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NVidia 8800 GT - More bang for your bucks

NVidia 8800 GT - More bang for your bucks

— BolleY2K on November 1, 2007 - 19:20.
Germany — 

The new NVidia Geforce 8800 GT is finally not only announced but also becoming available at different retailers. Being the first 65nm GPU from NVidia, the 8800 GT is featuring 512 MB of DDR3 RAM and clock rates as high or even higher than a 8800 GTX.

The card itself is priced pretty aggressively at $199 - $249 but performs much closer to the GTX than to the GTS in most benchmarks. Considering performance in combination with pricing, the 8800 GT looks like the sweet spot if you are considering buying a DirectX 10 capable card now.

Benchmarks and full test available at:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3140

http://www.tomshardware.com/de/Geforce-8800GT-G92,testberichte-239864.ht... (german)

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/29/geforce_8800_gt/index.html

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 BolleY2K
 
on November 1, 2007 - 19:20
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Elysium
66 EXP -
November 1, 2007 - 20:32 #

This card looks VERY nice.

I'm a little bit disappointed because I bought a 8800GTS with 640MB 2-3 months ago, but never mind. I'm happy that the card isn't always faster than mine.

Good Job Nvidia!

Found some other Reviews:
[H]Enthusiast
VR-Zone
Guru3D (with SLI)
Elite Bastards

tEmP
86 EXP -
November 1, 2007 - 20:12 #

For all potential buyers. Here is a quick summary of all known bundled games with different 8800 GT´s:

MSI Geforce 8800 GT : Colin McRae:Dirt; Lotro-Trial
XFX Geforce 8800 GT : Company of Heroes
Gigabyte GV-NX88T512H-B : Neverwinter Nights 2
ASUS EN8800GT : Company of Heroes

...to be continued.

BolleY2K
12 EXP -
November 1, 2007 - 20:32 #

I actually just sold my 8800 GTS 640MB today and am getting a 8800 GT next week... :-D I got as much money for my used 8800 GTS 640MB as a 8800 GT costs so it was a no brainer for me.

I will keep you updated if i am happy with the exchange...

Phlexonance
540 EXP -
November 5, 2007 - 01:27 #

You can actually keep doing that all the time if you don't mind the constant reselling!
Years ago I sold my 2GTI and got a 4400TI for almost the same money. Then I sold my 4400TI and got me a 4800SE for the exact same money. Then I sold my 4800SE and got a 5900XT and made a profit!
So yeah this helped me not getting a bad conscience as I bought a (passive cooled) 7600GT for 130€ a year ago. I wonder if I could pull that off one more time. But my new card hast to be rather silent :/