XFX 320MB 8800GTS testing results

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Originally Posted by PallMall

This might sound dumb andy, but what exactly from a game uses the video memory?

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All textures are stored there, and AA and HDR use it to for Post-processing... :)

BEst Regards :toast:

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Originally Posted by zakelwe

The real test for this card will be at native resolutions for the 22inch monitor scene I think as that is a really good cheap combo in the coming months. If it can do the AA and AF at this resolution and not be penalised over 640MB then it will be the real deal.

If you think about it 640MB is pretty high anyway when considering this

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...-gf7950gt.html

of course that is for current games but here 640MB looks like overkill and 320Mb looks like it might be very well judged indeed.

Need to see those main web site reviews though and hopefully beta Crysis bench :)

Regards

Andy

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wow, no difference at at all :)

It actually looks like a worthwhile upgrade for even an X1900XT :eek: :rolleyes:


Oh no..............the cycle begins again :( :slapass:

I´ll think of upgrading my 7900GTO to this..

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Originally Posted by BulldogPO

I´ll think of upgrading my 7900GTO to this..

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friends bringing his 8800GTS over today and were going to run it through a bunch of tests against my volt modded 7900GT; i'll post some results later tonight ...

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Originally Posted by s1rrah

friends bringing his 8800GTS over today and were going to run it through a bunch of tests against my volt modded 7900GT; i'll post some results later tonight ...

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Tell your friend to be prepared to go home with a 7900GT before you start testing.:D

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Originally Posted by Zeus

Tell your friend to be prepared to go home with a 7900GT before you start testing.:D

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funny.

he just bought it to test it out; he's most likely going to take it back for a refund unless it shows huge increases in 3DSMax and Cinebench scores; we'll be testing it in those applications as well as a couple games and 3Dmark05.

he doesn't game at all; just wants a good card for video and 3D and vector animation work. he's worried about the 8800GTS being a bit overkill (price-wise) for the professional design arena.

Please somebody test 320MB vs 640MB at 1920x1200 resolution.

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Originally Posted by Zeus

Tell your friend to be prepared to go home with a 7900GT before you start testing.:D

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well we hooked it up and tested it but something must have been stupidly wrong with the card, drivers, or something.

the 8800GTS was almost twice as fast in the HDR Test ... running at around 60fps vs. the 7900GT's 37fps.

but in half life 2 lost coast and in aquamark the 8800GTS produced terrible scores, way slower than the 7900GT. we didn't know what to think of it as it was getting plenty of power ... maybe cause we were using DirectX 9 instead of DirectX 10? i use XP and so no DX10 ...

so what's up with that?

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Originally Posted by s1rrah

so what's up with that?

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looks like drivers need some work

i tested BFG 8800GTS OC 320mb Vs x1950xtx 512 (Games)

i also tested Single BFG 8800GTS OC 320mb ( Not extreme CPu and VGA clocks -- 2k5 , 2k6 )


and for last i testes 2x BFG 8800GTS OC 320mb SLi (Default) Vs 8800GTX (Default) ----- 2k5 and 2k6



if anyone interested in the results here it is (portuguese)>>> Download Mini-Review BFG 8800GTS OC 320mb -Single & SLi


cheers

Well I could run Doom 3 with my X800GTO2 on highest without stuttering... and that was only 256 MB.

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Originally Posted by CandymanCan

Could you guys actually test these cards in actuall games and play them yourselvs and tell us if there is stuttering using the lower 320mb version vs the 640mb version in high resolutions. Cuss it was the same way with the 6800's back in doom3 the 256mb ones stutterd in 1600x1200 max AA/AF or higher resoution cuss the game used all the memory up and 512mb was smooth. I predict itll be the same way with the 320mb GTS's and 640mb GTS.

All these new games out that use complex texturs and Polygons I highly doubt 320mb will be enough for 1600x1200 with the max AA/AF settings on. Im not talkin about FPS either im talkin about pur memory storage meaning occasional stuttering in games due to lack of Vram.

Its funny all these reviews that show scores and FPS, mean nothing to me when it doesnt run smooth. Like i said before the 6800gt's and Ultra were all the same cept memory size and slight clock differances which could be solved by overclocking yet the ones with more memory didnt stutter on high resolutions, The fps will be the same but it wont run smooth.

Someone please prove me wrong? Im pretty sure i hit the nogger on this subject

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in games like CoH or Arma (heavy games) with high resolutions , yes is stuttering using 320mb version


cheers

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Originally Posted by CandymanCan

Its funny all these reviews that show scores and FPS, mean nothing to me when it doesnt run smooth.

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Please explain how something can have a high FPS and not run smooth.

You do realize that above 30fps or so the changes are faster than your eye can detect?

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Originally Posted by CandymanCan

You dont understand or havent read anything have said have you ?

You can get really high FPS, but still have a stutter of hiccup from the VRAM swapping to the System Ram because the VRam ran out. Understand.

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I understand what you're trying to say, even before you went on and on about simpleton concepts.

Instead of going on and on about how video games and memory works, how do you get really high FPS and stutter? Wouldn't the stutter be evident by slowing down the average FPS? Your logic completely escapes me.

Or couldn't you just read a review that included minimum FPS, such as http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1053&pageID=3108
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http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...37&articID=543
or I believe HardOCP has been doing it with min for at least a couple years now.

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Originally Posted by zbogorgon

no problem, PCB is exactly the same as 8800GTS 640MB



the same as 8800GTS 640, 1.35v and 1.89
loaded were ~45,46, with water temp at 30°C

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Sparkle's card runs at 1.3V real.

A great temp chart with stock cooling can be found here: http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...39&articID=543

Also look for the noise chart below ;)

And the Oblivion benchmark shows a history log of the differances between 320Mb and 640Mb.

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Originally Posted by wittekakker

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...39&articID=543.

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quality review :toast:

mine runs 1.28v at load.