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I don't know why poeple are saying its fake, even if it is, we know thats what its going to look like anyway. An 8800GTX in an 8800GTX retail box.
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G80 specs finally confirmed! NOT old news!
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Don't forget that's FOB and could easily be a figure before shipping and profit margin is factored in, you probably need to add a bit more even before you add value added tax and "being British tax."HighlandeR said:Thx for the info Devious will keep an eye on that thread as well
$540 = £288
Now lets add 17.5 VAT thats £340 now the usual UK ripp off fee £50-80 and u get about £400
£399.99 anyone reckon?Dont even get me started on the $410, £299.99 any takers?
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taken from other forum....
Something odd/fake about those pics:-
1: The position of the fan connector on the top and bottom pic are different for the same card..!
2: I noticed on the box on the 2nd pic it looks like '768MB GDDR3', when we assume it should be '768MB GDDR4'.
Other than that, the heatsink probably looks about right...
Something odd/fake about those pics:-
1: The position of the fan connector on the top and bottom pic are different for the same card..!
2: I noticed on the box on the 2nd pic it looks like '768MB GDDR3', when we assume it should be '768MB GDDR4'.
Other than that, the heatsink probably looks about right...
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Adam Senior said:
8800 series isn't using GDDR4.
Easily explained by different incarnations during the process. Compare the pics to the pics of the engineering sample and you will see that on one of them the fan header is in the same place it is on the engineering sample.Adam Senior said:
The high quality pics from pcinlife have the fan header in the same place in each pic.
That would be accurate if the 8800GTX and 8800GTS were using GDDR4 memory at all.Adam Senior said:
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Thats not retail, FOB prices, of the cargo ships.HighlandeR said:Thx for the info Devious will keep an eye on that thread as well
$540 = £288
Now lets add 17.5 VAT thats £340 now the usual UK ripp off fee £50-80 and u get about £400
£399.99 anyone reckon?
Only thing is wouldnt it be cool to include an HDMI adaptor or bracket ?
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i agree completely, NVIDIA so-called G80 specs never showed GDDR4, the thing is that card is stupid, i mean have you seen the size of the thing, to have SLI your gonna need a small room in your house, just for the cards and TWO! 6-pin PCI-E connectors, that equates to some 200W+ or something. another beef, look at the size of the heatsink, so im assuming that means this GPU does not run cool, infact suggest the exact opposite. i can only hope ATI don't make a complete hash of it like this, cause i don't have a huge case, infact i have trouble fitting SLI-ed 7600GTs in it without it becoming VERY crowded, NVIDIA are clearly not thing here like, enormous card, enormous power consumption, totally enormous heatsink, there not going small, hope the red camp does better
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You're right Gashman, and my crystal ball tells me that more than a few Nvidia owners here who have bashed ATI for hot, power-hungry, and loud graphics cards will suddenly not find those things a very big deal when the 8800GTX and 8800GTS are out.
LOL, I don't think we can put much faith in a site that uses squished symbols from Halo with horrible compression and half-arsed animation for its logos.fornowagain said:
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Dude cut them nails.
Sorry, but that's one big fugly card.
Sorry, but that's one big fugly card.
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God that is gross, that is very wierd to have nails that long.
Even women don't have nails that long.
blimey it looks almost as big as a 7900GX2 (not 7950GX2).
Will be interesting to see what the GT(s) model will look like. I was very dissapointed with the 7900gts cooler in comparison to the 7900GTX I just hope they don't do the same sort of thing here.
Will be interesting to see what the GT(s) model will look like. I was very dissapointed with the 7900gts cooler in comparison to the 7900GTX I just hope they don't do the same sort of thing here.
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PSU up for it?
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Ulfhedjinn said:You're right Gashman, and my crystal ball tells me that more than a few Nvidia owners here who have bashed ATI for hot, power-hungry, and loud graphics cards will suddenly not find those things a very big deal when the 8800GTX and 8800GTS are out.
LOL, I don't think we can put much faith in a site that uses squished symbols from Halo with horrible compression and half-arsed animation for its logos.
Other way round these days. ATI bum bois constantly moaning about the power requirment for this card (just read the start of this thread, and any other G80 thread). They all come spouting their drivel as if they're some kinda if messiah from god, telling us such new and wonderful information.
Your just "bashing" nvidia, not the idiots who fit your criteria, with comments like this you build up false assumptions that there are a lot of nvidia fanbois about, which isn't true. Today there are wayyyyy more ATI "fanboys" about. Most of them are the core of forums like this one, all these people once loved nvidia and since the Radeon 9800 were lickin ATI bottom,then the 7800 series came out and they switched over, then the 1800XT\X1900 came out and you all pretty followed that upgrade path.
But I did that also and I don't feel the need to constantly be negative towards a group for no reason at all, if anyone's got a chip on their shoulder its people who keep making statements about power requirments, and they're only doing it because they've got some kinda of axe to grind.
It works both ways.
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1x6pin ?naffa said:LMFAO
If that's Nvidia then imagine how much the ATI one would be!
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fornowagain said:
Yeah can't you tell?
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Its funny all the people in the various threads in the graphics forum of people calling other people fanboys, then them people calling the other people fan boys back, ad-infinitum.
The fact of the matter is that whatever side your on, your allways gonna be stuck in the mind-set that your set of fanboys is in the minority. When in actual fact, its probably nearer to 50/50 than they might think.
The 'switch' factor is no different to people moving from Intel to AMD to Intel.
And the people who do switch when a better tech comes along can hardly be labled as fanboys at all can they?
The power requirements is a big issue. But not one that is exclusive to nVidia.
The requirement that the G80 is rumored to need put its in a position where a lot of people are gonna have to shell out a lot of cash to buy a new PSU as well, further pushing the price of the G80 up for a lot of people.
Disregarding that fact, graphics manufacturers should be looking to take leaves out of AMD/Intel/Via's books and start focusing not only on performance, but on lower power comsumptions. We've hit a stage in computing now where people dont only want powerful computers. People want powerful computers, that are quiet, cool running, and dont use a lot of power. The way things are going for graphics companys, they are working against that. They create ever more power hungry chips that pump out ever increasing amounts of heat, that requires more and more extravagent cooling systems. This is not the way forward, and until they hit a wall in manufacturing, i cant see either company changing its design ethos.
Now, being entirely honest, i cant see 90% of the people who complain about the power requirements being bothered at all by my last 2 points, they are likely complaining because like all enthusiasts, they like complaining.
But, ive said it as it outlines some reasons why i think that the power requirements are a big issue.
The fact of the matter is that whatever side your on, your allways gonna be stuck in the mind-set that your set of fanboys is in the minority. When in actual fact, its probably nearer to 50/50 than they might think.
The 'switch' factor is no different to people moving from Intel to AMD to Intel.
And the people who do switch when a better tech comes along can hardly be labled as fanboys at all can they?
The power requirements is a big issue. But not one that is exclusive to nVidia.
The requirement that the G80 is rumored to need put its in a position where a lot of people are gonna have to shell out a lot of cash to buy a new PSU as well, further pushing the price of the G80 up for a lot of people.
Disregarding that fact, graphics manufacturers should be looking to take leaves out of AMD/Intel/Via's books and start focusing not only on performance, but on lower power comsumptions. We've hit a stage in computing now where people dont only want powerful computers. People want powerful computers, that are quiet, cool running, and dont use a lot of power. The way things are going for graphics companys, they are working against that. They create ever more power hungry chips that pump out ever increasing amounts of heat, that requires more and more extravagent cooling systems. This is not the way forward, and until they hit a wall in manufacturing, i cant see either company changing its design ethos.
Now, being entirely honest, i cant see 90% of the people who complain about the power requirements being bothered at all by my last 2 points, they are likely complaining because like all enthusiasts, they like complaining.
But, ive said it as it outlines some reasons why i think that the power requirements are a big issue.