9800GX2 Released

[camper.]

Yeah it seems to be released.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/graphics/news/2008/03/18/nVidia-9800-GX2-Launches/p1

Any ideas?

[Scinto]

waste of money.

considering next gen cards will be released in the next few months.

[solofowaffles]

Everyone wants 2 gpu's slapped together.

[ConscriptVirus]

id rather buy a 9600GT

[Corkum]

Not even close to worth the pricetag.

[jake_]

I'm not sure its completely a waste. It's essentially 2 8800's in SLI, right? But from what I've read it seems that this will (or should) be gain a significant amount efficiency over a standard SLI set-up. Essentially "super SLI," right?

That might not be that bad of a deal after all since its about the price of 2 8800GTS's in the first place, but should be superior.

We'll have to wait for the benchmarks.

[sava700]

Its basically a Nvidia money magnet for those not knowing the next cards are coming... And I may be wrong but eVGA and BFG will not honor a jump from this card to the next GTX or Ultra using their 90/100 day step up program.

I suggest ya stay away from it too since the power connectors are also a pain in the butt from what I saw.

[Hellsent 2.0]

Lol on overclock.net they dont care about how much it cots..one guys has ordered 2 already..Lol yeh the 9800gx2 are on ebuyer eher in the uk and on overclockers.co.uk for about 400quid...

[Scinto]

That might not be that bad of a deal after all since its about the price of 2 8800GTS's in the first place, but should be superior.

We'll have to wait for the benchmarks.

For once for us 2x 8800GTS's are £110 cheaper than the 9800GX2

[Kreepy Kitteh =^o.O^=]

im having second thoughts on getting another 8800GTX now :p that thing looks good.. would be nice to run it in sli :) i could get one for $770 aus... rather than another GTX.. then sli it with another one later..

[Scinto]

sigh for deep pockets and no sense..

[Kreepy Kitteh =^o.O^=]

sigh for deep pockets and no sense..

:cry:

[Eagle101]

I'm with Scinto on this, after all it does say on the source that its like two GTS's slapped together. i will stick with my 88 until really good and new cards show up, i believe my GTX can live a bit longer till i upgrade again.

[=98=]

I might buy 8 for Octo-SLI. I suspect we'll see the release next year.

Rumour has it that by adding 8 cards in SLI, you can play Crysis with 2xAA on 1680x1050 :yay:

[Eagle101]

I might buy 8 for Octo-SLI. I suspect we'll see the release next year.

Rumour has it that by adding 8 cards in SLI, you can play Crysis with 2xAA on 1680x1050 :yay:

LOLRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2*AA @ 1680x1050 PRICELESS!