9800 GX2 - new pictures

uvarvu · 22 Jan 2008 at 16:19

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/05/exclusive_nvidia_geforce_9800gx2/

lay-z-boy · 22 Jan 2008 at 16:22

I gotta say, they do look rather awesome

Gerard · 22 Jan 2008 at 16:24

Theyve been there since jan 4th, not new at all. :confused:

Kinda reminds me of the evga acs cooler on those things makes the card look very square and hefty.

jonislost · 22 Jan 2008 at 16:28

Seen these before, on this very forum infact....

dlthorpe · 22 Jan 2008 at 16:33

Valentines day launch, my girl would love that

caithomas44 · 22 Jan 2008 at 16:34

ominous that below the pictures it says

7950GX2 quad SLI setup

HummuH1 · 22 Jan 2008 at 17:32

Optical Audio and HDMI. Might have to consider this short term.

sunlitsix · 22 Jan 2008 at 17:33

yeah the optical audio and HDMI is a nice addition to the card

ChrisD. · 22 Jan 2008 at 17:49

Why are they calling this the 9800GX2? Is it a different core then the 8800GTS? Surely 8800GX2 would be far less confusing?

Or am I completely confused here?

Gerard · 22 Jan 2008 at 17:52

MilanoChris said:
Why are they calling this the 9800GX2? Is it a different core then the 8800GTS? Surely 8800GX2 would be far less confusing?

Or am I completely confused here?

Nope, nvidia doing gimmicky naming to make people think its totally new. Apparently the oem's like dell etc like this type of thing as people just see a new number\naming scheme and its an easier sell.

Also this is the company that has 3 8800 gts's available. 0_o

LoadsaMoney · 22 Jan 2008 at 17:57

Gerard said:
Nope, nvidia doing gimmicky naming to make people think its totally new.

Im sure someone else done that, now who was it, nope its gone sorry.

steve258 · 22 Jan 2008 at 17:58

Looks like a brick.. probably weighs as much also..

Gerard · 22 Jan 2008 at 18:00

LoadsaMoney said:
Im sure someone else done that, now who was it, nope its gone sorry.

3870 did change though with regards to smaller die, less heat less power consumption quieter fan. I think they pretty much wanted to distance themselves from the 2900 series so a name change was needed.

LoadsaMoney · 22 Jan 2008 at 18:12

Gerard said:
3870 did change though with regards to smaller die, less heat less power consumption quieter fan. I think they pretty much wanted to distance themselves from the 2900 series so a name change was needed.

Still was a 2900 though, the 2900 was only renamed a 3870 to get it to sell, if the same name was kept it wouldn't have sold, as everyone would have known it was poor, ppl are now buying the 3870's not realising that they are buying those old poor 2900's that they woudn't touch.

I don't see why Nvidia are calling it a 9800 series tbh, theres no need, the 8800's are not poor cards, so under the same name they would still sell well, unless they want to make ppl think its not over 1 year old.

Xenoxide · 22 Jan 2008 at 20:42

Optical Audio on a graphics card?! How does that work...?

Also HDMI output = Awesomeness. Not too bad a price either, almost 3/4's of the price of the 8800 Ultra ($600).

perox · 22 Jan 2008 at 21:32

I really want to buy a new card...

This may be it if the price isn't too over the top.

Klo · 22 Jan 2008 at 21:42

LoadsaMoney said:
Still was a 2900 though, the 2900 was only renamed a 3870 to get it to sell, if the same name was kept it wouldn't have sold, as everyone would have known it was poor, ppl are now buying the 3870's not realising that they are buying those old poor 2900's that they woudn't touch.

A bit harsh, the 3xxx are a lot more power efficient and cooler than the 2900xt, although performance is around the same.

J1nxy · 22 Jan 2008 at 22:15

The performance would be around the same as its a die shrunk 2900...

Tom84 · 22 Jan 2008 at 22:28

Nahema said:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/05/exclusive_nvidia_geforce_9800gx2/

Got excited then

Alas it's a repost

Blackout · 23 Jan 2008 at 00:19

LoadsaMoney said:
Still was a 2900 though, the 2900 was only renamed a 3870 to get it to sell, if the same name was kept it wouldn't have sold, as everyone would have known it was poor, ppl are now buying the 3870's not realising that they are buying those old poor 2900's that they woudn't touch.

I don't see why Nvidia are calling it a 9800 series tbh, theres no need, the 8800's are not poor cards, so under the same name they would still sell well, unless they want to make ppl think its not over 1 year old.

Loadsa this is a thread about the 9800gx2 no need to bash ATi here aswell. Just look forward to what nVidia has in store for us (I know I am), there really is no need to keep dis'ing ATi at every opportunity...in fact I'm getting a bit worried about you my friend (did they do something mean to you Loadsa...the little men in redcoats that is...)..something deeply disturbing that has left psychological scars??

Relax mate. Its OK not to hate ATi in every vaguely GPU related thread

(oh and I am just teasing btw

)

Yeah agree, if its not new tech should have probably kept the 8800 prefix as it has a great reputation with consumers. But tbh its just a name, so I don't mind what they call it...I just hope its fast, power efficient, quiet and cheap (OK maybe I am hoping for tad too much for any card right now but who knows).