7800GT is out, and it is cheap

[BigCoolJesus]

Was just browsing around, and the 7800GT is out at monarchcomputer.com. The eVGA model is $399 plus $7 shipping.........good deal

 

[QuantumPion]

cool beans. I wonder how much better it is then the 6800 gt.

 

[DanDaMan315]

Originally posted by: QuantumPion
cool beans. I wonder how much better it is then the 6800 gt.

Yes I need some benchmarks.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Worse than the 7800GTX?

 

[Andres3605]

399 cheap ...

 

[fierydemise]

Originally posted by: Andres3605
399 cheap ...

QFT

399 is still pretty damn expensive

 

[Matt2]

Looks good to me

Could have been cheaper though. It is faster than the 6800 Ultra and even faster than the 6800 Ultra SLI in many situations.

7800GT will be a great upgrade option once it falls into the $300-$350 range, but for now, it's best just to spend the extra moola for the GTX. Lower res users, like myself (1280x1024 LCD) would still do fine with a 6800GT, which according to Anand as fallen below $300

 

[Concillian]

2 other good deals for the 7800GT:

~$350 places where Dell doesn't charge tax $380 where it does:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1661335&enterthread=y

eVGA 7800 GT + nForce4 SLi MB for $450:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1661341&enterthread=y

 

[gf4200isdabest]

399 for a video card...I don't get it. Mayhap a new game came out that needs this behemouth to be properly enjoyed?

/Sarcasm off.

 

[Crescent13]

You are all complaining about the $399 price, but rember, this outperforms the 6800 Ultra.

EDIT: and it also has cineFX 4.0, whereas the 6800 Ultra has cineFX 3.0.

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: Crescent13
You are all complaining about the $399 price, but rember, this outperforms the 6800 Ultra.

EDIT: and it also has cineFX 4.0, whereas the 6800 Ultra has cineFX 3.0.

:thumbsup:

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: Crescent13
You are all complaining about the $399 price, but rember, this outperforms the 6800 Ultra.

EDIT: and it also has cineFX 4.0, whereas the 6800 Ultra has cineFX 3.0.

just we are remembering the times when the fastest cards cost 200-300 dollars

when 150 was mid range

when sub 100 was cheap

 

[Overkiller]

well add in inflation + price gouging

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: Crescent13
You are all complaining about the $399 price, but rember, this outperforms the 6800 Ultra.

EDIT: and it also has cineFX 4.0, whereas the 6800 Ultra has cineFX 3.0.

just we are remembering the times when the fastest cards cost 200-300 dollars

when 150 was mid range

when sub 100 was cheap

And when gas was under $1.50/gallon in many US cities.

 

[pibb]

Originally posted by: Concillian
2 other good deals for the 7800GT:

~$350 places where Dell doesn't charge tax $380 where it does:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1661335&enterthread=y

eVGA 7800 GT + nForce4 SLi MB for $450:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1661341&enterthread=y

:thumbsup:eVGA also has Step-Up program:thumbsup:

 

[munchow2]

I would just wait a month or so. I mean, look what happened to the 7800GTX.

 

[Bona Fide]

Originally posted by: munchow2
I would just wait a month or so. I mean, look what happened to the 7800GTX.

Try a week or two. The 7800GTX dropped from $600 to sub-$500 in a matter of weeks. I think we'll be seeing mid-$300 prices shortly on the 7800GT.

 

[munchow2]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide

Originally posted by: munchow2
I would just wait a month or so. I mean, look what happened to the 7800GTX.

Try a week or two. The 7800GTX dropped from $600 to sub-$500 in a matter of weeks. I think we'll be seeing mid-$300 prices shortly on the 7800GT.

Haha, I surely hope so. It's quite tempting to switch to PCI-E.

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: munchow2
I would just wait a month or so. I mean, look what happened to the 7800GTX.

Yeah, but the 6800GT was very cheap at introduction, then prices increased. Some people got 6800GTs in the ~$300 range within days or a week of introduction, but it didn't come back to that price point for 6 months.

There is some precident either way.

 

[Rubycon]

No AGP? Hello McFly! We want our AGP and MTV.

Can't complain about the X850XT-PE other than the OUTRAGEOUS noise it makes when rebooting. Reminds me of some servers.

 

[nycdude]

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: Crescent13
You are all complaining about the $399 price, but rember, this outperforms the 6800 Ultra.

EDIT: and it also has cineFX 4.0, whereas the 6800 Ultra has cineFX 3.0.

just we are remembering the times when the fastest cards cost 200-300 dollars

when 150 was mid range

when sub 100 was cheap

And when gas was under $1.50/gallon in many US cities.

LOL

 

[deathwalker]

$399 is what I paid for my 6800GT when they first came out.

 

[Valkerie]

Originally posted by: gf4200isdabest
399 for a video card...I don't get it. Mayhap a new game came out that needs this behemouth to be properly enjoyed?

/Sarcasm off.

I would never pay 400 USD for a vid card. It'll just get outdated like the 9800 Pro, or perhaps like the most famous one, the Geforce 4 Ti 4600 128mb DDR. 128-bit memory interface. Who bought this card? Because I got it for 70 USD at a surplus.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Valkerie


I would never pay 400 USD for a vid card. It'll just get outdated like the 9800 Pro, or perhaps like the most famous one, the Geforce 4 Ti 4600 128mb DDR. 128-bit memory interface. Who bought this card? Because I got it for 70 USD at a surplus.

Why eat then? You will just get hungry again!

 

[RaiderJ]

I think there was a hot deal from Dell that had this card at $332. Take off 5% for DPA and Fatcash and you have a pretty darn cheap card!