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Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/05/exclusive_nvidia_geforce_9800gx2/
Who's waiting for these babies?
$450 US so UK hope to be around £250 or so.
I wonder how much the Ultra equivalent will cost? £300 ?
Tri-SLI would be sweet...... Might be able to max out Crysis on that looolz
Any more news on these... dump it here guys.... :43:
i WANT ONE OR TWO OR THREE LOLZ
I recently purchased an 8800GT for £180.
If they are £250 for one of those things i'll be so disappointed with myself. :(
Yeps... i'm lookin at 3 ultimately.... and ultra's... I wanna max Crysis (.)
3 of them and then over clock them lets see 300 Fps bf2142 hear i come
3 of them and then over clock them lets see 300 Fps bf2142 hear i come
Yep at 2560x1600 too, i can only get 1920x1600 on mine lolz
Need to overclock my monitor... :56:
A couple of bits here...
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQzOSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=4936
Looking like release date 14th February, Valentines Day lol
Arctic_Wolf
20-01-2008, 06:03
Dayum...
My recent(ish:- June '07) 8800 GTX XXX was £400 (and are still holding at £350 - £375 depending where you look lol)!! I was waiting for the particular model I have to drop in price to pair that damn thing up lol!!
If they release a high end 9800 GTX for like £300, or even less after paying that, it'll certainly pull my chain too rofl!!
I have a sneaky feeling the 9800 GTX's (XXX's and Ultra's too) will cost a wee bit more than £250 - £300 though hehe!!!
catziggy
20-01-2008, 10:23
As hard as it may be and a challenge I would not be insulted ashoof, if you asked me to try to find a home for the crap.com graphics cards you have now... Once you replace them with these Ultra 9800's and need to throw them away.
Oh wile you are at it why not throw away the motherboard so you can can get one with more PCI-E's
(I asked first)
I need 2 of these :20: but i will have to start selling bodyparts for it lol
ooD43MONoo
20-01-2008, 12:48
lol
I need 2 of these :20: but i will have to start selling bodyparts for it lol
Yeps... i'm lookin at 3 ultimately.... and ultra's... I wanna max Crysis (.)
i have 2 8800 gtx in sli plus a qx6800 quad core cpu 4 gig of ocz sli edition ram (fear my uber rig lol) and crysis stil runs at 20 fps.
in game my cpu runs around 30% so what do you need to make crysis run well
well i have pretty the same set up at 2500x1600 over clocked 16fps mahahaha i think crysis team was on vication
Rooaarry
21-01-2008, 15:02
to be honest u dont need that sort of graphics card for any game that is out now and for the next few years
Mmmm I think 640k ought to be enough for anyone lolz.
DX10 is a beast, gonna be hard to tame this with just one card this year.
It would be nice but i doubt we will see Crysis maxed out this year
with just one GFX card. *hungry* :p
[-UG-] Cobra
21-01-2008, 20:17
Man what a sweeeeeeeeettt lookin card (He says with foam coming out of mouth)
Yeps... imagine 3 of these ??? TRI_SLI.... I can only imagine Ashoof mega bux to
have this asap... i will have to settle for one card to start with lolz... *starving* :p
akattass
22-01-2008, 00:53
on 2142 wi graphics set on low all shadows and light effects dissappear, this puts the high end settings user like myself at a dissadvantage for hiding in shaded places. so a low end graphics user will see you quicker, strange but true.
YOU WILL ALWAYS NEED A NEW GRAPHICS CARD!!!!:30: (plus the new CPU and motherboards and ram to keep up with it...)
Hope the following news is not true.... It was due for release 14th Feb
Some bad news coming from the NVIDIA corner, if true. Expreview reports that almost all of NVIDIA’s upcoming products will be delay till March. That includes: nForce 780a, 750a, 790i, 790i and Ultra chipsets, as well as the GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics. There's no official reason for the delay, neither new release dates. The delay will probably make ATI's Radeon HD 3870 X2 video card, the fastest available graphics in the market for a while. Only GeForce 8200 will make it in time and stick to its original February launch schedule.
daveraver22
28-01-2008, 17:41
Probably won't market anything until ATI/AMD come along with there next card, then NVIDIA will be there with the next lot to wipe the floor with them again.
Well the New ATI 3870x2 is currently the fastest card out there but LOLZ
only just beating the NVIDIA 8800 ultra. I think it will be safe to go with
the 9800x2's when they come, they do need 2 power connectors too tho
dammit...
I've seen a few benchmarks, er, somewhere... For dual SLI and TRI-SLI
and it does look like Tri-SLI is not gonna be worth the extra few hundred quid
for the sake of 5-10fps in crysis etc. This may be due to early drivers and teething
problems tho, we'll have to see. TBH i really cant see me having TRI-SLI but only
SLI 9800x2 as tri-sli would leave no room for anything else on the mobo...
IE... X-FI and Wireless NIC (i need 2 pci slots) UNLESS these cards are released
as single slot dual cards looolz - not gonna happen.... one other thing..
The power you'll need to run these 3 cards is on the silly side... Its getting
rediculous now, you'll need a good 1k PSU i would say for peace of mind.
Plus a few extra quid a week for electricity bills !! Well the time when the PC
keeps your living room nice and warm is just about upon us i think lolz.
I think i'm gunning for two 9800's X2 this summer.. that should keep me sweet
......That is until DX11 FFS. :56:
Yay... we have a release date for the 9800x2 card...
March 11th 2008... cool. Day after my birthday hehe :56:
If you guys are buying these cards as soon as they are released then you are either stonking rich or pure avto-avit freaks.
Apart from Crysis, what is the point at the moment anyway. And once you have finished crysis, then what?
I'll laugh my tits off if you still can't run crysis maxed out with these new toys.
It also means you will have to run Vista (YUK) to utilise DX10, and that of course means you will also need silly amounts of RAM.
Most games are only just getting to grips with the fact there are dual core processors. 2142 certainly does not utilise both cores.
With these new graphics cards, tri SLi and the quad core chips now being available, there is hardly, if any software out there that will enable you to show off your new gizmos.
Think I will wait a while, probably a long while, before upgrading to that extent.
I also think you guys must be of a similar mindset to all my overclocking buddies.
Yeah, I know, I'm just jealous.
I already know you won't max out Crysis on one of these cards.... no chance.
But it'd be nice to have a couple of em eh ?
We don't talk about dual core anymore either lolz..
There is more and more games coming and which are already out which
utilise multiple cores, hehe even quad core.
8gb RAM, 4 core CPU's, Tri SLI, crossfireX, PCI-E V2, 1200watt PSU's, 64 bit OS's,
DX10.1, Vista... the latest and greatest with all the latest service packs and latest
drivers and mods and glitches and teething problems and mobo's which
overclock til you're blue in the face and leave you skint, in debt and unable to pay
your mortgage... and all in a pretty water cooled, disco lighted case lolz
Yes, for the fanatics amongst us and the envy of most of us too....
Especially the 2nd or 3rd placed 'next gen' console owners.
Here's to the PC..... :3:
catziggy
20-02-2008, 09:26
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/02/19/nvidia_launch_9600_gt/
While the 9600's flood the market.... (some prices here)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?&groupid=701&catid=56&subid=356&sortby=priceAsc
Its Looking like the 9800x2's beauty's may be a little more late...
Expected between March 11th and 1st April now...
Here's some more spec info to keep ya moist... :56:
Clock speeds: 600/1500/2000 (Core,Shader,Memory)
1 GB of GDDR3 memory (512MB on each card)
512-bit memory interface (256 bit on each card, working together)
128 GB/sec memory bandwidth
76.8 billion a second texture filling rate
Some pricing details... you get what you pay for....
Or what you can afford.... Is there gonna be a 9450? lolz
A little negativity here...
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/11/9800gx2-woefully-expensive
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/03/nvidia-9800gx2-clocks-revealed
As you all probably already know by now the 9800 GX2 will be released 18th March now.
We'll have to see some numbers i think, before we buy this card... :w44:
This 9800 GX2 card on sale here.... pre order $600
So prob gonna cost around £350 here in UK
http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/shop/shop.cgi?action=thispage&thispage=0110040015013_BQ40101P.shtml&order_id=!ORDERID!
Early test ! benchmark of the 9800 GX2 (early drivers)
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1331/1/page_1_introduction/index.html
Its arrived... The 9800gx2 at overclockers UK around £430
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1009
Little breakdown vid here from our buddies at CustomPC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvqGzGyPWM
LMAO don't take this video literally...
You ain't no way gonna see this result this year loooolz...
I'm posting for the fun of it... i laughed hard at this vid lolz.. :56:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemwzhIAT30
I just ordered one of these cards, i got free postage as i was 1st to buy this card
hehe...
Will get it on Thursday 20th March. will let you guys know how i get on :56:
ye me waiting for the ultra before i upgrade again .
but its killing me waiting never had a system longer than 6 months so this one is realy old lol
Nice review here...
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/xfx9800gx2/
Bear in mind this is early days yet... new drivers hopefully very soon
will give a good performance increase. ;)
Another here :
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=152255
lol ye lets get 3 better order my self a new 30" dell moniter
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=778108
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=752304
Lolz... i'm looking at the Samsung 305T
Hey Hornet, i'm interested in the GX2, but one problem... how big are they? any chance you could measure it so i know for sure? I've seen 295mm / 265mm so far, i don't know what to believe. If it is 295mm it won't fit in my case. :(
Thats why i want to know. ;)
Thanks
10.5 inches if i remember right m8.. oh, er metric.. 267 mm
10.5 inches if i remember right m8.. oh, er metric.. 267 mm
Ah cheers, overclocks.co.uk have made a mistake then, according to them they are 295mm lol..
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-068-BG&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1009
Check the bottom :P
Thanks hornet.
I've had a problem with heat on this 9800GX2 but its never been cleaned and i have recently added the side panel back to my PC, which is normally off for the summer lol.
I spent a good 2 hours dismantling this card and putting it back together after a thorough clean and some fresh Thermal compound.
This ain't a job for the faint hearted and it looks like a very simple task judging from others on the net (here's one: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_9800_GX2/4.html )
Its quite straight forward albeit a little fiddly, if anyone needs some pointers, gimme a shout.
I'll come back with some temps etc but with the best possible gfx settings and after a few games i was crashing, most likely GFX card heat as the temp following a reboot was 105c+
This card runs very hot anyway IDLE at 74/75c right now (2x GPU's) and settled there (speedfan)
Well... I'm very pleased. 80c after a few good games and the temp drops almost instantly to 75c.
Dare i say it, it seems to be running cooler than when i bought it !
I was always used to see it Idle at 79 or so with the case side off. Cool :cool:
If you have air intake and exhaust fans, leaving the case side off messes up the airflow that would normally keep the components cooler anyway, no matter how hot the room temp is. I'm glad to hear that your card is finally working as intended!
I've had no problem with the card at all until i put the case panel back on this morning. 2 fans on front inward bound and
2 on the back exhaust.