Performance Notes

We tested almost all of our cards, including the GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS, on EVGA's new nForce 680i SLI motherboard, but we had to break out the Intel Bad Axe motherboard for the ATI CrossFire testing. We put the GeForce 8800 cards up against the current high-end GeForce 7900 GTX, and Radeon X1950 XTX single-card performers, as well as the top dual-card solutions, including the Radeon X1950 XTX CrossFire and the GeForce 7900 GTX SLI. We chose to omit our GeForce 7950 GX2 and Quad-SLI numbers from the printed results because we need more time to verify a few odd performance results. When comparing frame rates, keep in mind that the GeForce 8800 GTX retails for significantly less than the dual-card setups.

3DMark06

(Longer bars indicate better performance)

3DMark06, 1280x1024

GeForce 8800 GTX
10959
Radeon X1950 XTX CrossFire
10832
GeForce 7900 GTX SLI
10655
GeForce 8800 GTS
8890
Radeon X1950 XTX
6792
GeForce 7900 GTX
6453

F.E.A.R.

(Longer bars indicate better performance)

F.E.A.R., Max Quality, 1600x1200, 4xAA/16xAF/Transparency AA

GeForce 7900 GTX SLI
93
Radeon X1950 XTX CrossFire
90
GeForce 8800 GTX
81
GeForce 8800 GTS
60
Radeon X1950 XTX
55
GeForce 7900 GTX
48

F.E.A.R., High Resolution

(Longer bars indicate better performance)

F.E.A.R., Max Quality, 2048x1536, 4xAA/16xAF/Transparency AA

GeForce 7900 GTX SLI
62
Radeon X1950 XTX CrossFire
60
GeForce 8800 GTX
54
GeForce 8800 GTS
36
Radeon X1950 XTX
35
GeForce 7900 GTX
31

Company of Heroes

(Longer bars indicate better performance)

Company of Heroes, Max Quality, 1600x1200, 4xAA/16xAF/Transparency AA

GeForce 8800 GTX
66
GeForce 8800 GTS
65
GeForce 7900 GTX SLI
47
GeForce 7900 GTX
43
Radeon X1950 XTX CrossFire
40
Radeon X1950 XTX
25

Company of Heroes, High Resolution

(Longer bars indicate better performance)

Company of Heroes, Max Quality, 2048x1536, 4xAA/16xAF/Transparency AA

GeForce 8800 GTX
45
GeForce 7900 GTX
29
GeForce 7900 GTX SLI
29
Radeon X1950 XTX
26
GeForce 8800 GTS
16
Radeon X1950 XTX CrossFire
16

System Setup: Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 @ 3.2GHz, Intel 975XBX (for CrossFire), EVGA nForce 680i SLI, 2GB Corsair XMS Memory (1GB x 2), 160GB Seagate 7200.7 SATA HDD, Windows XP Professional SP2. Graphics Cards: GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB, GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB, GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB, Radeon X1950 XTX 512MB. Graphics Drivers: Nvidia ForceWare 96.94, Nvidia ForceWare 93.71, ATI Catalyst 6.10.

What do you think of the GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS? Are you getting one now or will you wait until next year?

1182 Comments

  • kittupathak60

    Posted Aug 15, 2008 9:26 am GMT

    have this card, performance is good but as the newer cards arrive it is inevitably going to go into oblivion, though it now supports physX due to the CUDA technology by nvidia..right now though the best card in th market seems to be not a nvidia but ati 4870x2..
    also the G92 architecture is better...

  • Staryoshi87

    Posted Mar 31, 2008 12:12 pm GMT

    This 8800GTS 640mb is a real monster. I may pick up another one now that it's down to $250... or perhaps I should bite on a 9800GTX instead S'all good.

  • luke9113

    Posted Feb 19, 2008 11:35 pm GMT

    I Love this Card

  • Ibanez423

    Posted Aug 28, 2007 6:16 pm GMT

    It's twice as powerful and the same price as a PS3. Anyway dnp25 you should get some facts right. Sure it has more processors. But they are clocked at half the speed of the processors of the GTX and GTS. Do the math idiot. Anyway the 2900 XT just barely beats the 8800 GTS and it uses alot more power so the 8800 GTS is alot more of a bargain since your power bill isnt as high and its cheaper than the 2900 XT by like 50 bucks. Plus the annoying whine from its fan is also a reason to stay away. NVIDIA FTW!

  • sangoanuta

    Posted Jun 30, 2007 1:09 am GMT

    Incredibly how the HD2900 can't beat the 8800GTX

    HD2900 - F.E.A.R. 1600 x 1200 = 59 fps
    8800 GTX - F.E.A.R 1600 x 1200 = 84 fps

  • marlonsm

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 5:34 pm GMT

    quote: nvidia 8800gtx 128 stream processors,ati 2900xt 320 stream processors do the maths haters.

    actually, i've read something that shows that 8800gtx has 128 phisical stream processors(each one doing 2 calcs/clock), but 256 logical, and 2900xt has 64 phisical stream processors(each one doing 5 calcs/clock), but 320 logical ones, so saing 2900xt has 320shaders is like saying P4 with HT is a dual-core, it's just AMD/ATI marketing

    so unless games start being optimized just to 2900xt, send 5 commands to the stream procs at once(whichis hard to happen, but may be used in Ruby demo), it won't be using all 320stream procs.

  • dnp25

    Posted May 23, 2007 9:02 pm GMT

    nvidia 8800gtx 128 stream processors,ati 2900xt 320 stream processors do the maths haters.

  • tubby_spiderman

    Posted May 12, 2007 8:08 pm GMT

    wait until next year

  • Sephiroth228

    Posted Apr 20, 2007 8:54 pm GMT

    Meh..this card will suck soon...I wouldn't buy it yet, especially since dx10 games don't even exist on the market as of now =\

  • SS11SS

    Posted Mar 28, 2007 5:14 am GMT

    I'll be buying a single 8800 GTX, but won't be running it on vista till its at least on service pack 1, and with FINISHED drivers, but i have a feeling it'll run like a charm on Windows XP Professional SP2

  • Henkect

    Posted Mar 12, 2007 12:38 pm GMT

    I bought the geforce 8800 Gts, and i downloaded CyberLink Powercinema to watch Tv.
    But says i need a tv tuner device, dosnt it come along with the geforce ? if it dosnt, shall i buy the tv tuner device? will it work to watch tv then? and how do i get the tv tuner to work.

    Hope its okey to be asking this here

  • kezsim

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 7:05 pm GMT

    im savin up to get two of these and a SLI mother board, imagine how fast that will be.

  • BoBKiD

    Posted Feb 28, 2007 2:47 am GMT

    There has been a disturbance in the ... force lately over at the official nVidia forums. 8800 buyers are complaining about the bad quality vista drivers (which are still BETA) and the "vista ready" but not-so-ready-after-all nVidia promises.

    Check http://www.nvidiaclassaction.org for more info.

  • generallion

    Posted Feb 21, 2007 8:38 am GMT

    omg!!! just waitin for my xams to get over and booom gonna get my comp upgraded wit this baby!!

  • micahk

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 3:17 pm GMT

    i just ordered my 8800 gts from futureshop, i just got a new computer with vista its a AMD x2 5200+, with 2gb ram. My old computer was a piece of....never mind. I can't wait till i get this new card, and play oblivion, and fear at max. I only have a 19 inch. Woot!

  • MichaelSullivan

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 10:17 am GMT

    I thought my 7800GTX was good, but this just takes the mick!

  • karimbissar1992

    Posted Jan 27, 2007 9:10 am GMT

    I have this card but sacrificed upgrading my age old P4 3Ghz HT cpu....
    Still runs great though!
    Oblivion max settings (ish) runs at 40+ no probs
    Im gonna OC this baby soon

  • imrlybord7

    Posted Jan 25, 2007 6:08 pm GMT

    the 9800 isn't coming out for like a year. And you should just get an 8800gts when ati r600 comes out. Or you could wait for 8600 or 8900 to come out

  • limbizkit

    Posted Jan 24, 2007 12:39 pm GMT

    any one know how can we recognize B2 or L2 revision from tha box of core 2 duo E6400 ? is there any sign ??

  • tasaras

    Posted Jan 21, 2007 1:57 pm GMT

    when will the 9800 come out so i will know worth buying the 8800 gtx

  • GRB_4Life

    Posted Jan 21, 2007 1:01 pm GMT

    [Kind of old News]

    It's no longer a question.

    "NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) IS the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies." - http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_38910.html

    ATI had some good stuff but they just didn't prevail. Hopefully AMD can make something of them.

  • jacyp

    Posted Jan 21, 2007 6:05 am GMT

    hiway2hell: core 2 duo extreme are highly superior to any AMD 64 Athlon FX processorin the present days.

    Intel engineers just redesigned all his processor architecture when they realized that was the problem with their dual core processors. Their technology right now is unbeatable. AMD needs to redesign their processors as well.

  • v3i

    Posted Jan 20, 2007 9:55 pm GMT

    i dont think there is a need of 8800 right now as this year as i suppose all the games will also be released in sp2 along with vista.so i will wait another year. i am reight now happy with my 7600 gs

  • hiway2hell

    Posted Jan 20, 2007 8:49 am GMT

    Its not really core duo. Its really..... I guess you could call it quad-duo because it comes with 4 proccessing cores.

  • hiway2hell

    Posted Jan 20, 2007 8:44 am GMT

    Renn: Would u reccommend the Intel Core 2 duo extreme over the AMD 64 Athlon FX

  • raymondkiley

    Posted Jan 20, 2007 6:51 am GMT

    lol i work 5 days a week making only 7.10 and i make only 234$ a week so dont forget to count in taxes plus most people have to pay bills it would take me forever to buy that card

  • renn

    Posted Jan 19, 2007 8:38 pm GMT

    Go with the core duos, intel is definatly leading the way in processors right now.

  • Nulify

    Posted Jan 19, 2007 2:25 am GMT

    WWAWW!! i can't imagine if this GPU was installed on Mac Pro.

  • RonBorG

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 5:44 pm GMT

    anyone got a physix card?

  • RonBorG

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 5:39 pm GMT

    1 week old gtx w/ old school p4 3.6 x 4 gig crucial ddr2 4300 4 75 gig raptors raid 0 650 watts works for me.. 24" wide just finnishing up exstraction point............money was worth it to me

  • Cronjob

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 4:36 pm GMT

    Alchael, don't be retarded. Where do you think you're going to get a job cleaning for $20/hr in America? We contract our cleaning out to companies who then in turn hire illegals for $5/hr.

  • hiway2hell

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 4:35 pm GMT

    i do have a good PC but i am tired of my 6800 and am about to buy an Alienware that comes with the 8800 GTX but i just dont know to choose from the Intel Core or the Athlon FX

  • hiway2hell

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 4:26 pm GMT

    i am trying to decide between two Alienware ALX Computers. What do u guys prefer. Intel Core 2 Extreme or AMD 64 Athlon FX

  • Jose619

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 12:20 pm GMT

    ahahaha...alcheal wants to kill people for a 8800 GTX??? people have lost there minds...

  • hamadatoon

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 8:48 am GMT

    I actually need 8800 GTX with 600$ in Egypt 3600 pound !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????

    I will wait until next 5 yeas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • alchael

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 6:56 am GMT

    To all unfortunate poor folks out there, there's a solution!

    If you live in the US of A, there's plenty of money to be made there if you're not so lazy and stupid, given your IQ level doesn't fall near the moron threshold. I just wish I live there, I could've made lots of bucks and I'm willing to do anything from licking Ferarri tires clean to assassinating Columbian druglords.

    If I were in USA, I could buy that musclebound Geforce 8800 GTX in one week time! How?
    Find a job, say, cleaning houses or killing people (easy mode) that gets you paid not less than 20 bucks an hour. Work on that for 5 hours a day for 6 days...and voila! GeForce8800GTX! .:.
    Geforce 8800 GTX = $600. Cash/Day: $20/hour x 5 hours = $100
    Cash/Week: $100 x 6 days = $600
    Therefore, I conclude that Geforce 8800 GTX = $600 and I could earn it in a week!

    For once in your life, get your fat, lazy ass out there and start working for that Geforce 8800 GTX!

  • RDW101

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 5:30 pm GMT

    Oh.. mine is a GTX... btw, I started out with 2 of them in SLI BUT!!! more problems than it's worth... dropped back to a single GTX... the way to go... dualvision cannot be employed if in an SLI configuration...

  • RDW101

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 5:28 pm GMT

    I have it! It is AWESOME.. F.E.A.R. at maximum everything.... 75FPS Min 150+ Average.. ona 6700 core2duo..

  • celeborn51

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 4:32 pm GMT

    Man I also ordered my GTS yesterday, and I'm just desperated to put it in. I wanna see the Lord of the Rings The White Council that I think it will arrive on this end of the year , on this massive destruction video card. yeah!!!!

  • Jose619

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 3:46 pm GMT

    damn....it does seem like the R600 is going to blow out the 8800 GTX. ehh but thats what they all say....well some. just cant wait to see the real deal benchmarks. see who has the last laugh on the 1st ever dx10 cards.

  • jeanart

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 3:28 pm GMT

    I think I'll wait some DX10 games reviews with the 8800 GTX and when crysis will be in store (end of the year) I'll get a maingear F131 with 2 8800 GTX and a quad core CPU!!! : p CRYSIS WILL BE S.I.C.K.!!!

  • Cronjob

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 10:29 am GMT

    I don't care what ATI has coming out. They burned their bridges with me some time around 2000 when I bought a high end card (I can't even remember what it was anymore as that was about fifteen cards ago for me). It was horrible. There were a number of games I could not even play as the entire screen was just constantly gray. There were a number of very well known problems with the card and it was many months before they released the first driver or firmware updates. I believe it was at least four months and possibly as long as six or seven. By the time the drivers finally fixed the problem, it was no longer the high-end card it was purchased to be!

    NVIDIA, on the other hand, has always provided great, quality, frequently updated drivers and shown a lot of love to their customers. It will take a lot to ever sway me back to trying out an ATI card, just as it has taken a long time to sway me back to trying an Intel CPU (which I may do in the next machine I build, after more than a decade of AMD-only).

  • Thornorway

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 6:37 am GMT

    I have just build a new gamer PC with the Geforce 8800 in and its a pretty sight, connected the box to the 42 " HD ready TV and played all night. This baby really kicks a**

  • fel_rossi

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 5:37 am GMT

    Intel Boxed Core2 Duo E6400 Processor - 2.13 GHz (clocked at 2.66)
    AOpen 1000Watt
    DDR2-800 Corsair TwinX (3 x 1GB) DDR2-800 - 6-Layer,DOMINATOR
    IDE 0 Seagate Barracuda 7200 250GB Gigabyte nVidia 2 x GeForce 8800GTX Asus P5N32-E Sli Motherboard Runs the game 100% with all eye candy set to max
    Is great

  • dpryan101

    Posted Jan 16, 2007 9:06 am GMT

    I just ordered the GTS yesterday. The GTX was tempting but I only have a 19" monitor so the extra muscle of the GTX really wouldn't be necessary. Lets see if this card hold strong over the next year or two as Nvidia claims it will.

  • Klash47

    Posted Jan 16, 2007 7:18 am GMT

    @Jose619

    http://level505.com/2006/12/30/the-full-ati-r600-test/1/

    go through the pages it beats the 8800 in almost every single test. ofcourse were gonna have to wait till its released to really see what its capable of.

  • Bazz3442

    Posted Jan 16, 2007 6:46 am GMT

    Im getting a 8800 GTX in a few days. I was still apprehensive about some compatibility issues that might arise with my older hardware and software, but this article cleared all that up. I mostly looking forward to the DX 10 game Crysis, and I will have the best card to play it on when its released, later this year.

  • BounceDK

    Posted Jan 16, 2007 1:06 am GMT

    Find out about the GPU that's twice as powerful as the PlayStation 3's RSX in our GeForce 8800 GTX hands-on report.

    Why on earth are you comparing PC & console hardware? LOL

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