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Manivan N.

Manivan N.

Joined on 10/28/06

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Most Favorable Review

Great price

BFG Tech GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card BFGE981024GX2E
BFG Tech GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card BFGE981024GX2E

Pros: The card is strong ,and 2 of them is fantasic. I get upto 350fps in cod4 at max on 1680x1050. Also YOU DONT need that big of a power supply, its recommended but i only have a 750w with a powerful 60amp and i run 920i7 @ 3.4ghz with 2 of these in quad and its still more than enough power.

Cons: The package came a day late, and it was damaged. neweggs box was fine but the 9800 box was awful. It had puncture holes in it and it was torn on the side. I open it up and even the papers inside were all crumpled and torn.

Overall Review: Atleast it worked though.

Most Critical Review

To Sensitive!

EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I always like EVGa thats why i got this board. It booted up nice and seems to work fine.

Cons: My memory is rated at 7-7-7-20@1600 . it shows it at 9-9-9-20@ 1066 and every time i try to change it, it blue screens when getting into windows. I cant overclock my cpu over 20x170(3.4ghz)and turbo on makes it 3.56ghz but if i go higher Again it blue screens. :(

Overall Review: Very fusterating board and components you need to run. My memory showed 4gig and not 6gig.Fixed that at least.I love to overclock and i bought a cpu cooler thats bigger than a powersupply box. Its so big i cant even close my case(VigormonsoonIII) It runz my cpu at no more than 20c ever.Even at 1.3v @ 3.5ghz its at 19c idle.But what makes me sad is now i have the cooling to overclock and i cant get over 3.6ghz. Ive gotten the blue screen atleast 20 times in the last 3 days. So i gave up for now and put it on dummy OC . im at like 14c now woopdedoo. The ram says its specificaly made for i7(OCZ)1600@7-7-7-20 but fails to live up to the x58. I need help! This is alot slower in games . my dual core at 4ghz got me like 50fps in cod4 than this at 3.4ghz. Im going to update the bois i guess and see if that fixes anything. HELP!

RED?!!

EVGA GeForce GTX 285 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 01G-P3-1180-AR
EVGA GeForce GTX 285 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 01G-P3-1180-AR

Pros: This is my second card. I am amazed on how good these do in dx10 with AA all the way up. There isnt one game out there that i cant play at MAX EVERYTHING at 1920x1080p full AA. Nothing will make it go under 24FPS. I get 30-40 FPS in crysis 8xAA max quality. I avg. 94FPS on farcry2 8xAA ultra. This in SLI is AMAZING!!

Cons: I get a worse 3dmark 06 score with 2 of these over my quad sli 9800gx2s. I only can get a 22,500 vs 23,700 with my quadSLI. I use a quad i7 @ 4ghz too. It also seems that it doesnt do DX9 games as well as 9series card. Cod4 i also lost 50FPS at max but i was getting around 400. When i put it to medium zero AA i get 1000FPS in COD4 with the Quad SLI.

Overall Review: NOW THIS IS WEIRD , did any one else get a RED one . my second card is red??!! I didnt know they came in red?!!! I didnt think i could SLI a black one and a red one . O well it all works fine though and am very happy!! I ordered it at 7am on monday and got it noon on tuesday . NICE!!!

Whats Your Highest OC!!

Intel Core i7-920 - Core i7 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 1366 130W Processor - BX80601920
Intel Core i7-920 - Core i7 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 1366 130W Processor - BX80601920

Pros: I posted a while back when i got this cpu and oc'd it to 4.545Ghz at 1.65volts . I was using air cooling with a VigormonsoonIII cpu cooler and my temps never went over 40c!

Cons: NONE!

Overall Review: I cant get over 4.22ghz when doing the 3dmark06 test and got it to 4.31ghz on the passmark 7.0 test. my CPU score was a 6991 on 3dmark06 and my CPU score was 9012 on passmark. Tell me what you guys can get. CPUZ-ID#505013 Xfire-nos3 . Ive even tried 1.75volts but it wont go into 4.6ghz. Not recommended to go past 1.5v , be careful ;)

F.T.W. is truly a win

EVGA 896-P3-1173-AR GeForce GTX 275 FTW Edition 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Supported Video Card
EVGA 896-P3-1173-AR GeForce GTX 275 FTW Edition 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Supported Video Card

Pros: I bought 2x GTX285 SC /675/2600+ and seeing this come out is very close to my cards. everything the previous review is correct as the gtx275 F.T.W will compete in every game with in frames of what my cards do for 100 dollars less.

Cons: The gtx 275 is 100 cheaper than my gtx285 as i am commenting in this 275 post , this is a con for me. Also if you dont buy a SSC or F.T.W of the 285 , this 275FTW will be as fast or faster than a gtx285.

Overall Review: I also had 2x 9800gx2s in Quad SLI and those did awful in all DX10 games with AA on. I was getting 20fps with them in farcry2 at max and now with the gtx200 series i get 70-130FPS at DX10 8xAA ultra settings. Buying a GTX275-or 285 you wont be disappointed in dx10games and try to stay away from Dual GPU cards(9800gx2-gtx295)as theres always driver issues and 1 of the gpus wont run in some games . Stick with single gpu! I wish i would have bought the 275s now, in all honesty 896mb VS 1024mb (900vs-1000) your paying almost a dollar more for 1mb!! if you buy gtx285. I know down the road games will use more memory and im glad i have it,just in case.

F.T.W. is truly a win

EVGA 896-P3-1173-AR GeForce GTX 275 FTW Edition 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Supported Video Card
EVGA 896-P3-1173-AR GeForce GTX 275 FTW Edition 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Supported Video Card

Pros: I bought 2x GTX285 SC /675/2600+ and seeing this come out is very close to my cards. everything the previous review is correct as the gtx275 F.T.W will compete in every game with in frames of what my cards do for 100 dollars less.

Cons: The gtx 275 is 100 cheaper than my gtx285 as i am commenting in this 275 post , this is a con for me. Also if you dont buy a SSC or F.T.W of the 285 , this 275FTW will be as fast or faster than a gtx285.

Overall Review: I also had 2x 9800gx2s in Quad SLI and those did awful in all DX10 games with AA on. I was getting 20fps with them in farcry2 at max and now with the gtx200 series i get 70-130FPS at DX10 8xAA ultra settings. Buying a GTX275-or 285 you wont be disappointed in dx10games and try to stay away from Dual GPU cards(9800gx2-gtx295)as theres always driver issues and 1 of the gpus wont run in some games . Stick with single gpu! I wish i would have bought the 275s now, in all honesty 896mb VS 1024mb (900vs-1000) your paying almost a dollar more for 1mb!! if you buy gtx285. I know down the road games will use more memory and im glad i have it,just in case.