Nvidia 9000 series news

[alexthecheese]

Man, I'm so confused. So in actual fact 2 x 3870's are a good thing? Do they work in Crossfire flawlessly with all games?

 

[Lightnix]

Wasn't 3DMark 03 notorious for being a very inaccurate performance indicator in comparison to 3DMark 01SE?

 

[Pulsar_GTI]

Sorry to confuse issues even more

Crysis Results OCUK DX9

1....64.240 | Viva | intel e6850 @ 4004mhz | nvidia 8800gtx 768mb (sli) @ 626/1000/1458 | Windows XP 32bit
2....63.705 | simonmaltby | intel qx9650 @ 4500mhz | ati 3870xt 512mb (crossfire) @ 891/1197 | Windows Vista 64bit
3....61.755 | Stephen B | intel q6600 @ 3600mhz | nvidia 8800ultra 768mb (sli) @ 660/1150 | Windows XP 32bit
4....61.685 | PCZ | intel e6750 @ 3500 mhz | nvidia 8800gtx 768mb (sli) @ 632/1000 | Windows XP 32bit
5....58.750 | marscay | intel q6600 @ 3800mhz | ati 3870xt 512mb (crossfire) @ 850/1260 | Windows Vista 64bit
6....54.330 | Fornowagain | intel q6600 @ 3800mhz | nvidia 8800gts 512mb @ 830/2230 | Windows XP 32bit
7....54.050 | ginjaninja | intel q6600 @ 3600mhz | nvidia 8800gts 512mb @ 800/1100 | Windows XP 32bit
8....53.350 | Vogon | intel e6600 @ 3600mhz | nvidia 8800ultra 768mb @ 720/1736 | Windows XP 32bit
9....53.195 | Caksey | intel e6600 @ 3609 mhz | ati 3870xt 512mb (crossfire) @ 850/1251 | Windows Vista 64bit
10...52.815 | rounddodger | intel e6600 @ 3501mhz | nvidia 8800ultra 768mb @ 700/1800 | Windows XP 32bit
11...52.785 | setter | intel e6600 @ 3400mhz | nvidia 8800gts 512mb @ 780/1090 | Windows XP 32bit
12...51.735 | Dharok | intel e6300 @ 3304mhz | nvidia 8800gtx 768mb @ 630/1504 | Windows XP 32bit

I like Nvidia and ATI - its all bubbles down to price / performance for me this 9600 sounds good if its £85

 

[willhub]

Look at the ATi one, 3870 crossfire, its in Vista 64, if he was in XP 32 he would be higher than the GTX SLi.

 

[willhub]

GeForce 6 series and obviously the GeForce 8 series wiped the floor with what ATI were offering at the time and quite frankly ATI's driver support in the past at least was much worse than Nvidia's.

Actually when the 6 series had competiton, thatw as the x800, and I have to say the x800 series were better than nv's 6 series offering, if oyu look at benchmarks you canc learly see the x800xt is faster than a 6800GT in a lot of games and also faster than the 6800Ultra aswell.

 

[Pulsar_GTI]

The graphic card market seems very competitive but I think Ati and Nvidia are best friends and work together to rake our £

 

[willhub]

The graphic card market seems very competitive but I think Ati and Nvidia are best friends and work together to rake our £

If they worked together NV would not release a high end card just as ATi is about to .

 

[Reality|Bites]

The X800 series was faster in D3D The 6800 series was faster in Open GL

 

[psychas]

the biggest worries for me is me is if i do get it have to get new waterblock for it or 2 gpu water blocks that can cause some irotating problems

 

[willhub]

The X800 series was faster in D3D The 6800 series was faster in Open GL

Yea thats about right, most games were either D3D or both though.

From what I see the 2900XT is better in Open GL than the 8 series but then again I think that was with Open GL applications and not games.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Im passing on the 9 series, i aint gona be a mug paying £300+ for a card thats over a year old.

 

[wolvers]

Again tho, look at the price difference compaired to how much you'd gain over the Crossfire systems.

2 x 3870 = £280.

2 x 8800GTS = £420.

You could buy an entire extra 3870 for the price difference and if you so desired run 3 x 3870's in one of the upcomming CrossfireX boards for the same price as SLi 8800GTS's.

I think this explains why nvidia are doing this with the 9000 series. ATI have the best mid range card and I suspect that this is where most of the gpu business will be.

Having the best multi card set-up too means that they also have the enthusiast area sorted too.

If ATI released a single card at the same price as the 8800GTS or GTX that matched their performance, Nvidia might be in a bit of trouble.

That's why the 3870x2 should be the card that we look forward to the most.

 

[RobH]

In that article the £80 is referring to the 9600GT right? That sounds about right to me, there is no way the 9800 at that price.

 

[Uriel]

Actually when the 6 series had competiton, thatw as the x800, and I have to say the x800 series were better than nv's 6 series offering, if oyu look at benchmarks you canc learly see the x800xt is faster than a 6800GT in a lot of games and also faster than the 6800Ultra aswell.

Faster in some games but the X800 series became obsolete quicker. You can play Bioshock on a 6800GT but you have to resort to hacks on an X800.

They were good cards if, like most of us, you don't hold onto your graphics cards for long.

 

[willhub]

Faster in some games but the X800 series became obsolete quicker. You can play Bioshock on a 6800GT but you have to resort to hacks on an X800.

They were good cards if, like most of us, you don't hold onto your graphics cards for long.

I dont know about everyone else but I certainly would not want to play Bioshock with a 6800GT..

 

[Uriel]

I tried the Bioshock demo on my old laptop with 6600 Go. I was surprised how well it ran. Still rather play it on my current 8800GT though

 

[Lightnix]

I managed to run Bioshock on an X1650 Pro at... Settings of some description. The X1650 Pro is about equal to the 6800 GT in most benchmarks (except at higher resolutions where the 6800 takes the crown).