8800 GTS 320mb
So here it is, our first review on a graphics card, and the card is, the 8800 GTS 320 mb. First lets get the facts straight with some info
GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)
Video Memory: 320MB Memory Type: GDDR3 Memory Interface: 320-bit Memory Clock: 500 MHz Shader Clock: 1200 MHz Stream Processors: 96 Memory Bandwidth: 64.0GB/sec.
Interface Type: PCI Express Interface Speed: x16 Connector(s): Dual DVI HDTV Support
Power Requirement: 400-Watt power supply
So there is your info. Now judging by this you can tell this graphics card isn't the best. It is very cheap but for a few more bucks you can get an awesome graphics card.
My Opinon:
Alright now time to talk of what i think about it. It is in fact an alright card, now if your looking to play crysis with this thing with everything on very high, then your SOL. But i was able to play crysis with everything on medium and with object quailty on very high, pretty smoothly. But when you get into an intense battle then it will start to lag. As far as cooling will its not the best but then agian definetly not the worst! It kept pretty cool throughtout my experince with it.I could play half life 2 (great game by the way) with everything maxed out and without any lagging at all, which was cool. So do i think you should get it, will only if your very low on money and it's the only 8800 GTS in the store.Below are the pic of it and a video benchmark.
Overall rating: 6/10
9800 GTX+ OC
Alright now time for the almighty 9800 GTX+ OC. Lets get down with the facts
GPU NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GTX+ Core Clock 760MHz (vs. 738MHz standard) Shader Clock 1890MHz (vs. 1836MHz standard) Shader Model 4.0 Texture Fill Rate 48.6 Billion/sec. Stream Processors 128
Memory Video Memory 512MB Memory Type GDDR3 Memory Data Rate 2250MHz (vs. 2200MHz standard) Memory Interface 256-bit Memory Bandwidth 72GB/sec.
Connections Bus Type PCI Express® 2.0 Display Connectors 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV + TV Out RAMDACs Dual 400MHz Multiple Monitor Support Yes HDCP Capable Yes, Dual link (Requires other compatible components which are HDCP capable. Designed to meet the output protection management (HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, allowing the playback of encrypted movie content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant displays) HDMI™ Capable Yes (Requires adapter and audio cable, sold separately)
So there are your facts!
My Opinons:
This card is awesome!!! When i did the benchmark with this on crysis i was able to put everything on very high with AA on 16xQ. I didnt get the best frames especially at the begning i only got like 5 frames a sec, but after the initial start i got 10 to 20 frames which is really awesome considering everything was maxed out! It does tend to get a little hott after long uses but nothing to get worried about. This card can whip through any game you can think of. The only wierd thing about it, is while playing crysis i got almost the same frames when i played it on medium then when i played it on very high. It is even better then most GTX 280's and 9800 GX2's. Even better then some Radeon HD 4870x2, which is very suprising. The shader clock is awesome but the memory clock could use improvment. But overall awesome.
Overall Rating:9/10
Below is a Benchmark review.
This is in bad quality by the way, go to youtube to view a higher quality.
