Guru3D takes a closer look at eVGA's e-GeForce 8800 GTS KO with ACS cooler. This card literally weighs (roughly) a kilogram, has been clocked from 500 MHz on the core towards 590 MHz. And had it's memory from 1600 towards 1840 MHz... yes smell extra performance! :-)

For who is the 8800 GTS 320MB intended and a fantastic product? Well if you game up-to a resolution of 1920x1200 you are good to go. With pretty much all modern gaming titles and this years upcoming games. If you want to game at roughly 1920x1200 or higher, you'll need more memory on the graphics card. But (and I stated this before) the majority of gamers out there are still on an LCD screen at 1280x1024 or 1600x1200. And for you guys this card means bang for your bucks. If you aim at a higher resolutions then definitely go for the 640 model, or even better the delicious 768 MB GTX.  There's another thing to bare in mind though, upcoming games that require massive amounts of texture memory could form an issue. A good example in our test run was GRAW; the GTS 640 MB model performed way better on all levels thanks to the fact it had enough memory. With upcoming DX10 titles like Crysis I'm not really sure just yet what the effect of 320 MB memory is.

Let's talk money here... a regular GeForce 8800 320MB will cost you roughly 300 USD. This eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS KO w/ACS will set you down 339.99 USD. So there's a 40 dollar difference (these prices are pretty much the same in EURO's by the way). The question is... is the 40 bucks worth it? Short answer... yes. Not mainly because of the ACS cooler though. It's the combo. The really high default overclock and thus performance gives this product it's edge. Next to that you get to have the free game (which is a great title also), you'll get the fantastic warranty and you can use that step-up program. Now you can't deny that's not worth the extra 40 bucks.

The eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS KO w/ACS is like a wolf in sheep's clothing, you expect something good... yet it's really good. You'll get a DX10 compatible product offering great performance up-to a resolution of 1920x1200. I wish it would have had a 512MB framebuffer but the nature of the G80 architecture does not allow that. To make up for it you do get a full 96 shader cores in that graphics processor activated. Plain and simple; at this price level this product is very nice and it promises you a tremendous gaming experience at that 300-340 USD/EUR price level.