8800GTS 512MB G92 Review

[adamsleath]

i wont be rushing out to get one.
good performance if the price is right.

[Faktor]

Why? Because the rig I built will suddenly stop performing?

This is why fanboism is self-defeating. It colors one's ability to reason.

If Something comes along from a different manufacturer that significantly
outperforms my current hardware on a price/performance basis, and does
so to such a great degree that it renders my current hardware incapable
of running the applications I need to run at a high level, I simply buy the
better offering.

Posting this from my 3.5 year old AMD rig and at the time when I built it, AMD was offering the best hardware for what I wanted to do.

Q1 2008 I am looking to build a new machine; which processor company do you think I am going to go with?

Like you said, people will say anything to convince themselves that they made the right purchase, including calling someone else a fan boy I guess. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...5&postcount=36

[Shaggy]

What would be really nice is if they release a gtx/ultra variant of the card. It would have gddr4 512bit memory and a much faster core and more shaders. Then they could actually make the ultra a unique card. Toss a 8800gx2 in there as well.

Depending on price I will get the 1Gb variant. Have a $350 stepup I can use with EVGA and am hoping the 1Gb variant runs at $400 or less so at most I cough up $50.

[RPGWiZaRD]

yea,that is something that people fail to consider, that you can wait for a few months, and pick up a g100, which is far, far, far, far superior to this card

That will cost $400+?

It's the price/performance ratio that's so interesting about G92. My budget range I wanna spend on a gfx card is 200~300 EUR currently. So these cards are really attractive. 9800GTS and GTX (let's say it will be named that will prolly be like $400 and $550 for GTX so I'll pass and then it takes like a a half year+ from now on b4 perhaps sth in the 250~300 EUR range appears perhaps and I simply don't wanna use this 7900GTO for that long, in fact it's bothering me that I didn't get a 8800GT from start now. I'm sure I'm not alone thinking the same. Sure 9800GTX will probably perform like double the performance of 8800GT or 8800GTS 512MB but cost like twice as much too.

[adamsleath]

i thought it was "d8e" dual pcb and "d9e" next generation.

anyway new g92 gts is another niche filled.

[MuffinFlavored]

I am a little skeptical about the review.
Not because I don't trust TweakTown, but because I was expecting a killer card.
Just my expectations.

Now, I need to go dig in the million and one HD3870 vs 8800GT threads.

[Eastcoasthandle]

Yes you are LOL! This is a GPU thread, keep you lust for AMD to yourself.

This is not a gpu thread but a thread about the 8800GTS 512MB G92 reviewed at tweaktown, lets stay on topic!

[Dooglas]

looks awesome!

[JAWS]

This is not a gpu thread but a thread about the 8800GTS 512MB G92 reviewed at tweaktown, lets stay on topic!

yes it is! please guys stay on topic!

[Skratch]

my guy from compusa is holding me 2 out of the 4 gt's that came in tonight should I buy all 4 tom morning?

This is for a second system and wanted to run them in sli/there 250 a pop and are soo tempting to get.I game on a 1080p display so the gts is even more tempting.


ahh what should I do?

[NIZ]

So whens the 1gb version due out?

Yeh I know what some of you are thinking, I'm very hard to please

[YukonTrooper]

I hate how they don't include the 640MB GTS in the 8800GTS G92 review! G*dam*it to hell! And only one gaming benchmark with a GTX and Ultra? Are you kidding me?

[Eddie3dfx]

What I am eagerly waiting for or at least what I would try to do myself, is to throw this under water and find out how far it can be pushed.
Who the heck really cares about it's stock performance.. I'm more curious to see that tweaktown broke 2100mhz memory with this card, because I haven't heard of one gt going over 2050 and being stable.
Throw this under water and maybe it can hit 2200+
The best xtremeforum comparison would be the avg gt card overclocked under water vs the avg gts card overclocked under water. This is way there real comparison is, otherwise it's hard to compare a gt that has a lower stock core to a gts that is clocked higher. Find me the max clocks and then we can talk


Also, why is there this huge 25% jump in directx10 (cave demo and call of juarez min frames) but around 5% in other directx9.

[Eastcoasthandle]

Guys, check out the review again, they added crysis and the GTS 320

[velerephon]

no ultra beater?dissapointing

[Donnie27]

This is not a gpu thread but a thread about the 8800GTS 512MB G92 reviewed at tweaktown, lets stay on topic!

Actually it is LOL! If nVidia screws around with SLI for only their motherboards it is relevant. They reviewed more than one card

[Scimitar]

My overclocked 8800GT easily beats those benchmarks, atleast in XP. What is going on? It seams like those additional 16 stream processors aren't being used. Driver problem?

[Skratch]

I could not take it any more.I went to compusa today and picked up 2 8800gt's bfg oc editions for 249 each.The gts will be better but they will cost more and I couldnt wait any longer.

these in sli is the best bang for the buck right now,hopefully they run well.

[fornowagain]

[IcY18]

Stream Processors: 96

[fornowagain]

Stream Processors: 96

Typo? They see DVD's for a living doubt they know much about Stream processors And they pegged the memory at 1600MHz, that cant be right either.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Stream Processors: 96

You'd be suprised how tech savy guys can be sometimes behind online stores, for some it's just a business, no interest in the hardware. Alternatively tired of all the numbers. I've never had much faith about products specs on hardware sites, I expect to see a few errors now and then.

[Metroid]

We should not blame resellers for it and yes Nvidia for confusing them with this naming convention, for resellers 8800GTS = 8800GTS. We only have to make sure we are getting the right inside core. The 8800 GT is quite understandable because we do not have another 8800GT but 8800GTS no, that should have been named 8800GTSS.

I do not believe that this card is actually slow or much faster than the GT, this overpriced card will die before it comes as the D9E will come soon. There is really no point on buying this card. The GT version on the other side is overpriced as it can not meet demand, even weak brands are selling GT cards like hot cakes. The only company I would go for would be EVGA for its lifetime warranty and the step up 3 months program. I'm not sure but this review shows me that the drivers are limiting it to run at full potential. I would wait for a general viewpoint before take my conclusions up about this card. I would rather buy 2 x 256MB GT than 1 x GTS or 2 x 3850, Crossfire scales better but sometimes it does not work as we expect, SLI not that better but it works. I prefer reliability than the rest.

Metroid.

[tbone8ty]

tweaktown updated the review with crysis and compared it to a gtx and ultra.






the 8800gts 320mb score looks strange?

[zerazax]

I dont really trust those results?