BFG 8800 GTX/GTS arriving at OcUK soon and some images for you all!!

Gibbo · 2 Nov 2006 at 15:30

Ulfhedjinn said:
Wheee I was stupidly close. Half an inch longer than I estimated it to be.

HI there

Well my measurement is a little bit over to make sure people can definetely fit them in.

Darkwave · 2 Nov 2006 at 15:31

Gibbo said:
HI there

Well my measurement is a little bit over to make sure people can definetely fit them in.

Ah, very wise.

LoadsaMoney · 2 Nov 2006 at 15:50

marscay said:
£500 for a card when there's no DX10 titles available for awhile yet = madness

i'm sure there'll be no shortage of punters for it though

Well done mate, you set them off again now, should have just agreed with em.

Turbanation · 2 Nov 2006 at 15:53

Very Temtping, but I will wait for ATi's response, they always seem to follow up with a even better card and then it turns out to be everyones favourite.

LoadsaMoney · 2 Nov 2006 at 15:58

Could do, but Nvidia will release the refresher of the G80 then.

Darkwave · 2 Nov 2006 at 16:01

LoadsaMoney said:
Could do, but Nvidia will release the refresher of the G80 then.

Then ATI will release the refresh of R600 and I will prowl around in the shadows, biding my time, until both of them drop to £199 and I choose my victim.

v-zero · 2 Nov 2006 at 16:35

I've decided I'm not getting one of these now... nVidia have limited their monster card to 24 ROPS, so that's all it can do, 24 pixels per-clock... What a waste, it's not going to be able to fill that many more than the current gen, and so will only be a big deal for DX10 IMHO...

bummer...

fornowagain · 2 Nov 2006 at 16:53

GTS bench results. Looks like its about the same as a GX2 in DX9

Inquirer on the specs. Long read

Oh and I've sold my GX2 for £330 and a monitor. Now have more than have enough for the £407 card I've ordered. All I have to do is butcher the case or get a new one, again.

rippling · 2 Nov 2006 at 17:25

fornowagain said:
GTS bench results. Looks like its about the same as a GX2 in DX9

Inquirer on the specs. Long read

Oh and I've sold my GX2 for £330 and a monitor. Now have more than have enough for the £407 card I've ordered. All I have to do is butcher the case or get a new one, again.

Really hard to believe that the g80 will be cpu bound even with a kentsfied! lol
so that means that 3dmak score of around 12k is cpu bound does it?

LEUVEN · 2 Nov 2006 at 18:17

Gibbo said:
Hi there

I will do my best and your PSU needs to be one with 4x PCI-E connectors so ideally one of the new Enermax 850W or 1000W that are properly designed for these type of cards.

I wonder if all those slagging off the Enermax, will still be so bold, especially if they are looking at a 8800.

shrek2 · 2 Nov 2006 at 18:47

Turbanation said:
Very Temtping, but I will wait for ATi's response, they always seem to follow up with a even better card and then it turns out to be everyones favourite.

Why they are always late to the table is beyond me. I think I will wait for the r600 as well.

ernysmuntz · 2 Nov 2006 at 19:24

rippling said:
Really hard to believe that the g80 will be cpu bound even with a kentsfied! lol
so that means that 3dmak score of around 12k is cpu bound does it?

Different "games", different utilisation of the cpu....

Newer the 3dmark version, the less cpu bound it is, so take 06 for example, it will fly with an SLI G80 setup even on my single core 4000+.

an intel quad core won't make *that* much difference to the score.

*that* being relative to a real game\earlier version of 3dmark.

fornowagain · 2 Nov 2006 at 19:28

rodman said:
Gibbo, is there a cirtain time re and etailers can start selling G80s on the 8th? Or is it simply 12:01 am Nov 8th? Where is everyone getting there release times from, are these confirmed? What time would it be for me on the east coast USA?

Saw this

press conference at 11AM on the 8th

Doesn't say which coast? 8 hours delay would be a bit late in the day I suppose.

marscay · 2 Nov 2006 at 19:32

LoadsaMoney said:
Well done mate, you set them off again now, should have just agreed with em.

never

Plasmoid · 2 Nov 2006 at 20:40

shrek2 said:
Why they are always late to the table is beyond me. I think I will wait for the r600 as well.

9700 was the first DX9 card, and the 9800 dominated for some time.

Its all cycles you know... now its nvidia's turn to be first out.

TaKeN · 2 Nov 2006 at 20:42

Anyone seen this ? >> http://vic.expreview.com/index.php

Dunno if its a repost, i can't be arsed to traul through this thread to find out

Flibster · 2 Nov 2006 at 21:23

...and I thought the Voodoo 5500 was a power sucking huge card. :eek:

Will the full length card supports in cases start making a comeback again now?

Simon/~Flibster

Dutch Guy · 2 Nov 2006 at 22:09

Flibster said:
Will the full length card supports in cases start making a comeback again now?

Maybe the next card they make requires the use of two PCIe slots, that way it has all the support it needs

Tute · 2 Nov 2006 at 22:11

Dutch Guy said:
Maybe the next card they make requires the use of two PCIe slots, that way it has all the support it needs

Or just do away with SLi and make all cards like the 7950GX2, with two slots.

ChucKcasH · 2 Nov 2006 at 22:28

fornowagain said:
Saw this

Doesn't say which coast? 8 hours delay would be a bit late in the day I suppose.

Had it confirmed at work today - will be the 9th in the UK