Thread: GPU update
View Single Post
Old April 15th, 2008   #16 (permalink)
John Aiton
A Fluffy Kitty
 
John Aiton's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Gemity
Posts: 2,154
Quote:
Originally Posted by runawayprisoner View Post
Well yeah... we heard enough things about 9800GX2 and 9800GTX. I'm not the kind that would wait another two months for a potentially more expensive card that wouldn't really get much more done.

Verdict? I'm tired of switching around with nVidia flagships. But IF they really can push out a good card then I'm willing to shell out another $300 to trade my 9800GTX in... and that is IF they are really that good. I highly doubt it, though. It could be like 2-3 fps in Crysis and 500-1000 more points in 3DMark06 or something, but what about the price? The... priiiiccceee...? I don't need to remind you how much a 9800GX2 costs... do I?

Edit: And rumors got to G200, then down to G100, and the last I heard was that the new ones won't be G100 but would be G102 instead, and then just yesterday, I got confirmation that they wouldn't even be G102! And this kind of reminds me of the 8900GTX and 8900GX2 rumors. They turned out to be 9800GTX and 9800GX2 instead. (8 switched with 9)

I think these rumors are more like... fanboys' wishes for nVidia to release something really ground-breaking... something that can handle Crysis at insane settings or something. But I face it and I know: a 9800GTX volt-modded and overclocked under water-cooling would be waaaay too extreme already.
if all goes well the 9900gtx will be incredibly fast
we're talking about a card that could push 19 by 12 in crysis maxed with 16 AA

I'm getting 2

the 4870 will be out in june too, the price differences shouldn't be too big compared to current gen
so it would be a waste to not wait and save up
John Aiton is offline   Reply With Quote