PsySc0rpi0n
11-01-2007, 15:48
Mais uma marca a lnaçar-se com a 8800GTS
Foxconn is a relatively new name in the graphics industry, but the company is one of the largest (if not the largest) PC component manufacturers in the world. The first cards that the company released covered NVIDIA’s GeForce 7-series product stack in its entirety, right from GeForce 7950 GX2, all the way down to the bargain-basement GeForce 7100 GS.
Today we are looking at one of the company's recently-announced GeForce 8800-series video cards. It's known as the FV-N88SMBD2-ONOC, or for those that don't have a Foxconn product guide to hand, it's a pre-overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS that uses the same frequencies as the reference GeForce 8800 GTX clock speeds.
Obviously though, it doesn't have the additional stream processors, memory bandwidth and ROPs that are on the GeForce 8800 GTX. In saying that though, this still represents quite a large clock increase over the reference 500/1600MHz frequencies on NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTS. If you're unfamiliar with NVIDIA's GeForce 8800-series architecture, we recommend giving some of our previous GeForce 8800 series articles a read:
G80: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/11/08/nvidia_geforce_8800_gtx_g80/1.html);
BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTS (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/12/18/nvidia_geforce_8800_gts/1.html);
BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTX Water Cooled Edition (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/01/03/bfgtech_geforce_8800_gtx_watercooled/1.html).As far as we're aware, this wasn't the first-to-market pre-overclocked GeForce 8800-series cards, as that crown goes to XFX, who announced and started shipping pre-overclocked GTX and GTS cards (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/12/15/xfx_unveils_first_overclocked_geforce_8800s/) before Christmas. We have those cards in-house, so watch out for a review in the very near future. Anyway, without further ado, let's have a look at Foxconn's pre-overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS.
G80: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/11/08/nvidia_geforce_8800_gtx_g80/1.html);
BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTS (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/12/18/nvidia_geforce_8800_gts/1.html);
BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTX Water Cooled Edition (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/01/03/bfgtech_geforce_8800_gtx_watercooled/1.html).As far as we're aware, this wasn't the first-to-market pre-overclocked GeForce 8800-series cards, as that crown goes to XFX, who announced and started shipping pre-overclocked GTX and GTS cards (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/12/15/xfx_unveils_first_overclocked_geforce_8800s/) before Christmas. We have those cards in-house, so watch out for a review in the very near future. Anyway, without further ado, let's have a look at Foxconn's pre-overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS.
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http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox3s.jpg (http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox3.jpg)http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox4s.jpg (http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox4.jpg) Overclocking:
We overclocked Foxconn's FV-N88SMBD2-ONOC using a combination of NVIDIA's nTune software and ATiTool version 0.26 (which supports overclocking GeForce 8800-series video cards). While the current driver doesn't have support for shader clock adjustments yet, NVIDIA has promised that feature in a future driver release. The ETA on that driver is not clear at this moment in time, though.
http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/foxconn-8800gts-stock.jpg
The default clock speeds for Foxconn's pre-overclocked 8800 GTS are 575MHz core and 900/1800MHz on the memory. These are actually the reference clock speeds on the flagship GeForce 8800 GTX, but obviously there are only 96 stream processors, 20 ROPs and a 320-bit wide memory interface.
http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/foxconn-8800gts-oc.jpg
After some playing around, we managed to get the card stable at 612MHz core and 1809MHz on the memory. The core clock was in line with what we achieved on BFGTech's GeForce 8800 GTS last month (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/12/18/nvidia_geforce_8800_gts/9.html), but the memory overclocking was substantially worse on Foxconn's card. It's fair to say that there isn't any additional headroom in Foxconn's pre-overclocked card and we're also a little disappointed on that front - we were expecting a little more from it.
Final Thoughts...
Foxconn has done very little wrong with its pre-overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS, and there are several notably good things about the product. First off, the bundle is different in a good way - many add-in card partners ship bolster their video card's appeal with games that are often getting a little long in the tooth, or aren't worth wasting your time on.
Artigo completo (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/01/11/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/1.html)
[URL="http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox4.jpg"] (http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox3.jpg)
Foxconn is a relatively new name in the graphics industry, but the company is one of the largest (if not the largest) PC component manufacturers in the world. The first cards that the company released covered NVIDIA’s GeForce 7-series product stack in its entirety, right from GeForce 7950 GX2, all the way down to the bargain-basement GeForce 7100 GS.
Today we are looking at one of the company's recently-announced GeForce 8800-series video cards. It's known as the FV-N88SMBD2-ONOC, or for those that don't have a Foxconn product guide to hand, it's a pre-overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS that uses the same frequencies as the reference GeForce 8800 GTX clock speeds.
Obviously though, it doesn't have the additional stream processors, memory bandwidth and ROPs that are on the GeForce 8800 GTX. In saying that though, this still represents quite a large clock increase over the reference 500/1600MHz frequencies on NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTS. If you're unfamiliar with NVIDIA's GeForce 8800-series architecture, we recommend giving some of our previous GeForce 8800 series articles a read:
G80: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/11/08/nvidia_geforce_8800_gtx_g80/1.html);
BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTS (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/12/18/nvidia_geforce_8800_gts/1.html);
BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTX Water Cooled Edition (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/01/03/bfgtech_geforce_8800_gtx_watercooled/1.html).As far as we're aware, this wasn't the first-to-market pre-overclocked GeForce 8800-series cards, as that crown goes to XFX, who announced and started shipping pre-overclocked GTX and GTS cards (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/12/15/xfx_unveils_first_overclocked_geforce_8800s/) before Christmas. We have those cards in-house, so watch out for a review in the very near future. Anyway, without further ado, let's have a look at Foxconn's pre-overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS.
G80: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/11/08/nvidia_geforce_8800_gtx_g80/1.html);
BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTS (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/12/18/nvidia_geforce_8800_gts/1.html);
BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTX Water Cooled Edition (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/01/03/bfgtech_geforce_8800_gtx_watercooled/1.html).As far as we're aware, this wasn't the first-to-market pre-overclocked GeForce 8800-series cards, as that crown goes to XFX, who announced and started shipping pre-overclocked GTX and GTS cards (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/12/15/xfx_unveils_first_overclocked_geforce_8800s/) before Christmas. We have those cards in-house, so watch out for a review in the very near future. Anyway, without further ado, let's have a look at Foxconn's pre-overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS.
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http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox3s.jpg (http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox3.jpg)http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox4s.jpg (http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox4.jpg) Overclocking:
We overclocked Foxconn's FV-N88SMBD2-ONOC using a combination of NVIDIA's nTune software and ATiTool version 0.26 (which supports overclocking GeForce 8800-series video cards). While the current driver doesn't have support for shader clock adjustments yet, NVIDIA has promised that feature in a future driver release. The ETA on that driver is not clear at this moment in time, though.
http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/foxconn-8800gts-stock.jpg
The default clock speeds for Foxconn's pre-overclocked 8800 GTS are 575MHz core and 900/1800MHz on the memory. These are actually the reference clock speeds on the flagship GeForce 8800 GTX, but obviously there are only 96 stream processors, 20 ROPs and a 320-bit wide memory interface.
http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/foxconn-8800gts-oc.jpg
After some playing around, we managed to get the card stable at 612MHz core and 1809MHz on the memory. The core clock was in line with what we achieved on BFGTech's GeForce 8800 GTS last month (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/12/18/nvidia_geforce_8800_gts/9.html), but the memory overclocking was substantially worse on Foxconn's card. It's fair to say that there isn't any additional headroom in Foxconn's pre-overclocked card and we're also a little disappointed on that front - we were expecting a little more from it.
Final Thoughts...
Foxconn has done very little wrong with its pre-overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS, and there are several notably good things about the product. First off, the bundle is different in a good way - many add-in card partners ship bolster their video card's appeal with games that are often getting a little long in the tooth, or aren't worth wasting your time on.
Artigo completo (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/01/11/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/1.html)
[URL="http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox4.jpg"] (http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_geforce_8800_gts/fox3.jpg)