The 8800GTS has a MSRP of $449 from EVGA. At this price point, you get the better image quality, features and performance that’s faster than any other video card on the market today except the 8800GTX, which is also $150 more money retail.  The 8800GTS has about 25% less streaming processors than the 8800GTX accounting for the performance difference.

The advent of the 8800 series from NVIDIA has taken the performance and image quality crown back from ATI in every respect. 16X Coverage Anti-Aliasing allows the graphics card to improve image quality without the serious hit that 16XQ AA would inter. The 8800GTS is the perfect upgrade for those wanting a graphics card today without wanting to pay the $599 premium price for the 8800GTX, as a lot of situations are CPU limited.

In earlier reviews, I’ve talked about the next major step in graphics, DirectX 10 being the next real jumping on point. Unfortunately, Microsoft delayed Vista until next year and games supporting the new features of the 8800 series won’t appear till then. However, you get the performance and image quality that’s second to none in the industry at the moment. DirectX 10 is the future and the 8800GTS and GTX are ready for it.

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