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    First HANDS-ON 8800M GTX Review!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Yokozuna, Nov 19, 2007.

  1. Yokozuna

    Yokozuna Notebook Guru

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    The German website Notebookjournal.de, has the first hands-on review of an Nvidia 8800M GTX based notebook that I've seen. The notebook is equipped with a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900. It gets a 3DMark 06 score of 9,241, and more impressively, handily beats everything, including the Dell XP 1730, in real gaming benchmarks.


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    Full review here:

    http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/375/1
     
    Yokozuna, Nov 19, 2007
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  2. ShinAkuma135

    ShinAkuma135 The King of Beasts

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    13 FPS for World in Conflict for m1730 at 1024x768??!!!!!! i highly highly doubt it....lower resolutions is where the m1730 shines
     
    ShinAkuma135, Nov 20, 2007
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  3. The Forerunner

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    This link has already been posted around.
     
    The Forerunner, Nov 20, 2007
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    oh my those scores are awesome
     
    link1313, Nov 20, 2007
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  5. scooberdoober

    scooberdoober Penguins FTW!

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    They did a nice job on those.
     
    scooberdoober, Nov 20, 2007
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  6. Magnus72

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    Hmm why do they run the games in 1024x768, would be more interesting to see frames in higher resolutions.
     
    Magnus72, Nov 20, 2007
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  7. Yokozuna

    Yokozuna Notebook Guru

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    I think it's because the benchmark results for the other notebooks were obtained in earlier reviews, with hardware more suited for 1024x768, e.g., 8600M GT, and they wanted "apples to apples" comparisons.
     
    Yokozuna, Nov 20, 2007
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    Yeah but if they did higher res AND had better fps thats sayin something ;)
     
    fifafreak18, Nov 20, 2007
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    WOW!!!! Dont forget that once you put the 8800gtx in SLI it will friggin' blister your face off when gaming!!!

    Why does alienware make us wait SOOO long if its already available?!?!!?

    PLEASE MAKE IT AVAILABLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!
     
    Beatsiz, Nov 20, 2007
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    I dont believe the fps would DROP as much as we are used to since the G92 / 8800m has 256bit bus ;)

    I JUST READ THE GERMAN SITE!!!! AND ITS SAYS "FIRST OFF... CRYSIS RUNS ON HIGH DETAILS!!!" FTW!!!! WOOOOO

    Sooooooooooooo it says:

    1600*1200
    All high
    Crysis demo
    avg 24 fps...

    Turn the res. down
    Turn it on very high
    OC'
    30fps :)
     
    Beatsiz, Nov 20, 2007
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  11. Magnus72

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    Actually it is Very high you want to play Crysis in, especially Shaders and Post Processing. I do know that the 256bit bus is limiting at higher resolutions e.g 1920x1200.
     
    Magnus72, Nov 20, 2007
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  12. RobHague

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    RobHague, Nov 20, 2007
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  13. davey

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    Lol, unwiredshowing saying the 8600m gt was the fastest previous graphics card! People always seem to assume that the newer models must be faster than the previous series, whatever level/specs there given. And they missed 8700m gt aswell..odd.
     
    davey, Nov 20, 2007
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  14. RobHague

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    Well i think they were just doing a comparison of the best DX10 card. Plus its harder to get 7950's now. As for the 8700... well perhaps there was a mistake and it was actually an 8700 in that ROCK. But as people have said the 8700 is just an overclocked 8600 anyway so maybe they didnt feel the need to grab another notebook with it.

    Eitherway, its nice to see crysis looking so umm.... playable :D
     
    RobHague, Nov 20, 2007
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