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

The Asgard · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:08

easyrider said:
Lets hope so,

As thats not enough of a gain in my book?

£150 and you get a current next gen card, DX10, No SLI issues, Future performance gains, Resaleability ...... Sound like a good deal to me.

LoadsaMoney · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:09

That Alan Wake shot is real, but its on a quad core CPU, the water one on FSX is as said, an impression, and the UT one is an ancient DX9 one, and everyones gona lash out £500+ on a G80 after seeing em.

MeatLoaf · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:09

Admiral Huddy said:
I'm sure there will be plenty of benchmarks comparisons in the forthcoming months.. both online and in publications.

LOL! I meant the physical dimnsions

I wanted to know how much longer it is than a 7900GTX/X1900XT

Musashi · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:09

Kinda worrying that there are no 'real screenshots' of what DX10 cards are producing. Listening to a podcast with the microsoft DX10 team the other day, the interviewer asked about the Crysis Screenshots, they replied that they were all DX9 or rendered as the devs have no DX10 hardware yet.

So in the words of Blackadder '.....

Percy - It is said that the Enfantas eyes are bluer than the famous Blue Stone of Galveston
Blackadder - Percy have you ever seen the Blue Stone of Galveston ?
Percy - No my Lord, but they say it is very blue
Blackadder - So Percy what you are telling me is that something that you have never seen is slightly bluer than something else that you have never seen....

All this hype about DX10 and how amazing games like Crysis are going to be, yet no one has really actually seen any 'real' DX10 output. That is an awful lot of money to shell out on a graphics card when you have no idea what the output actually looks like!

Darkwave · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:14

Burumbar said:
I'm amazed people are disappointed that a single card is going to be giving the performance of 2 current top cards and thats with immature drivers. Were people expecting it to be much faster than a current SLI or CF setup?

Blimey we just expect too much nowadays, even from a next gen release.

I think what people are peeved about is that these are going to be stupidly expensive for a little while and for prices of £400-£500 you expect something with at least a 1/3rd performance increase over what you have.

Easyrider is lucky because he has the step-up programme, but can you imagine someone who didn't going from a 7950GX2 to an 8800GTX? They would be gutted beyond belief. Easyrider already said he wouldn't touch one of these if it wasn't working out cheaper for him.

Skarironfist · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:15

I will probably wait until there 6 month refresh of the product, which I hope will provide the opportunity for the core chip to be manufactured on a smaller process.

(NOTE - Note sure what the next step down is for Nvidia ... 65 or 80 nm)

Which will "hopefully" reduce the power requirements and heat produced. Though if I wait for the generation after that, it will more transistors and speed so we will be back where we started.

Whats the proposed power draw on these beasts ?

Its the one thing I resent, having to consider a new power supply, up from the 530W antec Neopower I already have. (Though if I am wrong I will be happy).

I will need something big like this to power the Benq FP241WZ I intend to get.

easyrider · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:15

The Asgard said:
£150 and you get a current next gen card, DX10, No SLI issues, Future performance gains, Resaleability ...... Sound like a good deal to me.

Yeah I mentioned in the other G80 thread that I would not be upgrading but I will because of the setup.

Darkwave · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:22

Skarironfist said:
I will probably wait until there 6 month refresh of the product, which I hope will provide the opportunity for the core chip to be manufactured on a smaller process.

That's my plan, and it's a good one. Gives the manufacturers plenty of time to work out bugs and improve new drivers, and on the plus side the refresh of G80 will supposedly be 80nm but that is just a rumour. Hopefully a true one though.

Gibbo · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:23

The Asgard said:
Any word on the Max FSB ?

Hi There

450FSB with ease claimed by NV!

slap ed · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:31

would be very nice with one off them new 680 boards

kleox64 · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:32

Any ASUS 680i boards on launch day, seem strange to hard launch a motherboard. Usually the manufacturer paper launches then a month or so later stock appears.

The Asgard · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:40

Gibbo said:
Hi There

450FSB with ease claimed by NV!

Very nice. If they can do that out of the box I think Nvidia could be on to a winner.

Do you know which manufactures will have boards available on the 8th to buy?

LoadsaMoney · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:06

BFG 7950 GX2 is £387, so your saying £150 more on that for a G80, £540 no thanks, no thanks at all.

Metalface Mark · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:10

I must say, Gibbos done a sterling job with the NDA about not disclosing prices

LoadsaMoney · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:10

InwardSinging said:
I must say, Gibbos done a sterling job with the NDA about not disclosing prices

haha

Gibbo · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:11

kleox64 said:
Any ASUS 680i boards on launch day, seem strange to hard launch a motherboard. Usually the manufacturer paper launches then a month or so later stock appears.

Hi there

I believe things are changing. As only EVGA are launching the NF 680 board in the UK and BFG in the US.

Think NVIDIA are now giving more support to manufacturers who give customers better support. Asus are very big but their support is criminal its so bad. EVGA and BFG are in a different leage and their boards should also be very nice afterall they are not mass production but just building exclusive high-end OC friendly boards.

However they aint cheap either, NVIDIA like charging big $$$$$$$

Darkwave · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:12

LoadsaMoney said:
BFG 7950 GX2 is £387, so your saying £150 more on that for a G80, £540 no thanks, no thanks at all.

Aye. I definitely know which card I would be buying if I was in the market to spend that much on graphics, and it would be the 7950GX2 by a nautical mile from the benchmarks I've seen.

You're looking at £150+ for one or two thousand points in 3D Mark '06 and some DirectX 10 features you can only use in a couple of games, and even then only if you buy Vista. Just not worth it to me unless you already have an eVGA 7950GX2 like easyrider and can part-exchange for £150+ all in.

Durzel · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:14

Burumbar said:
I'm amazed people are disappointed that a single card is going to be giving the performance of 2 current top cards and thats with immature drivers. Were people expecting it to be much faster than a current SLI or CF setup?

Blimey we just expect too much nowadays, even from a next gen release.

This is what happens when hype exceeds logic.

Voltage · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:15

I will definately pick up the 680i on release.

I may hold off for a few weeks on the G80 at those prices, thats just ridiculous.

Darkwave · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:16

Durzel said:
This is what happens when hype exceeds logic.

Or when price exceeds performance.

The card is fantastic, no doubt! It's just too expensive when you have the 7950GX2 for only £350 or so.