9800GTX information sum-up (including nude PCB leak pic)

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Originally Posted by largon

I see 4 vGPU phases, 2 vDD phases and one for vDDQ - so it matches G80GTX atleast for power specs. Everything else is of course a step backwards from G80GTX.

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ROPs and Memory Bandwidth is a step back, agreed. The Texture Address Units are better on the G92 core, so that is a step forward. At high resolutions in games with AA and AF enabled, the 8800GTX should still be faster though, due to its superior memory bandwidth.

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Originally Posted by velerephon

its just another 8800gts. i think all nvidia has against next gen ati, is a higher clocked g92 with 512bit mem interface.
will i make it for my europe-stepup for a 9 series card? 20 step up days left..

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not likely. they have been doing something and now they are just waiting for ATI to strike back.

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Originally Posted by Pillo-kun

I am kinda confused, som say 8800ultra/gtx is still the performance crowned king and some say that the 3870x2 is the top dog, what gives?
when the r600(2900xt) came out many sites said that it was as good as the 8800gtx maybe loosing out max 5fps. now people say like that the 8800gtx/ultra is like double the power of a 3870 card.

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The 8800GTX is faster in some situations, especially at high resolutions with AA/AF enabled. You'll see that many of the people who "upgraded" from the 8800GTX to the 3870X2 regret doing so.

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Originally Posted by Omastar

HD3870 is pretty good competition if you ask quite a few people. It's sure a step up from 2900XT fame in terms of power efficiency:performance. Seems like it's much more than 'no' competition to me.

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the g92 8800 GTS, GTX and Ultra are all better than it.
the 3870 x2 is competitive, in a way, but overpriced. a crossfire board and two volt-modded 3870s would be cheaper and better

and the 3870 still flakes really hard in some games when you turn filtering and anti-aliasing on

eg no anti-aliasing, trilinear filtering, 1024*768
8800 GT 112.9FPS
HD 3870 108.9FPS
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...1060&chart=275
4 x AA, 8 x AF, 1024*768
8800 GT 110.2FPS
HD 3870 70.1FPS
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...1060&chart=276