Monday, July 30th 2007

8800GT Revealed

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HellasVagabond
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People over at Hardspell today got a picture of the NVIDIA inside PPT in which high-end graphic cards 8800 and 2900 are tested in CPU usages when decoding H.264 HD. The entire test is based on an Core 2 Duo processor. The blue ones are the CPU usage only decoded by CPU, the red ones are after inserted 2900 while the green ones are after inserted 8800GT. From what the picture says the 8800GT supports H.264 hardware decoding but 2900XT and 2900Pro don't. Good move from NVIDIA to present a cheap 8800 series based solution and name it 8800GT.
Source: Hardspell

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22 Comments on 8800GT Revealed

#1
tkpenalty
Pretty nice.... AMD is going to scream monopoly and Nvidia and Intel though...
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#3
Unregistered
The 8600/X2600 sucks bigtime for midrange cards, looks like the 8800GT could clean up the midrange market unless ATI responds with something much better than the X2600XT.
#4
DOM
:laugh: ;) If you read the Lastest comment you would of found out....
This is NOT 8800GT. Its 8600GT
& ATI 2900 XT Pro :confused:
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#5
Unregistered
Think some here needed a bit more coffee this morning! :laugh:
#7
DBH
How does the ATI offerings not offer H.264 hardware decoding swear thats bull.
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#8
crow1001
DBHHow does the ATI offerings not offer H.264 hardware decoding swear thats bull.
It does, just that it uses more CPU power when you do play back a HD/BLUERAY movie, with today's dual and quad core CPU's its no big deal. The 2400 and 2600 are best at HD playback though as they have uvd capabilities built in, which in theory mean less CPU usage.
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#9
largon
DBHHow does the ATI offerings not offer H.264 hardware decoding swear thats bull.
HD2900 series (R600) does not have H.264 hardware decoding capabilities. Only HD2600 and HD2400 (RV630 and RV610 respectively) do.
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#10
crow1001
largonHD2900 series (R600) does not have H.264 hardware decoding capabilities. Only HD2600 and HD2400 (RV630 and RV610 respectively) do.
HD decode acceleration for H.264/AVC, VC-1, DivX and MPEG-2 video formats, from ATI. So it don't have uvd, my CPU may have to work a bit harder, like i care.;)
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#12
bigboi86
insiderThe 8600/X2600 sucks bigtime for midrange cards, looks like the 8800GT could clean up the midrange market unless ATI responds with something much better than the X2600XT.
I wouldn't say my card sucks... it's beating x1900s and 7900s in 3dmark.
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#13
JC316
Knows what makes you tick
bigboi86I wouldn't say my card sucks... it's beating x1900s and 7900s in 3dmark.
I agree, so am I. Plus it does really well against the higher end cards in new games at lower resolutions.
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#14
bigboi86
JC316I agree, so am I. Plus it does really well against the higher end cards in new games at lower resolutions.
How did you change your voltage? Pencil mod? Bios mod? Resistor mod?
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#15
JC316
Knows what makes you tick
bigboi86How did you change your voltage? Pencil mod? Bios mod? Resistor mod?
Pencil mod.
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#17
hat
Enthusiast
8800gt Ftw
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#18
MadCow
That's just a plain stupid comparison. They should've used the 2600 series instead, but that would mean nvidia's cards would lose. Plus modern CPU's are more than powerful enough to decode 1080p at full speed, so there's not really much point of this.

My 3500+ on the other hand, need all the help it can get decoding 1080p. It could barely go full speed with my old 7600gt, but it's smooth as silk with my x1950 pro.
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#19
hat
Enthusiast
MadCowThat's just a plain stupid comparison. They should've used the 2600 series instead, but that would mean nvidia's cards would lose. Plus modern CPU's are more than powerful enough to decode 1080p at full speed, so there's not really much point of this.

My 3500+ on the other hand, need all the help it can get decoding 1080p. It could barely go full speed with my old 7600gt, but it's smooth as silk with my x1950 pro.
2900 >>>>>>>>> 2600
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#20
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
I could have swore with the hd2900 UVD built in, it decodes HD video (including the h.264 codec). Ill have to look it up and double check myself.
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#21
HellasVagabond
All the 8XXX series support H.264 decoding when used with Purevideo.
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#22
Wile E
Power User
WarEagleAUI could have swore with the hd2900 UVD built in, it decodes HD video (including the h.264 codec). Ill have to look it up and double check myself.
Nope, it doesn't.

I also agree that they should've used the HD2600 for the comparo. If you have the cash to spend on a 2900, you better have the cash for a cpu strong enough to decode HD H.264 on it's own. The only people this should be a concern for are those that have midrange gfx and cpu budgets.
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