8800 gtx price increased ?

[thegoonden]

Basic ecconomics folks.

If supply<demand then price rises.
If Supply>demand then price falls.

 

[Smoogels]

No free speach here

 

[breamy1990]

cheapest i can find them at the moment is £185 inc delivery, for the nvidia oem one

 

[ebilcake]

No free speach here

Indeed, the mods here are just weird; I only visit this forum for amusement value, it's impossible to discuss anything openly here.

 

[helmutcheese]

Sell you my Ultra SC for £525

 

[chaotic_uk]

no thx , i offer you £250 max

 

[helmutcheese]

No chance lol (I remember a few months ago it was still £470 here).

I will hold onto it till next "Rel New Gen" cards are out and sell to the British Museum

 

[elmuzzy66.]

i think its been ages since we have seen a card like gtx hit the block, still one of the best single gpu's around

 

[J.D]

i think its been ages since we have seen a card like gtx hit the block, still one of the best single gpu's around

lol You know it's been ages when you even have to think about it .

 

[stu.artd]

Great isn't it ? Usually a new product gets released and the price of the old one plummets because the newer version is so much better. Nvidia release the new 9800GTX to replace the 8800GTX and the old card goes up in value because it's a better product. I thought graphics tech was supposed to be forever onwards and upwards (and not just in price ), but it's looking like one step forward and 2 back for nvidia.

 

[sunderland]

so if say your bfg goes bang and you send it back to be replaced they are going to give you a 9800gtx now arnt they,so your downgrading in a way

 

[J.D]

Great isn't it ? Usually a new product gets released and the price of the old one plummets because the newer version is so much better. Nvidia release the new 9800GTX to replace the 8800GTX and the old card goes up in value because it's a better product. I thought graphics tech was supposed to be forever onwards and upwards (and not just in price ), but it's looking like one step forward and 2 back for nvidia.

very true. With the HD4 series looming Nvidia might not get the chance to pull this off for a while if the new ATI card is a cracker. I do see the 9800GTX and GX2 as money makers though and only that. The new Nvidia card has to be a new beast or Nvidia will lose a lot of respect.

It should be very interesting to see what ATI has came up with and what Nvidia have been sitting on.

 

[HangTime]

The thing is, I'm not convinced the 8800GTX is really that much better than the 9800GTX. Performance wise the 9 series is faster in most cases, and it is also more efficient in terms of power consumption. It's only when you need loads of VRAM that the 8 series comes into it's own.

If the 9800GTX was priced at the same level as the 8800GTX then I'd probably go for it.

 

[helmutcheese]

You DO need a lot of VRAM at 1920's + AA/AF, thats why reviews show the GTX/Ultra beating the other cards at them settings.

 

[chaotic_uk]

i never thought this thread would get over a 1000 views lol

 

[helmutcheese]

Needs some Pr0n then it will get 1000's of views.


P.S, you got a hot G/F. ?

 

[J.D]

The thing is, I'm not convinced the 8800GTX is really that much better than the 9800GTX. Performance wise the 9 series is faster in most cases, and it is also more efficient in terms of power consumption. It's only when you need loads of VRAM that the 8 series comes into it's own.

If the 9800GTX was priced at the same level as the 8800GTX then I'd probably go for it.

Resolution and AA dependant. My screen is capable of 2048x1536 and Helmut's is similar. The 9800GTX can not deliver us the bandwidth that the G80GTX/Ultra can at this resolution especially with AA/AF/HDR.

So if your resolution is 1680x1050 then the 9800GTX will be faster in most cases although over 4xAA could start seeing more strain on the card.

The 8900GTX should have been the G92 core with the 384bit interface. Imagine an 8800GTX's bandwidth with 800Mhz core and 1800-2000Mhz shader clock?. That would have been a great move by Nvidia whilst sitting on this GPU to compete with ATI's 4 series. I just hope a G92 core with better bandwidth is not Nvidia's answer to ATI as that could be an indication that the new 4 series card isn't all that great (speculation).

 

[elmuzzy66.]

lol You know it's been ages when you even have to think about it .

Yea, GC sector has been so stale this past year.

 

[chrissss]

Damn those prices. a few weeks ago you could get them new for 170ish

It's a shame, because its still the best card for AA on 1920*1080+ resolutions, but with the new prices its not really worth it anymore.

 

[darkblade]

Resolution and AA dependant. My screen is capable of 2048x1536 and Helmut's is similar. The 9800GTX can not deliver us the bandwidth that the G80GTX/Ultra can at this resolution especially with AA/AF/HDR.

So if your resolution is 1680x1050 then the 9800GTX will be faster in most cases although over 4xAA could start seeing more strain on the card.

The 8900GTX should have been the G92 core with the 384bit interface. Imagine an 8800GTX's bandwidth with 800Mhz core and 1800-2000Mhz shader clock?. That would have been a great move by Nvidia whilst sitting on this GPU to compete with ATI's 4 series. I just hope a G92 core with better bandwidth is not Nvidia's answer to ATI as that could be an indication that the new 4 series card isn't all that great (speculation).

Totally correct. So now the 8800 GTX & Ultra is the only card with over 512Mb of video memory (not shared). I can only see the demand going up as people realise that these are the only cards that have playable framerates at higher resolutions with 4xAA