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Old 12-19-2008, 01:56 PM
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holy crap was i pissed after i thought i blew out my nvidia geforce 8800. i was installing my new blue ray drive and i guess i got the 8800`s fan power cable loose. used pc for a wile not knowing the fan was OFF!!!! installed some stuff that needed a restart then boom a blank screen. i was like wtf? did i install a viruse? glanced at the 8800 saw the fan still. wtf i tuched the cooler and dam that **** was hot burnd my self a little and there was so much radiant heat coming off of it i was like holy ****. took the 8800 and ran to my AC to coooooool it. i was sure it was gone was so mad at my self too. installed it back in and amazingly it worked. no porblems so far. i hope it did not get to hurt.that thing was hot i thought it was ganna explode in my hand. that was my morning
 
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Old 12-19-2008, 02:21 PM
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I got two BFG's I'll sell ya.
 
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bfg? i may be in the market for a new vid card, i am building a htpc.
 
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BFG 8800GT x2
 
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Old 12-19-2008, 03:09 PM
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The 8800 is old, you need a new card anyway.
 
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Old 12-19-2008, 03:13 PM
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Your old X. I dont even overclock and I'm still kicking over 100fps in most games
 
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Old 12-19-2008, 03:34 PM
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ORIGINAL: TheX

The 8800 is old, you need a new card anyway.
I have a 800GTX and it still beats 99% of whats out today so :P
 
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Old 12-19-2008, 03:35 PM
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i got an 8800 hehe, i like it.
 
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BFG 8800GT x2
asking price?
 
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