8800GT Review(s) - (18 and counting)

[SniperDaws]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SniperDaws
Please please please dont buy the 8800GT if you are expecting it to run Crysis because you will be very disapointed, Crysis is far too demanding for any setup out there unless you want to tone it down and play at 1024 with medium settings and no AA or AF that is.

Buy this card because its a beast and happily play all the other new games that have just been released or are being released in the near future.

Crytek have dropped a clanger.

they are cheap enough - buy two
... that'll make most gamers happy to play Crysis nearly maxed out when nvidia gets SLI working for it

And heres the scary part, SLI is supposed to be working with Crysis.........lol

Crysis wont be maxed out for a long time yet, is there any screenshots of it maxed out cos i want to see how gorgous it is, i mean i know nothing can play it properly yet but its the best looking graphics for a game ive seen so far even at medium settings.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: lopri
I'm more interested in the new 8800 GTS that has all 128 stream processors according to the latest leak. There indeed looks to be a ultra-high end update of 65nm G80 (G92, that is) after all. I'm guessing that NV will launch this one after the 8800 GT buying frenzy. Then everyone will upgrade once more. Smart, aren't they?

not unless AMD produces a competing GPU .. if not, they are just competing with themselves
:Q

No no, I think we are going to see good things with the HD38xx series.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Shaq
Another couple reviews of 8800GT. Keeps up with a GTX in all titles. It looks to be reference clocks too. This will be a good one.

http://www.bootdaily.com/index...=view&id=849&Itemid=51

THis one mentions two new? GTS's on November 19 with lots of info on 8800GT's specs. It looks like it has just 16 ROPS.

http://www.geforce9.com/article01.htm

The "new" GTS is just supposed to be a 8800GT with 128 shaders instead of 112. Maybe higher stock clocks also. Dunno. We shall see.

 

[hooflung]

What are you guys on about with Crysis not running well. My C2D 4300 @ 2.7ghz, 4 gig DDR2, X1900PRO and SATA2 7200RPM drive run Crysis at 1280x1024 with all options set to high no AA/AF just fine. No slowdowns. I suspect the overhead a 8800GT would have over my X1900PRO would let me run at my native 1680x1050 with atleast 2x AA and 4x AF. Which is just fine for me.

 

[superbooga]

Originally posted by: SniperDaws
Please please please dont buy the 8800GT if you are expecting it to run Crysis because you will be very disapointed, Crysis is far too demanding for any setup out there unless you want to tone it down and play at 1024 with medium settings and no AA or AF that is.

Buy this card because its a beast and happily play all the other new games that have just been released or are being released in the near future.

Crytek have dropped a clanger.

Crysis is demanding, but I think you're exaggerating. The 8800GT should be able to play at 1280 res, with all settings at high and maybe 2xAA. If you think about it, that's better than what the high end cards could do when Farcry was released.

 

[superbooga]

meant to edit the previous post

 

[imported_Shaq]

Originally posted by: Hazaro
Vr Zone indepth review

http://www.vr-zone.com/article...0GT_Review/5369-1.html

Can't get in...must be a good review.

 

[SniperDaws]

i dont want to play this game at high i want to play it at Very High the difrence between High and Very High is huge, its like a complety diffrent game, im trying to find some screen shots to show you it with Very high and Dx10, its the most amazing looking game ive ever seen.

 

[thilanliyan]

Check this out:
http://resources.vr-zone.com/f...ge/8800gt/crysisaa.jpg

I guess this is where we see the 256-bit bus show itself...or maybe the 512mb of vram.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: SniperDaws

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SniperDaws
Please please please dont buy the 8800GT if you are expecting it to run Crysis because you will be very disapointed, Crysis is far too demanding for any setup out there unless you want to tone it down and play at 1024 with medium settings and no AA or AF that is.

Buy this card because its a beast and happily play all the other new games that have just been released or are being released in the near future.

Crytek have dropped a clanger.

they are cheap enough - buy two
... that'll make most gamers happy to play Crysis nearly maxed out when nvidia gets SLI working for it

And heres the scary part, SLI is supposed to be working with Crysis.........lol

Crysis wont be maxed out for a long time yet, is there any screenshots of it maxed out cos i want to see how gorgous it is, i mean i know nothing can play it properly yet but its the best looking graphics for a game ive seen so far even at medium settings.

well, i can run it at "very high" ...
.. and get screenshot after screenshot
S-L-I-D-E-S-H-O-W

No ... SLI is NOT working yet

 

[SniperDaws]

Originally posted by: thilan29
Check this out:
http://resources.vr-zone.com/f...ge/8800gt/crysisaa.jpg

I guess this is where we see the 256-bit bus show itself...or maybe the 512mb of vram.

Grrrr the links not working, anyway have a look here while you wait.



http://webpages.charter.net/bliss/


EDIT: the links working, could that 8800GT slow down be connected to early drivers? the GT is supposed to be slightly diffrent to the original 8800 cards, and does anyone know if that slowdown thats plagued some of the 8800 cards has been fixed? you know the one where you gain your fps back by alt+tab'ing out of the game and back in ?

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: thilan29
Check this out:
http://resources.vr-zone.com/f...ge/8800gt/crysisaa.jpg

I guess this is where we see the 256-bit bus show itself...or maybe the 512mb of vram.

lol yeah when i get a 24"+ monitor ill drop the 8800GT.

For now at 1280x1024 I'll stick with this 8800GT.


til next year.... :Q

 

[imported_Shaq]

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: thilan29
Check this out:
http://resources.vr-zone.com/f...ge/8800gt/crysisaa.jpg

I guess this is where we see the 256-bit bus show itself...or maybe the 512mb of vram.

lol yeah when i get a 24"+ monitor ill drop the 8800GT.

For now at 1280x1024 I'll stick with this 8800GT.


til next year.... :Q

pwned...just kidding. This card stayed with the GTX in every benchmark and got a 14200 OC'd 3DMark06 with a quad @ 3.0. I'm getting one. May have to get a new SLI board next month and another one of these. Should be able to play Crysis all on high with config tweaks @ 720P @ 60fps average maybe with some AA and AF too.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: SniperDaws
Please please please dont buy the 8800GT if you are expecting it to run Crysis because you will be very disapointed, Crysis is far too demanding for any setup out there unless you want to tone it down and play at 1024 with medium settings and no AA or AF that is.

Buy this card because its a beast and happily play all the other new games that have just been released or are being released in the near future.

Crytek have dropped a clanger.

I don't think anyone is buying an 8800 GT because it'll "play Crysis on max settings."

They are buying it because its relatively cheap and faster than a GTS.

Is there a better value you recommend?

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: hooflung
What are you guys on about with Crysis not running well. My C2D 4300 @ 2.7ghz, 4 gig DDR2, X1900PRO and SATA2 7200RPM drive run Crysis at 1280x1024 with all options set to high no AA/AF just fine. No slowdowns. I suspect the overhead a 8800GT would have over my X1900PRO would let me run at my native 1680x1050 with atleast 2x AA and 4x AF. Which is just fine for me.

It won't...

 

[bamacre]

I am just hoping that a q6600 @ stock with 2GB of ram and an 8800GT will allow me to play at 16x12 with no aa, and settings at medium.

I can wait until better and cheaper hardware comes out to play it in all its glory. Spending all kinds of money now trying to do so is just not worth it.

Edit, meant to say DX9, too. And adding another 2GB of ram, if it'll help, is no problem.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: bamacre
I am just hoping that a q6600 @ stock with 2GB of ram and an 8800GT will allow me to play at 16x12 with no aa, and settings at medium.

I can wait until better and cheaper hardware comes out to play it in all its glory. Spending all kinds of money now trying to do so is just not worth it.

Edit, meant to say DX9, too. And adding another 2GB of ram, if it'll help, is no problem.

It doesn't look that great on medium. I hate to say it, but it really does resemble Far Cry, albeit with more features and better physics. You will be able to run it at 1600x1200 on medium tho. My 8800GTS runs it nicely at 720P with 4XAA, with almost every setting on high, and I find it looks better than medium at 1920x1200.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: bamacre
I am just hoping that a q6600 @ stock with 2GB of ram and an 8800GT will allow me to play at 16x12 with no aa, and settings at medium.

I can wait until better and cheaper hardware comes out to play it in all its glory. Spending all kinds of money now trying to do so is just not worth it.

Edit, meant to say DX9, too. And adding another 2GB of ram, if it'll help, is no problem.

It doesn't look that great on medium. I hate to say it, but it really does resemble Far Cry, albeit with more features and better physics. You will be able to run it at 1600x1200 on medium tho. My 8800GTS runs it nicely at 720P with 4XAA, with almost every setting on high, and I find it looks better than medium at 1920x1200.

Well, we don't have a final version yet either. And if the demo isn't even making use of multiple cpu cores, that can make a big difference, especially in regards to physics.

 

[Hazaro]

Where's Anandtech's 8800GT review >_>

You can put it up early

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: Shaq

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: thilan29
Check this out:
http://resources.vr-zone.com/f...ge/8800gt/crysisaa.jpg

I guess this is where we see the 256-bit bus show itself...or maybe the 512mb of vram.

lol yeah when i get a 24"+ monitor ill drop the 8800GT.

For now at 1280x1024 I'll stick with this 8800GT.


til next year.... :Q

pwned...just kidding. This card stayed with the GTX in every benchmark and got a 14200 OC'd 3DMark06 with a quad @ 3.0. I'm getting one. May have to get a new SLI board next month and another one of these. Should be able to play Crysis all on high with config tweaks @ 720P @ 60fps average maybe with some AA and AF too.

instead of dumping the $$ on a new mobo, wait to see what 38xx has to offer first. You might end up just getting two of those.

 

[alcoholbob]

Originally posted by: SniperDaws
wait.

http://webpages.charter.net/bliss/


EDIT: the links working, could that 8800GT slow down be connected to early drivers? the GT is supposed to be slightly diffrent to the original 8800 cards, and does anyone know if that slowdown thats plagued some of the 8800 cards has been fixed? you know the one where you gain your fps back by alt+tab'ing out of the game and back in ?

I don't think that is an issue related to just the 8800 series, it was just more apparent because the cards usually run so fast that a drop in fps is very noticeable when the card runs out of VRAM.

I've always had this issue with nVidia cards and memory leaking, when the card runs out of RAM it just plummets in performance until I alt-tab. This occurs with my 256mb 7800GT too, framerate gets on the slowish end in new games (obviously) but after I alt-tab every ten minutes or so suddenly the framerate shoots up 30-60% until it slows down again later.

 

[ronnn]

I am impressed in a midrange way. Hope ati makes better - -- Now time for some top end stuff that can actually do dx10.

 

[SickBeast]

While it's impressive to see GTX level performance for $250, really these cards are no more impressive to me than a $50 price cut to the 8800GTS lineup. The card brings nothing new to the table.

I suppose 2 of these cards in SLI could be cute, but really we need a beast of a new high-end card for Crysis.

 

[imported_Shaq]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
While it's impressive to see GTX level performance for $250, really these cards are no more impressive to me than a $50 price cut to the 8800GTS lineup. The card brings nothing new to the table.

I suppose 2 of these cards in SLI could be cute, but really we need a Sickbeast of a new high-end card for Crysis.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: Shaq

Originally posted by: SickBeast
While it's impressive to see GTX level performance for $250, really these cards are no more impressive to me than a $50 price cut to the 8800GTS lineup. The card brings nothing new to the table.

I suppose 2 of these cards in SLI could be cute, but really we need a Sickbeast of a new high-end card for Crysis.

FTW :thumbsup: