NVidia 8800 = Fast

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  Yes. It also destroys any 79x or 19x in image quality, if you care about that. : h0rus
  • I can't wait to see what ATI comes out with too. :D : sinsystems.ca

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  what time does she tell you to go to bed at? : tunis5000
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    lol, someone has their balls in a vise. : GreenCrescent
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      You don't think purchases of that amount should be discussed with your spouse? : exigence7
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        if you make no money, yes : rigg5kthx
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          ^^^ asshole : fathertime
          • testing. : Pneum0
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          Yup. I make way more money than my wife, and I buy what I want when I want... of course I'm not stupid ab... : tunis5000
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            heh I make 7+ times more money than my wife, and I still discuss all purchases > $20 with her : MikkleThePickle
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              I know! I make 40 times what my wife makes and she always has to discuss 10 cent purchases with me. : needlez
              • That's because she's a control freak. As long as you aren't in debt and have a large amount of income tha... : h0rus
  • i goto bed when she tells me : alsey7
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  well i had to convince i needed to buy it because my 7800gt was 1 year old. and i also bought a new LCD m... : alsey7
  • Man, that's a pretty weak argument. : ctlaltl33t
  • care to convince my wife as well? : Schnapple

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  I like the H a lot, but I'm not sure why they didn't include Half Life 2 in their benches. I don't care ... : theflux
  • They didn't include any DOOM3 engine game either... : rosone
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    The reviewer responded to my question about HL2:E1 Brent: "Didn't have time to cover it completely, Ha... : theflux
    • lol that thing is the size of a laptop already. : phokz
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      well, probably mid 2008 really, the sheer thermals of the thing mean it's not showing up in a laptop ANY ... : Toraz Chryx
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        Come on 65nm process! : sgtsanity
        • Seriously. I am waiting for Santa Rosa to buy a new laptop, and I won't upgrade to a graphics solution t... : theflux
      • I think you'll be surprised... : stuka
    • 16x16 is... Unfathomable. Holy crap. : Athlon7
  • Anandtech has HL2 benches http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2870&p=27 : moneyshot
• Yea I agree. Those HardOCP charts are awful. : Sparhawk6
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  Agreed. HardOCP used to be my first choice for reviews...now i barely skim them. : headless
  • I used to be a big fan of HotHardware but I don't read a lot of review sites anymore. : h o s t i l e
• For a techincal review far above the rest... head over to beyond3d http://www.beyond3d.com/reviews/nvi... : carpediem
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  I like the [H]'s reviews because they tell you what the highest playable settings are for a given video c... : Eej
  • Uh, I don't want Kyle or whoever telling me what 'acceptable' is. : aggressor
• Ya, tech reports benchies are great and very easy to skim. : node
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  HardOCP has to wait until the card is available at retail, they don't take them for free ahead of time li... : Barbarian
  • They already had the cards before the release date, man. The hard release of that card was only just yest... : h0rus

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  PC gamers are already entering the next, next-generation of graphics prowess. Of course, all the prett... : Gonzo
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    yeah thats the problem with PC games. Console games can use 100% of what it has 100% of the time. PC game... : gyokuro
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      PC games commonly scale up to full potential a few months into any given generation of cards..sometimes a... : tagliabue_aarp
      • To fully maximise visual quality you need to target 30 - 60 FPS and a medium-high resolution. It takes at... : thesubtlesnake
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  The PS3 only has a 7900GTX in it. An underclocked one at that. : MH Knights
  • One that they'll squeeze more and more performance out of for the next four to five years. If the first g... : Serpico74

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• Where? I dont see them. : ashkie
• $50 too high on each :( : aggressor
• Wow.. 700 bucks: http://promotions.newegg.com/NVIDIA/G80/index.html : festivalman
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  You've gotta be shiiting me.. 700 bux for a video card? what the hell happened in the last couple of year... : pilgrimage
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    You must be pretty young. I paid $700 for a p166 chip back in the day. Or how about $899 for a 20MB App... : MR 9000
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      my first was an ATI expert@play followed by the voodoo2. I just feel like most cards have been consistent... : pilgrimage
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        new cards have almost always launched with a $500 version for a couple years now : derelict515
        • I paid $550 for a 7800gtx a month after they came out. It was well worth the money, as games I play now r... : shred.
    • How can you be so old to remember those prices, and yet overlook the 10 intervening years? It wasn't far... : anonimo
• It's $925 when you convert back from £ : chazums

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  $450 for the 8800GTS, $600 for the 8800GTX. : aggressor
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    This is really a kick in the nuts for anyone who bought into the SLI trap. : Lightzout
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      I'm really glad that I didn't upgrade my GeForce 6800GT which I bought 2 years ago. It still WoW and CS:S... : code-e255
      • My 6800GT died about 2 weeks ago now. I just bought a 7900GT then read this release about 20 minutes l... : mexpak
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      Erm, can't you SLI these as well? More power is more power? : Schnapple
      • I believe the phrase you're looking for is <Khan> FULL POWAAAAAAAAAAAAAR! </Khan> : Toraz Chryx
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  Prices will come down to normal levels in a couple weeks. The prices you are seeing now are just compani... : MH Knights
  • lol… "normal levels"… which haven't been reasonable - the key factor in my purcha : anonimo

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• lawl : code-e255
• Numbers don't lie!! : Majuju
• no the NV65 aka 9800GTX series : alsey7

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• qft : hobbespanache

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  What issue will you guys have a review of it in? I also can't wait to see a comparison between this an... : pimpium
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    It's in January (which streets in early December). It's crazy fast in DX9. It's impossible to fully te... : Gonzo
    • Sweet! I look forward to the issue! Is Crysis the next game to fully tests these new DX10 cards? I kno... : pimpium
• The Extremetech review showed 1600x1200 Company of Heroes on 7900GTX SLI getting 50 FPS and on a single 8... : monofurioso

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• Yeah its weird that even with this card no game out for PC looks as good as Gears of War. btw I'm a conso... : h o s t i l e
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  Kind of makes the PS3 seem more reasonable eh? : atom519
  • Except the price drop here will come much sooner. Next spring this will be "old" and come down, while PS3... : FuryVII
  • We should convince NVidia and ATIAMD to sell the cards at a loss! : DOOManiac
• Agreed, I was going to get this card and wife even told me I can get it but I think I'll get a PS3 instea... : 5150Joker

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• Will be interesting when it comes out. I don't know if they will be able to match this kind of performanc... : te[R]ror

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• I don't understand this post. : atom519

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  PS3 FTW! : bigimp
  • splendid. now how about my question? : ibrokn
• One of the nice things about having an overkill video card is that high resolutions and tons of AA and AF... : DinK
• a lot of today's games are heavily GPU dependent, so it'll kick butt : oatmela

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  my guess is that there probably wont be until the revision of it comes out : sexninja!!!!
  • I guess then its time for a new mother board and case, not to bad I guess? I currently have a 7950 gt oc ... : valcan_s
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  Boys and grils there is a Santa Clause!!!!! SINGLE SLOT CARD!!! http://www.bfgtech.com/8800GTX_768_PCIe... : valcan_s
  • hahaha, water cooled wtf : sexninja!!!!

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• It says 450W, with two six-pin power connectors. : oatmela
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  Q: What are the recommended power supplies for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS in single : chazums
  • Wow. : aaarrrgh

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  Where? : ashkie
  • Zip Zoom Fly, but they cancelled my order...bastages. It's now listed for $650 instead of the $600 when I... : jodiuh

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• where do I sign up? "WHERE IS THE FUCKING VAN??" : phokz

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• Oh Yeah :O) : playerhater
• I completely forgot about the step up program, I am so friggin stoked that I bought two eVGA 7900GT's. I ... : shortbuscaptain

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• my fucking 7800GT SLI setup is slow compared to that fucker :( : headless

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• yea i have waited so long to upgrade 07 looks to be the time to upgrade to a whole new system. : erebus

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• someone edited out the humor or something in that piece. : oatmela

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• To play today's game at high res, and to play next-gen DX10 games as well. : oatmela
• Blah. I never ever buy the newest card anyway. That's overkill in any case. But i'm probably buying this ... : lapskaus

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• I was wondering that too. ATi has already done a unified pipeline card for the x360 so should have a goo... : chazums