XFX 8800GS Alpha Dog Edition
Sudeep Naik, Feb 28, 2008 1800 hrs IST
An unfortunately-timed launch
Good build, single slot, good performance.
Expensive; the 9600GT makes it not worth buying
The Card
The card is clocked at 580 / 1400 MHz (Core/Memory), and the shaders run at 1450 MHz. Nvidia's reference 8800GS runs at 550 / 1600 MHz (Core/Memory) while the shaders run at 1450 MHz. It's good that XFX has overclocked the core and shaders by 30 and 50 MHz respectively, but we're not sure why the memory speed has been cut down by 200 MHz; this will certainly affect the performance of the card.
The XFX 8800GS has a 192-bit memory interface and sports 384 MB of DDR3 memory.
Like the 8800GT, the 8800GS, by reference, has a single-slot design. The active HSF on the face of the card uses a copper heatsink and a small plastic fan. It requires extra power to be fed to it using a 6-pin connector.
The back of the card features dual-DVI and an S-Video port.
The card supports PCI-Express 2.0, Shader Model 4.0, Nvidia's Quantum technology for physics computation using Shaders, the Lumenex Engine that helps deliver better image quality and floating point accuracy at high speed, PureVideo HD technology, dual-link DVI (capable of supporting resolutions up to 2560 x 1600), and OpenGL 2.0 support.
USER COMMENTS
Bhai.Buy the the 8800GT....Nothing Less. will cost u around 14000/-
by Anonymous, Mumbai, on Apr 22, 2008 07:11 PM, Report abuse
nVidia has gone crazy......... there was no need to introduce 9 seires..? Or Let me ask? what can u find new in 9 series card.................? It does'nt even support dx10.1........? 8800gt is still the best money-pewrformance combo
by Vineeth, bhilai, on Apr 22, 2008 07:08 PM, Report abuse Reply
i m tired of these damn benchmarks, dont you guys have games that people really care about? Like lost planet,world in conflict, call of duty 4,bioshock and for god's sake "CRRRRRRRRYYYYYYSSSSSIIIIIISSSSS".... you just cant write one line saying "We also managed to play Crysis at a reasonable 30 to 33 fps".... we want to see it in graphs if you dont mind...
by cyberdemon, mandi, on Feb 28, 2008 08:07 PM, Report abuse Reply
i thought the 9600 came at 13900..that 4K more than this one...its a lot of difference
by svn21, TRIVANDRUM, on Feb 28, 2008 06:47 PM, Report abuse Reply
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dudes get the bench marks of all the latest games specially crysis and assasins creed. And please advice me if i should buy this card as the 9600 is out of my range and if not please advice me on bying a card around 10000 pakistani rupees.
by SilverDrag, Karachi, on Apr 17, 2008 05:25 PM, Report abuse Reply