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First GeForce 8800 GT review.

Expreview has the first full review of a reference 8800 GT. I recommend using the Google translated version right here if you can't read Chinese. The translation is not perfect but it is adequate. Apparently the 512MB 8800 GT performs just under the 8800 GTX (and above the 640MB 8800 GTS and HD 2900 XT) in most games and in 3DMark06.

According to the article's GPU-Z readout, it looks like the 8800 GT will indeed have 16 Raster Operators (ROPs) and 16 Texture Mapping Units (TMUs). That gives the 8800 GT a pixel and texture fill rate of 9.6Gigs a second. I have corrected those figures in our database of course. See the comparison of the 8800 GT and 8800 GTS right here.

The reviewer was able to overclock their 8800 GT from 600/900 to 740/1,100 and retain ATI Tool stability. They had to reduce the overclock to 730/1,000 to retain 3DMark06 stability. If you use the comparison page I linked above and overclock the 8800 GT to 730/1,000, the 8800 GT will match the GTS's memory bandwith, surpass the GTS's pixel fill rate and come very close to the GTS's texture fill rate.

 

Expreview's GPU-Z screen.

 


14 Comments
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:57:04 PM
Yay! That article looks like good news for those of us who haven't gone DX10 yet. Good value for the money now: it's almost too good to be true. When are they going to boost the 8800GTS 640MB to be able to compete with the 8800GT?
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 5:15:22 PM
anonymous
guest
when was direct x 10.1 suppose to come
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:58:58 PM
anonymousP
guest
I'll be excited if these results carry on to when it hits the shelves. I do find it interesting that the 8800 GTS looks better to me on paper than the GT does though.

But if its as good an upgrade from the x1950 Pro as it looks, this will be a good card for me.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:06:36 PM
trickz
guest
how do they manage to get the cards before they hit the shelves?!?!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:04:06 PM
I want to see a competent person take that thing to 1000Mhz, then we'll see if it can beat the Ultra or not.

EDIT: It's only 16?? Shoot.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:06:34 PM
Oh, and I want to see what PCIe 2.0 brings to the table!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:12:36 AM
lawgiver
guest
well based on that you believe it has 16 TMU. then pls correct your card database because right now it shows 32 TMU.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:43:35 AM
had the chance to snatch one ofr 280 :p theyre gonna be available pritty soon in 250~ dollarski range, already a bunch of sites on the web coem up in the search, not much in stock of course .

what i dont get is how can it be so close to gtx/ultra speeds. if its missing stuff...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:41:54 AM
anonyD, its a new core, G92, and it has more shaders, better pcb, could do almost anything, poor 8800GTS/GTX owners, the got pwned, but that's what always happens with pc's, just like when i got my pentium D 945.

Edit: and it has faster shaders due to the 65nm.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:10:00 AM
Radiator
Senior Member
Beats the 8800 GTS640MB and HD 2900 XT ? Bloody hell! That's impressive . I thought about that aswell , mr. AnonymousD ... how the hell can it come so close to the 8800 GTX ? It doesn't have nearly enough hardware to match it... I'm remaining sceptical , until more reviews are released .
At some games , the 16 ROPs/16 TMUs 256bit memory bus really makes you feel the bottleneck . But that's only at a high resolution/AA or both .
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:28:25 PM
anonymous
guest
No way this beats the 8800gts! 16/16 at 600 is not better then 24/20 at 500 the math just does'nt add up. The shaders however are another story. So i'm a bit skeptical about the claims for this card.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:02:51 PM
anonymous
guest
Price? :)
Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:50:37 PM
anonymous
guest
C'mon nVidia! I'd like to see a 8800M GT soon. I've been holding off getting an Asus G1S due to the weakish 8600M GT.
Friday, October 26, 2007 11:34:21 PM
The likelihood of a G92-based 8800 Mobile card is higher than you may think. It's the perfect plan. Finally, something to beat the 7950 GTX.
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