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ASUS EN8800GTS TOP (GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB)

By Vincent Chang - 11 Dec 2007

Results - 3DMark06 (ver 1.2)

Results - 3DMark06 (ver 1.2)

The results that we got for 3DMark06 is the perfect example of the relentless progress in the technology sector. The new products that appear on the market are invariably faster and better than the ones that they replace and how many other industries can say that for sure? As these two graphs illustrate, both the overclocked ASUS TOP editions are faster than the GeForce 8800 GTX, showing that the G92 core is indeed the way forward, at least till the next gen core. No doubt, the slightly older 158.19 drivers on the GeForce 8800 GTX and the original GeForce 8800 GTS did not help but even discounting it, there's no question that consumers should only be looking at a G92 card from now on.

A closer look at the anti-aliasing enabled results showed that the superior bandwidth of the GeForce 8800 GTX do matter to a certain extent. There is a 13 - 16% difference between the ASUS EN8800GTS TOP and the GeForce 8800 GTX without anti-aliasing but this was reduced to slightly less than 10% when anti-aliasing came into play. We'll have to see if this happens in other games but this affects the similarly 256-bit GeForce 8800 GT too, though the fact that the overclocked speeds more than makes up for it, should sway the argument for the G92 cards. Meanwhile, ATI's Radeon HD 3870 looked out of the running and going by its scores, should make suitable companions with the older and slower GeForce 8 cards instead. For reference to the performance of a standard GeForce 8800 GT, you can use the GeForce 8800 GTX as a ballpark (which is why we've omitted adding more graphs of similar performance levels) or refer to our previous article for the exact results.

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