9800GX2 goes on sale

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djnsmith7

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Not only were they one of the ugliest cards I've ever seen...You know what, I'll stop there. I'm not even going to elaborate on that POS card. lol

This is going to be one interesting run of cards for Nvidia (9xxx series)...
 
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Should i get the 512MB one for $600 or the 1024 version for $700?
--Which one will have better resale value next month?

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Oh, they are *all* 1GB .. just $600 to $700
IF so, i guess i need a factory O/C'd one :p

i guess we will see benchmarks pretty soon ... maybe there will be a good supply this time ... especially depending on how well they sell and are reviewed.

Kinda hard to take it really serious with r700 and GT200 probably breathing down it's neck
 
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NoStateofMind

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Originally posted by: apoppin
Should i get the 512MB one for $600 or the 1024 version for $700?
--Which one will have better resale value next month?

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Oh, they are *all* 1GB .. just $600 to $700
IF so, i guess i need a factory O/C'd one :p

i guess we will see benchmarks pretty soon ... maybe there will be a good supply this time ... especially depending on how well they sell and are reviewed.

Kinda hard to take it really serious with r700 and GT200 probably breathing down it's neck
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Did you mean r700?

AGH! Edited before I could get it out :p
 
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typos :p

sorry .. i am back on 56K dialup right now .. so the edit was slower than usual .. i completely botched my prevcous post here ... maybe i will go play now

i still haven't finished Extraction Point ;)
 
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nRollo

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Originally posted by: apoppin
Kinda hard to take it really serious with r700 and GT200 probably breathing down it's neck
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It's also "kinda hard" to plan your purchases around products with no official launch date.

Look at what happened with the FX5800....the X1800....the X2900......

The cards you're referencing might be launched in November for the holiday buying season for all we know, buyers who wait for them might end up with their current hardware for what amounts to the rest of the year.

OTOH, those cards could launch tomorrow.

People used to say "you can't buy for future games", it's probably fair to say "you can't buy for future parts" as well.

Another possible outcome is that the 9800GX2 will offer comparable performance to the two cards you reference, next gen doesn't always mean a 100% across the board increase in performance. (e.g. the 2900XT doesn't double X1950XTX across the board, or even close)

Too many unknowns when dealing the vaporware to make anything but guesses, and the "leaks" we get are often wrong. Anyone else remember the mythical 32 ROP 7900GTX and 32 ROP 2900XT? Or if you've really been around a while, the Bitboyz cards that were always "just about ready to launch and own us all"?
 
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nRollo type something we don't already know ...like inside information or something along those lines?.......NO because as a focus group member your mouth is tightly shut like a steel trap or you are too junior to know whats really going on.... so we don't have to take your words of wisdom for granted. You are indrectly telling everyone to buy this mini truck, compare this card to PS3 - users are likely to play games on it for 5 to 6 years from now, where as with GX2 I doubt it will last even for 10 months(soon to be replaced by gt200), honestly for 600 bucks is it really worth all the trouble? Its not that users don't have that much money but there is more life than graphic card itself.
 
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Originally posted by: Aberforth
nRollo type something we don't already know ...like inside information or something along those lines?.......NO because as a focus group member your mouth is tightly shut like a steel trap or you are too junior to know whats really going on.... so we don't have to take your words of wisdom for granted. You are indrectly telling everyone to buy this mini truck, compare this card to PS3 - users are likely to play games on it for 5 to 6 years from now, where as with GX2 I doubt it will last even for 10 months(soon to be replaced by gt200), honestly for 600 bucks is it really worth all the trouble? Its not that users don't have that much money but there is more life than graphic card itself.
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You are correct that I can't give details about this product as it's under NDA.

I find out about products when the press does, and receive products pre-launch for review.

I'm not telling anyone to buy anything- I think they should wait for the reviews, read up, and buy if it fits their needs.

 
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There is nothing wrong with GX2 ... it the public perception of it that was SO botched by some of NVIDIA's PR imo ;)

AS long as you *realize* that it is an interim product ... yeah, we will be better waiting for GT200 - IF you CAN
- and if you have no problem with pricing ... then it is not a bad "investment" - depending on your PERSONAL circumstances

what we know about GX2 [besides likely heat and power issues - the "positives"]:

1) we KNOW GX2 will be faster then HD3870x2
2) it won't be the *disaster* that 7800GTX/512M was
[check the reviews, of course]
3) it's numbers will be impressive
4) Quad sli potential

If you want "the best" - pay for it ... or wait ... kinda 'simple', really
-that appears to be our options AtM
---i am still 'on' for buying one

:)





 
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v8envy

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Good on ya. This hobby is cheap enough that sometimes you just have to splurge, even if it's not practical.

Me, I wouldn't touch this card with a 100 foot pole. I doubt I'd take one as a free loaner because of noise/power/heat vs tiny performance gain over the venerable $420 8800GTX 768. But for someone absolutely positively wanting to play with SLI no matter what it's the only practical option given the asstastic nature of SLI capable motherboards for Intel CPUs.

Then again, 2x 9600GT for $300 total shipped and a $250 780i motherboard is cheaper. Even factoring in a couple RMAs for your nvidia-chipset fried RAM and board failures that's still a $ savings even if you wind up throwing away the motherboard when the GT200 and R700s show up in a few months.
 
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Tempered81

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Originally posted by: v8envy
Good on ya. This hobby is cheap enough that sometimes you just have to splurge, even if it's not practical.

Me, I wouldn't touch this card with a 100 foot pole. I doubt I'd take one as a free loaner because of noise/power/heat vs tiny performance gain over the venerable $420 8800GTX 768. But for someone absolutely positively wanting to play with SLI no matter what it's the only practical option given the asstastic nature of SLI capable motherboards for Intel CPUs.

Then again, 2x 9600GT for $300 total shipped and a $250 780i motherboard is cheaper. Even factoring in a couple RMAs for your nvidia-chipset fried RAM and board failures that's still a $ savings even if you wind up throwing away the motherboard when the GT200 and R700s show up in a few months.
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Try $290 AR @ the egg.
 
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v8envy

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$300 for a 8800GTX 768? I'd double check, but I'm busy vomiting into this trashcan re: the price I paid for an 8800GT only a few weeks ago.

We won't know the real pricing on the sandwich card until it's released. But at $600 it definitely looks like a first-class ticket on the failboat.
 
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Tempered81

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Originally posted by: v8envy
$300 for a 8800GTX 768? I'd double check, but I'm busy vomiting into this trashcan re: the price I paid for an 8800GT only a few weeks ago.

We won't know the real pricing on the sandwich card until it's released. But at $600 it definitely looks like a first-class ticket on the failboat.
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yup
 
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