This October, the G92 core announced its arrival and has got with it the new 65nm fab process, PCI-e 2.0 support, along with enhancements for Multisampling and Supersampling. We received a sample of the Geforce 8800GT card from Nvidia and put it through a rigorous 7-day regime of benchmarks, games, and some more benchmarks.
G92: A New Beginning
The G92 is the first Nvidia GPU to sport a 65nm fabrication process and is also the first to support the PCI-e 2.0 specification that will give a bandwidth of 8 GB/s (bi-directional) with an X38 motherboard. It promises enhanced graphics using MultiSampling and SuperSampling with integrated PureVideo 2 and claims to supports a resolution of 2560x1600. On the HD-Video front, it has onboard HDMI capability and can decode H.264 HD-Videos, but it doesn't seem to be able to decode VC-1 just yet.
Apart from all the flimflam in the media brochures, here's what's new.
Well, for starters, with the new 65-nm fab for the G92, the die's surface shrinks by around 33% as compared to a G84, but the surface area increases two-fold. It uses 754 million transistors (a lot more than the G80's 681 million). A big chunk of these additional transistors power PureVideo 2. It features 112 stream processors (as opposed to the G80's 128) but the texturing units see a jump from 48 to 56 (thus helping with Multisampling and SuperSampling).
The ultra high resolution 2560x1600 support will be more of use to designers than gamers; atleast for now. Maybe an 8800GT in SLI setup would be appropriate for gaming in that resolution.
This pradeep guy is really a big bloodsucker.I have been to his shop in Chennai and he will always try to push stagnating products down your throat or try to sell you products by quoting some flashy technical terms even he does not understands. Guys, please be aware of him, he is on hell of a sleazy business man. Beware! you have been warned.
i have only pci*16 slot,,, i heard that this card needs 2* pci*16 ,, is that true ,, i want to know cause now i have 7300 le i want to sell and get this card please can u reply sooner
by ramprasath
from coimbatore
on 10/05/08 01:10 AM
We are Using NX8800GT , MSi
Realy this card is Exelent performer.
and i am full suttisfied that caard. i recomend the people , u use that card , and feel the diffrence .
by Abay juneja
from Meerut
on 11/02/08 01:14 PM
hi all, i have hcl core 2 duo technology system, and just can any one help me if i will take 256 Rab of any graphics card, how much it will cost and is it good to support every game and will enhance the quality, one more thing warranty plz, many thanks, Durga
by Durga prasad Mi
from Bhubneswar
on 28/01/08 09:21 PM
u people should also mention the prices of all the products..so that we can think about the product according to our budget...
by rajiv
from delhi
on 09/01/08 05:35 AM
Hi
Where can I buy a 8800GT 512MB in Delhi
( I have been goinng to Nehru place for past three weeks, but to no vail...)
by Tanmoy Dutta
from New Delhi
on 02/12/07 10:13 PM
Lol why don't you guys test this card with the latest games.Coz what I have heard is all the cards till date are brought down to their knees by the game "Crysis".So buying this card for the future is useless.
by Sendoh
from Pokhara
on 24/11/07 11:40 AM
yeah but dont worry... crysis is unique... not many games for the near future is goin to be like Crysis. Unless someone buys the license for the very expensive engine... so this card still makes sense...
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by toocool
from mumbai
on 26/11/07 10:57 AM
tessalation is a feature which will increase the importance of unified shareder[uns] concept with only few of [uns] the hdr,antianalising,texture,etc will perform good but nvidia donot have this feature but ati has and guyz price tag of 15000 is tooo much for this card for more details post comment here only i ans
by ankit
from kolkata
on 25/11/07 10:37 AM
Yes, G92 is the core not the card. We did goof up a bit with the words. Thanks for bringing it to our notice.
by Moderator
from Techtree Test Labs
on 24/11/07 01:30 PM
Please provide a contact information where this product can be purchased from. The Nvidia India site's "buy" link redirects to Indian distributors who sell only third party cards based on the Nvidia chips. I am looking for this card originally manufactured by Nvidia.
by Pagla
from Cal
on 24/11/07 01:47 AM
Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd - one of the leading partners with Nvidia has this card and is priced at only Rs. 12500/-. There is a Gift free with this Card from Simmtronics. Pls. contact Simmtronics Semconductors : +91 9899455811 - Rishi , 011 - 40570300. Exstock.
by Rishi Raj Jaitl
from India
on 24/11/07 10:27 AM
price is too high... atleast for buyers like me.
and rich can buy bcoz future nvidia cards are going to launch which are in 9xxx series.. so using this card for just 2 to 3 months doesnt have imp..
its better to buy 9xxx series card
by Nadeem
from pune
on 24/11/07 09:30 AM
this review is pathetic, u guyz didn't mention about how hot it gets when its OCed, and its a good OCer too, as karim said nvidia should have gone with dual slot cooler for this.
OMG, G92 is know as 8800GT, rofl, where do u guyz keep ur brain while writing the review.
for its price , this card rocks :)
by forerunner
from b'lore
on 24/11/07 08:28 AM
a. G92 is not called 8800gt. g92 is just the gpu. the card is the 8800gt. g92 is going to be put on the gts later, maybe q1 2008.
also this card is not a poor overclocker. i have two of these and without oc, i can do 15000 3d marks. but with oc i can breach a stable 18000. the only catch is their largely vented thin form cooling is not oc favorable. attach the card to a liquid cooled setup u can easily oc like mad.
by Karim Fatehi
from Dallas
on 24/11/07 07:49 AM
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