G92 8800GTS' hitting newegg

[DigitalDragon]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=4804&Description=8800GTS&name=New+Product

EVGA, BFG, Gigabyte, MSI, PNY and XFX have their model's up.

They all seem to be retailing for roughly $370

 

[WR2]

And a good review of the GTS/512 and GT/256 over at Anandtech.com

 

[WR2]

Also good reviews over at FiringSquad and Guru3D

8800GTS/512 isnt going to make any GTX or Ultra want to replace his or her GPU but it should really give pause to anyone that might have been thinking of getting a GTX or Ultra.

 

[quantumsheep]

Seems to me that it's very close between the GTS and GTX. Great value card.

 

[spotless]

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/3635-xfx-8800gts-512mb-g92-alpha-dog-edition-review.html

 

[rallyimprezive]

Its kinda pissing me off that Tom's Hardware is seemingly un-aware of this video card. Every other major site has posted a review, but not Toms Hardware.

And now that I think of it, I wish I could see a THG for the 780i chipset.

Come on Tom's Hardware, get your act together!

 

[Hatman]

To me it still doesnt warrent the extra money over a GT, seems to get at max 10% boost over it.

 

[enewmen]

Maybe there is a good reason why THG isn't excited about the new GTS ?

 

[rallyimprezive]

If there is a good reason that they arent excited, id be really cool if they clue us in on why!

 

[WR2]

THG is usually slow off the mark with reviews. They'll probably have one before this time next week.

 

[WR2]

From the 8800GTS/512 review over at HotHardware.com

 

[Guest]

I'm happy with my 8800GT, just wish it had dual slot cooler like the GTS. Oh well, $300 is enough for a vid card. Don't think I'd ever spend more than that for one.

 

[lcaley]

To the OP, thank you for the link, I'd been looking for the EVGA version all day on Newegg, but for some reason, I couldn't find it, so thank you for the link

 

[jay2tall]

Honestly I am still not impressed. And I will tell you why.

They came out with the 8800GT which performs just under the GTX. Now they came out with the 8800GTS which performes sorta on par with the GTX comming close to the Ultra. Then you have ATI and their 3870 which sometimes hovers around the GT and sometimes just flat out runs under it. It depends what games and what graphics you are looking at.
So they are basically making cooler running cards because of the die shrink and also cheaper. ALL at the same time no more powerful than a card that has been out for a year already.
Where is the mind blowing performance? where is the GTX Killer? Where is the Big Honcho of gaming? It's not out yet what gives?

I am going to sit on my OCed x1900xtx until something knocks my socks off and can run Crysis or World in Conflict cranked to all crap. I can crank COD4, UT3, TF2, and many other to almost their highest settings. Nothing is encouraging me to upgrade.

but those of you with 7000 series nvidia cards obviously it would be a great addition but what about those of us that want mind blowing graphics?

 

[trooper1947]

And a good review of the GTS/512 and GT/256 over at Anandtech.com

This review with crysis does'nt tell me to spend $150.00 more for it than a 3870 .... or $100.00 more than the previous nvidia g92 !

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/3635-xfx-8800gts-512mb-g92-alpha-dog-edition-review-10.html

Looks like another overpriced wantabee to me . At least they put a descent cooler on it but really no great leaps whatsoever in value or performance . If I were you and not bought any yeat ... I would'nt give $370.00 before shipping for these . Another letdown ....

 

[enewmen]

WR2:
Good post. But I expected the 3870 CF to be a LOT faster than the 8600GTS SLI. (not just a little faster)
It seems to get 8800GTX SLI performance on 1 card with 1 6pin power connection - I'm looking for a card with unEarthly performance. Maybe a high-end g90 or r700 card can play Crysis on DX10 1920x1200 MAX settings and 35+ fps. The high-end g90s and r700s will be out in late spring I hope.
Crysis isn't the only game and Crysis favors the 8800s, but I think it will be a good measure on how future games might perform (HL3, Sims3, etc)
(just thinking out loud)

 

[WR2]

With the 3870 CF already outpacing 2900XT CF its hard to say if its something of a driver issue or just that Crysis doesnt favor ATI hardware of the moment.

Let's hope to see 3870CF improve quite a bit with new driver releases.

@ trooper1947 Sorry that you feel let down. Try not to have such high expectations next time, OK?

 

[rocket_sauce]

With the crysis benchy at the top...am I reading it right? A 5.7fps difference between the GT/512mb and the "best" GTS/512mb? Doesn't seem worth it to me to spend an extra $70-$120 for the GTS then... correct me if I am wrong please. I wold like to understand the draw to the GTS...

 

[TyroneShoelaces]

With the crysis benchy at the top...am I reading it right? A 5.7fps difference between the GT/512mb and the "best" GTS/512mb? Doesn't seem worth it to me to spend an extra $70-$120 for the GTS then... correct me if I am wrong please. I wold like to understand the draw to the GTS...

Somewhat better performance, and a dual slot cooler. Not worth that much $ difference, IMHO.

-TyShoe

 

[WR2]

With the crysis benchy at the top...am I reading it right? A 5.7fps difference between the GT/512mb and the "best" GTS/512mb? Doesn't seem worth it to me to spend an extra $70-$120 for the GTS then... correct me if I am wrong please. I wold like to understand the draw to the GTS...

It would be just wrong to base any buying decision on just one chart. If you check out all the reviews listed here they you'll have an idea where the price vs performance curve shakes out. It's pretty common to pay a premimum for higher performance and the GTS looks to be - on average over many benchmarks - about 10-15% faster and maybe 15-20% more expensive.
Or another way of looking at it would be that its showing near GTX/Ultra performance (at some resolutions in some benchmarks) for $100-250 less.
Anandtech review 8800GTS/512 vs 8800Ultra

 

[rocket_sauce]

So, basically they OC'ed a GT and just gave it better cooling. They probably did more than that of course and maybe some driver updates will widen the fps gap a little more, but seems to me like the biggest advantage here is that it the GTS should better keep your system cooler than the GT. But, maybe an after market cooler ($20-$40?) will do the same thing for the GT when/if they make one.

 

[rocket_sauce]

It would be just wrong to base any buying decision on just one chart.
Or another way of looking at it would be that its showing near GTX/Ultra performance (at some resolutions in some benchmarks) for $100-250 less.

When you put it that way...very nice indeed...

 

[elbert]

Looks to me like the reviews are playing the favor card as they switch from no aa to 4X. What gets me is the 8800GTS in the benchmarks is a good $150 costlier than the HD3870 and doesn't support DX10.1. Not counting the SLI scores as I am a single GPU user only the 8800GTS doesn't perform a $150 better. In the anandtech review the 8800GT 256 gets hit pretty hard by even the 3850. While Nvidia does have the fastest its price per performance is way off. The GTS will need to be less than $300 and the GT 512 around $230 with the GT 256 about $180.

While this is hardly the average case for $150 extra and no DX10.1 it should never be the case.

 

[pauldh]

No time to read the reviews, but man I'm disappointed at quick glance. FS show the GTX crushing the GTS 512MB in Oblivion and Bioshock.

 

[Slobogob]

There will be a 1GB variant of the new G92 GTS too. I saw a pre-order option at some online shop this morning.