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Old 11-09-07   #1 (permalink)
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Just last week the entire graphics card market was shaken to its core with the release of the 8800GT. With glowing reviews and a price / performance ratio which proved to be through the roof, the card promptly sold out across the world. With increasing demand and virtually nonexistent stock replenishment, many potential customers of the 8800GT have been left high and dry with seemingly no alternative in sight. Unfortunately, with stock shortages the prices of the 8800GT have skyrocketed to over $300 at some online retailers in the US and Canada. So, where are potential customers supposed to turn? Luckily EVGA has provided somewhat of an answer: the 8800GTS 640MB SSC Edition.
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Unfortunately, things don’t start off too well for the EVGA 8800GTS even with its additional shader processors unlocked. Overall it is edged out by the HD2900XT and even the stock 8800GT wins over it by a fair margin.
Well this is.... dissapointing? Personally I don't think this is worth the extra cash over the 8800GT.
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Ok, so the SSC is fatter and hogs more power but barely keeps up with the GT?

The ONLY reason for this card is to fill the gap between GT supply and demand.
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Nvidia should of made the new 8800GTS have the G92 core with more SPs than the 8800GT G92. It would then match 8800GTX performance, instead of being on par or a little better than the much cheaper 8800GT. The new 8800GTS would also been a lot cheaper because the G92 uses 65nm architecture (better yields than G80) and a 256-bit memory interface (cheaper than having 320-bit).

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It wouldn't be such a bad choice for those playing at resolutions higher then 1600x1200.
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It wouldn't be such a bad choice for those playing at resolutions higher then 1600x1200.
So you'd honestly recommend it to such people over the 8800GT even though its more expensive and the 8800GT can easily be OC'ed to be even better?
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So you'd honestly recommend it to such people over the 8800GT even though its more expensive and the 8800GT can easily be OC'ed to be even better?
Extreme resolutions benefit from more than 512MB memory i think, so that would probably be why.
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