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The BFG 8800 GT OC has come out during a very good time for PC gamers.
Some great games are out; and some more great games are right around the corner. Crysis, Hellgate: London, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War. Unreal Tournament 3. Quake Wars: Enemy Territory; World In Conflict. Portal and Team Fortress 2 -- the list goes on.
As the weather worsens and winter draws near, you've never had a better excuse to spend massive quantities of quality time with these upcoming and released titles. But out there, amongst the gaming masses, there is a problem. This problem has been around since the early days of gaming, but it's particularly acute right now, for many of you out there, right now, reading this.
The problem is horsepower.
Many have the games, but not many have the gameplay. Sure, the hardcore crowd with their 8800 GTX's and HD 2900 XT's haven't had much to complain about; they've been doing fine. But not everybody has the best money can buy. In short: Average Joe gamer needs more juice.
Let's face it: most of the mid-range cards have been a disappointment, for many, including myself. Review after review, done by myself and by others, all show the fastest of the mid-range cards, from both the HD 2600 XT's and the 8600 GTS's families, to be woefully under-powered for DX10 gaming. The situation has left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Why the bitter taste in my mouth? It's not only the coffee -- it's because I can easily picture someone going to down to the local hardware shop with a fist full of hard-earned cash, and high hopes of FPS, purchasing a mid-range card with a big smile on their face. And then, I can imagine just as clearly how that smile must have vanished once this hypothetical gamer went home, got those drivers installed for the first time, and watched -- horrified -- as their brand new hardware stumbled around the 30 FPS mark in a modest resolution of DX10 Bioshock. That's just not right!
Money doesn't grown on trees; but gaming performance should.
Allow me to introduce you to Mr. BFG 8800 GT OC. A true video card for the masses. Previously known by the code-name G92, the 8800 GT holds promise.
A great deal of promise.
Grab yourself a beverage. Secure yourself in your seat. Let's take a close look at the 8800GT...
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Great review once again!
Your chart does NOT support this statement.
Huh?
"8800 GT OC SLI Idle = 185, Under Load = 275"
"8800 GTS Idle = 190, Under Load = 276"
I'm no math whiz, but, yeah.
Bottom line = I am buying a pair of these for my next upgrade. Wow!
I hear revamped GTS/GTX cards will release in November.
~Ibrahim~
Problem is the "standard of error" you speak of also supports the possibility that the SLI GT numbers are lower than posted and/or the Single GTS numbers are higher than posted. Right?
But this weak argument doesn't change the fact that you stated "Your chart does NOT support this statement".
I was pointing out that the chart DOES support the statement even if you don't.
My guess is that you were looking at the BFG 8800 GT OC numbers and doubled them rather than looking at the 8800 GT OC SLI numbers. You then went back after reading what I posted, realized your mistake and are now attempting to make yourself look better.
But just to end this off-topic discussion, I will be the bigger man here and say you were right and I was wrong.
275 > 276
You win.
Thanks for all the comments. It was quite the rush to write that review after only coming back from the California launch on Saturday -- I'm glad there aren't too many typos in it
Anyways, about the 640 mb 8800 GTS thing: just wanted to mention that it looks like the 8800 gts 640 is getting a stream processor boost:
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/7277/
This should make the 640 mb 8800 gts a reasonable card to get if you have a high quality display, capable of high rez'es.
Not sure what is happening to 8800 gts 320mb. Rumors I've read look like it'll be refreshed mid-November -- perhaps around the launch of the RV670.
But it might be phased out.
End of November will be a good time to buy a video card though, it looks like.
thanks
It's a tough call -- theres a couple of things: the 8800gts 640mb with the added stream processors will very probably be better for you in your situation. With revised 8800gts should outclass the 8800 gt in those resolutions because of the 320 bit memory interface tied to the extra memory.
But two things: further revisions of the 8800 gts might be unveiled soon. Also, the price has not been released (so not sure how it'll compare to the 8800 gt).
One other rumor worth mentioning is that it looks like a 1 GB 8800 GT might be out before Xmas.I'd guess the revised 8800 gts would offer better performance than the 1gb 8800 gt however.
And, yet one more thing: the RV670 will be out before not too long. Even as good as the 8800 GT is, I'd recommend waiting for this card, just to see how it compares -- you never know.. it is a 55nm card, so it should be interesting.
In a snap judgement, if you wanted to buy ASAP, I'd say you'd probably want the revised GTS: it'll presumably be offered for a reasonable price in comparison with the 8800 gt, and should offer better performance at your intended resolution.
Will that be PCIe 2? exactly what will the differences be?
Besides the additional stream processors, it looks like the new g92 / 8800 gts will have a reduced 256 bit memory interface (contrary to my last post). So it looks like the new GTS will come in 512mb and 1 gig varieties.
The 1 gig 8800 gts should out-perform a current 8800 gtx by a decent margin, and should also be available for less.
It'll be pci-e 2.00, but that really isn't much of a big deal. It'll more be a factor a year+ plus from now. PCI-e 1.00 offers enough bandwidth for the next while with 16x pci-e lanes on your mobo.
By the way guys, also from I heard today from someone else, the RV670 (upcoming hd 3800 ati release) looks like it'll offer less performance than a 8800 GT, but will retail for about 50$ less.
For your situation axforts, you'll probably be most interested in the new 8800 gts 1 gb version.
NVIDIA will probably try to take some of the fire out of the launch of the RV670 by launching it on the same day. (Which is, according to SOME RUMORS, about 3 weeks away).
Maybe it'll end up being a 8900 GT?
I can't see them sticking with the 8800 GTS name.
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