£570 for a 7900GX2 GFX Card??

[danderson]

My goodness me...

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1272

Quad SLI here I come...NOT.

 

[danderson]

All this bleating is just sour grapes, this is an enthusiast PC web-site, if you're so worried about "value", go and by a D*ll.

"enthusiast PC web-site"?? Come on now, according to you? Or are you speaking on behalf of all the members of this forum and customers of OcUK? Last time I looked, the range of items on offer here spans from low end to high end, catering for all types of users so your statement doesn't really warrant as a general statement imo.

Since when has this website been only for enthusiasts?

Last time I looked it sold everything from low end right the way through to high end kit.

Cheers oweneades, you beat me to it

 

[danderson]

But we live in the UK. I expect £750 is what it will costs here.

Yeah you're probably right there...I forgot to factor in the typical UK price hikes.

 

[danderson]

If it retails at under £700 then it'll be better value than SLI and (for me) pretty tempting.

As for the enthusiast website thing, well we're talking about a high end enthusiast part on a website called "Overclockers", so I stand by my comment, the fact they sell value products is by the by, the best analogy I can give is some oily Vauxhall Corsa owner going on the Ferrari website banging on about how a sports car is a waste of money and ridiculous etc. If you've nothing constructive to add then don't bother.

Listen mate I don't want to argue - let's just agree to disagree and keep this thread streamlined. You have your point and I have mine, I guess that's what makes up one of the many facets of a forum.

There may be people that want to spend in excess of £700 for a gfx card (or maybe £1400+ for quad) and if you have the money then go for it it's your money...but I personally found those prices quite shocking.

From my perspective and those who cannot afford to pump £1400+ in to gfx alone, you have to draw a line between price/performance.

PS: I don't think you can run it in single card mode - must be dual (quad), though I may be wrong about that.