[first look] Geforce 8800GS 192bit 384MB/768MB released [keep updating the thread]

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One game does not represent all. I actually happen to own a 8800GTS 320 and I do know what I am talking about. I play on a 22" 1680 x 1050 display and certain games (Crysis being a prime example, but there are many others) are running out of VRAM. I have to carefully manage texture sizes as well as AA settings to make sure games are playable. In hindsight, I should have probably spent an extra $50 for the 8800GTS 640, but like they say, hindsight is 20/20.

I stand by my claim that 256MB is simply not enough for anything over 1280 x 1024, especially the latest DX10 titles. I am having enough trouble tweaking game settings to make them playable with 320MB, I can only imagine what 256MB would be like. I suggest you go over the link hipno provided, and get educated before calling others ignorant.

Here is a summary of 256MB vs 512MB vs 1GB

Quite a few of these numbers in your comparison are not confirmed by other reviews, from more reputable sites like firingsquad -- while I think expreview is quite, it's obvious that they either had a serious flaw in their testing or the comparisons are just plain wrong -- Specifically The world in conflict and company of heroes comparison is not adding up, and I'm not buying it. While I agree that the 8800gt 512MB is a better bet for many people that play at high resolutions with 4x AA enabled -- The 8800gt 256MB is excellent value for those like me and others I know that play at higher resolutions without AA (AA is pointless in higher resolutions in my opinion) - like I said in my original post. I am not denying the performance differences at 4x and 8x AA at ultra high resolutions , but's it's not going to affect a large amount of gamers who either play at lower res, still have smaller LCD monitors, or just don't really care about antialiasing and would rather have smoothness and high frame rates.

This review here, http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...iew/page10.asp
, shows numbers that debunk some of the data in your chart & confirms the fact that the 256MB 8800gt performs identical to the higher Vram cards in most gaming situations that concern me.

But I definitely stand by my opinion that the 8800gs 384MB cards (whenever they come to light) will not even be in the same league as the 8800gt 256MB even at ultra high resolutions. I'm not sure why the specs of that card would suggest otherwise, and it seems quite careless to think so -- It's rather obvious that it will not. Since I was responding in my previous post to a guy who stated that an 8800gs could beat the 8800gt , I still think it's pretty darn ignorant to think a 384MB card with the specs of the 8800gs would in any way compete with the 8800gt 256MB card.