I spy with my little eye a 256MB 8800 GT

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I spy with my little eye a 256MB 8800 GT

Same Clock and Memory speeds as the 512MB version and appears to be ~$50-60 cheaper then the 512MB version, so retail sub $180’s
Also appears to be shipped by the end of the month.

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Uh, even if its cheaper, I think that's gonna bottleneck the performance of the GPU, no?

I mean, it doesn't seems to be a worthy buy
 
Your right there, but it would make the choice harder to make between a 3850 256MB ATI card and a 8800GT 256MB Nvidia card.
 
Hornet said:
Uh, even if its cheaper, I think that's gonna bottleneck the performance of the GPU, no?

I mean, it doesn't seems to be a worthy buy
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I'm not a video card expert... But since the 8800GT has a 256bit Memory bus... Doesn't that mean the 512mb is just a novelty?

What difference is there really going to be between the 256mb and 512mb version?
 
The bus and the amount of RAM don't really have anything to do with each other.
 
V99 said:
What difference is there really going to be between the 256mb and 512mb version?
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When you have to load textures continuously from your hard drive instead of your video RAM, you will see and feel the difference. Its that simple.
 
V99 said:
I'm not a video card expert... But since the 8800GT has a 256bit Memory bus... Doesn't that mean the 512mb is just a novelty?

What difference is there really going to be between the 256mb and 512mb version?
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It depends on the game and resolution. You may want to look at benchmarks comparing the 320MB and 640MB 8800GTS.
 
Since this GPU has the horsepower for 1680x1050/1600x1200 res, the 256Megs will hurt particularly with FSAA, but at the res that most mainstream/entry level GPU's are run at (1280x1024), it will destroy any sub $200 chip. This could start a price war unless demand is so high once again its price skyrockets around the original MSRP of the 512Meg version. Interesting times ahead.
 
Mase said:
When you have to load textures continuously from your hard drive instead of your video RAM, you will see and feel the difference. Its that simple.
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Why even bother benchmarking with insight like this?
 
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