I WANT to be able to use high texture details in modern games NOW.Originally Posted by doc_bean
Well seriously, it might take one or two months until I can afford those 300EUR.
Re: Introducing the GeForce 8800 - Nvidia's take on the Frankenstein Monster
I WANT to be able to use high texture details in modern games NOW.
Well seriously, it might take one or two months until I can afford those 300EUR.
"Topic is tired and needs a nap." - Tosa Inu
Re: Introducing the GeForce 8800 - Nvidia's take on the Frankenstein Monster
Well, by that time the current gen will be rather cheap. I just got a 7950GT and it 'only' costs 300€. Runs FEAR (Extraction point demo) on 1280x960 with pretty much everything (meaning everything i could find) on.
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Re: Introducing the GeForce 8800 - Nvidia's take on the Frankenstein Monster
Well, where I looked, the 7900GTO was only 20 EUR more and has 650MHz Chip frequency while the 7950GT has 550 so I guess the 7900GTO is the better choice.
I fear those 8600GTs or so will be not much faster or even slower and/or require more speed, given that they will come anytime soon.
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Re: Introducing the GeForce 8800 - Nvidia's take on the Frankenstein Monster
(Warning -- contains un-Orgish language.)
(Link deleted. Sorry, too many F-bombs - Beirut)
Last edited by Beirut; 11-04-2006 at 23:22.
Re: Introducing the GeForce 8800 - Nvidia's take on the Frankenstein Monster
Hah! Nvidia initiates recall of all 8800GTX cards!
http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=4253
We have received news that all the 8800GTX cards out in the channel are being recalled due to manufacturing defect. We heard it is probably due to a resistor controlling 2D/3D switching and that leads to 3D corruption. However, the defect doesn't affect the 8800GTS cards. This issue probably could delay the launch, if not, there could be no availability of 8800GTX cards at launch but just GTS.
Update #1 : No affect on launch date as yet
Update #2 : NVIDIA will handle the necessary hardware changes (changing of resistors)
Update #3 : Only some 8800GTX cards are affected due to wrong resistor value by a contract manufacturer but to be safe, all the card makers are recalling their cardsLooks like Lemur went a Top Gun quote too far!
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Re: Introducing the GeForce 8800 - Nvidia's take on the Frankenstein Monster
Well my BFG 8800GTX is on order from Tiger Direct (USA) and should hopefully be here in a couple of days... I will update you all on it then (and whether or not it arrives)...
HardOCP has a nice review...
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==
As for the discussion of ATI vs Nvidia I was considering waiting as ATI have prior experince with the DX10 technology... The 360 uses a varient of it and the ATI chip in the 360 shares a lot of features you would expect to see in a DX10 chip...
But the availablity and the reviews of the 8800 pushed me that way, plus I have always been more than happy with my Nvidia cards (no what I can say for all the ATI cards I have had)...
The 9700 from Nvidia is a interesting point... ATI was, for DX9, exactly where Nvidia is for DX10 today... The 9700 was a great success possibley due to a lot of the development of the early DX9 games being done testing specifcally on that card...
At least the video card market is getting interesting again like the CPU one and it not still a rush for max horsepower...
I have picked up the 8800GTX as much for the improvment to things available now as to DX10 capatability next year...
Last edited by Bob the Insane; 11-14-2006 at 05:11.
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