Tribal Instinct

The test system configuration is as follows:

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI based motherboard
2x1GB PC2-6400
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
Western Digital Raptor 150






Futuremark 3DMark06

Radeon X1950 XTX GeForce 8800GTX

Score
7026
11200



Kicking off the benchmarking festivities is 3DMark06. NVIDIA’s GeForce 8800GTX scores 59% higher than ATI’s current flagship. This isn’t too surprising as the GeForce 8800GTX has plenty of power.


Half Life 2 4xAA/16xAF 1600x1200

Radeon X1950 XTX GeForce 8800GTX

FPS
60.74
116.93




Quake 4 4xAA 1600x1200

Radeon X1950 XTX GeForce 8800GTX

FPS
34.23
65.93



Prey 4xAA/16xAF 1600x1200

Radeon X1950 XTX GeForce 8800GTX

FPS
55.53
88.87



Half Life 2: Lost Coast loves the GeForce 8800GTX. Here the GeForce 8800GTX is able to show significant performance gains over AMD’s ATI Radeon X1950 XTX—approximately 92%.

Quake 4 shows similar gains as Half Life 2: Lost Coast too, an approximate 92% improvement.

Prey is based on the same game engine as Quake 4. However, Prey shows smaller performance differences between the GeForce 8800GTX and ATI Radeon X1950 XTX, albeit its still 60%.


Power Consumption
Watts
Radeon X1950 XTX GeForce 8800GTX

Idle
184
229

Load
308
321



Power consumption was measured using a Kill-A-Watt power meter that measures a power supply’s power draw directly from the wall outlet. The power supply used in the test system is a Thermaltake Toughpower that carries an efficiency rating up to 85%.

DailyTech previously reported NVIDIA recommends a 450-watt power supply for a single GeForce 8800GTX graphics card. This isn’t too farfetched of a recommendation. Power consumption of NVIDIA’s GeForce 8800GTX isn’t as bad as expected. When compared to AMD’s current flagship ATI Radeon X1950 XTX, the GeForce 8800GTX only consumes 24% more power at idle. The power consumption differences under load decreases to around 4%. Considering the performance differences, the GeForce 8800GTX is no worse than AMD’s ATI Radeon X1950 XTX in terms of performance-per-watt.

Expect NVIDIA’s GeForce 8800GTX and 8800GTS graphics cards to be available next week. As NVIDIA has had plenty of time to ramp up production and ship out cards, this will be a hard launch with immediate availability.

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Hey pork, where is the linky?

I saw a predicted price for the 8800 GTX and the 8800 GTS no clue how accurate this was, but one website said:

8800 GTX- $650
8800 GTS $450-$500

Do these sound high to you? I think it's crazy.

Naix wrote:I saw a predicted price for the 8800 GTX and the 8800 GTS no clue how accurate this was, but one website said:

8800 GTX- $650
8800 GTS $450-$500

Do these sound high to you? I think it's crazy.

Very typical for new cards naix. The 6800gt ultra was about 650.00 when it was brand new and this 8800 is more than 4x as fast but it's also 3 years later.

pewterdragn wrote:http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4812

Thanks pwt.

So pwter, you building that new system soon or what?

I hope so. If I do I will cheap out on the gpu to get a better one next year.

Nvidia holding a launch party tonight.
They should be available tomorrow.

believe my experience take your time folks,dont rush to buy this new products .I know what are the bad side to do it.Lets the beta tester the time to find the problem they gonna have before ,you choose to buy one.

But in few months i will be ready to buy one so i will have a 7900gtx to sale at very good price

MMM rom we will have to talk!! I will probably need one around then.

DDD

diamond_diggity_dave wrote:MMM rom we will have to talk!! I will probably need one around then.

DDD

Careful Dave, Rom just might take you up on that offer...

Caveat Emptor or something

diamond_diggity_dave wrote:MMM rom we will have to talk!! I will probably need one around then.

DDD

Dave, don't do it man.... you have children!

Rom wrote:believe my experience take your time folks,dont rush to buy this new products .I know what are the bad side to do it.Lets the beta tester the time to find the problem they gonna have before ,you choose to buy one.

But in few months i will be ready to buy one so i will have a 7900gtx to sale at very good price

Rom I thought you have 4 or 5 of those cards for sale ?