DH Review: XFX 8800GTS XXX 640MB

Zardon · Mar 21, 2007, 08:21 PM

Read The Review Here
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Most websites just review a card on one system and that's the end of it. With XFX's new 640MB GTS Driver Heaven decided as the card was so versatile that we would review it on not one, but three systems.

One a "normal mainstream" gaming system with 1 gig of ram and a E6300 spec'd CPU, one a relatively high end enthusiast E6700 system with 2 gig of ram, and lastly one on an overclocked 3ghz+ Conroe powered "Next Generation" Vista gaming rig. This means that every gamer gets to see how the card will handle with their hardware, not just a single high end system with a price tag most could never afford.

Over 5,000 words, 24 pages with indepth testing and analysis of the amazing new XFX XXX card is sure to be valuable reading to ANY enthusiast user needing a high powered, high value for money card.

**Mousey** · Mar 21, 2007, 09:30 PM

It's incredible how powerful hardware is getting now, in 5 years we'll probably have more power in a single card than we see on a hollywood 3D Rendering farm (according to PCFormat ;p)

Lelisevis · Mar 21, 2007, 11:45 PM

No mention on the shader clock. Not blaming you because it's not really clear on the XFX site either. It's the one clock rate that keeps slipping the net. If you have a look at the BFG GTS/GTX cards they are slowly bumping the shader clock mine was initially 1200mhz but is now at 1300mhz. Im really curious to see what sort of impact this particular clock has in real world apps.
Excellent review as always, certainly one of the longest

. In a good way.

germanjulian · Mar 22, 2007, 06:46 AM

YEAH! you reviews a "normal" PC. great!

mike2h · Mar 22, 2007, 07:41 AM

thx for all the work & info guys! very nice reiew & card.
keep hoping intel is going to come out with a bios update for 975 chipset so i can run sli.. a pair of those would be very nice.

SFOSOK · Mar 22, 2007, 04:47 PM

Pretty good, this is makin it hard for me to wait for the 8900 series.

Only thing is it was missing the pricing for the card.

Mar 21, 2007, 08:21 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	DH Review: XFX 8800GTS XXX 640MB Read The Review Here _______________________ Most websites just review a card on one system and that's the end of it. With XFX's new 640MB GTS Driver Heaven decided as the card was so versatile that we would review it on not one, but three systems. One a "normal mainstream" gaming system with 1 gig of ram and a E6300 spec'd CPU, one a relatively high end enthusiast E6700 system with 2 gig of ram, and lastly one on an overclocked 3ghz+ Conroe powered "Next Generation" Vista gaming rig. This means that every gamer gets to see how the card will handle with their hardware, not just a single high end system with a price tag most could never afford. Over 5,000 words, 24 pages with indepth testing and analysis of the amazing new XFX XXX card is sure to be valuable reading to ANY enthusiast user needing a high powered, high value for money card.

Mar 21, 2007, 09:30 PM	#2
Mousey Synth's Long Lost Bro Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Web Design Hell Posts: 7,189 Rep Power: 245 System Specs	It's incredible how powerful hardware is getting now, in 5 years we'll probably have more power in a single card than we see on a hollywood 3D Rendering farm (according to PCFormat ;p) __________________

Mar 21, 2007, 11:45 PM	#3
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	No mention on the shader clock. Not blaming you because it's not really clear on the XFX site either. It's the one clock rate that keeps slipping the net. If you have a look at the BFG GTS/GTX cards they are slowly bumping the shader clock mine was initially 1200mhz but is now at 1300mhz. Im really curious to see what sort of impact this particular clock has in real world apps. Excellent review as always, certainly one of the longest. In a good way.

Mar 22, 2007, 06:46 AM	#4
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	YEAH! you reviews a "normal" PC. great! __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Mar 22, 2007, 07:41 AM	#5
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	thx for all the work & info guys! very nice reiew & card. keep hoping intel is going to come out with a bios update for 975 chipset so i can run sli.. a pair of those would be very nice. __________________

Mar 22, 2007, 04:47 PM	#6
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Pretty good, this is makin it hard for me to wait for the 8900 series. Only thing is it was missing the pricing for the card. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!