Just got the first part for my system upgrade.

[scutzi128]

Hey all just letting you guys know that last night I went out and bought the first peioce of hardwarce for my new computer. I got a BFG 6800GT OC for only 400.00 with no tax because I went to Delaware to get it. The other parts I am getting are an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 90nm cpu, 1 gig of corsair ram, and and Abit AV8 pro mb. Im going to be putting my raptor hd into the new computer and then I will buy a new high volume sata drive for storage. Anyways here are some pics of the graphics card.

[scutzi128]

Here is a pic of the card in the box.

[scutzi128]

Here is a pic of the card in the carton, where it will remain untill the rest of my components arrive.

[Ruffian]

I hope with Abit motherboard you get has bios 15 or higher (it might be 16 I cant remember) or else that setup wont boot because of the winchester core A64 you're buying.

Thats one of the reason why I went with the Asus A8V Deluxe.

[scutzi128]

Wow that would really suck. I hadent heard of that problem before. Anyways if it dosent work I guess I'll just have to keep RMAing it untill I get one to work.

[Ruffian]

I'm pretty sure that Newegg just got a new shipment of them so if you order from there, you should be fine.

[scutzi128]

Yea they were out of stock and they just got them in stock like Wednesday so they will hopefully be good.

[sam_fisher]

i got my my av8 when they first hit newegg. the av8 is probably one of the most stable k8t800 boards out. the only problem i had was guru reporting extremely high cpu temps...but the latest bios and the new guru software fixed it right away..

hey scutzi...nice setup man. it should kick mucho azz. i have the same setup but with an fx-53.

why don't you buy another raptor and run those babies raid 0. for better performance...

sam.

[scutzi128]

I will just not now I spent all my money for right now. Just ordered the other parts tonite and I got a swiftech 6400-u coolers to go with it.

[AMD Guy]

I hope you enjoy that video card. I love mine if for nothing else then the exceptional quality of the build. This card is freakin heavy! AND beautiful. Glad to see that you got the newer version, BUT you will not be able to O/C it with the software provided. They apparently removed the 'auto-overclocking' feature so you will have to download different drivers with this feature still intact. Best of luck with your system build!

[scutzi128]

Thanks I don't need the auto oc thing anyways I'll just do it the good old fashion way and keep clocking higher untill artifacts appear or it freezes.