Originally posted by: SickBeast
Originally posted by: nRollo
Originally posted by: SickBeast
I'm pretty sure it will work in a similar fashion to the 3870X2, except it will use 2 PCBs instead of 1. I would imagine it will have some sort of 'bridge chip' to mate the two cards together.
Rollo, if it is indeed $449 it looks to be a great card on paper. When is the scheduled release date?
I have that info, but it's NDA at this point.
How about I just say "If I were considering a 3870X2 today, I'd wait a short while before buying, and then weigh my options".
Can you say when the NDA will be lifted?
All things being equal, AMD should be able to sell the 3870X2 for much cheaper than this new nVidia card.
I don't think people should wait. The current cards are more than enough for 95% of the games out there.
If I told you when NDA is lifted, I'd be telling you launch date.
In this case, it's close enough people should wait if the GX2 is of any interest to them. I'm not a propronent of holding out and waiting around on hardware either, but in this case, no one who waits is going to say "Curse you nRollo! That felt like forever!". It will be more like, "Thanks nRollo!"
As far as the "Wait for 512 GTX" references go, the people who did and bought them thanked me.
They did because the wait was only a few weeks, the $600 512 GTX stomped the $550 X1800Xt flat in the benches at launch, and then those people were able to Ebay those cards after they used them for $800-$900 dollars for the next 5 months.
I can't remember any other card that went UP in value $100s after you bought it and used it, ever.
The people who listened to me, waited, bought at $600-$650 launch price profited.
My prediction with the GX2 is people who listen to me, wait a short time, and
buy on launch day will profit again.
The people who say I'll wait a week for the price to come down are the ones who will be bitter. When people see the performance of this card it will sell, and when it sells etailer pricing engines will jack the price, and then people who waited will lament their fate.