Msi Nx8800gt

[jcortes]

first: Where can i find this card, is it even out yet? on the msi site it doesnt have a buy link or anything.

second: i noticed that the new 8800 GT cards are pci-e 2.0 so my question is what exactly does that mean and will the cards be backwards compatible with my current motherboard an ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe i checked the asus site and found no info.

any help would be greatly appreciated. tia.

 

[advancedgeek]

yes it is out and the 8800gt performs faster than 8800 gts 320mb and is cheaper. PCI-E 2.0 is the next gen interface but I'm not sure if any motherboard supports it natively yet. I think 8800GT will do fine on your motherboard.

 

[b1gapl]

Graphic cards supporting PCIe 2.0, are backwards compatible with PCIe 1.1.

 

[veedubfreak]

You'll be fine. EVERY SLI board on the market right now is only pci-e 1.1, er well the recent boards. Currently the only pci-e 2.0 baords are x38 boards and they only support crossfire. The 8800gt works perfectly fine on anything that supports pci-e 1.1.

 

[jcortes]

now i just need to find where to buy it. i hear that a lot of the 8800gt's are on back order and stuff and i find links and stuff to order them when they come in for all the other cards accept the nx8800gt.

 

[b1gapl]

Some of the 8800GTs will restock this week, at newegg. Sometime between 11/15-11/19.

 

[jcortes]

One more question, I read one benchmark review that said the msi nx8800gt was one of the better cards of the 8800gt's what are your takes on that.

 

[b1gapl]

In my opinion, any 8800GT will work. An 8800GT is an 8800GT. Though the preferred brand for Nvidia cards are EVGA or XFX, because of their warranty service and quality.

 

[veg1992]

its probably because that MSI was a superclocked card.. but you can always get the cheapest one.. and do it yourself..

 

[Sora]

MSI usually have the cheapest normal clocked Nvidia cards out there, them and Foxconn. MSI is very good for cards though too.