8800GT Official Reviews

[strange|ife]

would like to see more reviews with 640GTS overclocked. All these test are running on 513 core for GTS. the GTS oc'ed will be just as good or better than a GT

[sladesurfer]

EVGA 8800GT $229 http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5434329

[theteamaqua]

would like to see more reviews with 640GTS overclocked. All these test are running on 513 core for GTS. the GTS oc'ed will be just as good or better than a GT

GTS @ 648/1620/2000 is pretty much a stock GTX ...

the only problem with GT is running out of that mere 512MB VRAM for Crysis @ 1680x1050 16AF no AA i was getting ~470MB ... after about 30 min .... most of the games dont use that much vram ... even at 1920x1080 4xAA ... such as bioshock , COH, WIC .... UT 3 demo

these pix sum up VRAM vs performance:






when no AA, MSI GT @ 650 is pretty much a stock GTX,
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...nce/page16.asp

but when AA is on .. ie. VRAM usage creeps near 512MB it starts to slow down ...

not that matter tho .. ill prolly run crysis @ very high 1680x1050 no AA 16AF ... with GT SLI.. maybe 2XAA ... maybe its ok to go 50MB over the limit , without slowdown , due to the high bandwidth?

[adamsleath]

http://www.itestate.com.au/products_...ode=PD00005170

$363 aud...

[WrigleyVillain]

the only problem with GT is running out of that mere 512MB VRAM for Crysis @ 1680x1050 16AF no AA i was getting ~470MB ... after about 30 min .... most of the games dont use that much vram ... even at 1920x1080 4xAA ...

Absolutely. Most games haven't topped 400 for me at 1920x1200 full FF/AF. Tho I have managed a whopping 865 in Oblivion after 1 hour at only 2x/8x thanks to all the high res texture mods + other mods such as Natural Environments, Martigens Monster etc etc. So it's possible...

[theteamaqua]

^ yeah

just notice that vr zone's review has something weird
http://vr-zone.com/articles/Nvidia_G...ew/5369-1.html

notes that "Memory bandwidth (GB/s)" row, it should have been pixel fill rate right?? i mean GTS = 500MHz x 20 ROP ( orvertex processors) = 10 Giga-pixels/sec

interestingly GT has 28 TMU or pixel processors , and 16 ROP, vs GTS 24 TMU, 20 ROP, vs GTX's 32 TMU, 24 ROP ... maybe this means less VRAM usage for textures?? we'll see..

[KoHaN69]

Why aren't there any reviewers encorporating cards everyone has at home - the 7xxx and X19xx series

I want to see how 8800gt compares to an x1950xtx and 7900gtx
-is that too much to ask for?

[RPGWiZaRD]

EVGA 8800GT $229 http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5434329

Finally, $230 is a price I had expected seeing in perhaps 1 - 2 weeks though, not immediatly after launch. *waits for european etailers to follow the example*

[flopper]

Why aren't there any reviewers encorporating cards everyone has at home - the 7xxx and X19xx series

I want to see how 8800gt compares to an x1950xtx and 7900gtx
-is that too much to ask for?

those cards dont run Vista.
old platforms as xp is a dying breed.

[largon]

Why aren't there any reviewers encorporating cards everyone has at home - the 7xxx and X19xx series

I want to see how 8800gt compares to an x1950xtx and 7900gtx
-is that too much to ask for?

AT to the rescue:
8800 GT vs. 7950 GT and 1950 XTX

Finally, $230 is a price I had expected seeing in perhaps 1 - 2 weeks though, not immediatly after launch. *waits for european etailers to follow the example*

outpost.comista tilattu eVGA:n perus-8800GT kustantaisi 195e/kortti ALVin kanssa (160e ilman) + rahdit jotka olisi jotain tyyliin 50-60 taalaa eli 35-40e.

[takamishanoku]

http://www.itestate.com.au/products_...ode=PD00005170

$363 aud...

Yeah. I will wait 2 weeks and then consider buying one. Wait for MSY and i'm sure the prices will go down. If not, i'm going to buy it off Amazon. I've bought my medicine textbooks (weigh a ton) from them deleivered and it wasn't expensive. Esp now with the AUB being $.91. The price say $230 USD works out approx 300 AUB delivered and it's prob going to be $280.

[adamsleath]

yeah... me too i see inno3d at umart for $335aud... now preorder...so when lots of cards come hopefully <~300aud.

[OzJustin]

yeah... me too i see inno3d at umart for $335aud... now preorder...so when lots of cards come hopefully <~300aud.

Do you think you'll go for the Innovision Adam?
From the reviews I've seen many of the cards will hit 700core/2000memory so just wondering if it's worth getting the EVGA KO (675/1950) for that peace of mind not having to worry about overclocking. I'm building a system for a friend at the moment and he doesn't know which card to go for. Roughly $40 difference between the stock Inno vs the EVGA KO at ITS-Direct.

[adamsleath]

depends how much you value that 40 dollars.
if these chips are anything like the other 8800 chips, they will all clock fairly similarly(pot luck). i did look at the ko at itestate and almost pressed the buy button...
if it had been at a local store i would have...umart at milton in brisvegas lets me pick it up in person and i save on cartage.
itestate are asking 33 bucks for delivery!
evry dollar counts in this so called "mid-range performance" category imo.
its-direct..:
http://www.itsdirect.com.au/
so the ko is 35aud more i dont know what the ko's shaders are clocked at.

[Eddie3dfx]

Yay, ncix shipped last night and it will arrive here on thursday.
Outpost charges tax unfortunately, so throw an additional $20 or so for me on that

The 2 questions I have, why have the benchmarks of sli performance been so dismal at lower resolutions? This is odd.. I wonder if they didn't setup the control panel correctly. This is why I would like to see more users get a hold of this card instead of the review sites.

I will be popping off the G80 bracket and using the standard mcw60 bracket on this along with ramsinks for the memory. What else needs to be cooled on this board? Where are the vregs located, is there an i/o chip? What is that thing that looks like it has a plastic cover on it.

I'm psyched to try this out and maybe pitch a few extra dollars and step up to the gts version... maybe

[Unbornchild]

those cards dont run Vista.
old platforms as xp is a dying breed.

You mean don't run DX10. They run Vista excellently. XP is alive and kicking btw (especially for gaming)!

[largon]

It is possible there will be a 1GB version of 8800GT available soon enough since Qimonda has a 1024Mbit GDDR3 chip in their selection. AIBs only need to slap the bigger chips in and do a minor rewrite in the BIOS to make it work...

One might want to wait until this happens... Sure, the 512MB board is a great deal but an option for 1GB would be really interesting for those with bigger screens.

[cstkl1]

Since tweaktown's is the 660/1900/1650 part, I wonder how hot the 700/2000/1750 will run! Damn the fan noise is pretty bad too.

E6850 L720A478 @ 4ghz 1.45v
XFX 8800gt Alpha Dog Edition ( 700/1750/2000) .. any card can do this
Asus Maximus Extreme SE
Team Xtreem PC2-6400 CL3@ 1000mhz 4-4-4-8 2.28vdimm

700/1750/2000
Left it to run from 4a.m till 8a.m with fan/aircon off
GPU Fan 100&#37;
Live in Malaysia



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Max Stable

[cstkl1]

The fan is very whinny at 100&#37;
louder than all the gts/gtx/ultra and reminds of hd2900xt running around 80-90% fan speed

[Eagleclaw]

@cstkl1

What was your max GPU temp?


Thank

[cstkl1]

@cstkl1

What was your max GPU temp?


Thank

yup

but the fan noise is unbearable at 100&#37;.. for me
its even louder than my ultras slied at 100% fan speed last time

the 2nd one was done with the room fan on
also room temp was abit lower as it was like cloudy and looked like going to rain when i did that

[takamishanoku]

Cool. I think i'll buy a stock and OC myself. Depends really on the price of an OC though..

[Eagleclaw]

Thanks, didn't think 66c was right considering all reviews had it so high..

I am glad I bought a fatal1ty ahead of time for my card, got the fatal1ty yesterday (woot frozencpu!) and my 8800GT is out for delivery today

yup

but the fan noise is unbearable at 100%.. for me
its even louder than my ultras slied at 100% last time

the 2nd one was done with the room fan on
also room temp was abit lower as it was like cloudy and looked like going to rain when i did that

[largon]

Need help for plotting the voltage mods:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/....php?p=2522545

People with a 8800GT and a multimeter needed.

[Pacha]

glad to see that reports was saying it to be hot because of low fan speed.
66&#176;C with the crappy stock cooler isn't that bad, results should be good on wc, looking forward to see some.