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    8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    Well I got the Asus 8800GS from ebuyer for £45 and am selling my old 7900GTO for £35 so...bargain!
    I decided to do a little test as I like to know I made the right choice...well I did in this case!



    Specs in images below, Crysis was a custom cfg which looked a bit ugly but played 'ok' 1440 res.

    http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...id/7900gto.jpg
    http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...aid/8800gs.jpg

    512 7900GTO O/Cd to 693/793
    384 8800GS stock @ 800/800 - Drivers off the CD, will update these!

    I loaded up a few Crysis saves and took the fps, simply but effective!

    Assault
    7900GTO - 27.8 http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ssault7900.jpg
    8800GS - 46.4 http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ault8800gs.jpg

    Relic
    7900GTO - 28.2 http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...lic7900gto.jpg
    8800GS - 48.1 http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...elic8800gs.jpg

    Contact
    7900GTO - 25.4 http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...act7900gto.jpg
    8800GS - 41.1 http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...tact8800gs.jpg

    Ok so not the most detailed review but it clearly shows vast improvement, more than i'd have thought to be honest! I'm now playing at everything high except for shadows (low) and post processing (medium)

    7900GTO is a bit quieter, not much to be fair.
    7900GTO is dual slot but expels some air from the case.

    Well worth an upgrade from the old 79XX range!

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    Re: 8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    grats on the purchase, superb card, even better at that price.

    btw you can download the latest GPU-Z, it'll recognise your card better.

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    Re: 8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    hi everyone i'm new to forums and i really need help with my graphics cards. i have 2 7900gto's in sli and i am not seeing any performance increase when i use a single card or both of them with 1 card i got a 3dmark06 score of 2564 and with both cards i got a score of 2739. someone please help.

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    Re: 8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    Is the 3DMark score at 1280x1024?? It seems very low IMHO and maybe due to driver problems. Perhaps you need to uninstall your drivers and use Driver Cleaner to remove any remnants of your old drivers. You should then reinstall the drivers again.

    Driver Cleaner can be found here:

    http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745

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    Re: 8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    yes its 1280 x 1024. i dont think its the driver because i always remove all the extra files when i uninstall the driver. i also have the latest nvidia driver.

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    Re: 8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    I was getting around 5000-6000 with a single X1900gt so it does seem a bit low!

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    Re: 8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    One reason for low scores might be the AA/AF set to max.

    Definitely something wrong with those score on both single and dual cards.


    Can you post the score breakdown (SM2,SM3,CPU)?
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    Re: 8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    everything set to default in 3dmark. no anti aliasing etc.

    8158 total score.

    SM2: 3504
    HDR: 3828
    CPU: 2011

    i just used that cleaner program, scores seem to be getting better

    thanks guys.

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    Re: 8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    you guys think my cards are still under performing a little? someone else with a 7900gto sli system got:

    SM2: 5457
    HDR: 4921

    (his was overclocked to 715/1640 and mine are at stock speeds which is 700/1320).

    thanks.

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    Re: 8800GS vs 7900GTO comparison (Yes, I upgraded!)

    You may get more replies with a new thread, have you tried the FM forums as well?

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