BFG 880GTS OC review (BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC)

Member Name: Tom_C

Product:	BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC
Date:	26/02/09 (120 review reads)
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Advantages: good bang for your buck, plays all the latest games with ease

Disadvantages: Not the best gpu on the market

Today it seems like companies are releasing a bigger and better graphics card every single day. It can be very frustrating when you fork out lots of cash (around £450 to today's standard) for a top of the range graphics card. To be honest I really don't see the point in saving up that money a blowing it on that kind of graphics card when in the next week or so something better is going to be on the market and it leaves you wishing you would of waited. When I was looking for a graphics card over a year ago I decided it would be goo to go for a mid range gamers graphics card and I couldn't be happier with my choice. When this card first came out it was one of the best of its type. This card differs slightly to the stock one in how its built but the OC2 is exactly the same apart from its factory clocks are a little high. But that can soon be sorted by overclocking. Now i find that the best piece of software to do this on is rivatuner. When overclocking this card compared to the OC2 they both hit the same clocks so you may as well save a couple of quid and go for this one. Now this card was also one of the best cards of its type for overclocking, the core clock is 550Mhz and will go to 650Mhz and still be very stable. The card also kicks out a lot of heat but still keeps fairly cool. This card will even run all the direct x10 games comfortable, from my experience it easily runs crysis and GTA 4. Installation of this gpu is like any other, you simply slot it in with a little force behind it. The drivers and support for this card are brilliant. So far this card has preformed exactly how it should and way past that mark, i would definitely advise this card for someone who is looking.

Summary: If your looking for a mid range gamers gpu this card is the only one to get

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