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XFX Alpha Dog 8800 GT XXX Edition is fast

by on12 November 2007

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We used the latest official drivers, and we opted for maximum detail setting.

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At higher resolutions 8800 GTX takes the cake, but Geforce 8800 GT OC cards follow closely. In this game, expensive 8800 GTX wins, but only by a small margin. New 65nm GPU makes good use of each and every extra MHz.

In Company of Heroes, SLI truly shines, and we clearly see – the higher the resolution, the better SLI performance gets. While the initial performance difference between a single 8800 GT and two GTs in SLI accounted for 9 percent, in the end it climbed up to incredible 63 percent in SLI’s favor. At 2048x1536 we see that SLI scores about 50 FPS more. Geforce 8800 GTX is about 50 percent slower than two 8800 GTs in SLI.

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F.E.A.R. can be a bit demanding, especially at high resolutions where memory plays an important role. Compared to 8800 GTX’s 328 bit interface, 8800 GT’s 256 bit memory interface exposes a weak point. Geforce 8800 GTX has more memory, but 8800 GT cards’ results aren’t half bad. Even the highest tested resolutions result in playable FPS. In this test, XFX beats MSI 8800 GT by 2 frames, or 4 percent, and stock 8800 GT by 6 frames, or 13 percent. XFX Alpha Dog Edition 8800 GT card’s core runs 11 percent faster than stock core speeds of 600MHz.

At 1024x768, SLI performs poorly, but high resolutions show this beast for what it really is. At 2048x1536, we see an almost 50 percent increase compared to 8800 GTX, and 80 percent increase compared to a single 8800 GT card.



Last modified on 13 November 2007
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