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Prolly will be a little more than 420 i'd say, (£450ish?)
Oh that's a nice VAT Free price
Definatly worth the cash.
Oh that's a nice VAT Free price
Definatly worth the cash.
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BFG 8800 GTX/GTS arriving at OcUK soon and some images for you all!!
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I think i'll wait for the Mid range offerings - probably like a 8600GT around the £200 mark.
People are moaning that they are buying a DX10 card with no DX10 games about, what they seem to forget is that they will still be able to play all the million or so DX9 games at higher resolutions/detail in the mean time. Don't see what the problem is?
People are moaning that they are buying a DX10 card with no DX10 games about, what they seem to forget is that they will still be able to play all the million or so DX9 games at higher resolutions/detail in the mean time. Don't see what the problem is?
Caporegime
ben_j_davis said:
Yeah just like they are with their 7900 GTX's/GX2's/x1900 XT's .
and the R600 only supposed to have 64 lol either there is a guy going about with a huge mop at ati cleaning up the mess after thre g80 specs have been revieled , or they are sniggering , in all honesty thr r600 a g80 will perform with in 5 % of each other , if previous card releases are anything to go at , i am sure the rival card companies knows months ahaed the rest of us what the other is doingnaffa said:
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Soldato
BFG 8800GTX for $799.95 and a PNY 8800GTX for $809.00 and perhaps that is excluding sales tax 
So that is >€800 which means >£450
[edit] should have read the thread better as this was posted before
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So that is >€800 which means >£450
[edit] should have read the thread better as this was posted before
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Soldato
ernysmuntz said:Yep its a funny old place full of dusty old grumpy washed up overclockers, bitter that everyone is getting in on it, bitter that thinks aren't like they were back in the day of the Radeo 9700\Geforce4 Ti4200\Athlon XP 2100+ tbred core
They don't like spending money, they don't like paying for the latest kit, and the just love to tell you what to do with your money repeatedly making you feel inferior (well trying) to with their super hi iq's
I think ya just get used to it after a while, anyone can turn into one of these people. I used to be like this, i tend to not really like the mentality of these people, a bit like an ex-smoker is always the one complaining about smokers.
Still they're all ok, have to just take it all with a pinch of salt, its not the real world and they do help people out a lot and they're pretty friendly really, they just think they're right all the time....like me. hard to keep things light sometimes and people thinky your some kind of arse in real life....
still
Don't like spending money?
Why the **** would I be jealous you saddo, it's a bloody graphics card. Some people are just trying to point out to others who already have bleeding egde stuff that money would be better spent elsewhere...hell I'm probably gonna go for a nice dual core after christmas...and maybe an R600refresh/8800 refresh. By the time QC is out...the same people will be wasting loads of dosh on it - with 2 cores sat twiddling their thumbs (unless of coure Alan Wake comes out anytime soon)...
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Dutch Guy said:BFG 8800GTX for $799.95 and a PNY 8800GTX for $809.00 and perhaps that is excluding sales tax
So that is >€800 which means >£450
[edit] should have read the thread better as this was posted before
There was a post on the Inquirer about an EU etailer charging a more reasonable 670 euro. This is what OcUK should be charging as this takes into account the 17.5% VAT, and the idea of supply being limited and demand being high is no excuse for charging 500 quid plus (around $950). It's pure price gouging and maximising profit for the sake of it without regard for customers. I won't be buying from OcUK if they are anyway near the prices Gibbo hinted at, as I don't want to be shafted again. Either the US or a European etailer is going to be a lot more reasonable. I wouldn't be surprised if the Inquirer ran a story on different etailers G80 pricing on launch day.
Szechuan said:This should be a hell of an upgrade from my 6800GT!
Why is this new release causing so much upset for a few in this thread? It's like an irrational hatred
All new cards are sky high prices to start with.
I'd be coming from a 9800pro so HUGE increase for me...
(together with the upgrade from a PIV to a Core 2...
)Szechuan said:
NO THEY ARE NOT. The rrp is $650 and some places will charge that. Some a little more. Same thing happened on the 7800GTX launch. So much competition from etailers that in the US prices were competitive. They were a ripoff in the UK and Ireland. But we have grown apathetic towards it and accept the excuse that demand is so high that these prices are justified and no one else will have it in stock and if they say they do they are lying. I say vote with your wallet and shop around.
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I've been wondering....
Why do graphics cards draw so much wattage?
Cpu's can run at 5x the frequency, and still draw less current.
Fine, cards have ram chips on them too, but these don't draw much power do they?
Were are the ultra-efficient gpus with more clocks per cycle and less heat output?
Why do graphics cards draw so much wattage?
Cpu's can run at 5x the frequency, and still draw less current.
Fine, cards have ram chips on them too, but these don't draw much power do they?
Were are the ultra-efficient gpus with more clocks per cycle and less heat output?
Soldato
GPU's are physically much larger and have a lot of other 'stuff' like pipelines and pixel processors so that means more power use and more heat.krooton said:
Also the memory is on the card which also runs very fast meaning even more power used compared to just a CPU.
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Even if its £450 which is still a lot more affordable and better then £500+ its still a hard purchase to make.
If my 1 year old £470 Geforce 7800GTX-512meg didnt go up in fire 3 months ago I know it could have been easily replaced by a £230 X1900-XT.
So id say every 6 months your new spankin graphics card looses about £100-150 value ?
We all know in 3-6 months time theres gonna be a £299-399 card thats proberly quieter/faster/better overall then the Geforce 8800GTX
If my 1 year old £470 Geforce 7800GTX-512meg didnt go up in fire 3 months ago I know it could have been easily replaced by a £230 X1900-XT.
So id say every 6 months your new spankin graphics card looses about £100-150 value ?
We all know in 3-6 months time theres gonna be a £299-399 card thats proberly quieter/faster/better overall then the Geforce 8800GTX
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Flanno said:
Ditto when the 7800GTX-512meg launched, Ocuk said it was the 1st to get it in UK.... its possible it was but I noticed another e-tailor had it and more importantly it was in full stock and it was 30-40 quid cheaper.... Guess where I purchased it lol
I bet u the 8800GTX drops by £30-50 after 3-6 weeks of launch/
We will have to wait untill the offical launch of 8800GTX untill the offical launch of the "It cost more then my right nut" threads