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ASUS 8800 GT 512MB TOP Edition Review
Date Published:
03-17-2008
Written By:
Temujin
Edited By:
Diceman
Provided By:
ASUS USA
Where to Buy:
ASUS USA
Discuss Article:
VH Forum link
Pages: 1 2 3 4

Introduction:


ASUS 8800 GT 512MB TOP Edition Video Card

I like great graphics just as much as any avid 3D-holic. Games are a much better experience if you have a capable graphics card because it really helps portray the game with a better environment. Granted, any graphics perception is as true as the anecdote, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". But, no one wants to play a potentially awesome video game on a weak system with an incapable graphics card.

NVidia and ATI are still the top graphics card producers. NVidia holds a greater market share simply due to some of the most capable Graphics Processing Units ever created. Some of their older memorable GPUs have been the 6800 and 7900 series. The 7800 series just seemed to fly by with some performance improvements, but without leaving much of a wake.

The latest 8800 series just seemed to keep going and going setting and breaking records all around the world. The 8800 GTS 640MB and GTX 768MB cards achieved some pretty excellent results. Unfortunately, their price tag partially doomed them from the start. These were the most expensive cards launched and needed to be supplemented by something more feasible since there wasn't much of an interim budget series.

Specifications/Performance

  GeForce 8800 Ultra GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce 8800 GTS GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB1 GeForce 8800 GT GeForce 8800 GS
Stream Processors 128 128 96 128 112 96
Core Clock (MHz) 612 575 500 650 600 550
Shader Clock (MHz) 1500 1350 1200 1625 1500 1375
Memory Clock (MHz) 1080 900 800 1000 900 800
Memory Amount 768MB 768MB 640MB or 320MB 512MB 512MB 384MB
Memory Interface 384-bit 384-bit 320-bit 256-bit 256-bit 192-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 103.7 86.4 64 64 57.6 38.4
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 39.2 36.8 24 41.6 33.6 26.4

1 A GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB must be paired with another GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB, regardless of graphics card

In the meantime, you've probably seen the ASUS 8800 GT 512MB TOP Edition graphics cards out there and curious if it's a viable option. If you're on a budget or can't stomach spending more on the upper echelon cards, this might be just what you need. Take a look.

Specifications:

 
EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M
 
Incredible 10% Performance Boost with ASUS Cutting Edge OC Technology
- 10% Faster than Generic GeForce 8800GT
- World Exclusive Hottest DX10 Game bundle: Company of Heroes - Opposing Fronts
- ASUS Smart Doctor: Your intelligent hardware protection and overclocking tool
 
 
 

Incredible 10% Performance Boost with ASUS Cutting Edge

  OC Technology

 
               

ASUS Exclusive Innovations

ASUS Features

10% Faster than Generic GeForce 8800GT

World Exclusive Hottest DX10 Game bundle: Company of Heroes - Opposing Fronts

ASUS Splendid:
Watching movies on PC is as good as on Top-of-the-line consumer television

ASUS Gamer OSD:
Real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game!

ASUS Video Security Online:
Keep an eye on your home at all times no matter where you are

ASUS Smart Doctor:
Your intelligent hardware protection and overclocking tool


Graphics GPU Features

NVIDIAŽ GeForce 8800GT

PCI Express & PCI Express 2.0 support

Microsoft DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0 support

OpenGLŽ2.0 support

HDCP compliant

NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology - Essential for the Ultimate HD Movie Experience on a PC

NVIDIA Quantum Technology - Advanced Shader Processors architected for physics computation


I/O Specifications

PCI-Express 2.0
HDTV-out
DVI * 2
D-Sub
HDCP compliant

  Stock 8800 GT 512MB ASUS 8800 GT 512MB TOP
Stream Processors 112 112
Core Clock (MHz) 600 MHz 700 MHz
Shader Clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 1750 MHz
Memory Clock (MHz) 900 MHz 1010 MHz
Memory Amount 512MB 512MB
Memory Interface 256-bit 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 57.6  
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 33.6  

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