Next Gen Graphics Cards?

[Burke888]

With ATI apperantly putting the pressure to Nvidia, does anyone know when we might expect to see a new line of cards introduced?

 

[xBanzai89]

I'd say the second quarter of 2009 at the earliest.

 

[Scheibler1]

I hope its not that long! I still don't see any reason to upgrade my 8800gt I don't think the current cards(gtx 280, 9800gx2, 4870x2) will even hold up to crysis warhead and farcry 2....as they still have trouble with crysis @ 1920x1200

 

[Christobevii3]

I'd say the second quarter of 2009 at the earliest.

We'll see refreshes with die shrinks around this time, maybe earlier. So a good 10-20% improvement would be nice.

 

[speedy523]

I hope its not that long! I still don't see any reason to upgrade my 8800gt I don't think the current cards(gtx 280, 9800gx2, 4870x2) will even hold up to crysis warhead and farcry 2....as they still have trouble with crysis @ 1920x1200

well out of all cards, the 4870 x2 seems to best currently, and according to a few benches, it beats the gtx280 in Crysis and in other games, it "demolishes" the gtx280, butCrysis doesnt even use the 4870 x2 well since it was optimized for nVidia. So i can probably say, the 4870 x2 will be able to handle far cry 2 exceptionally, as for warhead, im not to sure. thats just all my opinion.

 

[nissanztt90]

well out of all cards, the 4870 x2 seems to best currently, and according to a few benches, it beats the gtx280 in Crysis and in other games, it "demolishes" the gtx280, butCrysis doesnt even use the 4870 x2 well since it was optimized for nVidia. So i can probably say, the 4870 x2 will be able to handle far cry 2 exceptionally, as for warhead, im not to sure. thats just all my opinion.

Dont know what garbage reviews you read, but Crysis is the only game that the 280 beats the 4870x2.

OP: The 4870x2 is really only worth it if your playing on a 30 inch monitor...as of right now, there isnt a single game the 280 cant play up to 1920x1200, and will be able to handle most games at said resolution for some time to come, unless you like to run ridiculously unnessecary AA at such a high res. Anything over 4xAA is a diminishing return IMHO. The 280 is cheap enough now to make it a very worth while part, so i kinda doubt anything new or revolutionary will be released for quite some time...id have to agree with the second half of 09 as well.

 

[Ste]

Actually, the 4870 X2 Beats the GTX 280 in majority of tests.

I know, I counted, Yes, I actually went through and counted.

And if you include the X2 previews, it wins by a wider margin.

And now, for the life of me, I can't find the qoute where I broke it down and provided each link to each reviews page of crysis.

But its here, somewhere on [H]

Edit: And Im not just saying this cause I have an X2, but I looked at all the reviews, and at a glance it seemed that the X2 and the 280 where about even in the times each had the higher average FPS, so thats why i went back and counted.

And it was like 18 to 17 or something close...

And Id Like to see the GTX 280 pull an average of 22 FPS in Crysis at 16x AA, 16x AF @ 1920 X 1200, all in game settings maxed with Q6600 Oced about 5%, bewcause thats what I got.

Not the Benchmark, the actual Game.

 

[speedy523]

Actually, the 4870 X2 Beats the GTX 280 in majority of tests.

I know, I counted, Yes, I actually went through and counted.

And if you include the X2 previews, it wins by a wider margin.

And now, for the life of me, I can't find the qoute where I broke it down and provided each link to each reviews page of crysis.

But its here, somewhere on [H]

Edit: And Im not just saying this cause I have an X2, but I looked at all the reviews, and at a glance it seemed that the X2 and the 280 where about even in the times each had the higher average FPS, so thats why i went back and counted.

And it was like 18 to 17 or something close...

And Id Like to see the GTX 280 pull an average of 22 FPS in Crysis at 16x AA, 16x AF @ 1920 X 1200, all in game settings maxed with Q6600 Oced about 5%, bewcause thats what I got.

Not the Benchmark, the actual Game.

haha i saw that a few days back also which is why i said the X2 does better

Anyway, i say the X2 is better is you want a card that will last you the longest. Overall the 4870 x2 outpreforms every other card on every level hardware wise, and for gaming, as the drivers get updated and games start to use the full potential of the card, you will only get more preformance out of it.

Just my opinion