DH Review: Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT's (Asus, MSI, XFX, Zotac)

***Zardon*** · Oct 29, 2007, 09:49 AM

Read The Review Here
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Today we have not one, but four new 8800GT's in our test labs from some of the leading manufacturer's. We will be giving the card a thorough analysis in all the leading DX9 and DX10 games, including Crysis.

The big question on everyones lips? Is the 8800GT the new class leader as the best "bang for buck"?

Read our review and find out.

bug77 · Oct 29, 2007, 10:25 AM

Nicely done. Almost certainly my next upgrade (though I doubt Crysis was tested at 1280x786 res

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This is the mid-range card that was MIA for a year now. And just imagine the revised GTS will be even faster (@around USD300, I anticipate).

geraldmango · Oct 29, 2007, 10:35 AM

What a card from nvidia ! im going to order the Zotac card after reading that, what a bargain.

Also major kudos to DH, the Veridian and Zardon reviews are amazing, I read about them on OCUK forums when I went to buy a processor and ive bookmarked the home page of DH. Great informative reviews without being boring, and they look like a magazine. Lovely work guys, thank you !

brutusmaximus · Oct 29, 2007, 10:40 AM

great review DH. all I needed to know. Where the hell are AMD lately ?!

I wish we had some competiting AMD/ATI parts, fingers crossed they do a lot more in 2008.

***Vikingod*** · Oct 29, 2007, 10:53 AM

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Erroneus · Oct 29, 2007, 11:45 AM

Impressive cards! HardOCP has learned though that the 8800gts 640 will be relaunched 112 shader processors, making it faster then gt....

Zelig · Oct 29, 2007, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bug77

This is the mid-range card that was MIA for a year now. And just imagine the revised GTS will be even faster (@around USD300, I anticipate).

I see an EVGA 8800GTS Ssc in stock for $410.

Chaos · Oct 29, 2007, 11:51 AM

I wonder if that will be a bios upgrade or will it require new silicone

bug77 · Oct 29, 2007, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Zelig

I see an EVGA 8800GTS Ssc in stock for $410.

The revised one should be nowhere to be seen yet

Zelig · Oct 29, 2007, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bug77

The revised one should be nowhere to be seen yet

Nevertheless, this card is currently in stock here.

edit: To attempt to stay vaguely on topic, the card looks nice. The price might actually tempt me to pick one up if I get any recent games to play.

***Veridian3*** · Oct 29, 2007, 02:04 PM

Why are we talking about a pretty normal overclocked GTS in the GT review thread? Apart from anything else the GTS is more expensive which means its not in the same class as the GT...

... of course you will get more performance if you pay more...

bug77 · Oct 29, 2007, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Veridian3

Why are we talking about a pretty normal overclocked GTS in the GT review thread? Apart from anything else the GTS is more expensive which means its not in the same class as the GT...

... of course you will get more performance if you pay more...

We're talking about new stuff. I was just pointing out that even if 8800GT is absolutely brilliant, something even faster is in the making. And hoping it will still be reasonably price.

Anyway, I want a 8800GT, even if I'm not going to use DX10 anytime soon. Of course, I expect nvidia to quickly come up with Linux drivers, too, as usual.

BlueMak · Oct 29, 2007, 02:54 PM

Guys, about the temps, 90C stock?

Zelig · Oct 29, 2007, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

Guys, about the temps, 90C stock?

Worth mentioning that cooling solutions for other 8800 cards don't fit on the 8800 GT, I believe that coolers for the 7900 line fit though.

OmegaRED · Oct 29, 2007, 03:09 PM

Those temps are insane! You can add 5-10 degrees to that for the average persons case and that would be an unacceptable 100 degrees load.

Maybe using Rivatuner to manually set the fan to 90% or higher would help.