I got myself a pre-owned ASUS 8800GT 512MB G92 graphics card two days ago. Having to drive about 90kms in total to get the card from the owner, I still think the price was worth every single dollar I spent. Although it’s not manufactured anymore, I think it’s ridiculous having to spend an extra hundred or so to get a slightly superior/newer 9800GT card which I would probably not utilise to its maximum potential with my Q6600 CPU. Even if I ended up paying the same amount of money to get the 9500GT, I think the performance of the ASUS 8800GT 512MB will be much superior. It is, afterall, a popular card amongst gamers. Do not be mistaken however, I’m no gamer.
However, I stuffed up my PC on the same night I got the graphics card. To cut the long story short, I encountered an error after uninstalling some applications two nights ago when I was installing the card, so I ended up NOT testing the card only until a couple of hours ago (which turned out that the card works brilliantly, FYI) after my bro managed to help me fix my PC. I almost resorted to reformat the whole PC, which I didn’t, obviously.
I tested the card briefly with the games I’ve been playing lately: Mirror’s Edge (16x AA), Devil May Cry 4 (maxed out), FIFA 09 (maxed out), Need For Speed: Undercover (4x AA) and Call of Duty 4 (maxed out) . All turned out perfect except for NFS Undercover which is rather surprising because the graphics is not exactly the best compared to the rest but still runs a little laggy. I suspect it’s the game’s fault because there are heaps of them out there with performance problems with the game.
Anyways, on to the pictures:
The box (which is huge, by the way)
Even comes with a leather CD booklet and an original Company of Heroes game.
Size comparison between ASUS 8800GT and Nokia N95.
Size comparison between Galaxy 8600GT and Nokia N95.
Pardon the quality of the shots, I was really excited when I took the photos. Alright, time to catch up on lost sleep.
Watch that UV Index today too:
UV Alert: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme] Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH Hills: HIGHMonday Fine. Windy morning. Min 18 Max 35 Tuesday Dry. Hot. Min 20 Max 37 Wednesday Dry. Very hot. Min 22 Max 39 Thursday Dry. Very hot. Min 24 Max 40 Friday Fine. Humid. Min 21 Max 34 Saturday Fine. Cooler. Min 14 Max 27
Have a HOT week ahead, Western Australians.
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great graphic card
my Q6600 works great with 8800GT