9800 GTS ?

mikeo · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:11

Just wondering if they are going to release a 9800 GTS? It's just that I've been offered a half decent price for my BFG 8800 GTS OC2 640 MB and "was" thinking of buying an 8800 GTS 512, as the difference to pay would be minimal. But I now see that OCuk appear to be running down their stocks of 8800 GTS's and was wondering if this was signalling something. I suppose they could just be clearing the decks ready for the next gen cards.

Could wait for the next gen cards, but their bound to be a fair price premium when they first come out. This just seemed like a cheap way to gain a bit more performance.

Decisions, decisions..

Lightnix · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:17

There's gonna be a 9800 GT, however that's just a rebranded 8800 GT.

Note that the 8800 GTS 512MB, 8800 GT and 9800 GTX all share the same processing core, and all perform very closely to one-another. If there were a 9800 GTS it'd probably quite literally be exactly the same as the 8800 GTS 512MB. However, in June there's supposed to be the GeForce GTX260 (260 is GTS as 280 is GTX) which will most probably outperform most 8 and 9 series cards (bar the 9800 GX2 with all likelyhood), but it'll cost.

willhub · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:21

9800GTS is out allready.

Monkeynut · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:22

ATi also have the 4850 and 4870 almost ready.

mikeo · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:23

Lightnix

Thanks for that. As you say, the 9800 series cards seem to be a little bit on the cynical side marketing wise. Might just keep what I've got and do a complete re-build later in the year. By then the current Intel CPU's will have come down in price and hopefully the next gen cards will have dropped a bit.

elmuzzy66. · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:25

weres Loadsa when you need him

J.D · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:40

elmuzzy66. said:
weres Loadsa when you need him

At the annual "throw rotten tomato's at your most hated video card manufacturer" event. Last year he had a trolley full for ATI after R600 but after Nvidia's act of late he has brought two trolley loads to this event

. It's going to be messy.

willhub · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:41

NV deserve like heaps of melons thrown at them and I'd throw giant tamato's at ATi.

J.D · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:44

willhub said:
NV deserve like heaps of melons thrown at them and I'd throw giant tamato's at ATi.

LMAO. Even better

.

TheGamingGeneral · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:49

They wont do a 9800GTS. I mean they cant.

If a 9800 GTX > 8800GTS by a minimum (and is the exact same card).

Then a GTS version would have to be SLOWER than the GTX, and there is only a 25Mhz core clock between the two cards above, 9800 GTS would need to be quicker than the 8800GTS, but slower than the 9800GTX, would need to go with a 666Mhz core clock by the looks of it!

I dont see them doing it.

Martyn

LoadsaMoney · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:54

9800 GTX is the new name for the 8800 GTS 512mb.

willhub said:
NV deserve like heaps of melons thrown at them and I'd throw giant tamato's at ATi.

Im with yer.

Ben M · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:57

elmuzzy66. said:
weres Loadsa when you need him

lol

GeneralD said:
They wont do a 9800GTS. I mean they cant.

yeah they can't... they've run out of G92 8800 cards to rebadge

Well they could just use an 8800GTX.

I should copyright that, so they have to pay me royalties for the idea.

willhub · 7 Jun 2008 at 19:00

Seems like an 8800GTX/9800GTX are too close to even have an 8800GTX as a 9800GTX, it wold have to be a 9800GTX lite or something.

Shaolin Chicken · 7 Jun 2008 at 19:11

Ben M said:
lol

yeah they can't... they've run out of G92 8800 cards to rebadge

Well they could just use an 8800GTX.

I should copywrite that, so they have to pay me royalties for the idea.

I think you mean copyright.

EdGey · 8 Jun 2008 at 03:21

man whats the point in that...

release new cards with the exact same core

seriously concidering going to ATI for the next upgrade i do.

mikeo · 8 Jun 2008 at 16:31

I suppose I could consider a 9800 GTX. I've seen a couple at half decent prices. Though this then makes me wonder if my Tagan 530w (30a 12v) would be up to it, as I see it requires two 6-pin power connectors (which the Tagan does have I suppose).

Emmmm. So many things to think about.

Ben M · 8 Jun 2008 at 16:59

Shaolin Chicken said:
I think you mean copyright.

I did, thanks.

skunksta · 8 Jun 2008 at 20:28

mikeo said:
I suppose I could consider a 9800 GTX. I've seen a couple at half decent prices. Though this then makes me wonder if my Tagan 530w (30a 12v) would be up to it, as I see it requires two 6-pin power connectors (which the Tagan does have I suppose).

Emmmm. So many things to think about.

More than up to the job got a X2 on a Enermax 550 watt with a over clock and np.And it was reported just before the 9800 GTX release that the next card up was a refresh of the GTS a 9800GTS guess they binned that idea and went for the GT.

ukbrainstew · 8 Jun 2008 at 21:45

The 4850 and 4870 are going to be very interesting cards for someone with this sort of budget. I'd hold fire till you can find out what they can do.

mikeo · 8 Jun 2008 at 23:11

ukbrainstew said:
The 4850 and 4870 are going to be very interesting cards for someone with this sort of budget. I'd hold fire till you can find out what they can do.

I think you could be right. I've jumped quick and bought card/s before just before new stuff coming out and been disappointed.