Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX review

What you need to know

Reviewed by: Rich Brown

Reviewed on: 25 January 2007

Tags: Nvidia, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX, hardware, pixels, community

We like:

Dominating performance in current-generation games; catches up to ATI on current-gen image quality; first card out with support for DirectX 10 and next-gen gaming features; amazing value

We don't like:

Will probably require you to beef up your power supply in SLI mode

CNET UK judgement:

This one is easy. Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GTX not only beats ATI to market with its next-gen 3D graphics hardware, it also eliminates ATI's image-quality advantage in current-generation titles. Throw in its sheer horsepower, and Nvidia gives the high-end enthusiast every reason to make this purchase

Full review:

The GeForce 8800 GTX is everything we'd hoped it would be. For around £420, it brings tremendous processing power to current-generation games. It's also the first card to market that will support all of the 3D gaming-related features of Windows Vista and DirectX 10. The initial release of next-gen games is some way off, though. The poster child, the 3D shooter Crysis, is set to debut in March 2007, and even that might not put all of the next-gen bells and whistles into play. Continue Reading...