8800GT monday??

MeatLoaf · 27 Oct 2007 at 00:07

steve258 said:
hmm normally if it's on sale for Monday it should have been available for pre-order a few days before?

Also normally the OCUK vanilla version won't be available until the cards have been released for a while, so expect to see only the BFG & EVGA models on Monday.

I think Gibbo said he already has OcUK versions ready to be sold for approx £141 to £151 inc VAT

WarBird · 27 Oct 2007 at 01:12

MattandJet said:
when do the new versions of the GTX arrive?

have they confirmed these? if so what's changed?

tbh · 27 Oct 2007 at 01:20

Greebo said:
And If I had a 640Mb GTS I'd wait till the 19th November and see what the new GTS is like.

I was under the impression that the new 8800GT series was the replacement for the GTS line, is this not the case?

MumboJumbo · 27 Oct 2007 at 01:22

Nope the GT is only a 256bit interface. The GTS is 512bit i beleive. I beleive tahts the onyl difference. And the memory obiously but they will overclock the same i suspect (which is very well i also suspect). As for the gtx im wanting to know badly when these will come out if at all. I want to build in november but i gues ill be waiting later now

Dead Dog · 27 Oct 2007 at 09:09

no sign of pre orders

Greebo · 27 Oct 2007 at 10:34

Dead Dog said:
no sign of pre orders

And there won't be. It's a "hard" release worldwide. No retailers can even list the cards until Monday due to NDA.

Some have made a mistake though but there has only been 2 sites in the entire world who have "accidently" posted the card up early.

If you see the other thread with the first proper review where the card beats the pants off the 8800 GTS and 2900xt cards, I can see why Nvidia wanted to keep it under wraps. If reported a month earlier with reviews and pre-order, nobody would have bought any GTS cards in the last month and perhaps even not bought a GTX.

sepulchre · 27 Oct 2007 at 11:11

I'll be upgrading from a 7800GT, I cant wait! These cards seem to offer amazing bang for buck!

aardvark · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:36

sepulchre said:
I'll be upgrading from a 7800GT, I cant wait! These cards seem to offer amazing bang for buck!

i'm in the exact same position - any idea how long the new cards will be compared to the 7800gt - if its longer it won't fit in my case

sepulchre · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:59

as far as I'm aware the 8800GT is 9 inch's long, about the same as a 7800GT, I could be wrong though

tdream · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:22

19th of November is not too far away, and it's surely going to be better performance that the GT. Hope they don't hike the prices up too much.

MumboJumbo · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:26

tdream said:
19th of November is not too far away, and it's surely going to be better performance that the GT. Hope they don't hike the prices up too much.

Do youi not remember the q6600 GO? That price was hiked up a lot. Specialy on ocuk tbh, was prity poor that you could have gotten a Go elsewhere cheaper then they were selling B3. Prices have evened out now at least.

tdream · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:01

8igdave said:
Do youi not remember the q6600 GO? That price was hiked up a lot. Specialy on ocuk tbh, was prity poor that you could have gotten a Go elsewhere cheaper then they were selling B3. Prices have evened out now at least.

Haha, ocuk are famous/infamous

for it. I don't buy ocuk branded stuff cos they just don't clock well. Last time I bought an oem cpu and it already had a heatsink stain on it :confused:

I'll keep my eye on prices around the web so I'm not as impatient as everyone else who'll be clamouring to buy one on Monday.

WarBird · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:43

is the new gts going to be better than the current gtx?

MumboJumbo · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:48

WarBird said:
is the new gts going to be better than the current gtx?

I beleive so if overclocked. The current GTS overclocks to GTX speeds but lacks stream processors. Now it will onyl be 8 or 9 behind the current gtx and because of the smaller die will overclock even further.

WarBird · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:58

8igdave said:
I beleive so if overclocked. The current GTS overclocks to GTX speeds but lacks stream processors. Now it will onyl be 8 or 9 behind the current gtx and because of the smaller die will overclock even further.

will the price of these new gts' be the same as current ones or what?

and there wil be a new gtx coming out? if so when?

MumboJumbo · 27 Oct 2007 at 15:12

Ive not heard any definite facts abotu a GTX but i hope so. If so id beleive end november possible early december. GTX is usualy 20 or so days behind *** GTS i beleive?

The new GTS should be onyl a bit more t hen the current. But is not usualy the case on ocuk lol.

Mongy2130 · 27 Oct 2007 at 15:22

tdream said:
Haha, ocuk are famous/infamous for it. I don't buy ocuk branded stuff cos they just don't clock well. Last time I bought an oem cpu and it already had a heatsink stain on it

I'll keep my eye on prices around the web so I'm not as impatient as everyone else who'll be clamouring to buy one on Monday.

I brought a OCUK 8800gtx and its now sitting at 640/1600/2200 shame it doesnt clock well should have gone for a different one!!!

Greebo · 27 Oct 2007 at 16:28

tdream said:
19th of November is not too far away, and it's surely going to be better performance that the GT. Hope they don't hike the prices up too much.

I would guess that looking at the GT prices, the new GTS will be same prices as the current GTS cards ie ocuk unbranded starting at £210 going to £280 for high end BFG/EVGA

Don't forget due to ATI, Nvidia has had to drop the price of the GT by £30. They really should have been in the £170 - £210 price range.

Greebo · 27 Oct 2007 at 16:30

Mongy2130 said:
I brought a OCUK 8800gtx and its now sitting at 640/1600/2200 shame it doesnt clock well should have gone for a different one!!!

Err...I thought that was a fantastic result for a GTX ........or am I missing the sacrasm smiley?

MumboJumbo · 27 Oct 2007 at 16:37

Greebo said:
Err...I thought that was a fantastic result for a GTX ........or am I missing the sacrasm smiley?

Someone said the OCUK cards dont overclock.