8800gtx Performance Explored

link!!

Didnt see this anywhere on here yet.

It's not as power hungry as we were thinking it was going to be.

Ya man, I cant wait for the r600 to hit the streets. Would also love to see some finalized pricing on the G80.

^ Wtf, "expected" ..!?!

They just claimed they had one for testing >.<

T.T

Really... when has a motherboard made a drastic impact on performance? 1%... 2%... 3%... whatever... that 8800 was all over the 1950 they tested it against. Personally, I think that the R600 will go above and beyond that... but for now it appears Nvidia has the advantage. Don't hate.

Couldn't agree with you guys more Rodney & JBS, no matter what mobo they would use, the 8800gtx would walk over the 1950. It's a better card(for nowz).

Damned impressive numbers that 8800 is pushing.

This is not good news for you Ati fanboys. these new Nv cards are twice as fast lol

3 things! First of all that is one very large card. I would need to cut a hole in the from of my case to have it fit JK.
Second. All I want to know is how would it do on Oblivian.... I am not a big fan of the game but I know that it very Graphics draining.
3 that is a very power hungry!
Other wise.. It sure does look like a sweet card.

i'll wait to see a few othe reviews before passing judgement although no one should be surprised that a new card does better than the old ones especially in the gfx card arena.

lets not kid about, as i have said ever since these new cards have been announced, wait until everything settles and ati and nvidia have equal counterpoarts out and then see what benchies are like.

still if those scores are confirmed then that is a very powerful offering. now all i need is to see oblivion played at 19 x 12 with everything maxed to see how it compares to my own system.

also, THANK GOD WE CAN NOW HAVE HDR AND AA. sorry to shout but jesus it has taken long enough. yes i know ati didn't have sm3 for a while but that don't count as the 6 series can't run them games well anyway.(flame bait or what)

The release date is what I'm wanting to know..
Regardless as to whether this card will be affordable.. it will drive 7x series prices down.

The bottom end 8 series might be cheaper, faster, and more power efficient than the 7900gtx card.

I'm running out of time though.. my mainboard just crapped out on me and my video card is AGP.. I wont buy an AGP motherboard and I dont want to buy a video card right before a big pricing shift like this.

Looking at the 8800 without the heatsink. I notice that there's 8 screws and that it seems to be keeping the GPU in place. So this GPU can be remove? and better yet upgradable? Just a curious observation.

What will affect the price of cards below the 8800 series cards are the economic conditions that affect all markets. Just because the 8800gtx hits the sales floor doesn't mean that prices on all the other cards will immediately drop. If retailers still believe that, based on all the market forces, that they are still selling enough cards at their current prices, prices on the midrange lower will stay constant. All in all, the prices of lower performance cards may or may not drop, but it's impossible to know right now unless there is someone with ati or nvidia making that claim.

I knew that thing would draw less than 400 W.

800W or better, sheesh......

AND most of the guys making those claims should know better.

I do wish they had commented on thermal charachteristics and noise level of that beast.

I read the same thing today but have poured over so many threads and previews of the card today I don't remember where I saw it. shrug

you need 800w or better to sli them, not for a single setup

learn to type

um what was the point of you immature kids getting angry at my statement, because its true? i never said i wasnt willing to pay that much, "OMG he just put down computer hardware! kill him!" whats wrong with you, it was a simple statement. jesus calm down.

wtf, if you would care to look who i was replying to ffs. what the hell is wrong with you. that guy was being an idiot with his grammer police actions and i was only telling HIM what i thought of him. look at the replies next time

LOL! that'll teach ya to be nice!!!

Two thing, I think they put these benchmark because obviously nVidia let them do so to add some hype OMG 60%%%%

But as mentionned the real hard benchmark were not included, I'd say we might see more ~40% improvement(total guess here!).

I dont know how CPU bound this card will be, obviouslt is in 3Dmark and most likely in those older games where 120-170 fps doesnt change much.

On thing that could be a big seller for me it that 'Physic engine', if that card can push some frame rate and at the same time offload some physic, that would be sweet. I dont plan on goin SLI/Xfire but if physic see a real boost and you can SLI lesser card to offload physic that could be sweet.

Again totaly an opinion but I think we will see something tangebile on the physic front this year(read 2007).

So getting a 8800GTs might be something I consider around~december when I build my computer. Because right now I have no clue what I'll do and I sold my older PC so I really need a new one. Video card is the biggest question mark. Get a X1950pro and wait for R600 see how it compare with 8800?, get the G80 right away, etc etc

The G80s will definitely be worth getting. Perhaps not right away, but the refresh early next year or something. The R600 too, of course. It might be even faster 8O.

Oblivion bench would've been good, yeah.

About that power consumption, they *were* running a QX6700, which draws a lot of power as well, that could be why the figres were high on the XTX.

thats it, im getting my axe out.

Yes... and I think many of us are excited about this because we'll finally (maybe) be able to crank the @#$* out of graphics settings while maintaining OK resolutions in Oblivion. I can't wait to see oblivion benchmarks!

These two companies play leap frog all the time. So Nvidia released a faster card..... who cares.... it is well overpriced at the moment, and ATI will release something that is probably equivalent or a little faster. They do this all the time, nothing new here, with exception to a higher power consumption and ginormousgundus card.

wes

Yeah... I'm not thrilled about the size/power consumption. nVidia obviously isn't too concerned with environmental issues .

Yes... and I think many of us are excited about this because we'll finally (maybe) be able to crank the @#$* out of graphics settings while maintaining OK resolutions in Oblivion. I can't wait to see oblivion benchmarks!
And to be more specific on Oblivion performance, how does 8800GTX do vs X1950XTX and crossfire X1950XTX running FSAA+HDR in Oblivion.