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John H.

John H.

Joined on 03/02/06

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Most Favorable Review

3DMark06 = 7682 in SLI

BFG Tech GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGR88768GTXOCWCE
BFG Tech GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGR88768GTXOCWCE

Pros: Super high quality video, way fast, runs extremely cool if you plumb it right. DX10 and Vista ready. BFG stands solidly behind these, and will rma replace a faulty board in a heartbeat. Never had a faulty BFG product, though.

Cons: Difficult to plumb SLI because you have to install them, measure for the connecting tube, then uninstall and the big Danger Den water block, well, blocks the slot release lever to the point you can't hardly reach it. They use a lot of power too, a 550W from the 7900 SLI days isn't enough ps.

Overall Review: I run the big Swiftech 655 pump which is an extremely high volume pump and feed GPU1 off a Y from the external radiator (other Y output goes to CPU) and its been watertight and trouble free. Both cards run at around 50 degrees C thanks to the pumps high flow rate.

Amazing SLI Performance

BFG Tech GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGR88768GTXOCWCE
BFG Tech GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGR88768GTXOCWCE

Pros: Super high performance, BFG has pre-overclocked these and they are rock solid reliable. I have two installed in a water cooled machine and the 3DMark scores are amazing.

Cons: None

Overall Review: These are WATER COOLED. You must install a water cooling system to use these cards. In an nVidia SLI-ready motherboard this is the only configuration capable of playing Vanguard at 100% graphics settings.

12/19/2007

Lot of bits for few dollars

MOTOROLA SB5120 Surfboard Cable Modem 38Mbps Downstream, 30Mbps Upstream USB and Ethernet 10/100Base-T DOCSIS 2.0/1.1
MOTOROLA SB5120 Surfboard Cable Modem 38Mbps Downstream, 30Mbps Upstream USB and Ethernet 10/100Base-T DOCSIS 2.0/1.1

Pros: Replaced my old 5100 with no more than switching lan plugs, plugging it in, and calling cable modem folks to have them send the provisioning file to it. And its noticeably faster than the 5100 was.

Cons: What could I complain about? It was low cost, easy to install, and performs great.

Overall Review: I have a business cable account, with guarenteed symetrical bandwidth beyond the normal hookup. I think the 5120 is taking more advantage of it than the 5100 did.

12/10/2007