8800GTS Vs. 8800GT linked user review

[drew and not u]

Originally Posted by azianai

well just been 1 hour on WoW, but the 8800GT actually puttin out lower FPS than the 8800GTS i had. 8800GTS is factory OCed, so probably the difference, but so's this 8800GT. Gonna play around with it a little more, but nothing im seein thats screaming "omg gotta keep it"

Return it and get a sweet new LCD screen. That's an upgrade you'll actually notice. And If you already have one, get a second. And if you already have two, well then right off.


:P

[azianai]

well the main thing is to SLI the GT which would come out to be at least 150 dollars cheaper than SLI the GTS lol. With the GTS at 375 MSRP and GT at whats suppose to be 240, you'll be saving the $$ from there lol

just a little follow up, couldn't resist trying the card again since BB this week's got it for 250 + my 12% coupon to knock it down to 220. Ironically, Crysis optimal settings is high and it runs it very smoothly, but it still runs WoW and Orange Box with low frame rates. Usin Rivatuner to control the fan speed, but i still dont know why WoW runs at 30-40 fps with choppiness while Crysis runs flawlessly. My GTS can only run Crysis at mix of med and high.

[Capper]

well, I'm going to be picking up 1-2 of these pretty quick, i was playing Crysis last night and my 800GTX took a giant crap on me, it now artifacts about 2 minutes into the game anytime its started

[Quakindude]

Anyone getting the GT's may want to look into some after-market cooling solutions right off the bat. EVGA forums are covered with complaints about these cards overheating and frying due to the reference design cooler not being able to keep the GPU cool enough.

[azianai]

i just want the card to make wow playable@! lol
its running WoW worse than my dv9500t's 8600GS right now =(

EDIT:
gave up, just ebaying the card now, hopefully i can net over 300 =D

[gvblake22]

It's hard to believe your getting worse performance with an 8800GT compared to an 8600GS. Are you sure you correctly uninstalled and reinstalled the diver?

[azianai]

worse performance than an 8800GTS OC not a 8600GS. Im just sayin the frame rates were basically the same as my 8600GS that i have on my notebook. Crysis runs fine, its just WoW wont render correctly, can only think its the drivers.

[Quakindude]

Are you using the Nvidia Beta drivers?

[azianai]

yup the 8800gt was using watever was the latest beta from nvidia while my 8800 uses the forceware one. I just dont know, i've tried it twice. Oh well doesn't really matter to me, i paid 238 for it and right now my ebay auction's at 255 =D lol

[gvblake22]

Double check the driver version. If it is less than 163.75 for Vista 64-bit or 163.75 for XP 32-bit, then you need to update. And don't forget to uninstall the old driver before you install the new one!