NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 & GeForce 8800 GT 256MB: Playing with Memory and G92

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• AnnonymousCoward - Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - link

  So the GTS 512 vs the Ultra. The GTS does 26/47 watts less. What's the voltage, 1.5V? So the Ultra draws 17/31 amps more? That's a lotta current.

• TheRealMrGrey - Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - link

  The authors of this review failed to comment on the fact that the 8800 GT 512MB is still under stocked and out of stock just about everywhere! Yeah, it's a really great card, but no one can purchase it! So what's the point? Just to make all those people who already have one feel good? Blah!
  

• Mgz - Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - link

  so you compare an overclock version of the 8800 GT 256 MB vs the default NO OC HD 3850 and HD 3870 ? at least to make it fair you could compare to an OC version of HD 3850/3870 or compare the non-XXX version to the default clock 3800.
  
  =(

• just4U - Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - link

  I didn't realize they were comparing stock to overclocked. If they were then it's the only oversight in the review. Well done Anand, Finally a review of the 8800GT 256Meg I don't take with half a pound of salt...
  
  ... Maybe just a dash tho! ;)

• LRAD - Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - link

  My LCD is 1440 x 900 and it is dissapointing to see so much concern for the high resolutions only. For instance, would a 256 meg solution be fine in the near future for that res? The article beats us over the head with the fact that 256 megs is not enough, but at a lower resolution, might it be?

• redly1 - Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - link

  Thanks for the bar charts at the end. That somehow summed it up for me. Glad to see the power consumption comparison in there too.

• Spoelie - Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - link

  to be honest i really really like the line graphs more, don't really see what's more clear with the bar graphs
  
  guess it's a never ending debate

• Zak - Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - link

  I want a high end $500-600 monster that's at least twice as fast as my current 8800GTX that can play Crysis on 24" screen with reasonable framerates:( I'm thinking about getting another GTX and go SLI but I hear some games, Crysis in particular, don't gain much from SLI. And, of course, the day I shell out $500 on another 8800GTX Nvidia will release 9800GTX or something:( Frustrating....
  
  Zak

• Bal - Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - link

  I think every FPS bar chart should have a FPS/$ overlay. You could incorporate it on all your bar charts and allows users to really compare "bang for buck" vs performance for games they are interested in without adding more graphs..

• Bal - Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - link

  dang no edit...that was supposed to be an original post...