10 Geforce 8800 GTS 320Mb Video Cards Compared

jmke · 30th April 2007, 15:39

We continue our Geforce 8800 320Mb tests with the additional of models from Asus, Albatron, Leadtek and the TEC cooled Calibre, comparing gaming performance, overclocking potential and cooling capability with the previous tested cards. This roundup will help you decide what card to get; read on if you´re in the market for a higher end VGA upgrade

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=561

Sidney · 30th April 2007, 19:37

Nicely done review

2nd May 2007, 22:09

yes idd, great stuff!

I'm anciously awaiting a 8800GTX with a fanless design cooler. I know it's asking a lot but there are vga-coolers out there that are up for the challenge if you ask me. Placing one for myselfs is out of the question, I don't want to wreck a 500 euro graphicscard and lose my warranty.

Keep up the good reviewing!

jmke · 3rd May 2007, 01:21

HR-03 Plus should be able to do the job if you have decent case cooling

18th December 2007, 13:46

OK........I have the Albatron 8800 gts 320mb that you guys tested, and I see that nobody is testing any card with the new Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Why is that??? I mean....everyone says that this game is quite heavy...and with the albatron card, this game (I watched the game's frame rate counter) gave me 2 to 5 frames on some missions with intense environments (1280x1024 and low in game settings). With less intense environments, and with low settings on the Nvidia control panel, it reached 25 "maybe" 30 fps max, and that happened "sometimes". And I'm using the new Beta drivers from Nvidia 169.17. With those drivers, the same "tough" mission got a maximum of 10 frames. I tampered with the nvidia control panel and pushed up the AA and Anisotropic filters, and the filters of the game, and the frames average between 6 and 13-14. Is that normal??? or am I doing something wrong??? or could it be because of the monitor??? (lol)....I'm planing to play around with the overclocking and see what frames I'll get......is it possible for you to run a test with the FSX and see what numbers you can get????

my system:
Gigabyte GA 965P-S3 (Rev. 3.3) mainboard
Intel Pentium 4, (540) 3.2 Ghz 800 FSB
2 GB memory, 667MHz
HD 500 GB sata II westernd digital
LG 1735 17" TFT VGA monitor

18th December 2007, 14:23

I wonder how long it takes until you find Madshrimps in the excyclopedia when you look under "roundup" =P

jmke · 18th December 2007, 16:11

This test was finished back in June, the cards are no longer in our possession :/

geoffrey · 18th December 2007, 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim8

OK........I have the Albatron 8800 gts 320mb that you guys tested, and I see that nobody is testing any card with the new Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Why is that??? I mean....everyone says that this game is quite heavy...and with the albatron card, this game (I watched the game's frame rate counter) gave me 2 to 5 frames on some missions with intense environments (1280x1024 and low in game settings). With less intense environments, and with low settings on the Nvidia control panel, it reached 25 "maybe" 30 fps max, and that happened "sometimes". And I'm using the new Beta drivers from Nvidia 169.17. With those drivers, the same "tough" mission got a maximum of 10 frames. I tampered with the nvidia control panel and pushed up the AA and Anisotropic filters, and the filters of the game, and the frames average between 6 and 13-14. Is that normal??? or am I doing something wrong??? or could it be because of the monitor??? (lol)....I'm planing to play around with the overclocking and see what frames I'll get......is it possible for you to run a test with the FSX and see what numbers you can get????

my system:
Gigabyte GA 945P-S3 (Rev. 3.3) mainboard
Intel Pentium 4, (540) 3.2 Ghz 800 FSB
2 GB memory
HD 500 GB sataII westernd digital
LG 1735 17" TFT monitor, VGA only........lol, no DVI input

I don't own that game, and besides that it would take just too long for me to test every card in every available game. Therefore we test only the most popular games, or those that make most sense. Concerning your setup, that Pentium 4 540 is not really the fastest CPU those days, maybe you gain some performance when pushing it past 4GHz, I'm quite sure your CPU can do that air cooled.

19th December 2007, 14:08

hhhmmm yes!!!!!........I've been told that before....about the Pentium 4, and I was suggested a Core 2 duo, prefferably one with more than 2GHz. could it be the cpu that limits the frames after all???..........I've tried lower rezolusions too and didn't have any improvement on the frames.........as if something is blocking the card from giving more frames. But anyway, do you know if fsx is actualy that heavy??? .....I've read some reviews of the game and they said that it's for next generation cards.

jmke · 19th December 2007, 14:45

FSX is a huge resource hog, it will require a lot of RAM, raw CPU power and high end VGA card to run half decent, running it under Vista will further degrade performance;

30th April 2007, 15:39	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	10 Geforce 8800 GTS 320Mb Video Cards Compared We continue our Geforce 8800 320Mb tests with the additional of models from Asus, Albatron, Leadtek and the TEC cooled Calibre, comparing gaming performance, overclocking potential and cooling capability with the previous tested cards. This roundup will help you decide what card to get; read on if you´re in the market for a higher end VGA upgrade http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=561 __________________

30th April 2007, 19:37	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Nicely done review __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

3rd May 2007, 01:21	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	HR-03 Plus should be able to do the job if you have decent case cooling __________________

18th December 2007, 13:46	#5
jim8 Posts: n/a	OK........I have the Albatron 8800 gts 320mb that you guys tested, and I see that nobody is testing any card with the new Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Why is that??? I mean....everyone says that this game is quite heavy...and with the albatron card, this game (I watched the game's frame rate counter) gave me 2 to 5 frames on some missions with intense environments (1280x1024 and low in game settings). With less intense environments, and with low settings on the Nvidia control panel, it reached 25 "maybe" 30 fps max, and that happened "sometimes". And I'm using the new Beta drivers from Nvidia 169.17. With those drivers, the same "tough" mission got a maximum of 10 frames. I tampered with the nvidia control panel and pushed up the AA and Anisotropic filters, and the filters of the game, and the frames average between 6 and 13-14. Is that normal??? or am I doing something wrong??? or could it be because of the monitor??? (lol)....I'm planing to play around with the overclocking and see what frames I'll get......is it possible for you to run a test with the FSX and see what numbers you can get???? my system: Gigabyte GA 965P-S3 (Rev. 3.3) mainboard Intel Pentium 4, (540) 3.2 Ghz 800 FSB 2 GB memory, 667MHz HD 500 GB sata II westernd digital LG 1735 17" TFT VGA monitor Last edited by jim8 : 10th January 2008 at 20:36.

18th December 2007, 16:11	#7
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	This test was finished back in June, the cards are no longer in our possession :/ __________________

2nd May 2007, 22:09	#3
sandstorm Posts: n/a	yes idd, great stuff! I'm anciously awaiting a 8800GTX with a fanless design cooler. I know it's asking a lot but there are vga-coolers out there that are up for the challenge if you ask me. Placing one for myselfs is out of the question, I don't want to wreck a 500 euro graphicscard and lose my warranty. Keep up the good reviewing!

18th December 2007, 14:23	#6
Rutar Posts: n/a	I wonder how long it takes until you find Madshrimps in the excyclopedia when you look under "roundup" =P

19th December 2007, 14:08	#9
jim8 Posts: n/a	hhhmmm yes!!!!!........I've been told that before....about the Pentium 4, and I was suggested a Core 2 duo, prefferably one with more than 2GHz. could it be the cpu that limits the frames after all???..........I've tried lower rezolusions too and didn't have any improvement on the frames.........as if something is blocking the card from giving more frames. But anyway, do you know if fsx is actualy that heavy??? .....I've read some reviews of the game and they said that it's for next generation cards.

19th December 2007, 14:45	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	FSX is a huge resource hog, it will require a lot of RAM, raw CPU power and high end VGA card to run half decent, running it under Vista will further degrade performance; __________________

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