GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB: A Christmas Miracle?

By the way, what is this new 8800 GTS really worth?

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If you already have the 8800GT, for the price difference, it wouldnt be worth it. Most games from Tom's the GTS leads by 5~10FPS. But I have mine OC @ 700/1950 which I'm pretty sure cleans the margin up to just about no difference. I noticed in the end they OC the GTS quite a bit but they said @ stock speeds it was 85C during load. So OC'd I really wouldnt want to know how hot that thing gets, prob over 90C. Mine I did buy an Aftermarket Artic Cooling Accelero S2 for $17 +ship, at my OC'd settings it never goes over 70C.(I used rivatunes recording feature during intense action games) This is completely passive, no fans on it, just case cooling. In other words, I would still get the 8800GT.

So... who would like to buy a barely used HD3870?

I guess the aim was to spoil the launch of the 3870 with the 8800GT. In doing so, they must have impeded sales of the 8800GTX.

But you are right - with the 8800GTS out now who on earth would buy a 8800GTX? They need to replace it fast.

Still, it's good for the consumers - the best card you can get is less than £200 again.

8800GT SSC 512 (EVGA) looks like it might be faster than the GTS for $60 less

"Sure it's not Mark Twain but..." Your kidding right? I would gladly read this article 100 times any day over trying to read Mark Twain.

I understand Mark Twain wrote in that style intentionally but, I'll be damned if I can understand half of it. I can understand Shakespeare plays in Old English better than Mark Twain.

You turds. I have a BA in english and had no complaints about the way this article reads. You can tell that "Crime and Punishement" is translated from a different language, but that doesn't mean it's a bad read.

Either way, it turns out that people will buy whatever new technology they can simply because it is new. The 3870's flew off of the shelves despite the obvious fact that the 8800 gt is a much better buy. I get the feeling that the g92 gts will be much the same. Most people won't care that the 8800gt is marginally worse and significantly cheaper and therefore much more cost effective.

nice article

the card is a winner and so is THG

lol...

(slightly off subject, forgive me)

No wonder you had no complaints about they way the article read. You have a BA in English, and you spell punishment "punishEment" ??? OMG.

Hello guys,

Being this article's translator and since I read that some of you thought it could be improved, I was just wondering what specific passages you had in mind so we can all share our views and I can basically do a better job next time

FYI -> JustinMcG67 Florian should tell me exactly what version of Crysis he's using... will let you know as soon as I have the answer.

Nvidia doesn't make motherboards.. just the chipset.. and Asus has listed the new 780 motherboard. If you want DDR3 wait until 790 in January.

If you want four lanes with 2.0 PCI-e and DDR3 look out for MSI and Gigabyte.

As described in the previous roundup, we used the demo version for Crysis, as we hadn't all the graphic boards anymore and as we haven't measured significant differences between the performance in the demo and in the final game. We'll use the final game for the next articles.

GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB: A Christmas Miracle? What a joke .... good card .... but certainly no miracle !!! Overpriced as H*LL !!!!! I was expecting a super dual core for around that price or a little more !

Well, I don't really want to go through the whole thing, but here are a few examples

'It's a strategy that paid off in front of Ati's inaction' => 'It's a strategy that paid off due to ATI's inaction'

'If the availability of a new version of the GeForce 8800 GTS (512 Mo) should logically make things worse, Nvidia claims on the contrary that it'll be the landmark of a new beginning for the recently launched cards. By the way, what is this new 8800 GTS really worth?' => This use of 'By the way' sounds odd. I think it should be 'So, what is this new 8800 GTS really worth?'

'There's actually little to know about the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 Mo. It takes back the G92 chip introduced with the renowned 8800 GT, but in a boosted version as it maintains the 128 stream processors of the 8800 GTX' => The use of 'it takes back' here is definitely wrong. Should be something like 'It uses the G92 chip'

As I said before, I could understand the article and what it was putting across, but it doesn't sound like natural English like, for example, this review by Anandtech does:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3175

ooh, one more thing...

very important to get:

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with that cooler as the supplied thermal pads on the RAM sinks are totally useless !!!

I'm surprised no one else has commented that the conclusion is backwards.

(Just look at the performance graphs themselves, including the ones on the final page.)

Thanks Ethel, I appreciate it...

Basically; if I understand what you mean, there aren't any grammatical errors per say, just things that sound odd to you... Well, it's a good sign since the articles was proof read by an an English copy editors and I myself am American...

I guess the biggest challenge is to translate the Cartesian French way of thinking into a text that makes Americans comfortable, knowing it's a totally different approach.

For instance, when you say: The use of 'it takes back' here is definitely wrong. Should be something like 'It uses the G92 chip'

You are right, but then, 'it uses' doesn't carry the meaning of what Florian wrote (in this case he used the French verb 'reprendre' which carries the idea that it was taken from the old card and placed on the newer model)

I believe in sticking as close as possible to the original text, thus it's sometimes hard to find the right balance... but thanks for the input, we'll continue to improve...

8800GTS is evolution (plain and simple) and its not revolution (by any-means or way)

i am instaling 2 just for myself !!!!!!

since everyone keeps referring to how much more value the 8800gt holds of the 8800gts because of the cheaper price, let me point out that it is practically impossible to get your hands on an 8800gt right now. and if you can, it will prolly cost as much if not more than the 8800gts. so if you really want something for christmas, get the 8800gts. if not, wait till next year for the 8800gt to go off into production again.

ask yourself, is the 60 extra dollars worth not having to wait through to heck knows what time for the 8800gt? you get a (slightly) better card, and you get it faster.

I say it's a great card for the price although it will probably be more of a nightmare when they start selling out everywhere and the price gouging ensues.

8800gts 512 owner here. Coupled with 2gb DDR2 800MHz Ram and e2160 (stock for now) CPU and I am getting 30 fps in Crysis at 1280x1024 with everything on high. I didn't notice any big drops, either. I didn't want the single cooler on the GT (and didn't want to play with installing a new cooler) and got Crysis with the card so I am happy with the purchase.

just got one the other day. the cooling is GREAT and it is very overclockable (think 775mhz core and 1ghz memory). with the fan turned up a little bit, it barely gets over 50-55C