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nice find :-)

I read the article earlier today. From what I get out of it is potential. Just like the early benchies about the 2900xt. I think the finalized product will be a lil more successfull, but I also see similar problems relating to the 7950GT2. I liked the running temps/power requirements but over all, this to my mind is only at the most, a $400 card

Saw a review of this on another site, they used the wrong drivers something...

Its made me decide to go for a 9800GTX....

I know its early days for the card but it's not making use of its full potential... it should be raping the 8800GT in everything by a huge margin.
And the X2 is making it look expensive

Yeah, I have a feeling they didn't plan on it being successful. They just couldn't live with ATI retaking the crown.

there ya go. Better then what I was expecting, but I wasn't expecting much.

And don't play the "atm its driverz!" card, its the same core as the 8800GTS 512mb.
that said, I think it is genious. NVidia can get a whole pile o new revenue with minimal investment. That means increased profits.

Why dont you make use of your Crossfire and get 2 x 3870's?

They should have the beating of a 9800gtx in everygame including Crysis and should cost the same ( £230 )

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pro [...] tID=770334

http://www.techspot.com/article/88 [...] page4.html

Crysis scales **** with crossfire. No performance boost with it. Thats the only game Im bothered about.

Didnt know that, looks ok in all the reviews I have seen of it...

Im not impressed with those figures.

I'll be playing at 1360 x 768 resolution, i want ultra high settings for everything, and 2xAA at the very least.... getting 30FPS at all times.... not too much to ask at that resolution is it?

That scaling does look better than what I got with 2 HD2900Pros in Crossfire.... where I actually got worse performance!

But I'd prefer a single card that'll beat all those scores by quite a margin and im willing to pay a premium for it

Im in the same boat Dev1se, but we will be waiting a while ( 2009) for a single card that can play Crysis at Very High with AA..

Crytek have said the game is only supposed to be run on all high settings for now and that the very high setting is for future tech ( 2009 imo)

On just high settings Crysis runs like butter on my rig. Even with some things on very high others on Medium/High and 2x AA I get a solid 30fps...

You wont be playing very high on a 9800gtx, but like the 8800gts/gtx you can get it look just as good and play smoothly by lowering a few things like Physics, post processing, which have no effect on the graphics

I think I will hold onto my 8800 GTS 640 a while longer. I play all games maxed at 1920 x 1200 just fine (Crysis at 18 - 20 fps). This fall will truly see the next gen cards I imagine right before Christmas with new games coming that will use that power.

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^Priceless

Soldier do you have to throw that pic into every post you make?

We could all do the same if we wanted but I havent the time to polish everything and turn my 5.1 kit into a 3.1 and a bit kit. Do you really keep all 5 speakers there? And those UV lights just distract attention from the monitor... what are you hoping for... a Tan whilst you Surf?

OK... I must be jealous.

actually, the 9800gx2 is 2 8800gt's, and it looks like they're running into the same problems they had with the 7950gx2 (2 7900gt's in one). hmm...

i thought i was the only one that noticed that...

yeah I remember that b/c when the 7950gx2 came out every nvidian fan boy wa slike OMFG WTF BBQ!!! its 2 7900GTX OMFG WTF BBQ!!!

i was trying to say no its not you fools, but alas fanboys are too swept up in "their" company too care...pricks...