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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT/GTS Roundup - TechAmok
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT/GTS Roundup - [hardware] 08:05 PM EST - Mar,03 2008 - post a comment The chaps over at
Digit-Life posted a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT/GTS Roundup. It's still very
interesting to examine new products from the 88xx series. Some of them have very
interesting designs and cooling systems:
ASUS GeForce 8800 GT TOP 512MB PCI-E is a reference card operating at
increased frequencies. So it features all problems of the reference cooler:
noise and mediocre cooling efficiency. A special note to fans of this brand:
ASUS has nothing to do with its manufacturing, it's manufactured at a
third-party plant by NVIDIA's orders, like all reference cards. It has a bonus
in the bundlea modern game and a leather CD album.
Gainward Bliss GeForce 8800 GT Golden Sample 1024MB PCI-E is not a
standard solution. It has twice as much memory, and it operates at increased
frequencies. Our tests demonstrate that CRYSIS responds well to the increased
memory volume, although it does not need 1 GB of video memory in a general case.
The best memory size for top graphics cards is 768 MB, like in the 8800 GTX.
However, time flies, games demand more and more resources, and NVIDIA has
abandoned the architecture with a 384-bit bus and 768 MB of memory, so we can
have only 1 GB. It may soon become a new standard for top graphics cards. On the
whole, the card from Gainward produces a very good impression.
MSI GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB PCI-E is a reference card. Like ASUS, MSI
does not manufacture these graphics cards on its own, it just buys ready cards
from NVIDIA. So it's a usual reference card. The cooler is quiet, but the card
gets very hot. However, hot air is thrown out of a PC case, so there is nothing
to worry about. This product is the fastest card of all modern graphics cards.
No other card can outperform it, because the 8800 Ultra/GTX is already
discontinued.
Galaxy GeForce 8800 GT 512MB PCI-E is an interesting product. However, it
combines a lot of pros and cons. Advantages of the card are quite clearit's a
graphics card for overclockers. I've also published test results of this card
operating at increased frequencies (I used the jumper to raise the core
voltage.) Besides, such cards are bundled with coolers from Zalman (according to
Galaxy web site). A manager from this company assured us that such a noisy
cooler was installed on our sample by mistake. The cooler is indeed very noisy.
Unfortunately, external power connectors on the card are very close to each
other, and manufacturers didn't take into account that such connectors in PSU
cables may be too thick to plug two of them at once. You will have to use
adapters. And the main problem: we couldn't show our readers the true
temperature readings of the overclocked card with the "correct" stock cooler.
Palit GeForce 8800 GT Sonic 512MB PCI-E is not a reference card, Palit
has traditionally modified the PCB layout. The card is equipped with an
efficient cooling system. It's a two-slot device, but it's not a problem these
days. The graphics card operates at increased frequencies. However, the
manufacturer should have overclocked it a tad higherthis card would have become
a very interesting offer in this case. Still, it's a very good card as it is.
The manufacturer should stop using the same box with different labels for all
products. Real brands make good boxes for each type of graphics cards.
Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GT Zalman Edition 512MB PCI-E is manufactured by
Gigabyte, although it's a copy of the reference design. An efficient and quiet
cooling system from Zalman allows to overclock the card without overheating
problems. As we didn't got the box with bundled components for this card, we
cannot evaluate them.
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GT ZL 512MB PCI-E is a reference card again, but
it's equipped with an efficient and quiet cooler from Zalman. It's an
overclocked card, but this product operates at the lowest temperatures among our
today's cards. This is a very good point.
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