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

[Darkwave]

Also something we've noticed is with the 8800 series image quality is noticably better better than the 7900 series, its even better than the X1950's. So big thumbs up to NV as to me image quality is more important over performance.

Thank God, it's about time! Now I will be 50-50 between buying Nvidia or ATI when usually I was more like 20-80 due to image quality and high prices.

Roll on the refreshes.

 

[shrek2]

Taken from nvnews http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1049438&postcount=64

 

[titaniumx3]

Take it easy with the all the GX2 pwns everything attitude; remember its basically 2x7900GTs. Also why is the X1950 poop for? Sure its overpriced, but performance wise its still the fastest single core card of the geforce 7 and radeon x1000 series.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

I'm not to sure why Loadsamoney is having trouble understanding the 8800 series benefits.


It seems to be he just wants to dis a new gen NV card.

What devastating repartee.

No im not dissing the new gen Nvidia card, i hope those benchies are way off the mark as this thing has been hyped up to trounce the GX2, but going by those benchies it clearly doesn't, the cards just about having DX10, so if those are true where is the advantage in no one buying DX9 cards anymore just because the new gen DX10 is here, as has been said many times its not about DX10 thats over a year away, so why shouldn't ppl still buy the cheaper GX2 if its only a couple of frames slower, why does it still have to be G80 no exceptions, do not buy DX9 cards, its pointless. *

Im awaiting the release, and the proper benchies, and as i said i hope they are clearly much faster than the GX2, otherwise they aint worth buying as its not about DX10 as everyone says, so a couple of frames faster than the GX2, and Dearer, why not just buy a GX2, if this is how it turns out. *

Yes the G80 is a single card, but as the Nv fanboys will keep drilling into everyone, so is the GX2, so are we now going to get a change, 'its not that much faster than the GX2, but thats because its 2x cores on the one card (GX2)' , but seen as it creamed ATi's top end cards, its been 'single card, whooping a single card', with no mention of the 2x cores, my how things change eh.

* Just for the record i still stick with the new gen brigade, there is no point buying a DX9 card now with the new gen only 5 days away now, i was just saying above why not buy, not do buy, theres a difference, had to get that in still.

The x1950 is poop, it was hyped up to be the fastest card going, yet it gets trounced of the GX2, and its no faster than the much cheaper x1900 XT, all they have done is taken the x1900 banged a new cooler on it, and added GDDR4 ram, and bumped the price up.

 

[Dutch Guy]

Also something we've noticed is with the 8800 series image quality is noticably better better than the 7900 series, its even better than the X1950's. So big thumbs up to NV as to me image quality is more important over performance.

Yeah, I read somewhere that they stopped with angle dependant AF so no more shimmering

 

[Flanno]

Hi there
Also at the moment SLi on 8800 series is hard as its not implemented in shipping drivers, but new driver release should sort this or some hacking.

So I guess no point in going head first into sli then since it's not working.

Is there any reason therefore to invest in a 680i sli board instead of a Bad Axe 2 then ? What advantage does it have besides sli and a higher possible fsb ? I imagine it runs hotter then the Bad Axe and from the pics I have seen once you go sli, you end up with only 1 pci slot.

Also - any ideas of what price we can expect to pay for a 680i mobo ?

thanks

 

[DarkShadow]

Sechz, think it's time to upgrade my Galaxy 6800GT (Cost me £330 smackers )

 

[Kezmo]

ouch! 8800gtx 90% faster than a x1950xtx
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4812

 

[LoadsaMoney]

ouch! 8800gtx 90% faster than a x1950xtx
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4812

Yup for a true single card its a cracker.

 

[ben_j_davis]

Agreed, as those have surely gota be wrong, i hope so for the new gen brigades sake anyway.

EDIT: Just found these for the GTS, don't know if they've been posted before, if they have my apologies.

ETA: 7th November

E6600 @ 3.15GHz
2GB G.Skill HZ6400
Gigabyte 965P DQ6

3DMark 06

8800GTS - 8840 Marks
7950GX2 - 8424 Marks
X1950XTX - 6790 Marks
X1900XT - 5846 Marks

PREY - 1600 x 1200 - Max Settings

8800GTS - 84.3FPS
7950GX2 - 85.4FPS
X1950XTX - 71.7FPS
X1900XT - 40.7FPS

FEAR - 1600 x 1200 - Max Settings - Min/Avg

8800GTS - 64/101
7950GX2 - 72/114
X1950XTX - 41/86
X1900XT - 36/73



Can't link to source as they may be a competitor, they are in the states, but i don't know if they ship here, so aint linked just in case, but doesn't look to promising.

What you have to remember that the 8800 have brand new (buggy) drivers, give it a few months and the scores/fps should improve significantly.

 

[Voltage]

you hope.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Sli compliant drivers should be released on launch day (8th) to enable SLi.

 

[sunlitsix]

what driver set have testers currently got with the engineering samples?
is it the 96.89's?

 

[ernysmuntz]

Agreed, as those have surely gota be wrong, i hope so for the new gen brigades sake anyway.

EDIT: Just found these for the GTS, don't know if they've been posted before, if they have my apologies.

ETA: 7th November

E6600 @ 3.15GHz
2GB G.Skill HZ6400
Gigabyte 965P DQ6

3DMark 06

8800GTS - 8840 Marks
7950GX2 - 8424 Marks
X1950XTX - 6790 Marks
X1900XT - 5846 Marks

PREY - 1600 x 1200 - Max Settings

8800GTS - 84.3FPS
7950GX2 - 85.4FPS
X1950XTX - 71.7FPS
X1900XT - 40.7FPS

FEAR - 1600 x 1200 - Max Settings - Min/Avg

8800GTS - 64/101
7950GX2 - 72/114
X1950XTX - 41/86
X1900XT - 36/73



Can't link to source as they may be a competitor, they are in the states, but i don't know if they ship here, so aint linked just in case, but doesn't look to promising.

I don't understand? Those are incredible benchmarks...

That means I'll be DOUBLING my frame rate for my games if those are anything to go by over my current 7800GTX.

I should be able to sell it for at least £130, double my frame rates for £200 is a damn good deal...

Really wish people would not compare the G80 with an GX2...its just not the right way to compare things. Its like comparing a 3dmark cpu score with a single and dual core processor.

The GX2, although in some games it does very well in a lot it can't even run properly, (SLI)....

 

[LoadsaMoney]

It should be compared to the GX2, as its the next card up, all new cards beat the ones that go before them, its always been like that, but if the G80 doesn't as said, then oh dear, its not worth buying as DX10 is over a year away, so why shouldn't ppl get the cheaper GX2, so what it doesn't have DX10, its not about DX10 as thats over a year away yet as said, but this is what we do not know, im awaiting the proper benchies/reviews when its actually released, if the only thing it has over the GX2 is DX10, then i can't see why its worth paying more for one than the GX2, but as i said, proper reviews/benchies will be releaed when the cards are, so lets wait and see.

 

[shrek2]

It should be compared to the GX2, as its the next card up, all new cards beat the ones that go before them, its always been like that, but if the G80 doesn't as said, then oh dear, its not worth buying as DX10 is over a year away, so why shouldn't ppl get the cheaper GX2, so what it doesn't have DX10, its not about DX10 as thats over a year away yet as said, but this is what we do not know, im awaiting the proper benchies/reviews when its actually released, if the only thing it has over the GX2 is DX10, then i can't see why its worth paying more for one than the GX2, but as i said, proper reviews/benchies will be releaed when the cards are, so lets wait and see.

Dx10 over a year away? What are you talking about. Vista is releasing before March. Thats not over a year away is it

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Dx10 over a year away? What are you talking about. Vista is releasing before March. Thats not over a year away is it

No its not, but you don't honestly think floods of DX10 games are going to come out as well, and not look identical to DX9 do you, DX10 is not going to be worth having for a year yet by which time G80/R600 will have been long passed.

Btw im still not saying buy a DX9 card, im jusy saying i cant see a reason why you wouldn't buy the GX2 if the G80 is not all that, but ill still maintain what the new gen brigade says before they start again, DX9 cards are pointless now, not worth buying, new gen G80 no exceptions.

If your thinking of upgrading, and your looking at the GX2 as its cheaper than the G80, and the G80 turns out to not be all that over it, you have to get G80 new gen, no exceptions, new gen brigade.

 

[fornowagain]

That means I'll be DOUBLING my frame rate for my games if those are anything to go by over my current 7800GTX.

That may depend on the CPU. Looking at some of the overclocked G80/C2D scores from Victor Wang, then there may well be a processor bottleneck to deal with.

Really wish people would not compare the G80 with an GX2...its just not the right way to compare things. Its like comparing a 3dmark cpu score with a single and dual core processor.

I've had both an ATi x1900xtx and NV GX2. Once you get past all the SLi dual screen bit. I had no problems in any of a dozen modern games using the GX2 and boy was it fast. Given that it was the fastest single card (device, slot, dual chip whatever) you could get, then it seems natural to compare it to the G80.

 

[shrek2]

No its not, but you don't honestly think floods of DX10 games are going to come out as well, and not look identical to DX9 do you, DX10 is not going to be worth having for a year yet by which time G80/R600 will have been long passed.

Btw im still not saying buy a DX9 card, im jusy saying i cant see a reason why you wouldn't buy the GX2 if the G80 is not all that, but ill still maintain what the new gen brigade says before they start again, DX9 cards are pointless now, not worth buying, new gen G80 no exceptions.

The G80 offers a lot of benefits over the 7950gx2. Better AA (and better optimized AA), HDR+AA, better filtering and image quality, shader model 4, DirectX10, 128-bit HDR. If you want to believe that DX9 games will look as good as DX10 games thats your own business.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

As everyone says, its not about DX10, DX10 does look like DX9, have you not seen Crysis.

DX10 games won't come flooding out, thats why everyone says its not about Dx10, as they know its about a year away, by which time G80/R600 are long gone.