9800GX2 Released

[Eagle101]

um no the price cuts are for ATi's 3850 and 70 lolz.
98gtx same price as 88, hmm sounds good but inn yer case i am gunna wait for teh new architectures.

[Kreepy Kitteh =^o.O^=]

um no the price cuts are for ATi's 3850 and 70 lolz.
98gtx same price as 88, hmm sounds good but inn yer case i am gunna wait for teh new architectures.

hmm.. what u mean wait for the new "architectures" ?

[=98=]

The new types of chips, not the higher clocked models.

Like going from Pentium > Pentium D > Core 2 Duo

[Kreepy Kitteh =^o.O^=]

so the 9800GTX isnt that good then?

[=98=]

Not really. It's just a higher clocked G92 8800gts.

It's good, just not different enough to be an upgrade from an 8 series card.

[Scinto]

didn't really matter which ones you were talking about.. its rather a pointless comparison on either.

Sorry but it does, for people to get an accurate measure of how good a card is it needs to be compared to what is basically is 2x8800GTS OC, given in some places the GX2 is a similar price to 2x88GTS's it should have been included instead of the GTX's which would cost more than GTS SLi & probably GTX SLi.

best to bypass this card and go for the 9800GTX if your lookin to upgrade in the next few weeks.

Its actually best to bypass the whole lot. They are still all going to be G92's at the end of the day.

[Eagle101]

I agree with Scinto, honestly if u have an 88, stick with it until nvidia releases real cards, i am looking out for ATI's counter attack!

[=98=]

Thing is, i doubt these "new" cards are coming any time soon.

This is AMD's best chance to release something good and gain market dominance. We've seen they can churn out a good card, look at the 3870x2. They really need a new architecture or a re-working of their current one.

[sava700]

The 9800GTX will be the next flagship card for Nvidia..then they may sneak in a Ultra but at this point its just rumor. To compare the GX2 to a GTS 8800 single or SLI is just crazy and not even matched no matter how much ram you stick in it. If you want to imagin it then fine whatever floats your boat but remember the whole reason for the cards release was to draw funds from users that want that "in between" card and not the top end. The memory is the big pulling factor and that isn't hitting on much with some.

[Eagle101]

yeah, but me thinks the consumers will buy the cards just because its a 9****, for me i am more than sure that my card will live a bit longer i want to squeeze all the juice out of the gtx to the point of dehydration cuz i cant expect myself to buy a new card whilst i already bought this one not even a month ago... less.

[Kreepy Kitteh =^o.O^=]

sooo is this a good card? is it the GTX everyones talking about?

http://store.livefire.com.au/product...roducts_id=432

it seems to cheap to be the new series of GTX..

[Scinto]

To compare the GX2 to a GTS 8800 single or SLI is just crazy and not even matched no matter how much ram you stick in it.

You really have no idea do you.

2x 512mb 8800GTS = G92 (Would make it 1Gb)
1x 1Gb 9800GX2 = G92

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17853978

^ Go read that, then comeback.

sooo is this a good card? is it the GTX everyones talking about?

http://store.livefire.com.au/product...roducts_id=432

it seems to cheap to be the new series of GTX..

Link doesnt work.

[Kreepy Kitteh =^o.O^=]

ohh sorry..

http://store.livefire.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=45_67&products_id=432

this one should work :)

[Scinto]

its the card we're all talking about but its nothing special if you read that link from OcUK Forums you will see why, the real performing cards should be getting released around summer/autumn these 98xx's are just a stop gap that offer nothing new that is already on the market. If nvidia released their G100/200 cards it would kill the GPU market and everyone would suffer especially the comsumers as then nvidia could charge what ever they liked for their products as there is no competition.

[Kreepy Kitteh =^o.O^=]

ohh.. but would the 9800GTX be better than the 8800GTX? because its alot cheaper than the 8800GTX.. and i was thinking of sli.. so should i sli twoo 8800GTX or 2 9800GTX?