Originally posted by: Astrallite
The 8800GT should be $200 for the 256mb version and $250 for the 512mb version.
--life would not suck for recent GTX owners it was really 14K in "05" - they beat that easily ... otoh, if is is 14K in 3DMark06 we have some real performance increases coming to the mid-range.upcoming G92 has some pretty interesting performance numbers. All we can say is life sucks if you recently bought a GTX.
Originally posted by: KIAman
I just got an 8800 GTX. Anybody know where I can get the 3dmark game? It looks pretty cool.
Originally posted by: Astrallite
The 14-15k score IS 3dmark 05, not 06 for the GTs.
In 06 w/ AA/AF it was 85% of 8800GTX.
Btw, I'm curious why the new 640mb GTS would be set higher than the current GTX, if they will continue to sell GTX/Ultras.
Additionally, we know the 512mb 8800GTs are 1.5GHz x 112 stream processors. The 640mb will have 128SPs like the 8800GTX, and even if we assume its also clocked at 1.5GHz, it's not necessarily indicative of superior performance because the GTX will have a 384 vs 256bit bandwidth lead. Some games are more bandwidth limited after all, then shader limited (i.e, RPGs).
Even 7950 GX2?Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
@ MichaelD: 8800GT 512 (from specs alone) will flat blow the doors off of the fastest 7 series card ever made. With a side of cole-slaw.
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
@ MichaelD: 8800GT 512 (from specs alone) will flat blow the doors off of the fastest 7 series card ever made. With a side of cole-slaw.
Originally posted by: Rusin
MichaelD:
They are due to come out October 29th..that's less than two weeks. New version of 8800 GTS 640MB is due to come out November 19th.
8800 GT 512MB should cost $250
8800 GT 256MB should cost $200
There are also rumours about 8800 GS (which would basically utilize those crappiest G92-chips.. those chips that doesn't work with 112SP's (would use 96)well and doesn't handle those clock frequencies that were wanted). This 8800 GS would be needed to close that gap between 8600 and next card which would be bigger since 8800 GT will be more powerful than 8800 GTS 320MB..and that GTS-version is EOL-product already. Then perhaps pull G92-8800 GS cards out when they'll get G98-chips up and running
THERE WERE SOME problems with the G92 numbers we put out a bit ago, namely they were 3DMark05. The problem, this bench is seriously CPU bound at default resolutions.
So, to fix that, here are 3DMark06 numbers a a bunch of different resolutions, and a bit more about what it means.
[*****See chart*******
from 6629 to 11426 depending on resolution/AA-AF]
The scores are a little higher than Theo said, basically putting G92 and RV670 right on top of each other, at least at 1280*1024. Since NV launches first, I would expect ATI to bump up the clock in the intervening weeks to pip the G92 by a bit. In this game, victory is much easier for the second to launch.
The interesting bit is not with the near future launching cards, but with the Q1 launching big boys. If the base parts are more or less equal, and they numbers play out the way I expect them to, look for ATI to take the first lead in the high end since the R4xx cards were all the rage.
NV is taking the same old route, ATI is turning hard left, who will win? Right now it is a tie, and based on OEM orders, an ATI clean sweep. The real fight is in Q1/08, right now we are only seeing the initial salvos.
The real fight is in Q1/08, right now we are only seeing the initial salvos.