8800GT 512mb

[Mehen]

a leaked review has shown up, performance is closer to the 8800GTX than it is the 8800GTS and HD2900XT/Pro. And at MSRP ~ $250 USD it should sell like hotcakes, either that or it will drop GTS/XT/Pro prices SIGNIFICANTLY.

[Admiral]

Us 8800GTS 640Mb owners feel ripped off.

[Mehen]

8800GT 512MB
EVGA "Superclocked" 650 from 600mhz $260 CAD
EVGA "SSC" 700mhz $300 CAD
XFX $250 CAD
ASUS $270 CAD
BFG "OC2" 625mhz $280 CAD
Gigabyte $280 CAD
PNY $260 CAD
@ ncix.com

EVGA superclocked or the XFX look like a good deal.

[Mehen]

here's one in the states for $230 USD

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5434329

[Evildead666]

Yeah, the 8800GT is looking like a really powerful card, lets just hope it has some headroom...its priced low enough to be the new reference, and a must have card for upgraders.

Well, I did buy a 8800GTS-640 awhile back.

Just got the Rivatuner 2.05 Installed properly, with the latest WHQL drivers.
Independant Shader Clocks. sweet, i love a new way to fry my card

Currently runs the crysis demo no probs for over a hour on MAX settings for XP (with the level 4 setting mod) in 1680x1050 at 20-ish fps.

648/1728/900 core/shaders/memory (1800MHz DDR).
The stock cooler is set to 100% all the time. temps rise to 63C and fluctuate between 62 and 63.
Didn't want to push the memory more, cos it didnt like that at all...

[Nowhere]

...its priced low enough to be the new reference, and a must have card for upgraders.
...

Hm, I think something like this http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html should be the reference...

(agree about upgraders of course)

[Evildead666]

Price per Performance reference...