SKYMTL,
It's, as always, a great review. To the point, good pictures and objective comments...
The thing I DON'T understand about this card is that I seen it listed at NCIX and TigerD and both retailers are posting specs of 96 SP's for this card ,bandwidth is advertised at 72GB/sec (instead of 64GB/sec for vanilla 8800GTS640).
I'm interested in learning more about this card( for my cousin's rig), as the 8800GT is backordered big time, and I like this idea of having provision for higher res ( more memorybandwidth, bigger frame buffer) if I switch to a bigger screen down the road.
I just don't want to be stuck with a card that is supposed to have 112SPs and shows as a 96SPs.
Do you think it's just a typo/mis-understanding from the e-tailer's side of the house?
Edit...eVga's site tells that the 640-P2-N829-A1
EVGA | Multimedia Solutions
has 96 SPs also... is is the same sku as the one you've been reviewing?
PLZ help me clear this out!!!
P.S. I can't wait for the OC numbers!!!