I want G80 SLi but not to spend $1,300

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How about... dont get G80 Sli if you dont have the money. Or, do get g80 Sli if you have a credit card.
 
Or, wait another 6 months till the 8900GTX is released and the 8900GTS might be on par or even faster than the 8800GTX given NVIDIA's recent history. Personally, I'm dumping my 7900GT SLi and getting a single 8800GTX(I'm done with SLi, too many things to screw with and it has some quirks, like lack of dual monitor).
 
SLi and crossfire suck unless you absolutely need them (people with massive resolution monitors and stuff)
 
n3g471v3 d3c1b3l said:
I seriously think that $1300 for 2 8800gtx sounds a little high.... $1200 at most... lol
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sadly enough you won't be able to keep that extra bill in your pocket:
"GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GT models priced at $649 and $449-499, respectively."
 
Dew said:
Or, wait another 6 months till the 8900GTX is released and the 8900GTS might be on par or even faster than the 8800GTX given NVIDIA's recent history. Personally, I'm dumping my 7900GT SLi and getting a single 8800GTX(I'm done with SLi, too many things to screw with and it has some quirks, like lack of dual monitor).
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Should I wait *om friggin gawd* another six months :( for the 8900GTX instead of the 8800GTX?
I suppose if I do nvidia would probably by then figure out how to make a g80 card a single slot solution.......no? :confused:
 
larkin said:
am i right? help me out
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Honestely I don't think you need SLI at first. According to rumors, a single G80 will be as fast or faster than current fastest card in SLI.
Plus, getting SLI G80, will probably be overkill for your CPU, unless you buy a Quad-Core Core 2 system.
 
larkin said:
sadly enough you won't be able to keep that extra bill in your pocket:
"GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GT models priced at $649 and $449-499, respectively."
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OMGWTFBBQPRICEGOUGE. Well nVidia has a monopoly on the "DX10" market until the R600 comes out. Then, they will lower the price, and then and only then will i get a 8800GTX or GTS. I am not about to pay nVidia 2x more than what the card should actully cost.
 
seriously.. you won't need SLI really unless you want to get 16x AA/AF @ 2560x1600 and that crazy stuff... these new cards will be extremely powerful.. one 8800GTX will likely rival today's SLI 7900GTX numbers for reals.. so just hold onto your nickers.. :)
 
May be we should stop buying these new cards, so these card companies realize keep pushing price up will not help. Down is the way to go ?
 
More likely they will just not sell as many cards and cut development budgets :) The early adopters fund refinements to the manufacturing process that allow the revisions to be cheaper/faster.
 
larkin said:
am i right? help me out
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If you don't want to spend $1300 you won't get G80's in SLi. That is all there is to it. Actually I'd imagine it will be closer to $1400 at first. $649.99 per card, plus tax and shipping should put that right around $702 (depending on sales tax) shipped to your door. So you better get ready to spend $1400 if you want the best. If not, you don't want it bad enough or can't afford it.
 
^^ tax? :D not most online places, unless you live in the state they operate in.
 
polive said:
^^ tax? :D not most online places, unless you live in the state they operate in.
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True.

Big Fat Duck said:
SLi and crossfire suck unless you absolutely need them (people with massive resolution monitors and stuff)
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I wouldn't say that. Typically using Crossfire or SLi is pretty easy. Unless your a salad headed moron. The performance offered by it can be useful for those of us who want massive AA and AF, even if we don't have ginormous displays.
 
annaconda said:
May be we should stop buying these new cards, so these card companies realize keep pushing price up will not help. Down is the way to go ?
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Naive thoughts...

You can buy a card for $20 if you want, go ahead. It won't change anything. Anyway, we should consider ourselves lucky in the GPU market because price always drops and relatively fast compared to any other non tech product. Although, I tend to buy them at their highest priced point. (I just pretend like I am leasing them because when calculated my last 3 SLI GPU purchases were all of the highest end during launch and I only paid $50-60 a month when extrapolated after I sold the cards)
 
J-Mag said:
Naive thoughts...

You can buy a card for $20 if you want, go ahead. It won't change anything. Anyway, we should consider ourselves lucky in the GPU market because price always drops and relatively fast compared to any other non tech product. Although, I tend to buy them at their highest priced point. (I just pretend like I am leasing them because when calculated my last 3 SLI GPU purchases were all of the highest end during launch and I only paid $50-60 a month when extrapolated after I sold the cards)
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I buy my cards at full price right away, use them for six months and then sell them for 50% of their original purchase price. So basically, I end up spending about half what the card originally cost and rolling over that money into each new generation of card. Sure the price keeps going up and eventually I end up adding a bit more cash into the mix, but it's been fairly economic for me for the most part and has worked well.
 
Dan_D said:
True.



I wouldn't say that. Typically using Crossfire or SLi is pretty easy. Unless your a salad headed moron. The performance offered by it can be useful for those of us who want massive AA and AF, even if we don't have ginormous displays.
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QFT.

I'll give an irl example.... I'm running 2 7800GT CO SE's right now. I play most of my games at 1280x960, but I get to max out everything when it comes to AF and AA (or HDR lighting). And I don't suffer with chop. Evar!

I think that 1 8800 series will be fast enough for just about any game out there now. Give the game devs a while, and I'm sure we'll be seeing games that will really benefit with 2 of them in SLI.
 
phide said:
In two words: too bad.
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That's pretty much my thoughts on it. That's how much these cards are selling for. So if you want them, that's what you have to pay for them.

I wish they were cheaper too, but alas I do not control the price of such things.
 
annaconda said:
May be we should stop buying these new cards, so these card companies realize keep pushing price up will not help. Down is the way to go ?
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ATI is already doing that, look at the 1950 and 1950pro $450 and $199 respectively. I've only had nvidia but damn ATI prices look nice.
 
I'm really glad ATI is taking their time with the R600, which means, upon it's introduction Nvidia will most likely lower the prices on the G80, to capture more possible ATI marketshare.

So, when ATI pulls through, I'll be able to get an 8800GT (GTS whatever) for a more reasonable price... At least I hope!
 
DejaWiz said:
QFT.

I'll give an irl example.... I'm running 2 7800GT CO SE's right now. I play most of my games at 1280x960, but I get to max out everything when it comes to AF and AA (or HDR lighting). And I don't suffer with chop. Evar!

I think that 1 8800 series will be fast enough for just about any game out there now. Give the game devs a while, and I'm sure we'll be seeing games that will really benefit with 2 of them in SLI.
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I agree. I have 2 XFX 7800 GT Extreme Editions SLI right now and they still rock the socks. I game at widescreen 1680x1050 max settings, any game. I've never even heard of chop or stuttering.. those things happen in games?

At first when the 7 series cards came out last year many said SLI was overkill because of the performance increase over the 6 series, but as titles grew more intense, it was a worthy investment in the here and now and near future. Pretty soon the 8 series will be the same way.

If you want new generation 8 series SLI goodness, I'd suggest you start preparing now. Such as credit applications, selling old equipment, mow lawns, overtime at work..whatever it takes.....That's only if you really want it, because the price point will be there regardless.
 
I want a larger apartment, but I don't want to pay $2000 in rent. Help!

I want a house, but I don't want to spend $400k on it. Help!

I want a new TV. But I don't want to spend $3k on it. Help!

These are all choices we make. There's no "help" to be had. It's either worth it to you or it isn't.

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Hurin said:
I want a larger apartment, but I don't want to pay $2000 in rent. Help!

I want a house, but I don't want to spend $400k on it. Help!

I want a new TV. But I don't want to spend $3k on it. Help!

These are all decisions we choose to make. There's no "help" to be had. It's either worth it to you or it isn't.

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That is my feeling as well. I would like a BMW 6 series, but I won't spend the money on it. Therefore I don't want it "that" bad.

I do however want a 30" Monitor and dual G80's. Therefore, I'll have it and damn the cost.

It's all about priorities and how much you actually want something.

If you can't afford it, that's different.
 
Dan_D said:
That is my feeling as well. I would like a BMW 6 series, but I won't spend the money on it. Therefore I don't want it "that" bad.

I do however want a 30" Monitor and dual G80's. Therefore, I'll have it and damn the cost.

It's all about priorities and how much you actually want something.

If you can't afford it, that's different.
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QFTAGAIN.

Another nice thing about having SLI is, you get double the money back from selling your old cards on eBay! Making that next gen that much more affordable.

Did that with my 6600GT's, going to do it with my 7800GT's, and going to do that with whatever the heck I get next.
 
Darkatom said:
Once you go SLI you'll never go back :D .
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Damn straight!

To the OP, I echo alot of the sentiments here. You don't wanna pay the price then I'm afraid your shit out of luck. You want something, you can afford it, you buy it. You can't really want it that bad if your not willing to pay the going rate.

Stick me on the 7 series SLi bandwagon who can plow through games maxxed out 1680x1050 already and not break a sweat. The same bandwagon that will not buy a DX10 card and pay for the privilege when DX10 games aren't gonna be mainstream until at least the refresh.....maybe even after.

Seriously dude, just hook up a cpl of 7900GTX's/GTO's or x1900's and wait till games are out that will use this new tech.
 
Tigerblade said:
Damn straight!

To the OP, I echo alot of the sentiments here. You don't wanna pay the price then I'm afraid your shit out of luck. You want something, you can afford it, you buy it. You can't really want it that bad if your not willing to pay the going rate.

Stick me on the 7 series SLi bandwagon who can plow through games maxxed out 1680x1050 already and not break a sweat. The same bandwagon that will not buy a DX10 card and pay for the privilege when DX10 games aren't gonna be mainstream until at least the refresh.....maybe even after.

Seriously dude, just hook up a cpl of 7900GTX's/GTO's or x1900's and wait till games are out that will use this new tech.
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QFT
 
Tigerblade said:
Damn straight!

To the OP, I echo alot of the sentiments here. You don't wanna pay the price then I'm afraid your shit out of luck. You want something, you can afford it, you buy it. You can't really want it that bad if your not willing to pay the going rate.

Stick me on the 7 series SLi bandwagon who can plow through games maxxed out 1680x1050 already and not break a sweat. The same bandwagon that will not buy a DX10 card and pay for the privilege when DX10 games aren't gonna be mainstream until at least the refresh.....maybe even after.

Seriously dude, just hook up a cpl of 7900GTX's/GTO's or x1900's and wait till games are out that will use this new tech.
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not only QFT but also I agree super big. For the first week maybe, after DX10 cards drop, DX9 cards will probably get another price drop. Sweet time to pick up almost any high-end card offered by nVidia or ATI. I'm personally gonna do (2) 7900GTO's and SLI them. That will plow the holy hell out of any game for the next until I upgrade.


Plus I'm not getting Vista so... I have nothing but time to spare for the price drops :)
 
games @ 1280x800 res is good enough, as long as you have 4x AA, you'll be having lots of fun!
 
All true, some tech/etc, if u want it, you will drop whatever for it. I was merely sayin, cmmon nvidia, let's be reasonable, we can talk this through... let's make it an even $550 and call it a day
 
I really have a strong feeling that prices are going to drop quickly on this series, so even a little patience should pay off. ATi has really upped the ante on this front with their pricing lately.

For all we know, the leaked prices could be a smokescreen like we had with the rumors that G80 would not have unified shaders. ATi gets comfortable, thinking "Well, at least we compete on price until we get R600 out the door..." and then, wham! The G80 hits the street at $399 and $499. I know it's a stretch, but in these wild and woolly days, who knows? ATi didn't "have" to price the X1950 so low, it could have sold on performance alone, but they wanted that extra edge in the market.
 
DejaWiz said:
QFTAGAIN.

Another nice thing about having SLI is, you get double the money back from selling your old cards on eBay! Making that next gen that much more affordable.

Did that with my 6600GT's, going to do it with my 7800GT's, and going to do that with whatever the heck I get next.
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LOL...the key words here are first "having SLI"

SLI will always cost twice as much as a single card. Buying or selling, you're still dealing with two cards.
 
what games do you want to play on the G80 SLi, or is it just the numbers game, like my e-penis is bigger than yours OMFGOMGOMGOMG and i 'm soooo 1337 .... :D
 
DogChainX said:
LOL...the key words here are first "having SLI"

SLI will always cost twice as much as a single card. Buying or selling, you're still dealing with two cards.
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Typically when I have SLi or two video cards, I can sell them for enough to pay for at least one of the new cards. This way I still buy a $500+ video card every generation, but I am only footing the cost of one typically.

This time I sold one 7900GTX for $300, and one of my 7900GTX's died, and I had a replacement plan from Comp USA where I used to work. They gave me store credit for the purchase price of the 7900GTX, which was $516 and change after tax on my discount. (Originally retailed for $600.) So I used my store credit and special ordered a X1950XTX for $479.00 and after tax, It came out to $513 and some odd change. So I got $2 cache back and a new video card.

Then the GF bought me the X1950 Crossfire Edition, and I pocketed the $300 and as such my current video card setup was free to switch to and cost me only $500 and some change which I had actually orignally spent 7 months ago.

So my $300 is going to get applied to the purchase of G80 if it lives up to the hype and I'll probably sell my X1950 Crossfire Edition, and keep the other card for an HTPC I want to build.

So one of my G80's may be basically free, and the other one will likely cost me full price, but oh well.
 
madgun said:
what games do you want to play on the G80 SLi, or is it just the numbers game, like my e-penis is bigger than yours OMFGOMGOMGOMG and i 'm soooo 1337 .... :D
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The answer is quite simple really, I want to be able to drive my 24" monitor at 1920x1200 with maximum settings on all games (past and present). If SLI will allow me to run Call of Duty 2 (single player) or Oblivion with maximum eye candy without ever experiencing choppiness, then it's worth it to me.

And, contrary to popular belief, most people with SLI don't go around announcing it or flaunting it. They just happen to be enthusiastic about getting the best performance possible and don't mind paying more to do so.

It's always a bit sad to me to see all the people who have to cast aspersions on those who are merely more willing to (quietly) spend more on something they enjoy. I don't see (the vast majority) of SLI users barging into threads only to make the low-end users feel bad. (mocking their tiny "e-penis")

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