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ASUS EN8800GT 1GB Graphics Card Author: Shane Baxtor SUMMARY: ASUS has doubled the amount of RAM on the 8800GT, bringing it to a total of 1GB. Shane sees if this makes a difference. Editor: Steve Dougherty Category: Visual Published: 18th April 2008 Manufacturer: ASUS Our Rating: 88% Rate our Content Now! Introduction You did your research and you’ve discovered that the 8800GT continues to be one of the best value for money cards when it comes to good mid-range performance. The thing is, you wouldn’t mind kicking it up a notch in the memory department if you had the choice. Well, we might have found the card for you here today. ASUS has recently released an 8800GT that is packing 1GB of GDDR3 memory. However, it’s not uncommon for a bump in memory to do nothing more than make you feel a bit better about your system. Really, there’s only one way to find out if the extra memory does anything for your gaming experience, and that is to run it through a multitude of tests. That’s exactly what we’ve done here today, but before we get into it let’s see what ASUS has done with the package and card. Page 1 of 20 Quick Navigation - Jump To Page Page 1 [Introduction] Page 2 [The Package] Page 3 [The Card] Page 4 [Test System Setup and 3DMark06] Page 5 [Benchmarks – PT Boats: Knights of the Sea] Page 6 [Benchmarks – CINEBENCH R10] Page 7 [Benchmarks - Half Life 2 (Episode Two HDR)] Page 8 [Benchmarks - World in Conflict] Page 9 [Benchmarks – Enemy Territory: Quake Wars] Page 10 [Benchmarks – Crysis] Page 11 [Benchmarks – Unreal Tournament 3] Page 12 [Benchmarks - High Quality AA and AF] Page 13 [Benchmarks - 3DMark06 - XP] Page 14 [Benchmarks – CINEBENCH R10 - XP] Page 15 [Benchmarks – World in Conflict - XP] Page 16 [Benchmarks – Unreal Tournament 3 - XP] Page 17 [Benchmarks – Half Life 2 (Episode Two HDR) - XP] Page 18 [Temperature and Sound Tests] Page 19 [Power Consumption Tests] Page 20 [Final Thoughts] Talk about "ASUS EN8800GT 1GB Graphics Card" in our forum!