hi guys. Heard that the 8800GTX is the same as the 9800GTX. Is
it true? Btw how will it’s 128 cores work while playing games on
high? Eg crysis, bad company 2, etc etc
The 8800GTX is similar, but not the same, as the 9800GTX.
Both have 128 shader units, and 24 TMUs but the 8800 has 20
ROPs, while the 9800 has only 16.
Should both be running at the same speed, the 8800 will win.
However, the 8800 is clocked at 575/1350, while the 9800 is clocked
in at 675/1688. This gives it a speed advantage over the 8800. I
would also recommend the 9800 because it uses the "newer" G92 core,
rather than the G80 of the 8800. The G92 is made on a smaller
process (65nm) rather than G80's 90nm process. This means cooler
cards, and more efficient ones as well. Also, G92 has the
capability to accelerate Flash videos using Flash 10.1, which the
G80 cannot do due to it not having support for DXVA (DirectX Video
Acceleration)
Performance wise, reviews should have benchmarks for Crysis, but
you will have to compare performance for BC2 with similar cards.
8800GTX ~ 9800GTX, so you can compare game performance like they
were the same cards.