8800 320mb GTS Feb 12th.

LoadsaMoney · 8 Feb 2007 at 21:35

uk_james said:
That's reasuring....even though i've heard a few horror stories....like "POP"

Yeah there is a lot going boom at the moment, they do have a reliabilty issue.

Not that im trying to worry you.

uk_james · 8 Feb 2007 at 21:38

lolol...i can't afford to keep pulling out...it's every 5 mins...it'll have to do...I'm trying to shift this x1800 xt + zalman vf900-cu so i can get one of these babies...how much do you think i would get for it?..come on lads give me an idea

peetee · 8 Feb 2007 at 21:44

for the x1800& zalman? By the looks of that evil evil auction site.. not very much.

uk_james · 8 Feb 2007 at 21:55

how much is not much...i keep getting asked what do i want for it

peetee · 8 Feb 2007 at 21:59

someone wants £100 on MM, but on the auction site prices look more like theyll wind up going for 60,70, have a browse mate. x1950pro is more powerful isnt it? and they are £110 1st hand, and soon to drop =/

Id personally keep the x1800xt as a backup or incase you build a secondary rig, beast of a card aint it? But obviously if its funding the upgrade get shot

LoadsaMoney · 8 Feb 2007 at 22:00

uk_james said:
lolol...i can't afford to keep pulling out...it's every 5 mins...

I bet shes not happy. :eek:

Im afraid price checks are not allowed outside of the Price Check forum in the Members Market, you need at least 250 posts, and have been registered for more than 90 days, then you activate your trust, and then in about another days time its done for you and you can get in there.

uk_james · 8 Feb 2007 at 22:06

lolol...she's starting to twig...christ i've just pulled out for 2 more dell 1970fp's and a triple head 2 go...said i got the dells for £60 each....lololol..she said your doing well with your money

LoadsaMoney · 8 Feb 2007 at 22:09

thats not what i meant.

IT Troll · 8 Feb 2007 at 22:23

Some of the guys over at XS have already got their hands on the XFX 320MB 8800GTS. There are only 3DMark scores at the moment but it seems to performing identical to a 640MB 8800GTS.

The XFX also has Hynix 1.1ns memory which actually gives it the potential to be faster than the regular 640MB in some circumstances. Hopefully this will be true of all the 320MB models.

There should be gaming benchmarks by/over the weekend.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=133033

Big.Wayne · 8 Feb 2007 at 23:40

Tute said:
for those on a budget, the X1950 Pro is still the best choice.

I agree, especially if the X1950 Pro gets a little price cut.

An X1950 Pro for £100 ish, very nice, wonder how Crossfire X1950 Pro compares to a single 320MB GTS?

As I'm sure you know Tute, its mostly not worth the time and energy argueing with a lot of folk on these forums, some of them are so die-hard about their hardware that you would probably get a lesser reaction if you called their Mother an old hag than to say spending £200-£300 on a graphics card is foolish

Anyway I know that a few folk don't have a problem spending £200 on a graphics card so this new nVidia offering seems to be about the right price, and I would expect the performance to be roughly the same as the 640Mb version (maybe 1-2% slower).

Will be good to see what ATI has in store, will consider a VGA upgrade in June/July maybe but most likely will hold out to next xmas, still got quite a big list of games to play using my x1950Pro @1920x1200 :cool:

P.J.Thomson said:
Or, you can add one to your basket

Haha your famous!

easyrider · 8 Feb 2007 at 23:59

ALERT!^^^^^^^^^^^^^purchase justification post^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The 8800 GTS destroys the x1950 pro.

150 quid for a 512mb x1950 pro or 170-200 on a massively faster 8800 GTS that would destroy it in every benchmark by a massive ammount.

The smart people are auctioning off the x1950's they have just bought in time to get one of these far superior cards with superior speed superior IQ

and DX 10

mcwildcard · 9 Feb 2007 at 00:41

zytok said:
not sure I like the sound of that. Has anyone managed to get an 8800 working in a T1?

Hardy cases those ones, mine suffered serious abuse before the PSU died.
Technically the 8800 should only need 20-30w more than your ATI, but if you can't afford to replace the case then don't risk it. Spend the money on a C2D upgrade and a new T1.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-AR

jrodga2k5 · 9 Feb 2007 at 00:52

saw a 320mb non oc one for £191 clearly not the best price! OC's at 199.99 OC'd is already better value

Kmodo · 9 Feb 2007 at 01:18

I know there are many websites that do sometimes have better deals than OCUK BUT when spending your hard earned cash theres only website I trust and for peace of mind its always OCUK!!!

Even if I do get my orders in before 4 and don't always receive next day

I'm like a kid and I can't sleep waiting for my parts to arrive so when they don't and I have another whole day and night waiting

...then bad things happen....

E.g. There was this one time (not too long ago) I opened my case up ready and was waiting for my 8800GTX...so began to spring clean my case (still waiting)...took ram out (carried on cleaning) ....still waiting... decided to put rig back together. Then after the daunting realisation hit it that the GTX was not going to arrive and one of my sticks died (could have been static or not pushed in hard enough?? )!

My gorgeous G.skill HZ best ram I have ever owned was widowed (very sad day), life must go on so then I have to buy another pair...although the new pair had kewl shiny box, glow in the dark sticker and g.skill case badge.

Neways if the GTX had have arrived that day I would have saved myself £220 :rolleyes:

Luckily I managed to sell the alive original stick to my mate which he paired with his ssssllllllooooooowwwwww 1gb stick (sealing the G.skills fate of a half lived life...running at half its potential speed :eek:

).

If this small mishap of a late delivery should happen with OCUK just imagine the chaos and destruction that other etailers may cause me...its just unthinkable!

Kaiju · 9 Feb 2007 at 01:44

Resized from Xtreme thread on 320MB GTS, so apologies for off-topic, but do only Pro users of 3Dmark get that type of analysis?

pinkaardvark · 9 Feb 2007 at 02:17

I remember when only 1 person in the world had a higher score than me. But that was back when Geforce 3's were fast lol. *Goes back into shell and hides*

IT Troll · 9 Feb 2007 at 08:46

jrodga2k5 said:
saw a 320mb non oc one for £191 clearly not the best price! OC's at 199.99 OC'd is already better value

I saw that one too. A real no-name card from a no-name company. The cheapest I have see the BFG OC going for other than at OcUK is £210. Some other etailers are asking £230+! So OcUK really do have a good price.

TheDean · 9 Feb 2007 at 09:07

IT Troll said:
I saw that one too. A real no-name card from a no-name company. The cheapest I have see the BFG OC going for other than at OcUK is £210. Some other etailers are asking £230+! So OcUK really do have a good price.

You're right there......I'll defo be getting one of these, just have to decide on a flipping monitor now - Think I'll get the new 22" Sammy and pair it with this little beaut!

jrodga2k5 · 9 Feb 2007 at 09:13

IT Troll said:
I saw that one too. A real no-name card from a no-name company. The cheapest I have see the BFG OC going for other than at OcUK is £210. Some other etailers are asking £230+! So OcUK really do have a good price.

Indeed, I mean we may technically be breaking the rules by price quoting but its more of reinforcement of how well OCuK are doing with their BFG prices at the moment, they are untouchable! I tell you what Im most interested in is how low the non "OC" version of the BFG card will come in at!

Can you give us at least an idea if BFG non OC versions of the cards will be in stock on day one Gibbo?

Oh and I will probably look to flog my x1950pro @ 90, couldnt as for more now I dont think.

TheDean · 9 Feb 2007 at 10:29

I'm sure no one is going to tell you off for saying how well OCUK are doing!