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Finally hitting the review blocks, cant wait for this card to go retail! This is the Nvidia card yah might get if u want some silly performance without spending your house payment lol.
Ill keep updating as they come! Have to see what kinda retail packages come out.
And I'm sure you'll supply us with all the good overclocking features that this card can offer once you have it up and running. :)
I'll give you a preview right now Stitch.Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]StitchJones
In order to O/C, you will need to upgrade to 5 external power supplies, from the 2 it will require at stock. If you hop on your left foot 15 times, do a meditation session for 2 hours, and then ask it really, REALLY nicely... you may get within 80% performance of an ATI card.
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ROFL!!!! okay, okay, I'll keep my ATI card.
thanks for waking me up.
I'll go finish my meditation now.. :)
But, the colors will be brighter than on the ATI! Isn't that a good trade for all that performance? :proud:
Stitch Jones is the King of Bling. ;)
All I have to say about ATI: Psh.
You know it baby! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Bribo
GT takes only 1 power connector, has the full 16pipes, is a completely new generation chip, only needs 300watt psu, comes at 325/1000 and has been overclocking to ULTRA levels 400/1150 range average, should come with a nice bundle at a fair price, uses only 1 slot and just plain looks to be a really neato generation of hardware.
Its called GT, anyone whos lived thru the 80's has to appreciate that :smokin
You got reviews and I got the X800 XT installed already!! Enjoy the reviews I'm sure they help your gaming visuals. LOL
YOu know i will ROcks, dont act like u wouldnt buy one if yah could bro heheh.
Heres GURU3D's perspective on the GT, a good one at that.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/135/
Don't waste your times guys. Just wait for the PCI Express stuff to come out and jump on board with that stuff then.
This X800 and 6800 are both just the last of the AGP crop for ATI and Nvidia. Don't get pulled into spending the money right now!
A friend in the industry told me the PCIe stuff is not really "mature" yet. He advised me not to waste any money on it until the second-generation stuff arrives. The performance of the current PCIe video cards and Intel's new processors are not that noticeably better than the current crop of high-edn equipment.
PCIe doesn't do much of anything at this point in terms of performance. Yes, it is the standard for what is coming, but having an PCIe card now or in the near future won't get you any advantage. By the time it does, the next gen cards will be out and you will be wanting to replace the X800 or the 6800 anyways. :beer:Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]StitchJones
?? 16x isn't much of anything?? Take a look at some of the articles out there. It's gonna be crazy-awesome in terms of performance. You have little faith Hy-baby.Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Hylander
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I believe in real world testing, not marketing hype! Hell, todays graphic cards don't even benefit from 8X over 4X AGP!! :uzi:Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]StitchJones
Actually both ATI's and NVidia's current gen chips have the PCIe variants all but ready to ship. Performance is not the reason to buy PCIe over AGP, Hylander is correct we are not even bandwidth limited in that department however the current PCI busses we use are choking systems badly and this new gen PCIe bus will help out that situation alot!
Im considering buying the PCI 6800GT only so im not hindering myself come socket939 mobo time.
Anandtech has images of the PCI variants of both cards already i believe. They may have tested a 6800GT out on the new 915intel chipset as well. ATI says its PCIe compat is chip level while Nvidia uses a type of AGP/PCI bridge very near the core of the GPU.
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...pdate/chip.jpg
Darn i just found out that Best Buy was selling the BFG OC 6800GT for $299!! preorder special. Wish i could have caught that deal.
Heres a link for the BFG OC 6800GT @ $395 in stock http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage....com&id=1002558
ATI PCI express x800 variant review compared to AGP counterpart here:http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/R423/
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Well there we have it, the R423, quite unexciting to say the least and certainly not worth contemplating if you already have a X800XT AGP board. Its also clear that right now PCIe doesnt have the hardware available to stress its theoretical bandwidth limitations with the R423 performing no better and in some cases slightly worse than its AGP counterpart.
Link them and tell me that 2 is better than 1. ;)
oooh now thats an interesting point DOod. cant wait for them alienware reviews to hit. Man could u imagine a 1000 worth of cards in one box only to have them be old tech in a year! Be simply amazing tho im sure, least once u bring them to aggressive enough settings that defeat the cpu limitations that these new cards are encountering.