Whenever a new graphics card comes out there's always people asking if this one's worth buying. Our job is to take the newest, latest and greatest and to test them as thoroughly as we can so we can hopefully answer that question for those who simply must know. With that in mind, today we will be looking at the much talked about and anticipated GeForce 8800 GT graphics card. With 112 shader processors and clocked at a stonking 670MHz, the XFX GeForce 8800 GT XXX edition looks pretty great on paper, but how does it perform when putting against the competition? Well we will be taking you through what exactly you can expect from this new graphics card. - Overclock3D

XFX GeForce 8800 GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition Review

Okay, so we have to have some form of explanation of what's changed between the previous iteration G80 chips and the GeForce 8800 GT G92 chip. First off, NVIDIA have moved to a 65nm process, but still with more transistors than the G80. This is mainly due to NVIDIA adding to the video processing power of the actual chip. In the G80, NVIDIA used an external chip to process video, now it resides in the G92's silicon. NVIDIA have also added some features to keep the frames pumping along smoothly at higher resolutions. This should certainly help those wanting to run big res displays.

In addition to these two, NVIDIA has increased the amount of texture address units to texture filtering units. And this should mean that memory bandwidth performance is improved as is performance. NVIDIA have also settled for a middle ground in the GT as far as memory is concerned, using a 512MB memory size, on a 256-bit memory bus. XFX have again used the familiar cybernetic dog on their packaging. The GeForce 8800 GT XXX edition has been christened the Alpha Dog Edition and the packaging again reflects this. As usual, XFX have done a good job with the packaging for the card.

The GeForce 8800 GT is a very good move by NVIDIA. Closing up the mid to high-range market by introducing the GeForce 8800 GT means that there is currently next to no choice at all when choosing a card in this price bracket, it has to be the GeForce 8800 GT. XFX have put together a very nice package to go with their GeForce 8800 GT XXX Alpha Dog edition. Containing an excellent game title, a very nice hardware bundle, and a very fast card means that you're onto a winner. At $299 you simply cannot complain at the price. XFX have said that there is good stock on the way to e-tailers right now.