New 8800GTS with 112 stream processors beats 8800GT!

[Fireblade]

Hardware Canucks (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/3173-evga-8800gts-640mb-w-112sps-ssc-edition-review.html) have tested one of the new 8800GTS card - namely a 640MB EVGA 8800GTS SSC Edition :cool:




Without a doubt, the EVGA 8800GTS SSC Edition with 112 Stream Processors has found its niche in the market.
If you are one of the many people looking to purchase a 22” or larger widescreen monitor and play games with high details and IQ settings, this card should be at the very top of your list.
This card has shown itself to be superior to the extremely popular 8800GT 512MB when playing DX10 games with large textures.
Indeed, EVGA has fitted this card perfectly into vacuum created by the discontinuation of the older 8800GTS 640MB.

Simply put; the EVGA 8800GTS SSC Edition is geared towards consumers who want to play at high resolutions with as much eye candy turned on as possible.
If you play at 1280X1024 or even 1600x1200 with lower modes of AA and AF turned on then this is simply not the card for you.
Are you looking into buying a 22” or larger widescreen monitor? If so then the EVGA 8800GTS SSC presents you with a great option for high resolution, high IQ-settings gaming.


Pros:

- Amazing performance in DX10 games and higher resolutions
- Good price for performance
- Lifetime warranty
- Quiet


Cons:

- Performance at lower resolutions is tied or below the 8800GT
- Consumes quite a bit of power

[Sub]

so its g80 with unlocked stream processors?!
they better get a bios out or some way to unlock them on previous 8800gts's!! i feel so cheated :( lol nice find fireblade :D

that review would have been nice split into pages instead of being a mile long :( lol

[Modd1_uk]

THIS is the reason i don't buy many pc components nowadays, they get outdated so fast, take my 8800gt, a week old ? maybe 2 max. Already outdated !

[LSG501]

THIS is the reason i don't buy many pc components nowadays, they get outdated so fast, take my 8800gt, a week old ? maybe 2 max. Already outdated !

It's not outdated, its just had the expected faster card come out, we all knew a faster card or cards were coming out shortly. :rolleyes:

[Tom]

Your 8800GT is not being replaced; this new 8800GTS is just an update to keep the range intact. God, I don't think even Nvidia would be stupid enough to ruin the best launch they've had in years with another product, less than a month afterwards.

[[M]uuhh]

Will it support dx10.1?

Since our first teaser post was put live, the forums have been afire with speculation that this is the new G92-based 8800GTS and it will be on sale “in a few weeks time”. Nothing could be further from the truth since this is a G80-based card with a few unlocked Stream Processors and it is already being sold by various online retailers. The 112 SPs do put it neck and neck with the 8800GT in this department but it is still the “older” G80-A2 GPU core powering this card.
Sad face :(