Gigabyte Geforce 8400GS :(

[lord_spaceman]

Alright, so I finally built my awesome new PC this weekend. Unfortunately I wished I budgeted for a better GPU as it's ***.

The Gigabyte Gefore 8400GS vs Price is good, but the card ain't too good. It doesn't have a fan on it (just the heatsink) and runs at a crazy +-60 Degrees Celcius before you've even played a game.

It runs Unreal Tournament 3, Crysis and C&C3 (not too well, but it runs), but after 5 - 10 mins or so of playing the card causes my system to get a BSOD or freeze.

Why didn't these chops put a fan on the card? It would actually be a semi-decent card if it didn't have cooling issues.

I'm looking at spend much more cash on a GPU now. Something like a XFX nVidia GeForce 8600GT Extreme Edition - 256MB - PCI-E.

Current Specs:
Asus P5N32-E SLI Deluxe Mobo
Intel Core2Duo 3.0Ghz (E6850)
2GB DDRII 800Mhz RAM
250GB Seagate SATAII HDD
Gigabyte Geforce 8400GS (not recommended)
Windows XP

 

[killadoob]

dude im glad you asked us this time

http://www.prophecy.co.za/ and buy the ati 3850 for around 1.8k

i bought it and the image quality performance and price is awesome

do not touch the 8600 series

 

[lord_spaceman]

do not touch the 8600 series

How come? What's so bad about it?

 

[killadoob]

for the amount of money they suck ass

 

[jsxza]

How come? What's so bad about it?

I have an XFX 8600GT XXX Edition and even though its not bad(it can do crysis on medium with some settings on high when overclocked to the max) you will get MUCH better value for money with the Radeon 3850.

Forking out the extra bux for the radeon is really worth it as its even faster than overclocked 8600GTS cards that still sell for more than R 2000

 

[f4ntom]

Gid da Radeon

 

[supersunbird]

Get the Radeon, no doubt.

 

[nocilah]

when i bought my new rig a couple of months ago I hadnt even heard of XFX cards - i think i even asked your guys oppinion and the majority said XFX.

Great brand, good solid card. Sorry to hear about your cruddy deal spaceman. If you do get another card, why dont you see how far you can overclock your fanless 8400GS?

Mebbe you can overclock it and run Crysis on max? You know for fun and all?

 

[supersunbird]

Mebbe you can overclock it and run Crysis on max? You know for fun and all?

Dude, he is already complaining it overheats and crashes...

Anyway, hows the cooling in your case spaceman? The reason the chops didn't put a fan on the card is because some people want them like that, you know, for silent computing and low noise workstations?

 

[HavocXphere]

do not touch the 8600 series

Schweet timing with that advice. I was about to buy one like tomorrow or so.

C&C3 (not too well, but it runs), but after 5 - 10 mins or so of playing the card causes my system to get a BSOD

I'd say take it back and complain asap. My dads old Radeon 9250 (AGP) plays C&C3 just fine (on 1024x768 admittedly). And thats like R700 card bought a few years ago. So a new card should manage without heat issues and BSODs.

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

Dude, he is already complaining it overheats and crashes...

You should have quoted his whole post. He said after he gets a new card he could try OC'ing it to death for fun, those cards are hardly worth anything anyway.