GeForce 9 series, due for February 08

Devious · 30 Nov 2007 at 16:32

willhub said:
I'm saving every little penny up now for this beast, and I'll probs get 50 quid from the GT

The GTs will be worth way more more than £50 come 9800, there is only so far it can depreciate, i mean people are still paying £40+ for 6800GT's.

I think it will be still worth £100-130 then as the next card up will be the GTS and then a £450 9800GTX.

Voltage · 30 Nov 2007 at 16:39

wonder how much my ultra will go for :confused:

sk3lph · 30 Nov 2007 at 16:45

Tom|Nbk said:
Hence why I stuck with my "aging" GTX

I have too - its been almost a year since I got it - the overclockers value one which was £360 when I bought it - been a great buy.

I'm hoping there will be a o/c value edition of the 9800 too.

Sean_UK · 30 Nov 2007 at 16:47

Sticking with what i have for now, i can wait 3 months.

easyrider · 30 Nov 2007 at 16:51

flibby said:
Ngh!

Makes 8800 GTS G92's now kinda pointless really if this is true, don't really wanna spend £200 ish in on a card for 3 months which would then be worth £100. Bloody Nvidia!

That happens with all hardware.

Although I have no idea where you are getting the figures from..

Oh I see you just make them up.

Your talking about the GTS.

a: Its not even out yet
b:No one knows how much they will be on release
c: You already know that in 3 months a GTS will be £100

You really know your stuff!

easyrider · 30 Nov 2007 at 16:54

willhub said:
I'm saving every little penny up now for this beast, and I'll probs get 50 quid from the GT

What nonsense.

Go on give me a valid arguement why a 8800 GT will be 50 when the 9800 is released?

sk3lph · 30 Nov 2007 at 17:02

easyrider said:
What nonsense.

Go on give me a valid arguement why a 8800 GT will be 50 when the 9800 is released?

I suspect he wasn't entirely serious.

I also suspect its very unlikely that the GT's price will drop like a pat exiting a cows chamber of horrors.

Imy · 30 Nov 2007 at 17:19

C64 said:
Don't you only get the step up program in the uk if you got the card from one of their listed system sellers?

Depends what they mean by 'system sellers' on their FAQ. I bought the retail product and they might be referring to cards shipped with a new system? Anyone got any info on this?

C64 said:
Can i just shock you and say i wouldn't be at all surprised if even the 9800 will not be maxing crysis out at anything over 60 fps

Probably true; but if I can upgrade via EVGA's step-up-program then I should be getting a card that's likely twice as fast as my current and only have to pay the difference between what I paid for my 8800GT (higher than RRP) and the RRP of the new card.

Teaf · 30 Nov 2007 at 17:29

easyrider said:
Although I have no idea where you are getting the figures from..

Oh I see you just make them up.

Your talking about the GTS.

a: Its not even out yet
b:No one knows how much they will be on release
c: You already know that in 3 months a GTS will be £100

You really know your stuff!

You don't know it won't be £200 ISH, nor can you disprove that it won't be worth £100 in 3 months.

Counteracting my guesses with your guesses, good show.

:rolleyes:

ergonomics · 30 Nov 2007 at 17:52

hopefully i can get a pretty penny for 8800 gt sli set up and buy one of these, if the performance is greater than that of these 2 puppies together

elmuzzy66. · 30 Nov 2007 at 18:10

Its all speculation at the momment so hopefully it will be good. Before crysis, oblivion was the Top game to test your GC. Very Stressful on it and it took a generation or so to start seeing it being played at max (with high frame rate)

So i think it will take a 9800 refresh for it to play crysis at 60fps with high settings. This an estimate before anyone jumps on me

Firegod · 30 Nov 2007 at 18:24

With these new cards, do you need a mobo which has the newer PCI-E standard? i.e. not PCI-E 1.0 or whatever?

Ta very much like!

LabR@t · 30 Nov 2007 at 18:25

oh well my x1800xt will struggle on for a few more months

willhub · 30 Nov 2007 at 18:25

Firegod said:
With these new cards, do you need a mobo which has the newer PCI-E standard? i.e. not PCI-E 1.0 or whatever?

Ta very much like!

Apparently all PCI-E standards are going to be backwards compatible so the 9800GTX or whatever should run in PCI-E 1.0 and 1.1 slots, but I cant help thinking there might be a performance drop if you are not using PCI-E 2.0.

fornowagain · 30 Nov 2007 at 18:36

RussZS said:
I've seen a GTS on a well known CD/DVD site for ****.

Not allowed to mention competitor prices, sorry.

Dead Dog · 30 Nov 2007 at 18:42

NVIDIA_x64 said:
Cool thats my B day

ooh what you gonna get

RussZS · 30 Nov 2007 at 18:57

Apologies...

Robert · 30 Nov 2007 at 18:57

Well I hope it's not an SLI part similar to the GX2.

If it isn't then...

Synthesis · 30 Nov 2007 at 18:59

flibby said:
Ngh!

Makes 8800 GTS G92's now kinda pointless really if this is true, don't really wanna spend £200 ish in on a card for 3 months which would then be worth £100. Bloody Nvidia!

Pointless? Hardly.

They're a worthy, more power efficient refresh of 8 series and will fill a gap for nvidia as well as rounding out their product lineup. I mean come on, when they release the 9800 do you really think it will be their top seller? Absolutely not! History has always shown high end GPU's sell in the minority compared to the mainstream and sensibly priced products. The G92 8800GT and GTS will see further price cuts over the coming months and begin to fill in new price points whilst the rest of the 'old' line up is either chopped or drastically reduced.

Firegod · 30 Nov 2007 at 19:19

willhub said:
Apparently all PCI-E standards are going to be backwards compatible so the 9800GTX or whatever should run in PCI-E 1.0 and 1.1 slots, but I cant help thinking there might be a performance drop if you are not using PCI-E 2.0.

Yeah that's what I was thinking, but cheers for the reply.