Born for HD: first review of G98-8400GS
PAGE 1: The Beginning of PureVideo HD
PAGE 2: PureVideo HD Gen2 still not perfect
PAGE 3: G98：PureVideo HD Gen 3
PAGE 4: Comparing the Die
PAGE 5: Frequency of G98
PAGE 6: Test bed and remarks
PAGE 7: VC-1: 1080P, King Kong
PAGE 8: VC-1 1080P De javu
PAGE 9: H.264 1080P X-MAN3
PAGE 10: H.264 1080P The Prestige
PAGE 11: MPEG-2 1080P Pioneer DEMO2006
PAGE 12: HD video data summary
PAGE 13: 3DMark06
PAGE 14: Final thoughts
3DMark06
Because RivaTuner can not recognize G98 so we have to use ntune to lower G98′s Core/shader/mem frequency to G86-8400GS’ same level. The downgraded frequency is 459/1133MHz/400MHz(core/shader/mem). After this, we OC G86-8400GS’s shader from 918MHz to 1133MHz. Doing this is coz we want to have a test to see how weak 8400GS is after NV throwing 8SP away. But before downgrade/OC we run sevral times of 3DMark06.
1.G98-8400GS @ default frequency, 3DMark06：1236
2、G86-8400GS @ default frequency 3DMark06：1525
3、After downgrade/OC, here comes G98 VS G86
Set G98 core/shader/mem to 459MHz/1133MHz/400MHz
Set G86 core/shader/mem to 459MHz/1133MHz/400MHz
G98-8400GS @ 459MHz/1133MHz/400MHz: 1080
G86-8400GS @ 459MHz/1133MHz/400MHz: 1614
Radeon HD 2400 Pro @ default（525/400MHz）:1123
Comparison
In the same frequency G98′s 3DMark06 score goes far behind than G86(1080 vs 1614). This means G98′s 8 SP loss is a huge hit. NVIDIA seems want to turn G98 8400GS in to a HD video playback-only card. This is a good news for HTPC and HD lovers, bad news for entry level gamers.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:21 am
D8M has released? H.264 Decoding CPU utilization rose Instead, the not ideal.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:40 am
@ Guilit
that’s only a few percentage @ celeron 430 so that’s nothing to worry about.
December 22nd, 2007 at 1:18 pm
[...] GPU is a 65nm processing chip. We already seem this tech on G92/D8P and G98/D8M. G80 and G86 have been EOLed, and G84 will also be EOL when the valentine’s day [...]
January 14th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
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January 14th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
[...] With the bandled different I/O metal backboard, users can change the video output slot posittion to fit their pc cases. Full review of G98-8400GS can be found here. [...]
January 17th, 2008 at 1:20 am
In the sentence “With the bandled different I/O metal backboard…” the third word should be “bundled.”
I’m sure it’s a artifact of translation, but I’d like to suggest using “CPU intensive” instead of “CPU sucking.” In the USA “sucking” has some rather vulgar connotations; i.e. when someone says something ‘sucks,’ they’re not offering polite criticism.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Thanks for your suggestion! you konw, i saw some other reviews write like that, so i followed..
anyway, i am going to fix the words. Thanks Fred.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Nvidia can take the purevideo HD and EAT IT! It is clear in these tests that the nv cards require 300% more processor cycles than ati’s humble 2400. So i wouldn’t be so sure that nv can attack ati in the video department. As for mpeg2 you must really be the king of jerks to encode anything in mpeg2HD.You need 3 times more bandwidth for the same quality. And yes atis hd capabilities kick in whatever player you use. At least with bsplayer and klite megacodec pack i run hd 1080p videos with an ati2400pro and an intel E2160@2700mhz with just 1% cpu.
March 4th, 2008 at 3:40 am
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