Who's getting a 9800GTX?

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rverhas

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I am finally putting the old rig to rest and my 7800gt along with it. The 9800GTX will be a huge improvement for me, and I will be ordering mine this week. That is, if the release date hasn't been moved again and it isn't some horrible april fools joke. After all the bad talk around the forums about the 9800gtx ever since we found out the specs, I am curious as to who else will be picking one up?
 
I'm probably getting it. I have 315 towards my evga step-up and if the 9800gtx is 350 then I think it will be worth it.
 
I'll be getting 2 to start for free from EVGA stepup! It looks to be the fastest setup available 2 of them in SLi are faster than 2 9800GX2's in Quad SLi according to Tweaktown so i am kind of excited. It's not true next gen but it is the fastest you can get currently and hopefully these should hold me off for awhile. Been buying a new graphics card every month lately, will be nice to settle down for a few months :D
 
Yeah, the evga step up program is awesome. I really like that they do that now. It always seems like the day after I build a computer, the next best thing comes out.
 
I am looking to buy one, and still plan to unless the benchmarks prove to be extremely disappointing. I currently have a 6800NU, which isnt cutting it at all with my new 24" monitor. I could have just gone with an 8800GTX, but I cant bring myself to buy technology that is over a year old, and the 9800GTX must be faster than an 8800GTX..... right nVidia....? :rolleyes:
 
I think I am. I just cannot justify going for a 9800 GX2 when 6 to 9 months Nvidia will release the next card. I think the GTX will be fine until then. Gotta sell my 8800 GTX on eBay though.:eek:
 
gman said:
I think I am. I just cannot justify going for a 9800 GX2 when 6 to 9 months Nvidia will release the next card. I think the GTX will be fine until then. Gotta sell my 8800 GTX on eBay though.:eek:
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The 9800GTX is NOT for 8800GTX to upgrade to. If anything it may even be downgrade from the 8800GTX. It has 256mb less memory and a smaller bus, so high rez gaming and AA/AF will be worse on the 9800GTX..

The 9800GX2 is quite a bit faster than the 8800GTX
 
Just purchased the 8800GTX and it should be here Tuesday. If the 9800GTX shows better performance over the 8800GTX then I'll step-up to the 9800GTX.
 
Zorachus said:
The 9800GTX is NOT for 8800GTX to upgrade to. If anything it may even be downgrade from the 8800GTX. It has 256mb less memory and a smaller bus, so high rez gaming and AA/AF will be worse on the 9800GTX..

The 9800GX2 is quite a bit faster than the 8800GTX
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From the spec sheet, yes.. And most likley you are right on, but I would like to see the reviews on it before I pass any judgement.. You never know, they may have some uber-awesome driver package with it that makes everything run 10% better than an 8800GTX..
 
TheBluePill said:
From the spec sheet, yes.. And most likley you are right on, but I would like to see the reviews on it before I pass any judgement.. You never know, they may have some uber-awesome driver package with it that makes everything run 10% better than an 8800GTX..
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10% better :rolleyes: you would never even notice that difference in games, it would be a complete waste of money to upgrade for a 10% performance jump, seriously you would not even see it.

I think for an upgrade to be noticeable it needs to be at least 30% at the very least to allow more options in gaming, but even 30% is not that much, now when you get to 50% faster ok that is a big difference and for sure worth an upgrade.
 
I think for an upgrade to be noticeable it needs to be at least 30% at the very least to allow more options in gaming, but even 30% is not that much, now when you get to 50% faster ok that is a big difference and for sure worth an upgrade.
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Yep.
 
it would be a complete waste of money to upgrade for a 10% performance jump, seriously you would not even see it.
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Dude, apparently you're not buying one so why you have to tell me it's a complete waste of money? Why are you talking it down when we've seen 2 reviews. I do wish someone, and maybe Kyle will, compare it to a 8800 GTX and a 8800 GTS. That's a review I'd really like to see.

Oh, Maybe I like wasting money.
 
Currently using a 7800 GTX 256MB. Probably getting a 9800 GTX. I don't like messing with SLI or Crossfire, so the GX2 is out of the question. The 9800 GTX is the fastest single-GPU card out there for the things I do, especially when overclocked. So this plus some decent aftermarket cooling will give me performance I am happy with.
 
Not I. I'm running SLI's GTXs ATM. I can wait until a real performance gain card is released.
 
Lol at needing to justify what you buy on a message board. Buy 3 if you got the money who cares what a bunch of people type.
 
I think I will. I'm doing a build in late May/early June that will be my photography workstation/college gaming computer. I was planning on getting a 8800GTS, but if this is reasonably priced, I think I'll go for it. Is it coming this week now?

I'll be going up from a 7600GT on a 17" to hopefully a 9800GTX on a 24". Crazy, right?
 
Not that crazy, I went from Athlon XP 2800+ and GeForce 5600 to 8800GTX and 24".
lol...
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Lol at needing to justify what you buy on a message board. Buy 3 if you got the money who cares what a bunch of people type.
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Yea, true. I just get tired of hearing it when the frikn cards not even out yet.
 
gman said:
Dude, apparently you're not buying one so why you have to tell me it's a complete waste of money? Why are you talking it down when we've seen 2 reviews. I do wish someone, and maybe Kyle will, compare it to a 8800 GTX and a 8800 GTS. That's a review I'd really like to see.

Oh, Maybe I like wasting money.
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So if you like wasting money would you buy a 8800GTX in November 06' and then upgrade to the 8800Ultra 6 month's later ? That would cost you like $700.00 for 15% improvement, where in reality your game would play exactly the same, you would see no real world benefit from that type of upgrade, I mean nothing would change one bit really. You would still be getting almost the same fps.
 
An overclocked GTS 512Mb will be darn close to it-

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/albatron-8800gts-512x.html

If you already have an overclocked GT, GTS or old 8800GTX, I'd just keep those. Unless you recently got an Evga 8800GT and plan to StepUp.

The 9800GTX should OC better and I am not sure how big of a performance difference it will make. We'll see soon.

If I owned an old card I might spring for a GTS myself as they are as low as 208usd with rebate @ Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500004

GT cards are even lower in price.
 
I have one on order. going from an old AGP ATI X800. Got a new system comming with it as well obviously
 
Seeing how I paid $330 for my GTS and evga is willing to honor that price through a step up, I am awfully tempted to upgrade to a GTX or GX2. We'll see how the GTX performs, otherwise it'll be a GX2 for me (intel mobo). :)
 
bluehaze013 said:
I'll be getting 2 to start for free from EVGA stepup! It looks to be the fastest setup available 2 of them in SLi are faster than 2 9800GX2's in Quad SLi according to Tweaktown so i am kind of excited. It's not true next gen but it is the fastest you can get currently and hopefully these should hold me off for awhile. Been buying a new graphics card every month lately, will be nice to settle down for a few months :D
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Then check again, one Gx2 is faster than 9800GTX Sli in anything but UT3 and yes only Very High counts in Crysis, low quality is for lowendcards.
 
I am getting one. Going from 8800gts 640mb to the 9800gtx. Just waiting for local pricing. If they come out at R3500 I will get one else I will wait till the end of the next month and then get one.
 
i'l get it if its no more then £200 and is at least 10fps better then a 8800gts at 1680 res
 
Zorachus said:
10% better :rolleyes: you would never even notice that difference in games, it would be a complete waste of money to upgrade for a 10% performance jump, seriously you would not even see it.

I think for an upgrade to be noticeable it needs to be at least 30% at the very least to allow more options in gaming, but even 30% is not that much, now when you get to 50% faster ok that is a big difference and for sure worth an upgrade.
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For $60 it would be worth it to me. 10% may not be all that noticable, but for $60, who cares, its a minimal cost upgrade. In addition to a little more speed, you also get extended driver support, as i am certain the "9" series cards will probably get more driver attention as they try to phase the 8 series out.
 
I am waiting on the review .

If it is around 30% faster then 8800gtx at 1900 x1200 resolution and within the $350 price range then i will upgrade.
 
Hey I think those cards come out today I wonder how they will stack up to a 9800 Gx2??
 
I'll get one if I can step-up for nothing. I still have 60 days left for the price to drop sub-300.
 
I'm going to skip this refresh and wait for the next generation of nVidia and ATI cards.
 
I have 2 x 8800 GTX Ultras and 3 x 8800 GTXs. Unless a broader range of reviews for the retail edition of the card paint a different picture then I personally see no reason why I should upgrade.
 
AceGoober said:
I have 2 x 8800 GTX Ultras and 3 x 8800 GTXs. Unless a broader range of reviews for the retail edition of the card paint a different picture then I personally see no reason why I should upgrade.
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I agree in your case, you have thousands of dollars tied up there and the benefit probably wont be there.

For those of us where it becomes a sub $50 question, its a much different story.
 
Guys, once the 1GB version comes out, there will be no end to regretting the 512MB version.

There is already a 1GB version of 8800GTS G92 out on Newegg.com and an awesome review on Legitreviews.com that actually covers SLI versus tri-SLI 8800GTX's.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/683/1/
 
Unless there are some new tricks up nVidia's sleeves I don't see how 1GB of RAM is going to help. It's been proven time and time again that the 1GB versions offer virtually no improvements in terms of performance over the 512MB cards when dealing with 256bit buses. The framebuffer is there for running 4XX AA at high res but the data can't get there fast enough. Hopefully we'll see a return of the 384bit bus or perhaps something a bit wider. My $.02
 
tesfaye said:
Unless there are some new tricks up nVidia's sleeves I don't see how 1GB of RAM is going to help. It's been proven time and time again that the 1GB versions offer virtually no improvements in terms of performance over the 512MB cards when dealing with 256bit buses. The framebuffer is there for running 4XX AA at high res but the data can't get there fast enough. Hopefully we'll see a return of the 384bit bus or perhaps something a bit wider. My $.02
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But in SLI, you now have 1GB Available instead of 512, at High Rez, that makes a HUGE difference.
 
i have 8800 gtx in sli, one card still eligible for step up with evga. Not likely however to use the stepup unless there are incredible reviews of 9800 gtx in sli over the 8800gtxsli.
 
I'm sticking with my Dec' O6 version of the GTS 640 meg. Maybe the 9900's will be enough to make me think about an upgrade?
 
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