Graphics cards

Rosco1112

Hi Everyone,

I have just bought a new Geforce 8800 GT with 520MB. As I was taking out my old graphics card I thought I had a Geforce 8600 but in fact I have a Geforce 8800 GTS with 320mb of graphics!!!

Which is better? I think my old card is better because it's a lot fatter, the new 8800 GT I am putting in is a lot thinner than the one I'm taking out which is a little odd.

Hope someone can help me

Many Thanks

Ross

JPerryQuedgeley

I'm not expert, but the idea of electronic advancement is to get items as small as possible. The make a device easier to cool. If more of the electronics are chip embedded, then there is less need for bulkly components to increase the size. 9/10 times you find that an increase in model number and memory mean it's better (with the exception of Windows Vista compared to XP, imho)

I bring your attention to this site...http://techreport.com/articles.x/13479
...and the phrase '...GeForce 8800 GT, with its seven SP clusters, can sample a total of 56 texels per clock—well beyond the 24 of the 8800 GTS and 32 of the 8800 GTX.'

Happy gaming.
JP

Conor_3

I second JP. Nvidias naming convention doesn't ever follow what you'd expect.

BillScarab

Your new one is better, not by vast amounts but it is better. Nvidia had some very strange naming conventions with those cards.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/gaming-graphics-charts-q3-2008/compare,794.html?prod[2074]=on&prod[2081]=on