The 9800 GTX Review Thread

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03-27-2008, 11:52 PM
tsuehpsyde

I just got my GTS 512 in today and I'm currently running 800 on the core, 1100 on the memory and 1998 on the shaders, and that's 100% stable no artifacts. Honestly, I'm not seeing any reason for the GTX if the GTS 512 has the same GPU headroom for $100 less. The memory will have more headroom, but that's about it (which is admittedly handy with the 256-bit interface). Sadly, my 3GHz Opteron 165 with 2x1GB DDR500 is my main bottleneck. :( I'm more concerned about 45nm Intel than I am the '9800'GTX.
03-28-2008, 12:00 AM
MrWizard6600

one of the things I believe, when you crank the AA and AF, and make that memory bus really count, your going to see the G80 based 8800s outperform the 9800s consistently. 1 year late doesn't help.

pisses me right the F:banana::banana::banana: off.
03-28-2008, 01:37 AM
stefan9

You guys reckon it's worth it going from geforce 8800gts 640mb to geforce 9800gtx?? Consider I play at 1680x1050.
03-28-2008, 04:28 AM
hardrail

Quote:

Originally Posted by stefan9

You guys reckon it's worth it going from geforce 8800gts 640mb to geforce 9800gtx?? Consider I play at 1680x1050.

Only if you really want Crysis to be as good as possible. 8800GT and GTS G92 can handle any game at 1680x1050 full settings except Crysis. Personally, I have Crysis all Very High DX10 and I can still play it, looks great, a little choppy but liveable. Save 120-150 and get a G92 instead of G94.
03-28-2008, 04:57 AM
SNIPoR

found a full article that contains details of the 9800GTX card and benchmarks

http://www.tbreak.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41212

:)
03-28-2008, 08:05 AM
overclock

Really disappointing ! The 9800 GTX shows irregular results, depending on the game and whenever the resolution is increased and filters enabled, its performance collapses.

What a card 1 year and a half after the 8800 GTX launch !
03-28-2008, 08:31 AM
seamumc

Quote:

Originally Posted by overclock

Really disappointing ! The 9800 GTX shows irregular results, depending on the game and whenever the resolution is increased and filters enabled, its performance collapses.

What a card 1 year and a half after the 8800 GTX launch !

Yeah, looks like my investment in the 8800 GTX is really paying off. I'd rather have something improving performance by 50 percent or more though.
03-28-2008, 08:37 AM
mascaras

Quote:

Originally Posted by SNIPoR

found a full article that contains details of the 9800GTX card and benchmarks

http://www.tbreak.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41212

:)

game results seems Ok , but 3dmark 2005 & 2006 are very strange , 9800GTX beating 9800GX2 and HD3870X2............................

>> http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/articl...5&pagenumber=3

regards
03-28-2008, 09:25 AM
naokaji

Quote:

Originally Posted by overclock

Really disappointing ! The 9800 GTX shows irregular results, depending on the game and whenever the resolution is increased and filters enabled, its performance collapses.

What a card 1 year and a half after the 8800 GTX launch !

the irregular results depending on resolution / applicaton / quality settings remind me of the 3870 and 3870x2:p:

I should have gone for the 8800 GTX as well... only got a GTS 640 because back then when it wasthe 8800 series was new I thought it woudnt last long anyway:rofl:
03-28-2008, 11:00 AM
Origin_Unknown

Quote:

Originally Posted by naokaji

the irregular results depending on resolution / applicaton / quality settings remind me of the 3870 and 3870x2:p:

I should have gone for the 8800 GTX as well... only got a GTS 640 because back then when it wasthe 8800 series was new I thought it woudnt last long anyway:rofl:

lol yeah me too
03-28-2008, 11:45 AM
stefan9

Quote:

Originally Posted by Origin_Unknown

lol yeah me too

Me as well. I wonder what would be the best option now 9800gtx,8800gtx or 8800gts 512mb.
03-28-2008, 12:21 PM
gOJDO

8800GTS (g92) with Samsung 0.8ns memory chips.
03-28-2008, 12:34 PM
naokaji

Quote:

Originally Posted by DerekFSE

I feel like I am waiting for a punchline.

I mean, there has to be more to it than this.

if we get lucky the 8800 cards will drop in price:p: I know, not really the punchline you've been waiting for but it free's up cash to upgrade other parts:yepp:
03-28-2008, 12:38 PM
jaredpace

8800gtx for 270 at newegg
8800gts for 190

9600gt for 124
8800gt for 170

9xxxx crap GX CRAP GTX CRAP for 500 to 700....

LOL
03-28-2008, 01:38 PM
GAR

Relax dude, the GTX has a MSRP of $349.99
03-28-2008, 04:12 PM
Leeghoofd

Think he meant the 9800X2 maybe or he has been living under a bridge the last week slol

off topic : GAR I wanna date ya sister :)
03-28-2008, 04:27 PM
GAR

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

Think he meant the 9800X2 maybe or he has been living under a bridge the last week slol

off topic : GAR I wanna date ya sister :)

hehe, thats my soon to be wife, not my sister!!!!! ;)
03-28-2008, 04:42 PM
Swatrecon_

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Originally Posted by GAR

hehe, thats my soon to be wife, not my sister!!!!! ;)

lol, at least you know she's attractive when other people wanna date her right?
03-28-2008, 05:26 PM
GAR

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swatrecon_

lol, at least you know she's attractive when other people wanna date her right?

I know man, i take it as a compliment :up:
03-30-2008, 10:59 AM
tsuehpsyde

9800GTX in Triple SLi
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/13...ted/index.html
03-30-2008, 12:38 PM
LyP0

hmmm over here the 8800gts 512 has a price of 250-270 euro's And the 9800gtx has a price of 281-319.
it's realy tempting, even with the 3870x2 showing up in the same price class.
03-30-2008, 03:46 PM
bluehaze

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsuehpsyde

9800GTX in Triple SLi
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/13...ted/index.html

9800GTX SLi is faster than 9800GX2 Quad SLi LOL After looking through the benches it would seem 2 x 9800GTX will be the best setup until the next gen comes along. Tri and Quad SLi still suck. I bet alot of folks that bought 2 9800GX2's are going to be a little upset about this. 600 dollars faster than 1200 dollars eeeks!
03-30-2008, 03:51 PM
grimREEFER

well, i only looked at the crysis bench, and it seemed that performance scaled with teh number of gpu's, 2x9800gx2's>3x9800gtx's>2x9800gtx's>9800gx2
03-30-2008, 04:01 PM
tbone8ty

Quote:

Originally Posted by gOJDO

8800GTS (g92) with Samsung 0.8ns memory chips.

which brands use samsung memory?
03-30-2008, 04:08 PM
bluehaze

Quote:

Originally Posted by grimREEFER

well, i only looked at the crysis bench, and it seemed that performance scaled with teh number of gpu's, 2x9800gx2's>3x9800gtx's>2x9800gtx's>9800gx2

Crysis Medium and High @ 1920x1200 is faster with 2x9800GTX than with Quad SLi 9800GX2. And Tri-SLi only adds a couple frames to the 9800GTX so it seems like the whole Quad/Tri SLi thing is a waste of money. 9800GTX SLi does look pretty sweet though.

"Moving to High paints a slightly different picture; we again see the big gains over the single card when moving to SLI, but this time almost 100% at 1920 x 1200. Tri SLI also manages to give us at the lower resolution about a 15% performance increase. We can see at the higher resolution the SLI GTX setup is actually the best, beating out three and four GPUs."

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