XFX 8800 GT “Alpha Dog ” Edition launched
By Madhur Kapoor on Nov 24, 2007 in Gaming, Tech
The worst thing about Computer Peripherals is that they get outdated very quickly. A few months agobought a new XFX Geforce 8600 GT graphics card thinking that it would keep me happy for atleast a year but then XFX came out with there XFX 8800 GT Alpha Dog edition. Now i could on ranting about my misery but it would be better to tell you about the features of this new devil.
It has got a unique thermal fansink design that increases it core clock frequency from 600Mhz to 625 Mhz. This makes this card around 8 degrees cooler in 3d applications. The fan speed as well as Air flow has also been enhanced making the 8800 GT run cooler than other similar products.
The card is HDTV-, SLI-, HDCP- and RoHS-ready. It has 512MB of DDR3 RAM and has support for Dual Dual-Link DVI. It can support digital output of up to 2560×1600 on not one but two displays. Apart from the “Alpha Dog” Edition, certain overclocked versions are also available in XXX and XT versions. It is available in India for around Rs 14000 + taxes. That means around $350. And i think the price will go down further in the coming months. A good investment for those who are serious gamers. And besides the card looks stylish too. What do you think?
I’ve always wondered one thing. Why do Gfx card looks stylish? There are going to be inside the cabinet only, then how does looks matter?
Ashwin | Nov 24, 2007 | Reply
I’m planning to upgrade my PC in a month or two. If the price cuts down, I might buy one of these
Haris | Nov 24, 2007 | Reply
Yeah the 8800 Gt is a great card awesome value for its price.
Why do they look stylish? Well quite often gamers have windowed cases so they are visible.
Qwerty_ | Nov 24, 2007 | Reply
Yaar this is really one beauty. Price?
Dj Flush | Nov 24, 2007 | Reply
Dj Flush Madhur has posted the price at the bottom of the post. (Now we can se who reads and who doesn’t)
Qwerty_ | Nov 24, 2007 | Reply
That means around $350
guides8 blog | Nov 25, 2007 | Reply
My case exactly - I just bought a 8600GT - then this comes along. Anyway, I am not that sad - I was expecting something like this.
Binny V A | Nov 25, 2007 | Reply
Its always the same with computer peripherals you buy a new product and after some days it becomes cheaper ..
this card might fall to well below 10K IMO in coming months…
Shashank | Nov 25, 2007 | Reply
@Ashwin
Nice question buddy but we have transparent cabinets as well so the looks matter in that case
@Haris
This will be a good choice, with this you can enjoy all the latest games at a good resolution
@Dj
THe price was mentioned in the post. Around 14000
@Binny
I too have a 8600GT . I am also quite satisfied with it at present but this makes me jealous.
@Shashank
You are right , in 1-2 months it will be below Rs 10000 and we might have a new card to replace that.
Madhur Kapoor | Nov 25, 2007 | Reply
This card looks pretty sweet! I was checking out something else for a while, but I think this is much better. Thanks
Aseem Kishore | Nov 26, 2007 | Reply
God! I can still remember the time when I bought my 3Dfx Voodoo Graphic card. She could do anything you wished for.
The time goes by…
chuck norris dude | Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Very nice! Now that’s a monster card.
Brown Baron | Nov 28, 2007 | Reply