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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: Nvidia 8800

They are here finally DX10 compatible Video cards the first
the Nvidia 8 thousand series
have a look for your self
come with a nice tidy price tag as well lol Laughing

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/productlister.aspx?GroupID=1880

Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject:

These cards came out earlier than I expected. Technology sure grows quickly!

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:34 am Post subject:

Ye i preorderd mine already just wondering will it be compatible with my motherboard or did microsoft also forget to mention u need a new motherboard Razz

hopefull will b ok

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:47 am Post subject:

I bet all you need is PCIXpress16 and a conroe chip

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:37 am Post subject:

So this is the G80? I expected it to be something like a GDDR4 and a 1GB mem or something. Oh well... Im SURE its going to kick my FX5500s a$$ from here to Pluto anyways LOL Laughing

Any news on the ATI R600?

Captain El

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:31 am Post subject:

These cards have GDDR4 memory, no?

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:05 am Post subject:

No, they are GDDR3 cards.

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:41 am Post subject:

Whaaat?!! Well. I guess I will have to wait longer until next-gen cards with GDDR4, DX10, unified shaders, etc. are released.

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:42 am Post subject:

Kind of disappointing as GDDR4 is supposed to kick GDDR3's a$$ in terms of performance.. and the fact that they haven't got 1GB of mem as expected. *sigh* oh well.. Just out of curiosity, is there a nVIDIA 8900 or 8950 coming out (soon)??

And as I asked earlier, any news on the ATI R600?

Captain El

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:54 am Post subject:

Hey guys, you should know me by now. I am dissappointed as you all are. But, I am waiting in the rafters for it to come to us. It is coming, fear not. Just wait........about another 3-4 months.

Honestly, I say around March or April '07, and all will be good.

Vista will be out ( and I'm sure with patches to follow in 6 months), DX10 and compatible cards with GDDR4 as well as compatible ram and G-Cards, will be ready.

Rome wasn't built in a day. Today it could. But technology as fast as it is coming, still needs time.

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

If I ever become a contestant for the television show "Who wants to become a Millionare", I will use RD as one of my lifelines. He is very wise. I second his motion to "SLOW DOWN AND WAIT". As you'all know by now, I have tried to discourage the youngsters from running upto daddy's bedroom asking him for money to buy new "stuff". Cool

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject:

Sorry Skipper, but its our Temptations that drive us wild Laughing

I had it a lot before, an dI am now calming down from the hihg temptation to get FSX when my dad was in Holland (my uncle has it and i was totally jealous about it). But I have decided to take RD's advice to wait till April.

BTW, the Intel Core 2 Quadro is out! Cool

Captain El

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject:

Windows Vista is coming out January 30, 2007 FYI.

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject:

read this review of the 8800

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/08/review_nvidia_geforce_8800_gtx/

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject:

Pretty cool. One G80 card has about the equivalent power as Two X1950XTX cards in CrossFire. Wow Shocked

That is just amazing.

Now the thought comes to me how the R600 would stack up against the G80 Smile

. I'm sure this will become a hot competition (if it already is). Especially with this GDDR4 thing and mem

Captain El Very Happy