DH Review: Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT's (Asus, MSI, XFX, Zotac)

|2A|N · Nov 6, 2007, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bug77

True. Luckily for me, I'm in Canada atm, hunting for a sweet online deal.

And who's Zotac anyway? Never heard of them.

I doubt you will be finding any sweet deals soon and if you do happen to find one in stock be prepared to fork out more money. Newegg has already jacked up there EVGA SSC version by $20 was $309.99 now its $329.99 and the funny thing is you can get the same card at EVGA website for only $299.99

RobertBruce · Nov 6, 2007, 10:37 PM

Hm... is the zotac sold in north america? That looks like THE card to have.

Like others have said... those temps scare me!

mkk · Nov 7, 2007, 12:12 AM

Hot and noisy. Single slot cooling just doesn't work today.

Merkor · Nov 11, 2007, 11:21 AM

Thanks for the review!

I have a few questions regarding the 8800GT fans.

1. The Zotac AMP seems to have a different fan design. But what is it exactly up to, more fan blades, bigger fan, more/less noise...?

2. How loud is it comparing to the reference card's fan. Does it ramp up under load in a closed case?

3. What kind of temperatures are you getting with the Zotac AMP card?

Thanks again!!

Greetings

***Veridian3*** · Nov 11, 2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Merkor

Thanks for the review!

I have a few questions regarding the 8800GT fans.

1. The Zotac AMP seems to have a different fan design. But what is it exactly up to, more fan blades, bigger fan, more/less noise...?

2. How loud is it comparing to the reference card's fan. Does it ramp up under load in a closed case?

3. What kind of temperatures are you getting with the Zotac AMP card?

Thanks again!!

Greetings

HI,

The Zotac has a couple of extra blades but is a similar size. Noise levels were the same for all of the cards we tested apart from when the system was posting, at that time the XFX and asus went to full speed for a few seconds.

I have the Zotac running in a case at the moment (cooler master cosmos) and I never hear it. Temperatures are about 60c idle. Up to 85c load.

Nov 6, 2007, 10:37 PM	#32
RobertBruce HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 259 Rep Power: 46 System Specs	Hm... is the zotac sold in north america? That looks like THE card to have. Like others have said... those temps scare me!

Nov 7, 2007, 12:12 AM	#33
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Hot and noisy. Single slot cooling just doesn't work today.

Nov 11, 2007, 11:21 AM	#34
Merkor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the review! I have a few questions regarding the 8800GT fans. 1. The Zotac AMP seems to have a different fan design. But what is it exactly up to, more fan blades, bigger fan, more/less noise...? 2. How loud is it comparing to the reference card's fan. Does it ramp up under load in a closed case? 3. What kind of temperatures are you getting with the Zotac AMP card? Thanks again!! Greetings