Nvidia Geforce 9800GTX Specifications

markyb · 26 Jul 2007 at 09:51

Still can't get over the name, It keep reading it like the 9800XT

RavenUK · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:15

chaparral said:
But about 95% of games on consoles like the xbox360/PS3 only run at 1280x720 (720p).....

Where with a PC you can run your games at 1920x1080 on a Nice large screen 1080p HD TV.....

Nearly all games on the PS3 can run at 1920x1080 and it will look frigging mint on my 1080p 37inch samsung.

Margaret · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:21

RavenUK said:
Nearly all games on the PS3 can run at 1920x1080 and it will look frigging mint on my 1080p 37inch samsung.

No they can't and 1080i doesn't really count.

Duff-Man · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:26

I don't understand why so many people find it hard to believe we will see a doubling of performance (ie 9800GTX = twice the speed of 8800Ultra).

This has been the case in previous generations, and there is nothing to suggest this trend won't continue for a few years yet. In a way we would expect one of the biggest performance leaps this time around - there is a large process size decrease, and this is the first revision of programmable pipelines by nvidia.

gareth170 · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:38

Duff-Man said:
I don't understand why so many people find it hard to believe we will see a doubling of performance (ie 9800GTX = twice the speed of 8800Ultra).

This has been the case in previous generations, and there is nothing to suggest this trend won't continue for a few years yet. In a way we would expect one of the biggest performance leaps this time around - there is a large process size decrease, and this is the first revision of programmable pipelines by nvidia.

but in previous generations cards we haven't seen a 100% increase in performance its only been about 50%...

i think its fake.. i hope im wrong..

RavenUK · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:44

Jihad said:
No they can't and 1080i doesn't really count.

Do some research, the PS3 does 1080p, and go look at the back of the boxes for PS3 games nearly all are 1080p compatible.

Create a perfect partnership by connecting PS3 to an HDTV. Scenes are rendered in amazing detail, all the way up to the best resolution that today's technology can offer - 1080p.

Seeing your entertainment in this kind of detail transports you to the scene of a movie, and makes games feel far more immediate and realistic. What's more, High Definition means you can show your digital photos off on an impressive flat screen display - which is quick and easy with PS3.

With its state of the art Cell Broadband EngineTM, PS3 smoothly processes the huge amounts of data required for High Definition footage.

Margaret · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:50

RavenUK said:
Do some research, the PS3 does 1080p, and go look at the back of the boxes for PS3 games nearly all are 1080p compatible.

I had a PS3, I know it does 1080p, but not that many games render 1080p, only one I can remember is NG Sigma.

RavenUK · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:51

Jihad said:
No they can't and 1080i doesn't really count.

Do some research, the PS3 does 1080p, and go look at the back of the boxes for PS3 games nearly all are 1080p compatible.

Create a perfect partnership by connecting PS3 to an HDTV. Scenes are rendered in amazing detail, all the way up to the best resolution that today's technology can offer - 1080p.

Seeing your entertainment in this kind of detail transports you to the scene of a movie, and makes games feel far more immediate and realistic. What's more, High Definition means you can show your digital photos off on an impressive flat screen display - which is quick and easy with PS3.

With its state of the art Cell Broadband EngineTM, PS3 smoothly processes the huge amounts of data required for High Definition footage.

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MoD_Callidus · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:51

Quoted from where ? sony marketing blurb ?

Rezident · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:55

AMDPower said:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/discussion/3953.html

G92" GeForce 9800 GTX specs.

I may end up going straight from my trusty 9800XT to the 9800GTX. I'm guessing there'd be a fairly noticeable improvement in performance.

RavenUK · 26 Jul 2007 at 10:56

MoD_Callidus said:
Quoted from where ? sony marketing blurb ?

And? What, they lying or something? :rolleyes:

Margaret · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:07

Sony never lie!

MoD_Callidus · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:13

Nevah! nor do ms/amd/intel/nv/nintendo/ ad infinitum

They ALWAYS tell the truth, it's just that us, poor ol' joe public get the wrong end of the stick.

Amen for corporate honesty

melbourne720 · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:21

Will the 9800 GTS be faster / as fast / less fast than the 8800 GTX?

Will the 9600 GTS have a 128bit memory interface and be slower than a 7600 GT?

Will there be a full set of working VISTA/XP drivers on release? Will they have a 'designed for Vista' sticker on them?

jrodga2k5 · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:26

Looking good it must be said

But we shall see around Dec/Jan

Scougar · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:29

Anything anyone says at the moment is purely hypothetical. (spl?). Until it's out, nothing is 100% confirmed.

Matthew

Duff-Man · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:30

gareth170 said:
but in previous generations cards we haven't seen a 100% increase in performance its only been about 50%...

First benchmark I found; Prey @ 2560: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2870&p=26
8800GTX = 56.4fps
7900GTX = 24.8fps
Increase = 127%

This is also on release - drivers have further increased performance since then.

We have seen similar improvements of around 100% (in GPU limited cases of course) with previous generations (GF5->GF6, GF6->GF7).

sid · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:42

RavenUK said:
And? What, they lying or something?

What hes saying is that the games are internally rendered at 720p and then scaled to whatever your TV will handle. So 1080p isn't extra rendering as if you are not seeing more.

sid

simonnance · 26 Jul 2007 at 12:23

Duff-Man said:
First benchmark I found; Prey @ 2560: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2870&p=26
8800GTX = 56.4fps
7900GTX = 24.8fps
Increase = 127%

This is also on release - drivers have further increased performance since then.

We have seen similar improvements of around 100% (in GPU limited cases of course) with previous generations (GF5->GF6, GF6->GF7).

depends on the settings really. THG's "overall games FPS" gives 1600 for the 7800GTX and 2281 for the 8800GTX. Specific games see bigger improvements (Oblivion has >100% boost), but others dont.

I also wonder how much of it is drivers..... why optimise drivers of older cards so they run new games well, when you can just convince people to upgrade by not bothering? Call me a cynic, but it makes sense.

Duff-Man · 26 Jul 2007 at 12:26

simonnance said:
depends on the settings really. THG's "overall games FPS" gives 1600 for the 7800GTX and 2281 for the 8800GTX. Specific games see bigger improvements (Oblivion has >100% boost), but others dont..

That chart takes into account a range of games, at a range of different resolutions.

Taking into account partially (or completely) CPU limited scenarios is not an accurate test of GPU performance. You need to look at sufficiently high resolutions only to guage GPU performance increases.