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Ted S.

Ted S.

Joined on 12/16/04

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Solid card

Galaxy GeForce 9800 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 98TFF6HXXEXZ Low Power Edition
Galaxy GeForce 9800 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 98TFF6HXXEXZ Low Power Edition

Pros: Runs cool if it gets some air flow. Needs no power connections. Uses less power then the 8800GTS it replaces and is as fast or faster. Smaller then 8800GTS. Light weight. Cheap. Sound through HDMI cable if you have HDCP mobo with on board SPDIF (I am using Asus P5Q SE2).

Cons: Docs dont say you need HDCP mobo to get sound out of HDMI cable so I pulled my hair out for days getting it to work. Their tech support didn't know either. Never got though to their phone support. Only got one email a day through their email support.

Overall Review: I hope low power cards become common. I will buy them from now on. I have a cool running PC that will play games but without all heat build up and expensive power supply. Get LCD instead of Plasma or you will have to worry about burn-in. I noticed that the BIOS boot screen starts to burn in day one on my 55 inch plasma :(