Ge force 8800 GTX 768MB vs GeForce 9800 GTX

Which one u choose. between 2 cards.Ge force 8800 GTX 768MB or GeForce 9800 GTX.?I hope you guys give me good reason for your choice

Well, let's see. I'll compare the BFG 8800GTX ($360 at newegg now) with the BFG 9800GTX ($330).

Advantages for the 8800GTX: better fps at high resolutions in single-card setup.

Advantages for the 9800GTX: $30 less, no mailing rebate junk, consumes less, less heat, support for Triple-SLI (assuming you have a 780i board and a serious PSU and case).

For a single-card setup, and a resolution of 1680x1050 or more, I would still buy the 8800GTX, I think, or maybe the 8800GTS G92 512MB. It depends on the budget.

For 2-card setups, I'd pick the 8800GTS G92 512MB.

For 3-card setups, the 9800GTX.

Edit: you should probably compare the 9800GTX with the 8800GTS G92 first. If you don't need 3 video cards, you can stick with the 8800GTS G92 and save lots while still getting the same performance or very close.

You could also compare the EVGA 9800GTX ($330) vs the EVGA 8800GTX ($340 before rebate, $290 after rebate) and honestly even if I wasn't going to cash the rebate for whatever reason I'd still pick the 8800GTX.

From what I understand OC'ing the G92 does not net you the same performance benefits as OC'ing the G80 core (At least that's what I'm led to believe by some of the comments of G92 owners in this forum). The other thing that worries me a little about OC'ing these cards (That may or may not be fixed with the 9800GTX) is the fact that there were some strange problem going with the memory I believe when it was OC'ed past 2000 that affected the longevity of the card.

For what is worth, the 9800GTX is no doubt a great card (No matter how you look at it, it's a rehashed 8800GTS G92), however the 8800GTX still feels like the better "high end" package to me if you get what I mean. One thing that cannot be denied is that you will need a PSU for the G80 core to feast on, because they are power hungry.

Based on the two reviews, I would probably choose the Radeon 9800GTX... err... I mean the GeForce 9800GTX.

Yes, the 8800GTX and Ultra are Tri-SLI compatible. aevm just screwed up unforgivably, that's all

Sorry aevm

Oops, I did. Yeah, I was thinking of the 8800GTS. Sorry...

Definitely agreed, the 768MB memory of 8800GTX helps it to beat the 9800GTX in higher resolutions

From tomshardware review:

So come on, Nvidia. Is this really the best you can do 17 months after the 8800 GTX?

Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX: A card that's almost as fast as the 8800 Ultra at a much lower price is a good thing. But a year and a half after the release of the GeForce 8 series, and even though AMD doesn't really have anything that can go head to head with this card, we'd have liked a little more punch to replace the 8800 GTX with (which is also now being sold for under $400). What we got instead was a card that's very noisy under load and limited by a stingy 512 MB of memory. These drawbacks are especially disappointing given that the 8800 GTS 512 MB is very similar and less expensive.

+ Performance close to that of the 8800 Ultra at half the price / Support for HybridPower (with compatible motherboards) - Noisy under load / Only 512 MB of memory / Not different enough from the 8800 GTS 512 MB, 8800 GTX and Ultra, although they're previous-generation cards and often less expensive.

Maybe because it has more ROPs, TMUs, a wider memory bus and 256MBs of more memory?
Actually, I wouldn't buy either card today; I think you'd be better off saving money with an 8800GT or GTS.

Non of this matters if it doesn't perform better in real game benchmarks (see toms review)...

No 8800GTS 1GB? http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/v [...] -1024.html

I'd get this for high res.

9800 GTX is a performance king up till 1900 res just like the GX2, but it all depends on the game. Crysis makes any card bend over.

the GTX is a very well planned out card. It was what push Nvidia ahead, but its an obsolete card. It uses old technology.

I think there should be a 1 gig edition coming out, made by other companies just like the 8800 GT 1 gig. but till then we'll have to wait.

My answer would be 9800 GTX because it dawns new technologies along side blazing frames.

1080p won't have much impact on 512 meg cards. its when You reach 2500 resolution that the 512 cards actually have a problem keeping up. Check Tom's benches

5% faster than the Ultra, faster than the GTX by enough unfortunately. But then again the 9800 GTX has overclocking potential. and so does the 9800 GTX.

Don't forget it consumes less power and stays cooler. So it doesn't demand as high of a PSU.

I agree with 3 and 4
about the 1 : go and check newegg, some 8800GTX are cheaper and most of them have equal price
2_So u havent read the benchs completely, look @ 1920x1200 and higher resolutions and u will see what i am saying
8800GTX beats the 9800GTX in high resolutions because it has 768MB of memory vs 512 of 9800GTX
Also 90% of 8800GTXs can be easily OC'd to 8800ULTRA with ease or even higher(I have a OCZ 8800GTX @ 612/1080 =Exactly 8800ULTRA)

to liquid: actually if you check anandtech's review its points out a few game instances at 1920x1200 where the 9800gtx falls behind i think mazier indirectly referanced it as well. though i would agree those game titles are limited in number...for now. i am not saying the 9800gtx is a bad card, all i am saying is it could have been a better card than it is.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] i=3275&p=6

though its comparing the 9800gtx to an 8800 ultra (amongst other gpu's). the graphs do show at close to 1920x1200 (and as i said agruebly 1080P) with filters on and graphics cranked 512 card can fall behind the ultra's 768 of ram. the the short version of things. though i agree the differance is much great at higher resolutions. wish they had a straight 8800gtx to 9800gtx match up but i think you get the idea of what mazier and i ment about the additional 256 of ram and additional 128mb of bandwidth the "last gen" cards had.

because no card out there maxes out the x16 pcie 1.0, 1.1 slot. tomshardware did a test though i can't recall the link at this time but it showed that the 2.0 gains were negilgible. at pcie 1.0., 1.1 and x8 slot can be maxed out...ie in 2.0 thats a 4x slot bandwidth wise, also in the test. So in the end its mostly hype and only concernes those running sli in x8 mode. the perforance dropped by ten percent or more if i remember correctly.

8800GTX or 9800GTX?

If you have neither now, have to buy now, and don't have an enviously large monitor - then the 9800. But I bought my 8800 well over a year ago, and certainly don't feel lacking today.


Follow on question: Do you have an adequate card today??

If so, then I would wait a couple months since both ATI and nVidia are releasing new. Hoping for a clear replacement for my 8800GTX. Not quite there yet with what's on the shelves now.

if your one of these morons that think a card with 1gig is better then a 768mb then your dumb ass 1gig and 768 mb means sweet **** all when it comes to 3d cards the things to look for in a card that is decent a it's core speed , it's bit rating and the prices

Alot of brainless ppl got out and buy the a card that has a $999 prices tag cos it's hight end Branded name little do they know all cards run the same no matter what brand it is the only upside to top brand name cards is they have better cooling thats it when you can get a card thats worth $480 and dose the same a $999 card dose if you a worried about your card overheating in summer or your one of them wankers that overclock your cardsand shorting the life of the card then a get a decent 3d card cooling kits which a about $80 hope this has helped

PS: to all you dick heads claiming to know anything about 3d cards dont waste your time posting made up **** you dont even understand cheers.