BTK

I have been seeing a lot of threads lately comparing these cards. Well I have the answer.

This isn't an opinion but facts based on my combined knowledge from reading benchmarks throughout the web on these cards. And my testing of the cards.

By all means we should be comparing cards with factory clocks.

We get into "well you can overclock a GT to beat a GTX". Guess what, you can overclock the GTX too. I hate that where the poster forgets you can overclock the other card too.

So this is comparing stock clocks, but if by some reason your mind can't accept stock clocks and you overclock the lesser card just imagine the second card overclocked too so it scales the same as stock clocks.

Same CPU and RAM settings are assumed.

8800GT vs 8800GTX - The 8800GTX is faster all the time except for a few games at lame resolutions the 8800GT wins. Turn up the resolution and add AA/AF and the GTX pulls far away from the GT. The GT becomes memory limited. GTX>GT by a pretty good amount.

8800GTS G92 vs 8800GTX - This is a tough one. At 1680x1050 and below the GTS is equal or a little bit faster than the GTX. When you start going above that and adding high amounts AA/AF the GTX pulls away. 256 Bit on the GTS makes it memory limited.

8800GTX vs 9800GTX - The 9800GTX is around 5-10% faster most of the time. It's just an overclocked GTS G92. But when we start going above 1920x1200 with lots of AA/AF again you see the memory limitations especially in memory limited games like CoH which becomes memory limited @ 1680x1050. The GTX will pull away.

Also remember 3dmark06 means nothing it's not a game and defaults to 1280x1024!

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What NVIDIA has done with the 8800GT/8800GTS G92 and 9800GTX is make performance of last generations top cards at a much more affordable price for most gamers.

The gamers who have the ultra-high resolution monitors, the 8800GTX/Ultra is still top. It's amazing the GTX/Ultra has lated so long. At resolutions for most gamers there are faster cards, but not by much. They become memory limited .

The 9800GX2 doesn't count so much as it's two G92 cores on one PCB.

There isn't really an 8800GTX/Ultra killer out that's a single GPU right now.

I'd like to see a G92 or new core with 512 Bit that actually is a GTX/Ultra killer at high res, and is a SINGLE GPU. The GTX/Ultra have lasted too long at the top.

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raven117

i think you ment the gt is faster at lower res and the gtx is faster at high ones. I loved all of my 8 series so far i dont see the point in upgrading to no performance.

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ZealotKi11er

So why you buy a new video card? So we can still play new games at high resolution. 8800GTX does that better then all so 9800HTX is a fail

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mnishimura00

ok so im borrowing a gtx from a friend right now, and i need a replacement card within the week. i really dont play too many gfx intensive games... i play bf2, and occasionally pro street. what card would you recommend?

BTK

how may people have HUGE monitors? If most have 22" 1680x1050 the 9800GTX is faster.

lol a 7900GT maxes BF2........8800gt would be fine

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justarealguy

How about GT vs GTS? ?

Thread hijack?

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BTK

you can't answer that?

if you means GTS 92 vs GT

yea the GTS wins......it has 128SP vs's the GT's 112

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thenovices

Aren't the GTX and Ultras still G80? Dang.. why don't they slap a G92 on a PCB with a 384-bit bus?!

BTK

you can't do that, it's a lot more complicated then that

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thenovices

I would imagine so, but it would take much less R&D and money to create a G92 384-bit card compared to developing a whole new architecture (the new GT200). They probably could've squeezed out more profits from their G92 design AND made a better single-GPU card.

But then again, maybe not. Its just speculation.