EVGA 8800GTS 640MB (w/112SPs) SSC Edition Review

Packaging and Accessories


This is the same basic packaging we have seen from EVGA in the past so the same comments apply now as they did then; there is plenty of information but no indication of clock speeds or number of Stream Processors. There is however a little extra perk included with this card: a full copy of the game Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.


The accessories and “extras” are quite complete but don’t expect to receive a whole library of games.

You get:

- 1 HDTV cable
- 1 S-Video cable
- 1 Molex to PCI-E adaptor
- 2 DVI to VGA adaptors
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars game
- 1 Driver CD
- 2 EVGA stickers


A closer look at the EVGA 8800GTS SSC Edition


It looks like this section will be pretty short since everything about this card is an exact clone of all of the 8800GTS cards that have come before it. It is about 9” long and equipped with Nvidia’s titanic stock cooler which has a large heatpipe (seen here on the side of the cooler) that leads away from a copper contact plate which touches the GPU’s IHS. Also, PLEASE remember that these cards come with a clear protective film over the heatsink which should be removed right before installation.

Here we also see that there is virtually no difference between the revamped 8800GTS and the “older” 8800GTS 320MB cards. Can you see the difference? The top card is an EVGA 8800GTS 320MB card while the lower one is the EVGA 8800GTS SSC Edition.


Once again we see the typical 8800GTS layout with the 6-pin power connector on the back of the card which will add about an inch onto the overall length once the connector from the power supply is attached. The rear of the card holds a pair of DVI connectors as well as an HDTV-out connector. All (or most) of the heat produced from the G80 core is exhausted through the vents at the back of the card.

All in all, there is nothing to differentiate this revised 8800GTS card from any other GTS card produced in the last few months.