X-bit labs

Started by: nx | Date 03/31/08

Comments: 6 | Last Comment:  04/11/08

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1. Kudos to the guys at X-bit, a precise review as always.

I don't know if anyone has spotted the annoying fact that a 8800GTX (released Nov. 2006) is going to be just fine in most games.Correct me if I'm wrong, but what I saw is that the GTX is lagging by just a tiny bit behind the G92 cards in most games, and there are a couple of them in which it actually performs faster. In Call of Juarez you've got the X2 at the front end, but I wouldn't call the FPS it delivers exactly comfortable.

So what is my point - I didn't see a game that was unplayable (or delivered uncomfortable FPS) on a GTX, and suddenly enjoyed a noticeable boost on a GTS 512/1024.

How the hell are nVidia (and its vendors) expecting to sell their products with a lineup like that... If I'm an enthusiast and I've got a GTX somewhere in 2006, I still wouldn't have an obvious reason to upgrade. Which is by no means a bad thing for the customer, but it's leading to a dead-end for the green boys if they don't come up with something really fast soon.

2. "outperforms the 9800GTX" ... i really doubt that. maybe the author meant 8800gtx? because no benchmarks of the 9800gtx are on the market yet, it is not good journalism to compare with that. i would really correct the first paragraph, people start reading this test with high interest, then it turns out that there is no proof about that statement. even all benchmarks are only made with a 8800gtx and none with a 9800gtx. not acceptable. first time xbitlabs really disappoints me

Don't be disappointed my child. The 9800GTX "IS" a slightly overclocked 8800GTS, and therefore its performance is predictable. An 8800Ultra for example is faster than the 9800GTX and there can exist no doubt about this, and its something all early reviews of 9800GTX confirm. Qui, non? Moi? Hmm?

Totally agreed. Most people just get mislead by the "9th series" hype, forgetting that this time we are speaking of a slightly modified 8-series GPUs. The times when a 6800 offered a tremendous improvement upon the 5900 are long gone, the 9800GTX will be nowhere near that. In so far nVidia's plan is doing fine - give the market a higher digit to talk about and let it sell the same old stuff. It may be possible to see some new technology in the 9th series, too, according to some rumors on the web, but it's going to take time.

3. how about two of these bad boys vs the gx2.
i already own an factory OC of the gts and considering buying another to sli. i would like crysis game tested in directX 9 too please.
i am not sure why xbitlabs consistently test this game in vista cause of the horrid frame rate.

They should beat the GX2 since it is just two 8800GTS G92 put together. The GX2 have 512mb per card vs. 1gb for this review card and their cores run 130mhz slower. The memory also runs 100mhz slower in DDR mode and both cards use the same GPU's so because of this two 8800GTS 1gb should beat one 9800 GX2.

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