8800GT Ramblings Thread

joedeath332 · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:28

I just hope the revised 8800 gts is priced more sensibly

,,as in closer to the expected price ,, as after all these cards are still good value,, but not that good to warrant that we pay over the top for them.

Its_Me · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:36

Well as usual I will have to wait until they drop the rpice to around 'what was expected'.

Seems about £25-30 over atm to me.

neocon · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:37

i knew the 8800gt was going to be around £180, because overclockers lowered the price of the 8800gts320 to £176 recently (not sure if it was this weekend).

neocon · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:37

Its_Me said:
Well as usual I will have to wait until they drop the rpice to around 'what was expected'.

Seems about £25-30 over atm to me.

im not sure this is going to happen becuase 50,000 cards will sell out quickly

Sean_UK · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:42

They wont drop quick, look how long it was till the 8800GTS 640mb went from £250 down to £210'ish for the stock versions, about 6 months after Nov 06 release iirc? Took about the same for 320mb versions to start dropping a tad, expect more of the same imo.

neocon · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:45

Sean_UK said:
They wont drop quick, look how long it was till the 8800GTS 640mb went from £250 down to £210'ish for the stock versions, about 6 months after Nov 06 release iirc? Took about the same for 320mb versions to start dropping a tad, expect more of the same imo.

yes, and how many 8800gts's did nvidia make?

vendors probably cant drop the price down to £150 (i assume they buiy their gear upfront with cash)

willhub · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:52

I bet if we all kept our fingers at bay the prices would not have been this high

Devious · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:58

and all the hype.

*edit* just noticed my postcount lol

Digital Punk · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:59

Well I'm looking for an upgrade for my 7900GT @ GTX, but I'm going to wait and see what ATI has to offer in a few weeks, then make a decision.

The prices will need to lower as well before I consider buying.

randal · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:03

Sean_UK said:
They wont drop quick, look how long it was till the 8800GTS 640mb went from £250 down to £210'ish for the stock versions, about 6 months after Nov 06 release iirc? Took about the same for 320mb versions to start dropping a tad, expect more of the same imo.

Sadly this hasn't affected folk selling GTSs on, I've seen 3 up so far. £195, £200 and £210 + 10 delivery.

Almost makes me want to sell mine with greed like that circulating.

no_1_dave · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:04

I think these are priced right.
They're the same price as the 320mb GTS which performs worse.
They need to drop the GTS (both of them) to below this card, but to do that & price this card less you're talking sub £100 for a brand new 320 GTS... Then where do the 8600's etc fit in..?

They need to drop the 320mb one to £120ish, the 640mb one to £145ish & keep this one as is...

helmutcheese · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:06

EVGA GeForce 8800GT SSC 512MB (Super Super clock)

Performance
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
700 MHz GPU
112 Pixel Pipelines
400 MHz RAMDAC

Memory
512 MB, 256 bit DDR3
2000 MHz (effective)
64.0 GB/s Memory Bandwidth

Fastest so far.

http://evga.com/articles/378.asp

Ice_9 · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:10

Ordered mine, should go nicely with my q6600 i ordered a couple weeks ago, decided on the Evga Superclocked.

Thank god for credit cards

LoadsaMoney · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:17

Digital Punk said:
Well I'm looking for an upgrade for my 7900GT @ GTX, but I'm going to wait and see what ATI has to offer in a few weeks, then make a decision.

The prices will need to lower as well before I consider buying.

According to Anandtech, the 3800's are slower than the 2900's, so effectively downgrades.

HeX · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:17

helmutcheese said:
EVGA GeForce 8800GT SSC 512MB (Super Super clock)

Performance
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
700 MHz GPU
112 Pixel Pipelines
400 MHz RAMDAC

Memory
512 MB, 256 bit DDR3
2000 MHz (effective)
64.0 GB/s Memory Bandwidth

Fastest so far.

http://evga.com/articles/378.asp

Seen a Zotac one with same clocks for £169.

http://www.zotac.com/products.htm

MumboJumbo · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:19

LoadsaMoney said:
According to Anandtech, the 3800's are slower than the 2900's, so effectively downgrades.

have ati just given up?

HeX · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:22

8igdave said:
have ati just given up?

Think they are just trying to save money on the failed 2900 tbh.

The 3800 is just a die shrunk cut down version.

MumboJumbo · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:24

if its less powerful then the 2900 then its going to be pritty poor in games as *** 2900 isn't really doing that well and its going to have to cost significantly less then the GT. They are already beating the 8600 why are they sending more cards that way?

RC21 · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:41

Does it matter which brand you get - essentially they're all the same right(some with higher clocks though)?

Would it matter if you got a; Inno 3d, Gigabyte, Asus, XFX, BFG, OCUK, etc

C64 · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:43

RC21 said:
Does it matter which brand you get - essentially they're all the same right(some with higher clocks though)?

Would it matter if you got a; Inno 3d, Gigabyte, Asus, XFX, BFG, OCUK, etc

Yes and no really Evga and Bfg are more desirable when it comes to a resale, although recently i found out that evga warranty's are not transferable and you must register the card within one month of purchase or you lose the 10 year warranty and only get 1 years i think BFg is the only way to go now.
The only thing that is better will be the warranty imo as all the coolers look exactly the same.

And I don't understand why the coolers are all the same if you pay a premium for a pre flashed overclocked card then the only point of doing so will be to get the better cooling.