Comments for: Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GTS 512 graphics card

#70. Posted at 11:03 AM on Dec 14th 2007

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rythex

Good to see my 8800 GTX I bought well over a year ago is still faster than these new, cheaper cards.. :P

#70, Not really, 8800GT and 8800GTS are trailing darn close for a ... : Krogoth (#71) «

#71, You guys could have replaced your model number epenis war... : indeego (#73) «

#73, Actually, it has diversify a bit. There are far more c... : Krogoth (#75) «

#75, That's because the suits at the companies are tryin... : swaaye (#79) «

#71, I guess when your top end card is still basically top end... : swaaye (#80) «

#40. Posted at 11:48 AM on Dec 12th 2007

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gtoulouzas

Damage, could you in some way incorporate single-card only benches (for example, upon mouseover on the benchmark picture?). I know this sounds like a bizzare request, but the sli/crossfire results make the tables awfully cluttered and many of us are completely uninterested in them.
Congratulations on the thorough review.

#40, i actually agree with this idea-r.. anything to weed out the... : danny e. (#41) «

#40, Also, there's no way to please everyone. I'll bet you if he ... : indeego (#44) «

#44, Not if it's implemented in a mouseover. :-) : gtoulouzas (#77) «

#40, I couldn't agree more, the SLI results just get in the way -... : AbRASiON (#46) «

#40, I'm sure most people are curious to know how a particular SL... : provoko (#50) «

#40, A mouse over that grays the multi-GPU configs... : My Johnson (#51) «

#40, People who browse from the office will face the problem.. i ... : Jigar (#56) «

#56, Mouseover doesn't use flash. : boing (#57) «

#40, Ditto on this request. Two separate tables or something. I m... : snowdog (#78) «

#36. Posted at 08:40 AM on Dec 12th 2007

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Jigar

Looks like i am better off with my 2X 8800 GT Oced @ 740MHZ Core and 2050 MHZ Memory ;)

#36, How about the Shaders? : Faiakes (#45) «

#45, They don't Oc .. don't know the reason...Tried everything... : Jigar (#55) «

#55, Usually you have to set them manually through a simple... : Faiakes (#60) «

#60, I never had a good luck with flashing Video card bi... : Jigar (#69) «

#36, Your epeen bragging is somewhat repugnant. : flip-mode (#62) «

#62, What can i say, i like to be like that ;) : Jigar (#68) «

#36, I'm getting an eVGA 8800GT and will be permanently overclock... : Faiakes (#76) «

#8. Posted at 10:53 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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CampinCarl

Does anyone know what kind of improvements we can expect to see with the next series of cards? I see in the Beyond3D links that it's supposed to be due out in February, but it only mentions that it'll be a DX10.1 card...anyone got anything more than that?

#8, The cards will supposedly be built using 55nm technology, bu... : BoBzeBuilder (#9) «

#9, The high-end based on G9x (D9E), will still use 65 nm. It... : Silus (#37) «

#37, When are those cards (mid-range 55nm) expected to hit ... : Xenolith (#74) «

#1. Posted at 09:51 PM on Dec 11th 2007, Edited at 09:55 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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Krogoth

It is effectively a 8800Ultra with 512MB of memory.

Great review, Damage.

Nvidia doesn't want to release a 1GB verison, because it will render their 8800U and 8800GTX completely obsolete.

I can't wait for the full-brown version of G9x series.

#1, the 8800Ultra and GTX are sometimes faster mainly because of... : toyota (#5) «

#5, Most definitely. The whole faster shader give you better ... : marvelous (#26) «

#1, Not quite. It still trails gtx except for shader intensive g... : marvelous (#25) «

#25, less then 2% difference? Hardly trailing in the best sens... : Krogoth (#39) «

#39, GTX still beats newer 60nm G92 and you say waste? GTX ... : marvelous (#47) «

#47, You should look at the numbers and charts more care... : Krogoth (#72) «

#1, I think ASUS is releasing a 1gb card of the 8800GT. I believ... : Nitrodist (#61) «

#24. Posted at 03:52 AM on Dec 12th 2007, Edited at 03:59 AM on Dec 12th 2007

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wingless

That was a great test for all modern cards from ATI and Nvidia. One thing I noticed is that ATI's cards in Crossfire scale nearly exactly 2x on any game they're optimized for. The 3870 in Crossfire matched the 8800GTS in SLI in several tests. The only problem with Crossfire is that if the game isn't "optimized" then it pretty much won't work at all. Waiting for ATI driver engineers to implement support is an F'ing hassle! However, if you bought a 3870 recently you shouldn't feel too bad about buying a second one. Hell, if you have a 790FX mobo you can buy a third and fourth one too down the road =)

These cards are great but I would still recommend waiting for the Nvidia 9xxx series due out in February. No card out today is "GOOD" in DX10 yet. However, If you're a DX9 user then the G92 8800GTS is the best on the planet for that price.

#24, Agreed. I think anyone who buys the 8800 GTS 512 now will be ... : ElderDruid (#32) «

#32, Whenever you buy the top end late in its lifetime and/or ... : Flying Fox (#35) «

#35, Whenever you buy the top end late in its lifetime and/... : flip-mode (#65) «

#65, That's why I always shoot for the best deal in the ... : Gerbil Jedidiah (#66) «

#32, That's why eVGA's Step-Up program covers you for... wait ... : Forge (#48) «

#48, Except if the D9E gets delayed beyond 3 months, then w... : Flying Fox (#64) «

#64, then you didnt buy a card 3 months before it was ob... : credo (#67) «

#63. Posted at 02:47 PM on Dec 13th 2007

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indeego

http://www.gemaga.com/2007/12/12/over-1800-in-video-cards-to-run-cr...

There are the missing crysis benches!

#58. Posted at 06:54 AM on Dec 13th 2007

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spartus4

What a load of crap!!! The Nvidia cards were only tested on the Nvidia chipset. This review is bogus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#58, oh noes!!1!1!111!!1!!!!!!!!!1! : muyuubyou (#59) «

#52. Posted at 12:22 AM on Dec 13th 2007

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credo

Quick question about the RAM on the 2nd, 3rd, etc cards. Is it used? I mean, 2 512 cards != 1024, rather 2 512 cards = 512 right? The second, and so on, card(s) is/are use primarily for processing right?

#52, The two cards draw frames independently, generally, and each... : Damage (#53) «

#53, ah, i was thinking of it more like a central card telling... : credo (#54) «

#49. Posted at 09:16 PM on Dec 12th 2007

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NIKOLAS

What a blight it is having all the single card and SLI results jumbled together.

I have no problem if these same results were also presented in such a graphic format, as long as there was primacy given to results containing just the single cards.

#20. Posted at 02:49 AM on Dec 12th 2007

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Jive

Can anyone tell me the point in buying this card over a 8800 GT again?

#20, Other than the dual slot cooler, not much. One thing TR's rev... : Voldenuit (#22) «

#22, the 8800gt reference cooler was changed about a week ago... : toyota (#23) «

#23, It is better, but still hotter than a dual slot cooler... : Mithent (#28) «

#23, Ooo...thanks for that bit of news! A GT might make it ... : Voldenuit (#31) «

#23, Damn! I just ordered an EVGA 8800GT from Amazon yester... : b_naresh (#43) «

#20, No point. : provoko (#42) «

#29. Posted at 07:23 AM on Dec 12th 2007

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El_MUERkO

:O

how can the crossfired radeons be slower than the stand alone card?

#29, ATI has not optimized the drivers for those specific games. ... : wingless (#30) «

#30, Don't get your hopes up. You will never see that sort of ... : Silus (#38) «

#33. Posted at 08:20 AM on Dec 12th 2007, Edited at 08:21 AM on Dec 12th 2007

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bfellow

According to Tom's review at 1280x1024 and 1920x1440 with no AA/AF it beats the 8800GTX in Crysis

#33, Whose review, huh? =D : Flying Fox (#34) «

#27. Posted at 06:29 AM on Dec 12th 2007

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bogbox

the only really good point of the GeForce 8800 gts 512 is too make cheaper the 8800 gt :))

#21. Posted at 03:03 AM on Dec 12th 2007

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b_naresh

GPU temperature readings should have been included along with the temperature and noise level charts.

#19. Posted at 02:41 AM on Dec 12th 2007

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provoko

What a stupid card. It barely beats the 8800GT yet it's 50-100 more dollars...

#18. Posted at 11:37 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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Gilligan

8800 GT for 207 bucks at dell.com a few weeks ago was THE deal to grab!

although I am still waiting...

but i have exams and a broken mobo anyways :(

#15. Posted at 11:31 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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My Johnson

Is the date of the review 12/10/07 or 12/11/07?

#15, :) long hours can do that to you. : danny e. (#17) «

#2. Posted at 10:05 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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lethal

No Crysis results? come on, you even got the cd with the card ;).Nice review, although the 8800 as a whole is coming a little long in the tooth. Hopefully the next gen will bring some substantial performance improvements vs the current tech, the GTX has been pretty much the performance ceiling for way too long.

#2, "Okay boys and girls, it's time once again for the introduct... : Kulith (#3) «

#2, did you just skim the graphs ? : danny e. (#11) «

#11, And why not? Not much new to the table is introduced here... : indeego (#13) «

#13, well.. you could at least read the intro and conclusio... : danny e. (#16) «

#14. Posted at 11:27 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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Usacomp2k3

Did the XFX version of this one gain any ground that the eVGA missed?

#10. Posted at 11:16 PM on Dec 11th 2007, Edited at 11:17 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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danny e.

yes.. i was wondering as i was reading through.. glad to see there is a good reason. hope it comes soon.

#10, sadly the GTS doesnt look like its quite to the level I want... : danny e. (#12) «

#7. Posted at 10:44 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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ReAp3r-G

nothing great IMO...its not groundbreaking as it was a year plus back...

the 8800GT and GTS prices are enough to push me away...i'm in the search for a bargain...but its too pricey now for something that isn't quite new and not quite groundbreaking as well...good thing i decided to wait on the 9 series...

#6. Posted at 10:32 PM on Dec 11th 2007, Edited at 10:33 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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lethal

Edit: whoops this was meant to reply #2.

I know Nvidia isn't going to drop the 8800 yet, specially since the GT is selling like hotcakes, but still, most people who follows these news are used to seeing regularly the new architectures, tech demos and the usual drool inducing game every now and then.... things have kinda slowed down in the tech department a bit since G80 was introduced. But this year saw a lot of great game released, so I cant really complain :P.

#4. Posted at 10:11 PM on Dec 11th 2007, Edited at 10:31 PM on Dec 11th 2007

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OptOut

I skimmed through the other reviews on the web today, but this is the piece I've really been waiting for. Thanks for getting it out.

Have to say I agree with the conclusion; the OC'd GT is a better deal than a stock GTS. I can't see paying the $359.00, course I already own Crysis.