- Aug 23, 2007
- 16,829
- 3
- 0
It's been a long long time since I've researched video cards, but I am now, and I'm not at all pleased with the reviews I find.
Specifically, I want to know if 1gb memory on an 8800GT makes a difference, or will make a difference with future games.
But every reviewer seems to do little except comment on the packaging and heatsink design, make some quip about how all cards are reference these days, and then run a few benchmarks-- usually 3DMark + some game. The problem is they never benchmark a wide variety of games, so you can never get a true idea of performance. Yes, 3DMark and Crysis show no benefit from 1gb mem, but I've seen suggestions that games like Flight Sim X can benefit, and Crysis may even benefit if you set it to use more memory. But has anyone tested this? No.
For 10 pages after the initial box analysis and 3DMark scores, they talk about overclockability They seem to all buy into the overclocking myth, despite the minuscule benefit from even a 10% OC. What's up with this? Why bother splitting hairs between two brands of card and whether they score 14025 or 14060?
This is the one good review I've found http://en.expreview.com/2007/1...-you-need%ef%bc%9f/16/
Edit: About the 1024 vs 512, why don't any reviewers use Rivatuner to find out how much memory games actually use?
Specifically, I want to know if 1gb memory on an 8800GT makes a difference, or will make a difference with future games.
But every reviewer seems to do little except comment on the packaging and heatsink design, make some quip about how all cards are reference these days, and then run a few benchmarks-- usually 3DMark + some game. The problem is they never benchmark a wide variety of games, so you can never get a true idea of performance. Yes, 3DMark and Crysis show no benefit from 1gb mem, but I've seen suggestions that games like Flight Sim X can benefit, and Crysis may even benefit if you set it to use more memory. But has anyone tested this? No.
For 10 pages after the initial box analysis and 3DMark scores, they talk about overclockability They seem to all buy into the overclocking myth, despite the minuscule benefit from even a 10% OC. What's up with this? Why bother splitting hairs between two brands of card and whether they score 14025 or 14060?
This is the one good review I've found http://en.expreview.com/2007/1...-you-need%ef%bc%9f/16/
Edit: About the 1024 vs 512, why don't any reviewers use Rivatuner to find out how much memory games actually use?
Facebook
Twitter