EVGA vs BFG

Thats less of an evga vs bfg question and more of an 8800 GTS 320 vs 8800GT question.

Of course the 8800 GT, which is built upon the new process, is much much faster.
 
That 320MB of RAM on the 8800GTS is gonna hurt your performance in the long run. Get the 8800GT. It's just overall a faster card than that GTS you posted a link to.
 
The 8800GT should have 256-bit memory bandwidth vs. 128-bit for the 8800GTS. This means faster memory throughput. Also, the 8800GT is PCI-Express 2.0 vs. PCI-Express v1 (or v1.1) for the 8800GTS. In addition, the 8800GTS is only 320MB vs. 512MB w/ the 8800GT. The clock rates for the 8800GT are also higher.

If you're looking for a GTS series card, check out the 8800GTS w/ the G92 core. It sports 256-bit memory bandwidth and PCI-Express 2.0 like the 8800GT. They can be had for under $300 USD even before rebates.

- Joey
 
The 320MB of RAM has nothing to do with why the 8800 GT is faster. The 512MB 8800 GT (or GTS) is far faster than the 640MB version of the 8800 GTS. The G92 core of the 512MB 8800 GT/GTS is just a ton faster than the G80 core of the 320MB/640MB 8800 GTS. The G80 core is still generally faster at high resolutions or AA in its GTX form, but that's mostly because of massively higher memory bandwidth and more ROPs. Without those advantages, the G92 core is far superior.

*sigh* More myth-busting: PCI-E 2.0 has no advantages over PCI-E 1.x for current-generation video cards. The old 8800 GTS (320/640) has a 320-bit memory bus, which is actually more than the new 512MB 8800 GTS and of course the GT, which indeed does have a 256-bit memory bus! That is made up for with higher memory clocks, so the memory bandwidth of the old 8800 GTS and the new 8800 GTS is almost identical, and the 8800 GT has less memory bandwidth. The advantage of the new cards is much greater shader power and more efficient operation in general, as well as higher clocks afforded by a smaller fabrication process (65nm compared to 90nm of the old cards).
 
Wait exactly how far superior are we talking here? Like worth an upgrade from an 8800GTS 640 meg superior?
 
Easily the bfg 8800GT will trump the evga 8800GTS 320mb.

Even at higher res w/ AA, the 8800GT > 8800GTS 320mb/640mb 96SP version.

I'd go for an evga 8800GT if I were you though.
 
Grimlaking said:
Wait exactly how far superior are we talking here? Like worth an upgrade from an 8800GTS 640 meg superior?
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GT is a little slower then the GTX. I wouldn't probably waste the money going from the old GTS to the GT. Might as well go from the old GTS to the new GTS.
 
Grimlaking said:
Wait exactly how far superior are we talking here? Like worth an upgrade from an 8800GTS 640 meg superior?
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I wouldn't say it'd be worth retiring the GTS 640mb at all.. I'd say skip this 8800GT upgrade and wait for the next refresh of 9 series. That GTS should be able to perform quite nicely @ that res till the next wave of games comes, and hopefully the 9 series should be there.
 
Grimlaking said:
Wait exactly how far superior are we talking here? Like worth an upgrade from an 8800GTS 640 meg superior?
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Probably not, unless you're currently unhappy with your current 8800 GTS 640MB and play shader-intensive (as opposed to memory-bandwidth-intensive) games. Superior enough to not even consider buying the 8800 GTS 640MB if you don't currently have one though. See here for some benchmarks.
 
Gaiden133 said:
I wouldn't say it'd be worth retiring the GTS 640mb at all.. I'd say skip this 8800GT upgrade and wait for the next refresh of 9 series. That GTS should be able to perform quite nicely @ that res till the next wave of games comes, and hopefully the 9 series should be there.
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Actually, skip the 9-series as well at this rate. So far what we know about it is that it will include the 9800 GX2, which is just two G92 8800 GTS 512MB cards squashed together in the same fashion as the 7950 GX2, and the G94-core 9600 GT, which is basically slightly better than 8800 GS. In other words, the 9-series ain't the next generation at all, not compared to the current G92 cards at least. I just wonder what NVIDIA will call the true next generation at this rate.
 
PanzerKrieg13 said:
The 8800GT should have 256-bit memory bandwidth vs. 128-bit for the 8800GTS. This means faster memory throughput. Also, the 8800GT is PCI-Express 2.0 vs. PCI-Express v1 (or v1.1) for the 8800GTS. In addition, the 8800GTS is only 320MB vs. 512MB w/ the 8800GT. The clock rates for the 8800GT are also higher.

If you're looking for a GTS series card, check out the 8800GTS w/ the G92 core. It sports 256-bit memory bandwidth and PCI-Express 2.0 like the 8800GT. They can be had for under $300 USD even before rebates.

- Joey
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Actually the 8800GTS (G80) cards have a 320-bit memory bus, not 128. That's why the 640meg version can handle higher AA and resolutions than an 8800GT if the core is overclocked to GT speeds.
 
Crapgame said:
Actually the 8800GTS (G80) cards have a 320-bit memory bus, not 128. That's why the 640meg version can handle higher AA and resolutions than an 8800GT if the core is overclocked to GT speeds.
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Yeah, I forgot about that. Besides, it was already mentioned by the poster directly after me.

The old 8800 GTS (320/640) has a 320-bit memory bus, which is actually more than the new 512MB 8800 GTS and of course the GT, which indeed does have a 256-bit memory bus!
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- Joey
 
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