus need a little help OEM8800GTS dying and would prefer a single slot 9 inch card Seems the 9800GT would be closest to buy. What's a good brand/manufacturer? Really not familiar with any of them. If I have to get dual slot then please also recommend Budget less than $200 Only game is MS FSX Thanks Bill My 9800 GT uses a single slot. Checking what company made it is too inconvenient to do now. I've been considering an upgrade to a GT 240 - somewhat more performance at about half the power, and still uses a single slot. You may want to check here to compare some Nvidia cards: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html Note that there are some that, although they plug into a single slot, are tall enough to block access to the next slot. Robert Miles My XFX GT 240 is a double slot profile, so you might want to double check before you commit to buy. http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/g...s/240GT.aspx#2 -- -- /Tazz Is that double slot in the sense of actually plugging to two slots, which I cannot handle, or in the sense of plugging into one slot but being tall enough to block access to a second slot, which I may be able to handle depending on which side? I haven't found a local source for GT 240 cards, so it looks like I may have to order one online to make sure it will fit. Robert Miles |
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On 31/08/2010 1:34 AM, Robert Miles wrote:
wrote in message ... On 30/08/2010 3:15 AM, Bill wrote: Thanks for the info will check link Bill "Robert wrote in message ... wrote in message ... Ok gurus need a little help OEM8800GTS dying and would prefer a single slot 9 inch card Seems the 9800GT would be closest to buy. What's a good brand/manufacturer? Really not familiar with any of them. If I have to get dual slot then please also recommend Budget less than $200 Only game is MS FSX Thanks Bill My 9800 GT uses a single slot. Checking what company made it is too inconvenient to do now. I've been considering an upgrade to a GT 240 - somewhat more performance at about half the power, and still uses a single slot. You may want to check here to compare some Nvidia cards: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html Note that there are some that, although they plug into a single slot, are tall enough to block access to the next slot. Robert Miles My XFX GT 240 is a double slot profile, so you might want to double check before you commit to buy. http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/g...s/240GT.aspx#2 -- -- /Tazz Is that double slot in the sense of actually plugging to two slots, which I cannot handle, or in the sense of plugging into one slot but being tall enough to block access to a second slot, which I may be able to handle depending on which side? I haven't found a local source for GT 240 cards, so it looks like I may have to order one online to make sure it will fit. Robert Miles I only plugs into one slot but the heat-sink and fan blocks the slot next to (under) it. Also, on my card anyway, you don't need any additional power connectors. Just plug it into the slot and your good to go. -- -- /Tazz |
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On 31/08/2010 1:34 AM, Robert Miles wrote:
wrote in message ... On 30/08/2010 3:15 AM, Bill wrote: Thanks for the info will check link Bill "Robert wrote in message ... wrote in message ... Ok gurus need a little help OEM8800GTS dying and would prefer a single slot 9 inch card Seems the 9800GT would be closest to buy. What's a good brand/manufacturer? Really not familiar with any of them. If I have to get dual slot then please also recommend Budget less than $200 Only game is MS FSX Thanks Bill My 9800 GT uses a single slot. Checking what company made it is too inconvenient to do now. I've been considering an upgrade to a GT 240 - somewhat more performance at about half the power, and still uses a single slot. You may want to check here to compare some Nvidia cards: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html Note that there are some that, although they plug into a single slot, are tall enough to block access to the next slot. Robert Miles My XFX GT 240 is a double slot profile, so you might want to double check before you commit to buy. http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/g...s/240GT.aspx#2 -- -- /Tazz Is that double slot in the sense of actually plugging to two slots, which I cannot handle, or in the sense of plugging into one slot but being tall enough to block access to a second slot, which I may be able to handle depending on which side? I haven't found a local source for GT 240 cards, so it looks like I may have to order one online to make sure it will fit. Robert Miles My news reader shows my last reply as blank, no text. So I'll re-reply just in case. It only plugs into one slot but the heat-sink and fan blocks the slot next to (under) it. Also, on my card anyway, you don't need any additional power connectors. Just plug it into the slot and your good to go. -- /Tazz |
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Tazz,
Also, on my card anyway, you don't need any additional power connectors. I seen somewhere that the cards you referenced require at least a 350 watt p/s. My news reader shows my last reply as blank, no text. Both of your replies got posted. What happens is these usenet newsgroups messages get posted to a server, but sometimes take a few minutes to get updated. You might have connects AS the update occurred, and then got only partial msg. Try updating msg's in this folder, and it should show up. |
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"deimos" deimos@localhost wrote in message ... On 8/29/2010 5:34 AM, Bill wrote: Ok gurus need a little help OEM8800GTS dying and would prefer a single slot 9 inch card Seems the 9800GT would be closest to buy. What's a good brand/manufacturer? Really not familiar with any of them. If I have to get dual slot then please also recommend Budget less than $200 Only game is MS FSX Thanks Bill XFX made excellent 9800GT's with late revision boards and custom HSF's that are both quiet and efficient. A 9800GT is the most straight across replacement for an 8800GTS, be it the 512 or older 320/640 versions. The newer style 9800GT boards you see here are far more efficient than the original 8800GT style PCB's that came out; shorter and less power use. http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/g...es/9800GT.aspx Thanks for that I will go with the XFX9800GT since its one slot Bill |
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