http://www.evga.com/forums/(c) EVGA Forums30Would this work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103644&cm_re=Socket_AM2-_-19-103-644-_-Product[/http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=242038Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:12:43 GMTI would not worry about it. An 8800GT does not come close to x8 bandwidth, you will not see any performance loss.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241836Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:22:01 GMTI'm having a problem with one of my 8800gt sc's. The link width on the primary card is stuck at 8x, disabling sli does nothing. nor does upping the pci-e clock to 101mhz. I know it's the card because I swapped my other 8800 in the same slot as the otherhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241764Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:49:20 GMT As long as the other card is an 8800GT, it will work in SLI with your card. However, the clock speeds of your slowest card will be used. You should be able to easily overclock your setup back to thehttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241217Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:19:20 GMTWell, i recently bought an EVGA Geforce 8400gs 512mb PCIe and when i plug the monitor to it, nothing show on the monitor and when i try to install the driver(the cd that came with the graphic card and i also download the drivers from evga.com) it say "thhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241134Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:28:13 GMTThank you. The noob has been educated. dandyhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241031Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:08:02 GMTwell i got through to a rep and he told me to RMA it, but i got precision and i put my fan speed at 70percent and it seems to keep it below 65 degrees. I played dragon age for about 1 1/2 hours in windowed mode and it seemed to be fine, Im thinking it ishttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240852Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:05:08 GMTyea, this is the longest ive ever had a single card in my system (3 and a half years coming up soon) last card i had before that was a 6800... lol.. anyways.. one of the guys makes a good point, keep the card until it doesnt run the game i play anymore.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240715Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:33:18 GMTThat indeed may be a failing PSU. I thought you were saying it happens at the same time over an over. What you are describing sounds like it's PSU related.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240416Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:24:38 GMTmb: evga 680i sli cpu: intel q6600 quad 2.4 ram: 2gig dominator ddr2 gpu: evga 8800gtx x2 (SLI) p/s: ocz gamerxstream 750w SLI-ready o/s: vista 32b drivers: nvidia 196.21 I happens when I overhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240404Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:19:18 GMTYour PSU may be suffering form capacitor aging, but if it's always shutting down at the same point and the incident is repeatable, that usually points to a software bug or issue. What are the complete specs of your PC and is anything overclocked?http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240261Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:59:42 GMTcool, thanks man! in bad company 2 they are running around 65-70c using evga-precision. My system shuts down when a round ends tho, you think the power supply isnt good enough? I have OCZ-750w xtstreamgamer SLI-approved, it is 2.3 years old.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240249Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:55:29 GMT As long as the other card is an 8800GT, it will work in SLI with your card. However, the clock speeds of your slowest card will be used. You should be able to easily overclock your setup back to the Superclocked Speeds using Prehttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240230Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:52:01 GMTAnywhere up to about 85C is really normal for those cards. If the temps are peaking over 90C under load, I'd take them out and try blowing the dust out of the heat sink and fan and maybe changing the thermal compound for the GPU. The cards thermal threshhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240223Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:49:37 GMTMake sure your case has good air flow. Is this the same problem you had with the original card? If so, it might be another problem with your system. What are your complete system specs?http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240215Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:49 GMTwhat is safe temps for evga 8800gtx in sli? at what temp will shut down system and could cause damage?http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=240175Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:30:54 GMT SLI Questions Answeredhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=239838Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:58:43 GMTAs long as the other card is an 8800GT, it will work in SLI with your card. However, the clock speeds of your slowest card will be used. You should be able to easily overclock your setup back to the Superclocked Speeds using Precision though.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=239804Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:21 GMTi did a stress test with furmark after i brought up the fan speed etc and it got to about 82 degrees then it froze and got the green dots again.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=239511Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:07:14 GMTHowdy all, I am a first time poster. I am wondering if there is a list that shows the compatibilty of the EVGA video cards in SLI mode. I have this card 512-P3-N802-AR, and I am wondering how compatible it is with similar chttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=239468Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:31:33 GMTProblem solved, no video, black screen and Asus P5B Deluxe Wi-fi Mobo beeping one long and three short beeps means that the video card 8800GTX has given up. Replaced the card with another one and everything is up and running again. Cheers, Carehttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=239382Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:28:04 GMTthanks for the info, I was hoping to find out more info why the system is shuting down. have you ever heard of this happening before? So you are saying the temps on the cards are ok(yes these are #'s in bad company 2), my 2gigs of ram is low but ishttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=239308Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:43:01 GMTNo it's not a dumb question. It looks like your temps are fine but that assumes those are the readings while under 3D gaming conditions. First of all I'll advise you that not all of your ram (to include the ram on the video cards) will be used in ahttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=239092Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:49:17 GMTis this a dumb question? no one has any info that could help in this situation? it must be the power supply huh, I am wondering why bcuz it said it was an SLI approved p/s any help would be greatly appreciated!http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=239032Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:13:39 GMTi recieved the new card via rma on march 10th, soo its not old at all haha, ill try your suggestions tonight:)http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=238710Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:02:14 GMT This is what my 8800 GTX was doing, is this cad new? if not get ready to put your chefs hat on cause your going to make some video card cookies!http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=238708Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:01:06 GMTYeah I would say 385 is the right temp, and like everyone says add some extra cooling, I baked my GTX 768 for exactly 8 min at 385, dont worry if you see a little smoke thats just the solder melting and then added a stock intel P4 fan. I gethttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=238703Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:56:00 GMTWell thanks for all the info guys. Glad to know that somethings not wrong with my cards. I'm happy with them at 630 anyways, sure helps BFBC2 especially all their problems they have w the game *atm Now all i need is a little help w myhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=238103Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:23:30 GMTDownload precision. http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=135595 Turn the fan to 60%, or more and apply it. Does it still happen? If so, movhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237922Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:39:41 GMTno, its single dots in a grid pattern, and it only happens playing during dragon age, the screen freezes with the dots on the screen. i restart it and theres no problem with the screen.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237724Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:51:35 GMT630 still isn't a bad overclock for SLI'd 8800 640s. Mine max around 675 in SLI (673 I believe). I too OC them when playing BFBC2 to keep things smooth enough at 1080p (2xAA, 25-60fps), but they've done fine OC'd to only 608 or so for that. You've got ahttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237514Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:58:56 GMTThis ? http://i44.tinypic.com/wj6eko.jpghttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237501Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:52:16 GMThttp://i42.tinypic.com/qrhhxf.jpghttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237498Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:50:30 GMTThis happened to me while Playing CoD 6... http://i44.tinypic.com/wj6eko.jpghttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237496Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:49:14 GMTrig: mb: evga 680i sli cpu: intel q6600 quad 2.4 ram: 2gig dominator ddr2 gpu: evga 8800gtx x2 (SLI) p/s: ocz gamerxstream 750w SLI-ready o/s: vista 32b drivers: nvidia 196.21 running bfbc2 single card on mhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237491Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:48:03 GMTI have 2 8800GT's and both had aftermarket sinks, both ran very cool, one died after 2 years, the other is still going strong. The expected life for a video card is 2-4 years on average. By saying that an aftermarket sink increases life that would implyhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237384Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:49:19 GMTSorry, I've always thought heat=#1 killer of PC parts. Therefore this aftermarket cooling procedure would lower the cards temperatures versus stock thus prolonging its life. Is that theory not correct?? Thanks for the info on evga cards. I'll be purhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237368Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:42:21 GMTAll he did was apply an aftermarket heatsink, it doesn't really improve the life of the card at all, just makes temps lower and improve overclocking headroom. EVGA will warranty cards with aftermarket sinks, but you must remove the aftermarket sinkshttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237349Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:31:41 GMT8800 users check this out! I still run mine in a secondary PC. Do this to get those card temps down. Guide is here: http://www.emuxhaven.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237335Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:27:57 GMTYou can try the EVGA GPU Voltage Tuner. Not sure if your card is supported but maybe try bumping up your volts a hair to get a little more juice. http://www.evga.com/forum..hive/tm.ashttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237332Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:26:16 GMTwell that makes plenty of sense considering its the same for cpu's. I was hoping for another way to boost it a little higher but if thats it then theres nothing more to do except by a 295! LOL i wish my broke ass could afford one. Anyways thanks for thehttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237268Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:57:07 GMTTemps don't mean higher overclock, if your card can only go so high, then that's how high it can go. No two cards are the same. Just because some people can pull 700mhz, doesn't mean you could even get to 600mhz. Find your max overclock, whethhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237168Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:08:26 GMTSo I recently downloaded EVGA precision and have been overclocking my 8800 GTS 640mb to keep up with BFBC2. My specs of my comp are EVGA 790i ultra, q9550, mushkin 996601 (4gb), and (2) SLI'd 8800 gts 640mb. Everytime i OC these bad boys over 630 mhz ithttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=237156Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:01:06 GMTI think the best solution would be to return the card saying that it does not have a SPDIF connector. Buying a sound card doesn't change the fact that you still need a SPDIF so that was a useless suggestion. Just return it for refund and purchase ahttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=236970Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:38:54 GMT You can. Look at the first picture here http://www.evga.com/articles/378.asp The white 2-pin connector on the left of the SLI finger shouldhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=236947Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:28:20 GMTWell, didn´t want to wait 2 weeks and brought the 8800 gtx back home. Obviously not a PSU issue, bought a new Corsair 750W and same beeping with no video continues. I have one more old pc, but this video card is so long that it doesn't fit ... Hashttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=236892Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:07:22 GMTI have same kind of problem with my 8800 GTX, but instead of one beep I get one long and three short beeps. I just recently had to change my PSU from BeQuiet 850W to Zalman 850W. However everything seems to be powered in the motherboard (Asus P5B Dl wi-fhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=236351Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:48:16 GMTi notice your fan speed is at 51 % these cards run hot under normal conditions i beleive the fan default speed is 60% my card runs at 48-54 c but i run my fan @ 90% i would run the fan at a higher speed and watchhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=235464Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:36:01 GMTMobile cards do not have a fan. They rely on whatever fan the computer manufacturer put in the mobile chassis.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=235072Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:17:17 GMTPrecision never declared support for mobile and IGP systems. And never will.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=235052Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:00:04 GMT