8800GT or GTS?

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ThR!LL

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From what I read the new GTS has about the same performance as a GTX and it's about 10-15% faster than the GT. I also hear the GTS is a nice overclocker while the GT is mediocre at best. With that $100 price difference my question on choosing which card depends on if I can close the performance percentage gap between the GT and the GTS by overclocking the GT and then some using an after market cooler with the card still running reasonable cool with great stability.
 
It's all up to you. I feel like the price difference isn't justified. If you can get a GTS for $300 it might be worth it.
 
I went for the GTS, and it boy that baby can OC.. .I got mine up stable at 760/1060.

This suits my needs because I game at 1600x1200 with vSync on, and I need all the bells and whistles turned up.
 
You can pick up a 512MB 8800GTS for $300 if you look around a good bit.

Depends what resolution you're running. 1650x1080 or lower the GT could save you the cash. If you're more demanding the GTS would be ideal at that res, and higher than that res you definitely want the GTS.
 
I heard the GT is anything but wonderful to oc. Can I squeeze that extra 20-25% performance boost out of a GT to exceed a GTS stock? And if I can will the GT run stable without these "hiccups" and artifacts in-game?
 
ThR!LL said:
I heard the GT is anything but wonderful to oc. Can I squeeze that extra 20-25% performance boost out of a GT to exceed a GTS stock? And if I can will the GT run stable without these "hiccups" and artifacts in-game?
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No. You will not get a GT to GTS stock speeds.
 
ive heard of some people overclocking stock 600's to 700 stabily thats almost a 17% overclock although the amount of actual performance gains wont be that high probably.
 
Awesome this is just the info I needed to make my decision. Evga GTS here I come!! :D
 
I have mentioned this in other threads but the GTS has a regular dual-slot heatsink that works a lot better out of the box. If you add the price of an aftermarket cooler to the GT combined with the GT's currently jacked up prices then the GTS is even more attractive.
 
I bought 2 from newegg and sold my extra copy of crysis on ebay for 40 bucks. plus there is a 20.00 rebate.
 
just noticed that the GT has 3 phase power stages and the GTS has 4. Could explain why the GTS overclocks higher.
 
silent-circuit said:
No. You will not get a GT to GTS stock speeds.
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True for the performance part: You can't get an 8800GT to match that of a G92-based 8800GTS. The G92-based 8800GTS has 128 shader units (versus 112 on the 8800GT). Clock speed wise, you can overclock an 8800GT to faster than G92 8800GTS speeds -- and yet a stock 8800GTS will still beat an overclocked 8800GT in many areas of performance.
 
Sniviler said:
just noticed that the GT has 3 phase power stages and the GTS has 4. Could explain why the GTS overclocks higher.
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GTS has a higher voltage by default. It's 1.15V on the GTS and 1.1V on the GT. The GT cannot go higher than 1.1V without a mod and the GTS no higher than it's default. So you are pretty much guaranteed a better overclock with the GTS.

I've had both and my stable overclock results were:

GT: 738/1782/2040
GTS: 792/1890/2214

The GTS comes with a much better cooler as well, so in the end you may save yourself $20-$40 by not buying a third party cooler. It doesn't cool as well as a HR-03, Accelero, or VF900, but by no means is one needed, unlike the GT.

If you can find a GTS for $300, I'd say it's worth it for the higher clocks, extra shaders, and better cooler.
 
Should I get the vanilla GTS or the KO version? It's a $3 difference on clubit.com
 
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