9800GTX benches

[DejaWiz]

Basically they are marketing to the low-end market first (with the 9600) and giving casual gamers something to be happy about, an affordable card. So many complaints over the last 2 years have been than PC gaming is too expensive. Every argument as to why PC gaming is "dying" has been $600 video cards. So nvidia needs to remind people that they have sub-$200 cards that are respectable.

You know, you're absolutely right. But, and here's the real kicker, 88xx's are coming in at well below the $200 mark right now just a few months after they couldn't be touched for less than $250 after a promo code and a mail in rebate. And to emphasize this point, wasn't the original target price of the 8800GT stated as $199ish? Given that this was supposed to be a sub-$200 upper-mid-range GPU from the get-go (iirc) and a massive leap in performance vs the 7xxx series, it seems to me that the 9xxx series is a waste right now. Especially since the "low-end" 9600GT is at $150 and the faster 8800GT can be had for $165ish after a small rebate.

Hell, the 8800GT can damn near keep up with the 9800GX2 (a $570+ card) and 9800GTX in many games at 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 resolution. (article re-linked for 2nd page)

The 9xxx series is a joke. Purely subjective on my part, of course.

 

[spaceman]

new drivers then benchmarks but yeah we'll see.

 

[cybereality]

The 9xxx series is a joke. Purely subjective on my part, of course.

It is a joke to the small demographic of the hardcore PC gamers that study all the benchmarks and know whats up. To everyone else its the next great card and thats where nvidia's making the money.

 

[TalonMan]

Or the poor sob currently running running slow card like me... (8600 GT)

Can't run SLI, don't want a 18 month old Ultra...

Believes the new tech GPU's won't be seen until some time in 2009, and not willing to wait.

Mabey buy an ATI card and run 3DMark06 all day? Naaa...

There is a perspective element involved too. If you run 1920 x 1200, are going to buy real soon, and don't have a 8800 GTX or Ultra already, they aren't a bad deal. GTX or GX2.

The Ultra was more, and the GX2 is faster. The 9 Series isn't a waste for everybody!

I only get to pick 1 card right now, until ATI makes a monster.

 

[DejaWiz]

It is a joke to the small demographic of the hardcore PC gamers that study all the benchmarks and know whats up. To everyone else its the next great card and thats where nVidia's making the money.

I agree, it''s good for profits. But what's every Johnny, Joe, Jane, and Jill that's already got an 8800 series card and is unknowing about the technology going to say and feel when they drop money on a new $600 9000 series card only to gain almost nothing from such an "upgrade"?

When the GF-FX came out, news of it being a flop spread like widfire shortly after it's release, even to those that weren't exactly "technically" inclined; I can see a repeat of that happening. So correction... it's a joke (or soon will be) to the small demographic of ALL after-market buyers (nVidia's largest volume comes from OEM's). As I stated before, the only difference is that nVidia isn't competing with ATI's offerings this time around, they're competing with their own. And that, to me, is just bad business sense.

 

[DejaWiz]

1. Or the poor sob currently running running slow card like me... (8600 GT)

2. The 9 Series isn't a waste for everybody!

1. If coming from anything under an 8800GT, it's a viable upgrade.

2. They are a complete waste as long as the 8800 series remain on the shelves.


*all my opinion, of couse