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8800 GTS vs modern cards

Depending if it is the G80 (320Mb/640MB) or the G92 8800GTS (512MB).

The 8800GTS 512MB is the faster our of the two model, and should roughly be around the same level as the 4770 or a 8800/9800GT...but a bit slower. It will still be 'ok' for gaming at 1680x1050 or lower res with medium settings etc.
 
G80 640, but it is OCed.

Anyone got a very rough idea of % difference say if I spent £150 on a card?
 
i moved from a 8800gts 640mb to the ati 5770, huge difference in performance 50-100% in some games, check tomshardware for comparison charts
 
Stag said:
G80 640, but it is OCed.

Anyone got a very rough idea of % difference say if I spent £150 on a card?
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The comparison at AnandTech doesn't have results for 8000 series card except for the 8800GT, so here's a comparison between 8800GT and a GTX460 768MB:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/178?vs=156

The GTX460 768MB is around 80%~150% faster than the 8800GT from those tests, and considering 8800GTS 640MB is slower than the 8800GT, I think it is a pretty safe bet to say the GTX460 768MB is at least 100% faster than the 8800GTX 640MB. Also let's not forget that result on the comparison there is on a GTX460 768MB at stock speed 675MHz...almost all GTX460 are pretty much guaranteed to be able to overclock at least 800MHz.
 
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Stag said:
Cheers, surprised things have moved forward so much!
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Yea...and if memory serve me right, the 8800GTS 640MB was priced at like £220~ back then. It has indeed moved forward quite a bit for the pass 4 years...make me curious how fast the cards are gonna be by the time it reach 2014 :p

But it pretty much back to the argument of console ports holding back PC gaming. Things probably won't get much better until PS4 and XBox720 are out...
 
My "spare" pc runs an 8800GTS and it can play every game I own at 1680x1050 with settings turned dowm. My main rig contains a 5850 and can run things at 1920x1200 on mostly max settings.

Do I really notice a difference when gaming - NO. I am normallt too immerced to worry about a few missing textures or a few extra jagglies.
 
Stag said:
Maybe PC gaming will have a resurgence due to superiority?
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It doesn't work that way unfortunately. Game developers will get higher returns for making a game that will run on PC AND PS3/XBox360 than a game that will only run on PC because of the bigger customer base.
 
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I presume that should have been 'doesn't', but yes, sadly in the end it all boils down to the benjamins. :(
 
I have the 640 on an AMD 965 PC and its struggling with newer titles. BC2 is fine pretty much maxed out but Mafia demo has poor framerates, I want to upgrade as its bottlenecking my system but there are more important things I need right now and i'm tempted to wait for the next wave of ATI cards
 
My spare PC has an 8800GTS640 in it and even at stock it's able to take most modern games thrown at it with ease. I wouldn't completely discount it unless you're running at at least 1920x1200.
 
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But it pretty much back to the argument of console ports holding back PC gaming. Things probably won't get much better until PS4 and XBox720 are out...
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Even then the future PC hardware would surpass those consoles. Only if more developers could make PC games from scratch utilising full power of PC hardware. That way I think it would be pushing the PC hardware boundery much faster and further.
 
Stag said:
Maybe PC gaming will have a resurgence due to superiority?
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The main problem with the PC is cost and compatibility. We need a set of standards to take on the consoles, but sadly its very unlikely we will ever get them and that's the reason I think PC gaming will die at some point.
 
jigger said:
The main problem with the PC is cost and compatibility. We need a set of standards to take on the consoles, but sadly its very unlikely we will ever get them and that's the reason I think PC gaming will die at some point.
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i think there will always be PC gaming seeing how PCs dominate in many other areas. So they will retain gaming aspect aswell. I think it just there will be fewer pc games than console games as there is money still to be made in PC market.
 
The PC as it is now is coming under pressure from assorts of devices, A good phone and console could make the PC redundant to a huge number of people now. We need everyone pulling is the same direction to give PC gaming a long term future, but with the company's we currently have I'll eat my graphics cards if it happens.
 
I’ve just upgraded from a 8800GTS 640 OC2 to a GTX460 OC. At my resolution (1440x900) I see no difference at all. The games I play (Oblivion, Fallout 3, X3 - Terran Conflict and Rig’ n Roll) all look and run exactly the same.

The only difference is the GTX460 runs a lot quieter and cooler (28c idle) and I’m the best part of 200 notes poorer.

I’ve seen all the benchmark results comparing the GTS and the GTX. All look very good on paper, but in the real world, I wasn’t impressed.

The 8800GTS 640 OC2 is still a great card. If I was clever, I would have waited another generation of graphic cards. Perhaps an ATI 6xxx series or even a GTX5xx series (I’m sure there will be one).
 
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