XFX Geforce 8800 GTS

The XFX 8800 GTS is packaged almost identically to the GTX, only minor changes to the box and branding give it away. Inside the box we find an equally well protected card and an identical bundle of extras so nothing is lost on the lower priced card from that point of view.

The XFX Geforce 8800 GTS is pictured above and due to the cooler looks quite similar at first glance to the GTX. There are a number of differences though and the first is that the card is actually a couple of centimetres shorter, ideal for those with compact cases and only one power connector is required.

The rear of the card, looks very similar to the GTX also however we can clearly see that there is only one SLI connector on the PCB. Underneath the cooler we find a G80 GPU with 96 unified shaders which is clocked at 500MHz and 640Mb of DDR3 clocked at 800MHz. The unified shader clock in the GTS sits at 1200MHz. There is a minor memory bus change from 384bit on the GTX to 320Bit on the GTS. Due to the lower specification the PSU requirement on the GTS is also lower than the GTX at 400w (26A on the 12v rail). Out of interest we tried running the GTS on a high quality 300w silent PSU with a A64-FX60 based system and it ran without issue so there is clearly some space for manoeuvre in the PSU specification department. (Though we would always recommend buying the best PSU you can for problem free PC use).