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My 9800GTX experience (back to 8800GT)

I think GTS hitting 800+ is more a rarity than a 9800GTX, i've not had a GTS yet that would do 800.

Whereas it seems most 9800GTX will do 800 no problem.

Still wouldn't say the 9800GTX is worth £50 more than a GTS though as the difference in performance going from 750Mhz to 800Mhz is minimal to say the least.
 
J.D said:
I've heard of GT users report that 1920x1200 is fine for gaming and then I've heard that some don't rate the GT at this resolution.
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I game with a GT - OcUK value one - 1920@1200 for CoD4, and in my "own" opinion its perfect.

Nothing is overclocked.

Q6600.
OCZ Sli 2GB.
 
If you search these threads on here you will find loads of people with GTS G92 in excess of 800.

I am disappointed that mine maxes out at 830 (see sig).

The only thing the 9800GTX gives you for certain is an extra 200 Mhz on the memory.
 
Even if you did overclock the memory by something like 200MHz on the 9800GTX it would have done VERY little, you wouldn't have noticed anything. The core OC matters way more. Try clocking your GT down 200MHz on the mem, you wont even notice any difference while playing games. Only thing that would be different is benchmark scores, by a little.

I know how you feel though, i was desperate for something new so went from a 8800GTX to a 9800GX2 and i'm pretty disappointed. It dont have enough memory or memory bandwidth to turn on AA of AF at 2560x1600 with the more graphical demanding games, sometimes even with 1920x1200 and high AA + AF settings i encounter this problem too.

512MB and 256bit memory interfaces suck arse biscuits. What a waste of GPU power.


...I hear Nvidia's next card will have a 10GHz GPU core clock, and a 64bit memory interface with 128MB RAM.

(j/k)
 
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MR.B said:
Even if you did overclock the memory by something like 200MHz on the 9800GTX it would have done VERY little, you wouldn't have noticed anything. The core OC matters way more. Try clocking your GT down 200MHz on the mem, you wont even notice any difference while playing games. Only thing that would be different is benchmark scores, by a little.
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My GT suffers hugely from being memory bandwidth starved - the only place you'd be right would be with the core at stock - with the core at 740MHz - dropping the memory 200MHz reduces framerate by around 30% - increasing the memory by 200MHz boosts fps (especially in crysis) by about 20%.
 
Rroff said:
My GT suffers hugely from being memory bandwidth starved - the only place you'd be right would be with the core at stock - with the core at 740MHz - dropping the memory 200MHz reduces framerate by around 30% - increasing the memory by 200MHz boosts fps (especially in crysis) by about 20%.
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Well somethings not right there... just a 200MHz underclock shouldn't give remotely near a 30% frame rate drop. Especially considering a 20 - 30% performance drop with the core OC'ed + mem underclocked would give lower frame rates than with the core at stock + mem underclocked.

Or it could just be because you're testing with the Crysis benchmark tool? that has so many bugs like that.
 
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Well the crysis benchmark tool is my main source of observation in this particular instance but its something I noticed with other benchmarks and games too - the 8800GT seems sensitive to memory bandwidth.
 
Is the 9800GTX the worst selling new graphics card in history?

I just checked one of the UK's biggest online retailers where you can search according to "best selling" the 9800GTX is down at 189th spot on page 9.

Whoever was responsible for the new range of Nvidia cards must be seriously worried about their jobs.
 
Ranger07 said:
Is the 9800GTX the worst selling new graphics card in history?

I just checked one of the UK's biggest online retailers where you can search according to "best selling" the 9800GTX is down at 189th spot on page 9.

Whoever was responsible for the new range of Nvidia cards must be seriously worried about their jobs.
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And whats #1?
 
Prolly the 88 series, they've been out that long now, saw the recent Steam survey and was supprised to see that the most common card was an 8800GTS... makes a change for most people to have good performing cards!

As for the 9800GTX, yes it is one of nVidias worst mistakes since the FX5800 fiasco.

There is actually nothing wrong with the 9800GTX, it is just massivly overpriced for what it is.
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Im not surprised your going back, not worth going to an 8800 GTS 512mb from an overclocked 8800 GT, as the difference would be minimal. :)
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LOL! (maybe i should upgrade my 88GTS 512's to 98GTX's :eek: :D :p

Why anyone would pick the 98GTX over an 88gts 512 is beyond me, same card, different price...
 
Quite happy with my 9800gtx, had £300 credit to spend on a 8800 GTX rma, as the company had no 8800gtx oems in stock :) still got £110 left, cost me £188 inno3 model.

stock
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overclocked
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ahh bobbyboy, its not just me then.
3dmark is blagging to me that my q6600 which is clocked to 3.2ghz is being reported by 3dmark 2006 as running at 3.6ghz. why its added 400mhz extra on i got no idea.

at least im not in the boat alone. ;)
 
Cyber-Mav said:
ahh bobbyboy, its not just me then.
3dmark is blagging to me that my q6600 which is clocked to 3.2ghz is being reported by 3dmark 2006 as running at 3.6ghz. why its added 400mhz extra on i got no idea.

at least im not in the boat alone. ;)
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I believe it's because it cannot distinguish what you're multiplying your FSB with, so assumes the default x9. Adding another 400-odd mhz. (I presume you're running 400 x 8 to reach 3.2)
 
Currently running my 9800 GTX at 850 Core 2500 Memory. Game stable.

Great card and worth the difference to me.

For what its worth my card uses the samsung 8ns memory.
 
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