NVIDIA started GeForce 8800 GS sales 31 January 2008. This is a Tesla architecture desktop card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 384 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.6 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 229 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 105 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 8800 GS: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	1092
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	31 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Current price	$145	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce 8800 GS's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 8800 GS's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	550 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	754 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	26.40	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	264 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 8800 GS and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Width	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 8800 GS: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 8800 GS. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce 8800 GS, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	1.1

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 8800 GS. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8800 GS 0.85

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

8800 GS 330

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 8800 GS is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.