EVGA e-GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB PCIe Video Card

by EVGA

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 4 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000KFWFHG
• Item model number: 640-P2-N821-AR
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,639 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 9, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

EVGA video cards have attained "Designed for Windows XP" certification. These video cards have passed rigorous testing and take full advantage of all of the features and capabilities of Microsoft Windows XP.

Nvidia SLI Technology
Dramatically scales performance by allowing two graphics cards to be run in parallel. Only available on select PCI-Express models.

Nvidia PureVideo Technology
The combination of the GeForce 6 Series GPUs' high-definition video processor and Nvidia video decode software delivers unprecedented HD video, stunning picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for all video content to turn your PC into a high-end home theater.

High-Speed GDDR3 Memory Interface
Support for the world's fastest GDDR3 memory delivers fluid frame rates for even the most advanced games and applications.

OpenGL 2.0 Optimizations and Support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all OpenGL applications

Dual Dual-Link TMDS Connector
For a dual link TMDS, which is in essence two TMDS links bonded together, can display at resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 - and is the connector of choice for users of extremely large digital flat panels.

Other Features

• Nvidia unified architecture with GigaThread technology
• Full Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 support
• 16x full-screen anti-aliasing
• True 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR)
• Nvidia Quantum Effects physics processing technology
• Built for Microsoft Windows Vista
• Lifetime Warranty

Product Description

640MB e-Geforce 8800 GTS PCI-E, D+D+HD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It was the best, January 17, 2008

By 

T. Chang - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EVGA e-GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB PCIe Video Card (Personal Computers)

I would give this card 5 out of 5 last year. In this price range which I paid around $330, this card has the best performance/dollar ratio. However, recent release 8800GT took away the spotlight. Below is the summary.

8800GT 512mb is no doubt faster than 8800GTS 640mb. I hate to say this since I love my GTS. The fact is simply because GT has higher core/shader clocks & number of shaders.

8800GT is marked cheaper than GTS lines which makes it the best performance/buck ratio winner.

Finally, if you're wondering how GTS 640mb handles Crysis and some hardware consuming games, the answer is it can easily cruise through COD4, Bioshock with high setting but not Crysis. You need SLI 8800GTX to do so.

Conclusion:

This is an amazing card with powerful capacity to handle all the games on today's shelf except Crysis. (It can still give you excellent experience if you know how to adjust settings.)
The card by itself is 5 starts. Put it next to 8800GT makes it 4 starts.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just meets my needs, September 24, 2007

By 

D'Silva (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: EVGA e-GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB PCIe Video Card (Personal Computers)

Bought this card to replace my GeForce4 video card. I must say that this card handles all the latest demo very well at full settings. I played Bioshock, Quake wars and Medal of Honor - Airborne (Please note that my processor is the Core2 Quad Q6600 and that the game play depends on your processor too). All the games ran smoothly at full settings. If you do not want to spend too much for your video card, then this is a good card to go for.

Make sure that you have a 16X PCIe slot and a good processor (at least above 3.2Ghz is recommended), else your processor will be the bottleneck.

Other thoughts: I have 2 LCD monitors. Well when my computer boots up only the primary display comes on and the secondary one will remain in sleep mode till the OS starts up. None of my older cards had that behavior. But it is nothing to worry about.

The fan does not run at 100% by default and is very quite. You need to install another utility if you need to increase the fan speed. But as you increase the fan speed, the noise increases too.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good product, good price, November 22, 2011

By 

Michel - See all my reviews

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This review is from: EVGA e-GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB PCIe Video Card (Personal Computers)

It's exactly as described. I've had no issues with it. I was just a bit misled, I hoped putting this in SLI would enable me to play games on 3 screens, unfortunately that's not the case. But overall it's a great product.