Gibbo is getting an R600!!

YorkshirePadd26 · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:37

Perfect_Chaos said:
hoping its not a pissy bit of difference

Either GTX 8800 or a R600 would great a great step up from an MSI 6800 !

YorkshirePadd26 · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:39

I feel it will be around GTX performance but has more features, better Vista performance and cost quite a lot less than a GTX.

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Ah maybe it'll be a card for the masses !

Alexrose1uk · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:39

Gibbo said:
I feel it will be around GTX performance but has more features, better Vista performance and cost quite a lot less than a GTX.

Now thats a line I like.

If the performance is about the same as the 8800GTX, but has more features and is a lot cheaper, Im very happy to have waited. It means when I upgrade in half a years time, there'll be a lot more competion, the cards will all be fast, and I might be able to get a damned nice price

Will be nice if ATI have pulled ahead in the IQ race too, it was always a strong point.

Needless to say, I'll be watching price: perf like a hawk over the next few months, and its sounds like it might be a good time coming for the high-end consumer

Would be good to know which OS you have tested on Gibbo, I look forward to see your not too indepth but still honest opinion on it once you've tested it with both OS and some different games etc

Sir Random · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:39

Gibbo said:
I feel it will be around GTX performance but has more features, better Vista performance and according to other post on these forums by others and websites might cost less than a GTX.

You've tested it on a Vista rig too? :confused:

Perfect_Chaos · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:40

damn, not as good as i had hoped then.. wonder when the 8900's will be released?

chaparral · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:41

Gibbo said:
MIGHT cost less than a GTX.

I wonder how much less (100 notes less maybe)

toxic · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:42

I feel/guess it will be around GTX performance but has more features, better Vista performance and according to what others have posted might cost less than a GTX.

I see what going on....they have struggled to get this card out and faster than the GTX so they have worked on drivers and dropped the price to take some of the market and make it popular for users building systems from now...LOL.

chaparral · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:42

Perfect_Chaos said:
wonder when the 8900's will be released?

LOL

Gerard · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:42

Perfect_Chaos said:
damn, not as good as i had hoped then.. wonder when the 8900's will be released?

So gtx performance for less cash and better vista perfomance is dissapointing? :confused:

This forum amazes me.

Perfect_Chaos · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:44

on the other hand i might voltmod an r600 put it on water and get a good speed boost

toxic · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:44

Perfect_Chaos said:
damn, not as good as i had hoped then.. wonder when the 8900's will be released?

yes ...some of us like just pure performace power

jrodga2k5 · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:44

Makes me think its like the xtx price point for the 1950's!

So look to £295-299 price point guys so probably, £50-80 cheaper so that would be a good deal cheaper if you ask me

Gibbo · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:45

Sir Random said:
You've tested it on a Vista rig too?

You did not read my initial post?

All testing is done on both XP and Vista. The system is setup to dual boot. As we know performance differs greatly on the two OS especially for NV cards.

Gerard · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:46

Gibbo said:
You did not read my initial post?

All testing is done on both XP and Vista. The system is setup to dual boot. As we know performance differs greatly on the two OS especially for NV cards.

Surprisingly the openGL performance is menacing, which surprises me greatly, I am just having issues with D3D stuff which has got to be the drivers or due to it been an OS with an NV card in previously.

Format that sonova***** and give it a clean install with no nvidia drivers.

BubbySoup · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:47

Gerard said:
So gtx performance for less cash and better vista perfomance is dissapointing?

This forum amazes me.

This is the graphics card forum.

You need to crank your IQ down a few notches before entering

FirebarUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:47

feel it will be around GTX performance but has more features, better Vista performance and might cost less than a GTX.

Also my favourite line. I've got some cash sitting around for one of these puppies

Kaiju · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:48

Gerard said:
So gtx performance for less cash and better vista perfomance is dissapointing?

This forum amazes me.

Yup, too many people have waited so long for this card and expectations are high.

robj20 · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:49

I will be getting one for Crysis.

Gerard · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:49

Kaiju said:
Yup, too many people have waited so long for this card and expectations are high.

Thats the problem though, people are losing sight of the fact that this card was meant to out soon after the 8800gtx and be its competition. Simple fact of the matter is ati screwed up (yet again) and it got delayed massively.

Kaiju · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:52

Gerard said:
Simple fact of the matter is ati screwed up (yet again) and it got delayed massively.

ATi may have got it wrong, but nothing has been set in stone just yet.