G80 specs finally confirmed! NOT old news!

easyrider · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:39

Ill be definitely water cooling the 8800 GTX though as I feel the Cooler will not be the quietest by the looks of it.

The Asgard · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:41

easyrider said:
Ill be definitely water cooling the 8800 GTX though as I feel the Cooler will not be the quietest by the looks of it.

So how much will the upgrade cost you ? Do you know yet ?

easyrider · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:44

The Asgard said:
So how much will the upgrade cost you ? Do you know yet ?

I dont know yet.

The G80 is not on the upgrade list.On EVGA's site

If its around £500 the upgrade should cost me around £125

Fingers crossed.

Cheaper than selling the GX2 privately I hope!

The Asgard · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:52

easyrider said:
I dont know yet.

The G80 is not on the upgrade list.On EVGA's site

If its around £500 the upgrade should cost me around £125

Fingers crossed.

Cheaper than selling the GX2 privately I hope!

Sound like a good deal to me if you can get it for that price. Does that include all the shipping costs. Shipping of your card and the G80 ?

Still unsure what to do. I'm a sucker for new tech.

iGiDK · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:53

easyrider said:
This is starting to reek of fanboys now this thread.

agreed, probably because the people with the current top-end cards will no longer have the best performing GPU available, guess it's human nature that not all will be able to accept it - hence the bashing of the new product.....

Pablo72 · 25 Oct 2006 at 14:48

Firegod said:
So the G80 is unified after all? cool.

Off subject... God love Sir Digby! Nice piece of work, my friend. Now that's what I call a sig!

Combat squirrel · 25 Oct 2006 at 15:57

May of been posted BUT

Darkwave · 25 Oct 2006 at 15:58

We have no idea, could be anything.

pinkacidbootson · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:13

Physics chip?

melbourne720 · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:18

Johanson said:
Physics chip?

They don't do that anymore, it'll be a Dual Science chip now.

..
I'll get my coat.

Voltage · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:23

well 2 weeks today we will find out!

BoomAM · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:28

Johanson said:
Physics chip?

Back track through the thread to find the theories on it all.

mmj_uk · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:33

Combat squirrel said:
May of been posted BUT

http://www.athp56.dsl.pipex.com/int.jpg

my guess is the MPU on a separate chip instead of integrated into the GPU.

fornowagain · 25 Oct 2006 at 17:39

Just to indicate GTS price, there is a US site with pre-orders @ $495/£263 and before you ask I can't post a link.

pinkacidbootson · 25 Oct 2006 at 17:45

melbourne720 said:
They don't do that anymore, it'll be a Dual Science chip now.

..
I'll get my coat.

Darkwave · 25 Oct 2006 at 17:48

fornowagain said:
Just to indicate price, there is a US site with pre-orders @ $495/£263 and before you ask I can't post a link.

We can only hope that the 8800GTX is that cheap, are you sure that's not for the 8800GTS? If the 8800GTX is that cheap then hopefuly the refresh of it will follow suit and I will buy one.

fornowagain · 25 Oct 2006 at 17:55

Ulfhedjinn said:
We can only hope that the 8800GTX is that cheap, are you sure that's not for the 8800GTS? If the 8800GTX is that cheap then hopefuly the refresh of it will follow suit and I will buy one.

Sorry should have said, yes GTS. Just signing up and checking part numbers now.... The PNY GTX is $638/£339.

Some only show up under part numbers, found so far.

VCG8800XXPB - PNY Verto GeForce 8800GTX
VCG88GTSXPB - PNY Verto GeForce 8800GTS
BFGR88768GTXE - BFG Tech GeForce 8800GTX
BFGR88640GTSE - BFG Tech GeForce 8800GTS

Muzy · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:06

fornowagain said:
Sorry should have said, yes GTS. Just signing up and checking part numbers now.... The GTX is $638/£339.

Some only show up under part numbers, found so far.

VCG8800XXPB - PNY Verto GeForce 8800GTX
VCG88GTSXPB - PNY Verto GeForce 8800GTS
BFGR88768GTXE - BFG Tech GeForce 8800GTX
BFGR88640GTSE - BFG Tech GeForce 8800GTS

prices are good, getting two cards in SLI once overclockers get them

Darkwave · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:07

fornowagain said:
Sorry should have said, yes GTS. Just signing up and checking part numbers now.... The GTX is $638/£339.

Thanks for clarifying that for me, I had a feeling that must've been the GTS price as the GTX was quoted at $540 FOB (before all the mark-ups etc.) and it seems that was correct from the $638 price tag.

Only thing to worry about now is the typical price increase for the priviledge of being British, and then VAT on top of that.

I can see this ending up a £450 card easily, but the GTS might just turn out to be a gem in terms of price/performance ratio.

ernysmuntz · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:08

iGiDK said:
agreed, probably because the people with the current top-end cards will no longer have the best performing GPU available, guess it's human nature that not all will be able to accept it - hence the bashing of the new product.....

So true