Ok so I was going through EVGA's site to check on MSRP prices of their cards including the new GTS 512. I looked at the benchmarks on Anandtech (sorry, no link) and the GTS 512 was just a hair faster than the GT. I assume they used a vanilla GT and a vanilla GTS, so you could say that the performance difference is largely due to the clock speeds. While the GTS does have 12 more shaders than the GT, I don't think that would make a HUGE difference in performance. So I decided to check on the price difference between an overclocked GT, and the GTS.
On EVGA, they have their 8800GT KO 512 marked with an MSRP price of $289.99. This card has 675mhz on the core, and 1,950 on the RAM. The stock GT has 600mhz and 1,800mhz. The GTS has 650 and 1,940, respectively, and has an MSRP of $359.99. That's a whopping $70 difference!
Considering that the GT KO 512 has 25mhz on the core and 10mhz on the RAM while the GTS has more pixel shaders and a couple other minor tweaks, I'm willing to bet that the 8800GT KO 512 is just as fast as the 8800GTS 512. Then there is the 8800GT SSC 512, which has a core speed of 700mhz and RAM at 2GHz, and I bet this card would be a tiny bit faster than the GTS 512 for $60 less!
So, why spend $70 more for a GTS when an overclocked GT will perform the same, or even $60 more for a card that might actually perform slower? Is the convenience of getting one TODAY, overclockability, and a better cooler really worth it?
On EVGA, they have their 8800GT KO 512 marked with an MSRP price of $289.99. This card has 675mhz on the core, and 1,950 on the RAM. The stock GT has 600mhz and 1,800mhz. The GTS has 650 and 1,940, respectively, and has an MSRP of $359.99. That's a whopping $70 difference!
Considering that the GT KO 512 has 25mhz on the core and 10mhz on the RAM while the GTS has more pixel shaders and a couple other minor tweaks, I'm willing to bet that the 8800GT KO 512 is just as fast as the 8800GTS 512. Then there is the 8800GT SSC 512, which has a core speed of 700mhz and RAM at 2GHz, and I bet this card would be a tiny bit faster than the GTS 512 for $60 less!
So, why spend $70 more for a GTS when an overclocked GT will perform the same, or even $60 more for a card that might actually perform slower? Is the convenience of getting one TODAY, overclockability, and a better cooler really worth it?