geforce_9800gx2

[Michael Herrmann]

hi
anyone has expirience with this kind of card ?
differs the power of the card much from the gf8800

GF9800gx2

[Gareth Hickling]

Doesnt the GX2 have dual gfx processors? Im sure it does.

[Michael Herrmann]

i re-read the side and yea it has omg that means sli with one card and quad sli with 2 o.O
now i want this baby even more lol *time for a bank robbery*

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Michael Herrmann

i re-read the side and yea it has omg that means sli with one card and quad sli with 2 o.O
now i want this baby even more lol *time for a bank robbery*

Thats why I want one....or two...

[Michael Herrmann]

yea two sounds good
i hear them crying buy me buy me lol

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Michael Herrmann

yea two sounds good
i hear them crying buy me buy me lol

Crazy prices for two tho, Nearly a thousand pounds for two top of the range cards.
I bought a 6800 ultra when they first came out, That was £412 and i will never spend that much again on 1 card!

[Simon Trendell]

Originally Posted by Gareth Hickling

Crazy prices for two tho, Nearly a thousand pounds for two top of the range cards.
I bought a 6800 ultra when they first came out, That was £412 and i will never spend that much again on 1 card!

Ouch, I spent £180 on the 8800GT, they're now going for £130 4 months later.

I wouldn't pass one of these up if I was offered them, but you know in 6,9,12 months there'll be a single card that kicks this one.

[Michael Herrmann]

atm one of the 9800gx2 are 509 USD = 1018 USD for two seeing the euro that strong it will be much cheaper but still
a old women has to make a lot socks to afford them
but to make them run i have to get a new motherboard aswell + a cpu so might at end of summer

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Simon Trendell

Ouch, I spent £180 on the 8800GT, they're now going for £130 4 months later.

I wouldn't pass one of these up if I was offered them, but you know in 6,9,12 months there'll be a single card that kicks this one.

My 8800GT cost me £210, Two weeks later it was £180

Originally Posted by Michael Herrmann

atm one of the 9800gx2 are 509 USD = 1018 USD for two seeing the euro that strong it will be much cheaper but still
a old women has to make a lot socks to afford them

A High speed GX2 here is just over £445 with VAT
EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 "SSC Edition" 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (01G-P3-E897-AR)

Or a OCuK one with a slower shader for just under £330 with VAT
OcUK GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

I really like the look of them, Maybe in a few months when there £250ish ill get one.

[Michael Herrmann]

hehe ty for the links
and yea this cards look sharp, i am just a bit worryed about overheating due to much dust cuz it will be hard to clean them

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Michael Herrmann

hehe ty for the links
and yea this cards look sharp, i am just a bit worryed about overheating due to much dust cuz it will be hard to clean them

Very true, I bet it gets rather hot

[Sam J Simpson]

I payed £350+ for my POV 7950gx2 when it was released and it's run perfectly since day 1 with the occasional blow out when I decoke my box, I smoke while I'm at the box so that happens 3/4 times a year, hehe, so as long as you have a decent throughput of air it shouldn't be a prob. I have been considering the 9800gx2 since release but need to scrape the cash together somehow before it becomes anything more than a consideration, lol

Sam

[Simon Bacon]

Was tempted by a 9800gx2 but atm I'm skint, loads of rumours flying round about 9900gtx's and a 9900gx2 in June/July '08. Here's a couple

GT200 to become 9900GTX and 9900GX2, launch date set to July*Update* - Expreview.com

9900GTX & 9900GTS to be released as soon as early July - Overclock3D Forums

I'm holding off for now to see if the 9800 price plummets come June or if the 9900 starts at a 'reasonable' price.

[Sascha Henken]

I´ve bought this card yesterday:

Point Of View 9800 GX2 and it´s just brilliant!

Of course you need a powerful PSU if you run much peripherie like DVD-ROM/RAM, HDDs, Dual/Quad Core Processor etc.

I myself have a C2D Quad running with 2GB RAM, 2x500GB Samsung HDDs, 1 Plextor DVD-ROM Drive, 1 LG Dual Layer DVD/CDROM Writer, a Soundblaster X-FI running. My PSU is a BeQuiet BQT ES 700W. This PSU is sufficient for my PC but if you´re running an Intel Extreme Edition CPU or whatever that sucks out Mr. Ampere and Mr. Watt, then you need a stronger PSU. I´m running my PC with default settings so i´m not overclocking any parts as that´s not really worth the money! Freaks do that ;)

Despite the fact that I got no picture first when i´ve installed the card, I though it was my PSU but reading quite good forums around, many people just stated that my PSU is sufficient as long as I don´t overclock. But I still was wondering why my Iiyana 2200 TFT didn´t receive any signal from the card. It´s because I was plugged into the wrong DVI connector. LOOOOL. They suggested to turn on the PC first, wait 10-20 seconds and then turn on the TFT and tadaaaa a picture! This card is freaking fast I tell ya

[Gareth Hickling]

You lucky bugger

[Michael Herrmann]

i did some further investigation and the 9800 is still using the old g92 chip who is used already on the 8800 cards
and somewhere this summer there will be the 9900 series at the stores with the brand new gt200 chip set that will mean prices for the 9800 cards will prolly drop a lot then

[Sascha Henken]

Originally Posted by Michael Herrmann

i did some further investigation and the 9800 is still using the old g92 chip who is used already on the 8800 cards
and somewhere this summer there will be the 9900 series at the stores with the brand new gt200 chip set that will mean prices for the 9800 cards will prolly drop a lot then

True but if we all see it that way, you will never buy any hardware as it changes every day and new hardware is mainly expected every half a year so if you wait for a card with a new chip on it or not doesn´t make a huge difference, only that the current card prices are dropping and that´s all. I`m pretty sure that I will have much fun using this card for at least 1.5 years. Until then I have the money again to get a new card which will be the 9900 series or whatever card is good to go

[Michael Herrmann]

na i dont wait for the new chip i wait for the price drop

[Sascha Henken]

Originally Posted by Michael Herrmann

na i dont wait for the new chip i wait for the price drop

LOOOOOOOOL :drunk:

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Michael Herrmann

na i dont wait for the new chip i wait for the price drop

Thats my thinking nowadays

[Heppu]

I both my MSI 8800 ultra in august 2007 (615€) and i can't get all out of it with my e6420@3.2ghz processor. Video cards and memory just are so far ahead of processors, that i don't think there is a point to buy that new one right now. Same thing with memory. Unless you are going to rise cpu fsp and tighten the memory timings, there is no point to buy over 800mhz memory.

ok, these are still only my opinion and not words of god

[Oliver Amos]

The only issue with the 9800GX2's atm is that the drivers are not mature and many games still do not get the FPS they should.

However it is a pretty good card and worth it if you can afford it.

@Gareth... Don't bother spending extra money on a card with faster clocks. Overclocking it past that will take about 5 minutes and will save you ££.

@Sascha... Overclocking is great fun Got my Q6600 @ 3.5ghz atm and my 8800GTS 640mb at 661/1880. Unless you are completely stupid then the myths about blowing your pc up are just rubbish. As long as you keep to the safe limits there will not be an issue.

[Heppu]

Yup! With decent cooling these days cpu will clock easily 35-50% and are steady. I both my cpu same time with that video card and immediately clocked processor so i let you know when it gives up Although im probably going to buy new one on late this year and we might not see it fails.

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Oliver Amos

@Gareth... Don't bother spending extra money on a card with faster clocks. Overclocking it past that will take about 5 minutes and will save you ££.

I agree, Ntune is your friend I used to have my old system overclocked lots, It madea huge diffrence, Its just a shame my current chip does not overclock well.

[Oliver Amos]

Originally Posted by Gareth Hickling

I agree, Ntune is your friend I used to have my old system overclocked lots, It madea huge diffrence, Its just a shame my current chip does not overclock well.

No. No. No. Ntune is bad for overclocking. Quite often its a very unstable program. Rivatuner is much better for overclocking graphics cards