tookey October 29, 2007 Share tookey Member October 29, 2007 thoughts? google if you dont know, nvidia released a new card, and its better than the current GTS model, for 100 dollars less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjester October 29, 2007 Share benjester Member October 29, 2007 looking pretty nice... I will have to consider this for my new build in november. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 October 29, 2007 Share shep48 Member October 29, 2007 buy 2 of these instead. I did and can play graw2 on high sets at 1600. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130290 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjester October 29, 2007 Share benjester Member October 29, 2007 I'm not going to have an SLI setup shep. Even so though, I have an addiction to buying new stuff fresh to the market... http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3140 http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/29/geforce_8800_gt/ Raving reviews for the 8800 GT so far... When is Evga gonna have it on the market I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek-Almighty October 29, 2007 Share Tek-Almighty Member October 29, 2007 Bad donkey...that's all. In many games at 1600 x 1200 you are seeing about 10% fps hit between the $500 8800 GTX and the $200 8800 GT. That's all. For $400 you can have a pair of them, beat the GTX and still have $100 for beer or two new games. Now, hopefully we will not see a bunch of SLI snafus with the new boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler October 29, 2007 Share boiler Member October 29, 2007 and still have $100 for beer this is a pretty compelling argument to go SLI if I have ever heard one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC October 29, 2007 Share VooDooPC Member October 29, 2007 I kind of wish this card didn't come out. If they are still releasing new 8800 cards, the 9000 series must be pretty far off. I was hoping they would be out by the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjester October 29, 2007 Share benjester Member October 29, 2007 to my knowledge the first of the 9000 series should still be out in November... or has someone seen otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack October 29, 2007 Share bushwack Member October 29, 2007 Oh man I'm gonna have to sell my GTS before these suckers hit the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly October 29, 2007 Share dragonfly Member October 29, 2007 to my knowledge the first of the 9000 series should still be out in November... or has someone seen otherwise. g92 is nov, g98 might be a little behind it. I am pretty sure it's november though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon October 29, 2007 Share Allanon Member October 29, 2007 Hmm... to sell my 8800GTX now and buy two of these or settle with what I have .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean October 29, 2007 Share Unclean Member October 29, 2007 What's the power consumption like for 2 of those 8800gt's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly October 29, 2007 Share dragonfly Member October 29, 2007 I'm gonna guess less than the gtx, but I cant find it either. That's what I was wondering... Guys, seriously wait until the g92 comes out. You may regret a purchase now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWarrior October 29, 2007 Share HWarrior Member October 29, 2007 After doing some pricing on these, it seems like all the card manufacturers have jumped on this card. 11 manufacturers with 18 cards! Of those 18, I found pricing for 11. Price range of $230 - $300. Nice opening day roll out. Cheapest I found were EVGA e-GF 8800GT 512MB ($230 out of stock now) or BFG GeForce 8800GT OC ($240 out of stock now). BTW, shader clock has the biggest impact on performance so if you want to buy a factory overclocked model the best out there is the EVGA e-GF 8800GT SSC 512MB which is OC'd to 700 Core, 1750 Shader, & 2000 Mem (Standard is 600/1500/1800). It is $290 direct from EVGA. 8800gt_pricing.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack October 30, 2007 Share bushwack Member October 30, 2007 I'm gonna guess less than the gtx, but I cant find it either. That's what I was wondering...Guys, seriously wait until the g92 comes out. You may regret a purchase now.Na I'm not buying anything. I refuse to buy more then 1 video card a year. If I do anything I'll pick up another GTS when the GTs force the prices down on used ones. But who knows.Oh look here's a GT in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly October 30, 2007 Share dragonfly Member October 30, 2007 God willing I'll buy a card this year. My 7900 is starting to screw up and I need a new one for crysis/ut3/cod4 anyway. I dont care about top of the line anymore, but this looks like a NICE find. Good call bush I also cant buy more than 1 card per year (actually, have bought only 1 card in the last 5 years). Good finds HWarrior, thanks! I guess it's cheaper for me to buy in USD now eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek-Almighty October 30, 2007 Share Tek-Almighty Member October 30, 2007 What's the power consumption like for 2 of those 8800gt's? from the ANandTech article...looks like 210 watts in SLI. Oh, and Dark, they are calling this the G92 because of the die shrink...look it up. I guess we are all waiting for this AND the G98 (9xxx series). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjester October 30, 2007 Share benjester Member October 30, 2007 Yep, this is the G92 card, or the first of a bunch... there are also some rumors of re-spec'ing other 8800 series cards under the new die. G98 still due out November though... at least one is... not sure... it is all rumor at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWarrior October 30, 2007 Share HWarrior Member October 30, 2007 Single slot, great oc'ing, and runs cool (Sparkle is even putting out a passively cooled version - hoping for Asus passive). 8800GT is looking like my next card. We'll see when Mid-Nov gets here. If I can wait that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly October 30, 2007 Share dragonfly Member October 30, 2007 Oh, and Dark, they are calling this the G92 because of the die shrink...look it up.I guess we are all waiting for this AND the G98 (9xxx series). Thanks man. You were on tonight eh? Fun freon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracid October 30, 2007 Share Tracid Member October 30, 2007 Wow so 2 of these GT SLI it up and pretty almost on par with a GTX and less power consumption? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWarrior October 30, 2007 Share HWarrior Member October 30, 2007 Forgive the following (I was thinking out loud)... Nvidia has told it's card makers that the 8800 GTS 640 will have its stream processors bumped from 96 to 112 to match the number used on the 8800 GT 512. Stream processors are in bunches of 16 so this means that on the 88000 GTS 640 they would go from 6 to 7 bunches (8 available as on the GTX). If this is the case, then it looks like Nvidia is trying to get more life out of the GTS line. Large screen gaming and games like Crysis would probably be candidates for better performance with the bigger ram (640 vs 512). Even with the same number of stream processors the 8800 GT uses its more effeciently but the GTS line has more mem bandwith. Plus doing this really wads things up. You end up with the 8800 GTS 640 closer to the 8800 GTX and the 8800 GT lurking there ready to beat them both at times. Or crush them all if you go 8800 GT SLI. Given all this, what happens to the release schedule of the 9xxx series. My guess is they will be pushed back. Another the thing you have to wonder about is even when they come out where would Nvdia price them in comparison with the current 8800's. Current pricing: 8800 Ultra $600 8800 GTX $500 8800 GTS 640 $350 8800 GTS 320 $280 8800 GT $250 Still the G92 die in the 8800 GT is the new king. And it is just the FIRST card on this die. Just finished reading a good article from The Tech Report and they mention that it is likely the G92 die has atleast 128 stream processors available (8 * 16). Will the new 9xxx series have 128? Can the G92 go higher than 700 Core, 1750 Shader, & 2000 Mem with a better heatsink solution? Will we see dual slot wide G92's? Possiby a 8850GT x2 OC Fatality Edition? What am I gonna buy? Only time will tell, but I can't wait!!! :bang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjester October 30, 2007 Share benjester Member October 30, 2007 I'm just gonna buy evga's ssc 8800GT and be done... I dont' want to think about it that hard... I have an x850 right now... lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo October 30, 2007 Share Cujo Member October 30, 2007 (edited) seeing some interesting results in the higher resolutions. 512mb is limiting these cards, especially with sli. also, wait for ati's new one in 2 weeks. that's the competing card to the gt. Edited October 30, 2007 by Cujo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek-Almighty October 31, 2007 Share Tek-Almighty Member October 31, 2007 seeing some interesting results in the higher resolutions. 512mb is limiting these cards, especially with sli. also, wait for ati's new one in 2 weeks. that's the competing card to the gt. Still beatin that dead horse, eh Cujo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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