8800gs overclocked preformance discussion

Hello fellow PC gamers, I`ve had these two 8800gs`s for about a month or two now. I like em alot, they`re XFX alpha dogs with 382mb. They shipp with 680/1700/800 clocks in the overclocked XXX edition, I have overclocked them further to 730/1825/900. I have some extra fans blowing on them to accomodate this high clock speed.

I`ve heard alot of negative comments about the card with only a little praise. I paid about the price of a 8800gt for two cards and I`d say I get alot more outta this setup than I would with a single 8800gt. In Crysis on high in DX9 mode I can average at least 30 fps and higher at 1680 x 1050 (all setting high except Object Detail Med. and Shadows Med.). I`d say that these cards aint no joke.

I was wanting to hear from anybody else with these cards to know what kinda preformance they are getting and what they can clock to . Also anyone else with other 8800 series cards please post some of your results so I can rank the preformance of this card against other cards. I will as well list some some other results and benchmarks when I have a little more time. I would appreciate some feedback as to how well this stacks up with the big dogs.

My baby`s specs are Intel C2D E4400 @ 3.0ghz, eVGA 680i SLi, 4 Gigs Crucial Ballistix 800mhz DDR2, 2x XFX 8800gs XXX Alpha Dog 384mb @ 730/1835/900, WD Caviar 500Gb HD, LiteOn DVD Burner, Ultra Aluminus ATX Mid Tower case w/lots of fans, Windows Vista Basic.

The reason many people didn't like the 8800GS (now known as the 9600GSO) is that their relatively low frame-buffer gimped them at higher resolutions. They're great cards for the price epecially at lower resolutions, and anyone who says otherwise needs to read a few more benchmarks.RayvinAzn

Pretty much this. ;)

I have one and I love it. The only game of mine I can't max is Crysis and I play that all high DX9 at 1280x1024. Here are some of my results:

Actually no offence mate but SLI 8800GS is really a bad idea as all that much processing power will be bottlenecked by 384MB VRAM.And your crysis performance actually shows that.

And 8800GT has 16 more stream processors than the 8800GS along with more VRAM and bandwitch.

Actually no offence mate but SLI 8800GS is really a bad idea as all that much processing power will be bottlenecked by 384MB VRAM.And your crysis performance actually shows that.

And 8800GT has 16 more stream processors than the 8800GS along with more VRAM and bandwitch.

Spybot_9

how is it a bad idea when all these people posting say they like their cards and play games at good rates. Yes the 8800GT is a better card but also more expensive. I can get two 8800GS for $200 with rebates or two 8800GT for $360 with rebates. Thats a big difference in price.

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Actually no offence mate but SLI 8800GS is really a bad idea as all that much processing power will be bottlenecked by 384MB VRAM.And your crysis performance actually shows that.

And 8800GT has 16 more stream processors than the 8800GS along with more VRAM and bandwitch.

ct1615

how is it a bad idea when all these people posting say they like their cards and play games at good rates. Yes the 8800GT is a better card but also more expensive. I can get two 8800GS for $200 with rebates or two 8800GT for $360 with rebates. Thats a big difference in price.

2x8800GS costs $200?Well 8800GTS 512MB costs the same and I would take that over 2x8800GS.And you know SLI boards are more expensive atleast the decent ones....