His Hd 3870 Iceq3

[dario03]

If you can afford the 8800GT then definitely go for it. It's a better card in pretty much every respect. If the cooler is too loud there are quite a lot of aftermarket coolers that you could slap on there.

Isn't the 8800gts 512mb not much more money than a gt because of the mark up? And isn't a gts quiter? If so I would just get that since a good aftermarket cooler is a bit of cash.

However my guess is the OP's budget is lower than that so if he cares about noise then its a toss up for which one to go with...

 

[gurusan]

^ good point
Newegg.com - MSI NX8800GTS-T2D512E GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

If you can afford this card you'll be pretty impressed. For resolutions under 1680x1050 this is the best card out at the moment in my opinion.

 

[thirdshiftdj]

haha my budget was 225, then it went up to 250 now I'm close to 270. I need to stop somewhere. I think the ECS GT should do me well.

258 shipped
aftermarket cooling and no ugly green pcb

 

[Poizen22]

im gonna be buying an iceq3 3870

 

[Trotter]

I want this for my GFX cooler:
Thermaltake DuOrb CL-G0102

Vid of same thing, but for CPU:
YouTube - DuOrb CPU Sneak Preview

 

[Poizen22]

thats a sick cooler, i wonder how itl compare to the tuniq, and knowing thermaltake its gonna cost a fortune.

 

[gurusan]

TBH I can't see that Duo Orb being a good CPU cooler. The total surface area doesn't look like much in comparison with a TT Ultra 120 or Tuniq Tower

 

[thirdshiftdj]

Looks like it'll do a good job of cooling the ram but thats about it.