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Whos ditching GX2 for GTX 280?
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Soldato
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That would be mine then. hmph
Tightwad!
I'll be going for one or the other from ATI or NV. Im not fussed which really. If its not a great leap forward I may stick with my GTX until prices fall. I wont be a first day adopter whatever happens, not with all the blatant price gouging that goes on.
I bet there's going to be tons of early adopters who would shell out a lot of dosh on one of these cards, be prepared to be swamped in the GFX forum with something like "look I'm running Crysis on a 100 inch with 16aax16af". Those days are well over for me Only 1 or 2 games a year are good enough to make my fingers itchy and 25% is just not justifiable!
Only 1 or 2 games a year are good enough to make my fingers itchy and 25% is just not justifiable!I know what you mean. Nothing good for a while. GTA IV not out till October which may need a beast of a card to stop all the stupid popups on the consoles.
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Don't buy on release day, wait till these guys stick them in the "This Week Only" on the 25th (a week later) as always.
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I've been waiting so long to cahange my 8800GTX for something better, Lets hope OcUK get plenty of stock in so they don't sell out. 
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I cant wait for the flood of 8800GTX's and Ultras to flood the MM .. I think we are looking around the £100 mark,,,yipeeeeeeee
I'm really not sure about all this... I built my new (and indeed first) rig about a month ago, with an 8800GT inside. The plan was to use the GT until the next gen cards came out and then upgrade.
Thing is, the GT is doing everything I ask of it. And yet, I'm still looking at the new cards with interest... Do I already have hardware upgrade addiction??
Thing is, the GT is doing everything I ask of it. And yet, I'm still looking at the new cards with interest... Do I already have hardware upgrade addiction??
Second rig?
i think i will go with the ATI also, im most probably going to be a bit on the skint side over summer.
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I'm really not sure about all this... I built my new (and indeed first) rig about a month ago, with an 8800GT inside. The plan was to use the GT until the next gen cards came out and then upgrade.
Thing is, the GT is doing everything I ask of it. And yet, I'm still looking at the new cards with interest... Do I already have hardware upgrade addiction??
TBH the people who are buying a new card but already have an 8800 are wasting their money, unless they want to play crysis at speeds which wont slow down a lot.
Current cards already run 98% of games fine, i think its better to wait for the refreshes later this year to be honest as thats when more demanding games will be coming out anyway.
Besides, is it going to be a long time after these until they release a next gen card like what happened with the 8800 gtx >? or is it likely a refresh will come?
)Do I already have hardware upgrade addiction??
I know what you mean. Luckily for me I stopped doing this a while ago, but I do like to read other peoples adventures
As my system is mainly a HTPC/Web browser now - i'm waiting till the next GPU that does HDMI 1.3.
I might upgrade but it depends on many factors, power use is an important one for me. I currently use a 8800GTX, which as most of you know is a horrible power hog (even when idle) and puts out a lot of heat.
I'm hoping these new cards will be more energy efficient (idle would be a great improvement) and maybe because they are 65nm (or the 280 being 55nm being reported - probably just a rumour) instead of the 8800GTX 90nm they will use less power than a 8800gtx. I'm not optimistic - as initial media reports state the cards run very hot. I'm leaning more towards the thought that the cards will probably be similar to an 8800GTX in power use and heat due to their onboard ability.
I currently use a 19" non-ws monitor so my gtx is fine with the top settings of games, but I plan to upgrade to a 24" ws very soon, so this is a reason for a graphics upgrade - it all depends on the games coming out of course - and gta4 is going to be very exciting on the PC on a 24" ws.
I don't fancy going SLI because of the power use, heat and noise (plus it will mean a psu upgrade) so if nvidias new top card can bring amazing performance at higher resolutions then it will make sense to upgrade to that card and sell the 8800gtx.
I'm hoping these new cards will be more energy efficient (idle would be a great improvement) and maybe because they are 65nm (or the 280 being 55nm being reported - probably just a rumour) instead of the 8800GTX 90nm they will use less power than a 8800gtx. I'm not optimistic - as initial media reports state the cards run very hot. I'm leaning more towards the thought that the cards will probably be similar to an 8800GTX in power use and heat due to their onboard ability.
I currently use a 19" non-ws monitor so my gtx is fine with the top settings of games, but I plan to upgrade to a 24" ws very soon, so this is a reason for a graphics upgrade - it all depends on the games coming out of course - and gta4 is going to be very exciting on the PC on a 24" ws.
I don't fancy going SLI because of the power use, heat and noise (plus it will mean a psu upgrade) so if nvidias new top card can bring amazing performance at higher resolutions then it will make sense to upgrade to that card and sell the 8800gtx.