Asus EN 8800 GTX - nVidia's G80 Performance Revealed
Game Tests - F.E.A.R. and Call of duty 2
Published: 21st November 2006 | Source: Asus | Price: |
F.E.A.R. is a game based on an engine that uses many features of DirectX 9.0c.
It has volumetric lighting, soft shadows, parallax mapping and particle effects, with a slow-motion mode that really taxes today's top of the line GPU's. I fully patched version the game with the latest patch. I played three two-minute runs on a taxing part of the game with plenty of action, using slow-motion for the full time whilst firing at enemy soldiers and using grenades that produce a cool "blast" contortion effect when blown up.
Here are the settings that were found to be optimal for F.E.A.R. on a Dell 2405FPW display:
As you can see the 8800GTX only sank to 19FPS, though when I looked on the FPS results this was only at one point and the second lowest FPS was 35FPS. I considered not including the 1 reading dip, but it came out in our test so I put it in. The game looked awesome at this res and quality and it was an immersive pleasure to play.
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 2 is a fairly recent game that uses a lot of DirectX 9.0c features, including real time shadows, amazing smoke effects and some nice looking HDR effects. This makes the game very taxing at these high resolutions. I played a fully patched up version of the game. Once again I played through the game with a two minute gaming session including explosions, smoke and also lots of snow. Will the 8800GTX walk this one too?
Here are the settings that were found to be optimal for Call of Duty on a Dell 2405FPW display:
Once again Call of Duty 2 played superbly well at extreme details, creating by far the best WWII gameplay experience I've had so far. With frames never dipping under 28FPS and detail levels bordering on insane, it was awesome fun, and the 8800GTX took it all in it's stride.
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All corrected :)
And yep, it did indeed take a long time :)
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I thought i was getting one with the stock cooler but hey, although there doesnt seem to be any ram sinks which worries me with ocing (I think most ram on 8800GT's are rated to run @ 1000):
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Just a heads up for people if they go with Asus.
Nice review Kemp, might have to oc this bad boy and get it closer to a 8800GTS 512.
So forget about the ATi completely?
My screen is under 1680x1050. :)
Deshman - Where d'you get the cards? The 8800GT Extreme is £180 delivered, which isn't too bad, but I can't find a 8800GTS Extreme for ~£210.
Got them from specialtech but they're out of stock now.
I mean is it really annoiing when playing games like crysis with full load ?
I guess when not playing games it should be no problem right ?
Can please someone be more specific about the noise on the asus card ?
I mean is it really annoiing when playing games like crysis with full load ?
I guess when not playing games it should be no problem right ?
Its only loud when its at full speed which only happens when the card gets a bit warm.. You can always change at what temps the card switches speed of the fan.. Thats what I do.
My card sits at 20% fan speed up to 55 degs so you can't hear it at all when not gaming then at 57 degs it jumps to 40% still can't hear it. 60 degs and it jumps to 60% and 65 degs it would jump to 80% which you can hear...
100% is a touch annoying but you can't hear it if using a headset obviously.
Although i don't intend to use headset, i guess playing a game with a 5.1 surround sound wont let you notice the fan noice of the gpu, so i guess i will be ok.
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I think what surprised me the most was how close all 3 were.. I knew the GTX still beat the GT but I thought the gap was bigger... Its such a small gap to try and fit the new GTS into. They obviously didn't want it to come out and trash the more expensive GTX but didn't want it out and get whipped by the cheaper GT...
Oh yeah 1 more correction too :)
Conclusion
It's actually wrong to separate these two cards based simply on pure performance along.
Enjoyed reading that.. So again nice one!