EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GS 384 MB

[W1zzard]

no sli motherboard, was hard enough to get one of these cards

wait .. i have a nforce 4 sli board

 

[calvary1980]

nice review, I wonder how the 768mb version will do is it possible to request a sample? I don't think the XFX version uses Samsung so it's a good move on eVGA part to use Samsung Memory in a standard model.

- Christine

 

[choppy]

was crysis settings on high in dx9? 1280x1024 @ high with 2xAA and 8xAF (was it?) produces >30fps ?!! that sounds wrong!

is that the timedemo or the actual game?

 

[W1zzard]

its the timedemo set to all high

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

wizzard

One dual-link DVI outputs for digital flat panel display resolutions up to 2560x16004

could you fix that please?

 

[killatia]

nice review, i was gonna drop some money on a radeon 3850 but with these benchmarks og the 8800 gs xfx might just get my money (since they're the only one on newegg seeing the card right now.)

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

nice review, i was gonna drop some money on a radeon 3850 but with these benchmarks og the 8800 gs xfx might just get my money (since they're the only one on newegg seeing the card right now.)

if u want to overclock the memory skip the xfx model

 

[calvary1980]

prices are weird now, the other day the XFX 8800GS 384 Standard was $159 and the OC Model was $179? now the OC Model is $169 and the Standard is $179 doesn't make any sense. Could the Driver Wall actually change the pricing?

- Christine

 

[newtekie1]

prices are weird now, the other day the XFX 8800GS 384 Standard was $159 and the OC Model was $179? now the OC Model is $169 and the Standard is $179 doesn't make any sense. Could the Driver Wall actually change the pricing?

- Christine

Supply and demand, most sites raise the price as the demand goes up and their supply goes down.

 

[calvary1980]

that doesn't explain why the OC model is cheaper than the Standard that's the first time ive ever seen that happend it must be an error I don't think this has anything to do with the 8800GT situation.

- Christine

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

yes thats how newegg is .. the OC version of my 7900GS was cheaper than the normal (because the demand for it was lower than the normal)

 

[QuarterMain]

prices are weird now, the other day the XFX 8800GS 384 Standard was $159 and the OC Model was $179? now the OC Model is $169 and the Standard is $179 doesn't make any sense. Could the Driver Wall actually change the pricing?

- Christine

lol we all must remember that the core of capitalism is greed (unfortunatly...) prices are subject to go higher as the word on this little jewel spreads... as im sure per nvidias plans.:shadedshu

 

[JRMBelgium]

Is it possible to unlock the shaders with rivatuner? Did you guys try that?

 

[calvary1980]

strange, I don't think that happens in Canada usually it's a set price and it only changes via a rebate or if the model is replaced by a newer one.

- Christine

 

[newtekie1]

Is it possible to unlock the shaders with rivatuner? Did you guys try that?

Yes, W1z even talks about it in the review. The shaders do not have a clock limit.

When overclocking the core, the first thing you should enable is independent shader clock adjustments, then find the maximum stable shader clock.

 

[JRMBelgium]

Yes, W1z even talks about it in the review. The shaders do not have a clock limit.

I am talking about unlocking the disabled shaders.

 

[choppy]

its the timedemo set to all high

w1z did you get to play crysis with the card? i dont think it can deliver ~30 fps at 1280 res with aa/af

 

[divinebaboon]

prices are weird now, the other day the XFX 8800GS 384 Standard was $159 and the OC Model was $179? now the OC Model is $169 and the Standard is $179 doesn't make any sense. Could the Driver Wall actually change the pricing?

- Christine

you mean this?



Ya that's pretty fooked up....yesterday the normal version was at 159-10 coupon so it was 150....
But newegg still offers the normal XFX 8800GS for 152 each if you buy more than one...still,who would want those loud cards with crappy 1.2ns memory...Evga is so much better!

 

[newtekie1]

I am talking about unlocking the disabled shaders.

Oh, my mistake. Anyway, I am going to doubt the shaders can be unlocked, just like the shaders on the 8800GT.

 

[OCDXFX]

Evga 8800 Gs 384 Mb

Very impressed card , Not same like other 8800GS industry size it's used normal

8800GT PCB same layout & good specifications just $170 ^_^.....Cool !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Black Panther]

Very informative review W1zzard. Thank you

About the title of the review, you say that overclocked it surpasses the GT... I'm guessing that you mean that it surpasses the unoverclocked GT, isn't it? On an E6550 the stock GT got you 9750 3dmark06, on my E4300 (oc'd at 3Ghz sure but still one of the weakest C2D's out there) overclocking my GT I get 12,782.

I had a question about the fan noise:

In the above image you place the GT the second most silent after the GS... in load... and I presume you're using stock clocked cards and stock coolers all along.

TBH, I oc my GT only for benchmarking. For gameplay I leave it at its "stock" (BFG OC2 version), and I use the stock cooler. I use rivatuner to get the fan up to 45% when gpu temp goes over 60, 50% when it goes over 65, 60% when it goes over 75 and 90% when it goes over 85 and 100% if it goes over 90c. I had read enough stories of the GT reaching 95+ degrees if left on load without riva fan control, and that definitely put me off trying to see what temperature my GT would be getting without riva fan control...

During games like Oblivion and Crysis the fan never goes more than 60% and the load temperatures are like between 77 and 82 (absolute maximum).

I used to have a POV 8600GTS before, its load temps used to go as high as 85c max (in summer with 35c room temp) stock cooler, not oc'd, and fan not controlled with riva. It was terribly silent, compared to my 8800GT at 60% fan. With the latter I turn up my speakers while gaming to smother off the whirring noise.

But in your benchmarks the 8800GT is more silent than the 8600GTS at load? That's what confused me.

Did you let the cards on auto fan control while testing? Without using 3rd party programs like rivatuner?
What program did you use to test the cards under load?
What temperatures did you get for the cores under load?

I'll be grateful if you give me a hint on the above. I would like to know actually only the results of the 8800GT and 8800GS, not all of them.

Thanks! You are

for all you do for this very informative forum!

 

[candle_86]

hey if ya want ill send ya my 8800GS 580M to review if you can send me your eVga lol

 

[W1zzard]

for noise testing all cards are installed in the noisetesting system with the driver installed, xp sitting at the desktop until temperature does not change anymore, no other apps ever started after reboot that could interfere with fan control or clock speeds -> idle

load is same setup with atitool running, load temperatures you can see on the overclocking page. we also verify if temperature with benchmarks can go higher than atitool (it never did in all our testing of all cards)

maybe the cards we used for our testing had different fan settings in the bios than yours? the 8800 gt was the zotac amp edition if i remember correctly

candle86: card is already on its way back to evga

 

[Wester547]

Good review, but you have the same frame-rate for the GeForce 8500 GT in F.E.A.R. at 1024x768 without FSAA as you do at 1280x1024 with 2x FSAA (26FPS). I can't help but let that come to the notice of me. (unless the results without FSAA have soft shadows enabled)

 

[Titus]

Good review : that's all fun.
But i'm so sad : i bought a XFX standard version ( 580Mhz core ) and its bad 1.4ns memory chips
But in France, no more choice than XFX standard / XXX version :shadedshu

All the same, Riva Tuner is my friend and full details games on my 22" wide LCD display compensate for this deficiency.