8800GT 256MB Benchmarks here

[JPB]

8800 GT 256MB tested

 

[Jules]

eh

 

[Cheex]

Interesting.

The 8800GT 256MB seems to be less limited by its VRAM than I thought it would be.

 

[razor2025]

Originally posted by: Cheex
Interesting.

The 8800GT 256MB seems to be less limited by its VRAM than I thought it would be.

Hard to conclude that when the only benchmark they've used is 3DMark06 and HL2:EP2. Both of those aren't going to stress the VRAM size at all. If they bench it with Crysis, I'm sure it'll tell a different story with 256MB VRAM.

 

[swtethan]

still quicker than the 3850

 

[Munky]

I don't have high hopes for this card. It may be fast at low-medium res, but once it hits the memory limit the performance would likely tank, or the card would refuse to run the game at all.

 

[aldamon]

Surprised this isn't getting more attention.

 

[s44]

Originally posted by: aldamon
Surprised this isn't getting more attention.

Probably no one expects there to be any.

 

[clickynext]

What's the ETA on this card?

 

[happy medium]

I think this will be THE midrange card to get for people with 19 inch monitors.

They are on sale in Europe now.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products...tegories=512&OrderBy=1

 

[taltamir]

probably going to be the card to buy... when it is available

 

[bryanW1995]

based upon the 8800gt 512 vs 3870 battle, it seems likely that 8800gt 256 will be faster than 3850, even with the slightly lower memory clock vs the 512 version. 3850 will probably end up being 20-30 cheaper with the oc and/or 512 versions being equal in price to 8800gt 512. There's going to be a lot of customer confusion about which card to buy. nvidia vs amd in gpus is pretty easy to figure out if price/availability are equal right now, but when you throw intel's muscle into the mix with xfire then I think that amd will get a LOT more sales now. Nvidia could eventually have to open up sli to intel...how nice would it be to be able to get a nehalem mobo with both xfire AND sli available?

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: taltamir
probably going to be the card to buy... when it is available

256mb isn't enough memory these days. Just look at how the GTS 320mb's performance drops once you fill up the vram...