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when are new cards out?

Dark_Angel

Dark_Angel

Dark_Angel

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Hey all :)

Anyone know when the new Nvidia cards are out ?

I am trying to decide if I should go from a 8800 GTS 320 to a GT 512 MB, but don't want to do it and then the 3rd of next month I see someone post here "Geforce 10800 GTX released june the 5th!"

Should I just make do ? I am using a 1920 monitor, so some games really pinch at that res on the 320MB GTS :(
 
Not sure on new, but theres some 55nm 8800's coming in July, just re-named to 9900's this time, the 2x mentioned so far are the single 9900 GTX (which is rumoured to be faster than the 9800 GX2 dual card thats just come out), and also another dual card probably called the 9900 GX2.
 
I would also say get the 8800gtx at the current prices. I have an 8800gt and game at 1680x1050 so faster card and lower res than you. For me there isn't any cards just at the moment that seems worth me parting for cash with to get. Especially when i would be lucky to make a 3 figure sum selling my GT looking at the price of them now.
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Agreed, at absolute cracking prices now those 8800 GTX's to, only £176.
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I bought one of those yesterday, difficult to turn down at that price.

Sounds like the 9900GTX will offer a decent speed bump (certainly compared to the 9800GTX) but I'm disappointed that we're still not gonna see a true next gen card from nvidia this summer.
 
Hmmm...

So really the true next gen cards aren't going to be for a while then ?

That kind of sucks TBH... it feels like the 8xxx series (and I am basically calling the 9 series the 8 here - because well, it is :P) have been around for ages :/ they have to be one of the most enduring 3d cards in terms of how much performance jump they offered on time of release, and how slow they are to be replaced :/

Anways, more on topc. The reason I was thinking the GT is because its a nice small price (117) so makes a cheap temp upgrade... I am in the buying mood recently, but just want to give Oblivion and COD4 that bit more performance.

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_9600_gt_performance/page12.asp firing squad show that I get smallish gains (up to around 25 percent) but not really sure (as some people have stated) that 120 pounds is worth 25 percent of extra performance :/
 
Yeah price is amazing, and the GTX is still up there after all this time, only Nvidia cards that are faster than it are the 8800 Ultra (but the GTX will clock to those speeds), and the dual 9800 GX2, but the GTX will be faster than that in games that aint SLi supported, as that will only run as a single GTS thats been downclocked to GT speeds in those, and ATi's only card that will beat it is the 3870 X2, but even that won't beat the GTX all the time, as like SLi, games that aint CrossfireX supported either, it will run as a single 3870 XT, which the GTX whoops.

Its appaling that were now in April 2008, and we still don't have cards that totally beat out the 8800 GTX that was released way back in 2006.
 
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