Gf9800 Gtx

[mosesff]

The gf 9800gtx is in the 200-250 pound pricerange, and it has the power of two 8800's. Seems like a snap up...

Point Of View 9800GTX 512MB GDDR3 256bit Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer

[John Aiton]

the power of two 8800s?

no it doesn't, it's really an 8800gts re-named with a higher clock and less deliberately throttled drivers

you can get this one for £201 including delivery
Novatech GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB DDR3 SLI HDCP Dual DVI/TV Out PCI Express : nov-98gtx

[runawayprisoner]

Originally Posted by John Aiton

the power of two 8800s?

If overclocked. You can't argue against 3DMark06! Even if it means... no difference in real gaming applications... whatsoever!

[mosesff]

cheers,

Intel Skulltrail Part 1: The Power of 8 Cores | Tom's Hardware

wow i've just seen this dual cpu motherboard, its like my dream come true, wonder what intel cpu's it supports, probs only quad core/

[John Aiton]

Originally Posted by mosesff

cheers,

Intel Skulltrail Part 1: The Power of 8 Cores | Tom's Hardware

wow i've just seen this dual cpu motherboard, its like my dream come true, wonder what intel cpu's it supports, probs only quad core/

server chips, socket 771 iirc

it'll be obsolete by december when nehalem debuts

[PCXL-Fan]

your getting the 9800GTX and the 9800GX2 mixed up.

Notice the subtle difference between the letters GTX and GX2. :P

The GX2 is what your thinking about and is virtually two 8800GT with higher frequency cores and lower mem speeds in SLI mode.

[Thanakil]

Originally Posted by mosesff

cheers,

Intel Skulltrail Part 1: The Power of 8 Cores | Tom's Hardware

wow i've just seen this dual cpu motherboard, its like my dream come true, wonder what intel cpu's it supports, probs only quad core/

That's really a workstation, not meant for gaming and ect. In fact the review states this clearly.
If you want that for work or server purpose, meh, go for it.

If you want that as a desktop, waste of money. Get yourself a good quad-core and overclock it, you don't need more than a Quad-core atm anyway as far as desktop goes..

[mosesff]

what are the noteable differences between the gx and gx2, apart from being 1 and 2 gpu's

[runawayprisoner]

GX2 is about 30% faster.

[John Aiton]

the price, heat dissipation, power consumption, speed and 1337 factor

oh and they're both a waste of money, wait a bit for the 9900gtx

[PCXL-Fan]

9800GX2 is basically two 8800GT with higher frequency cores and lower mem speeds in SLI mode, all slapped together to make a single card

The 9800GTX is basically an 8800GT but with much higher memory and gpu core speeds.

Overall and in the majority of situations particularily in higher resolutions the 9800GX2 is faster.

Also chicks love guys who have 9800GX2... particularily the female nvidia marketing rep. You'll get twice as big a smile if you buy that one from her than a 9800GTX.

[runawayprisoner]

Or meanwhile, you can get a dual 9600GT rig for... $220 in total for the graphics cards. (hint: check Newegg)

[mosesff]

Thanks.

[skoreanime]

Originally Posted by runawayprisoner

Or meanwhile, you can get a dual 9600GT rig for... $220 in total for the graphics cards. (hint: check Newegg)

Not for single PCI-Ex16 motherboard owners like me

Some of those cards are so tempting...but I don't need 'em...yet

[runawayprisoner]

Originally Posted by skoreanime

Not for single PCI-Ex16 motherboard owners like me

Some of those cards are so tempting...but I don't need 'em...yet

Guess what? I'm a fan of mATX! Imagine a 4GHz quad-core computer with 8GB of RAM and a 9800GX2... in an mATX case! Man, that'd pop some eyes!

[emwearz]

The 8800GT really should not have taken the G8 naming scheme, calling it the 9800GT would have made comparisons so much easier, theres too much confusion.

[mosesff]

I suppose it would cause confusion to a new computer buyer, who doesn't have experience with graphics cards, i.e. me.

[emwearz]

The 9800GTX is basically an 8800GT but with much higher memory and gpu core speeds.

I read its almost identical to the 8800GTS, other then slightly better mem speeds (60mhz+) and it can overclock slightly better then the 88's due to the new board design.

Edit : This was meant to merge, missed the other post above, oh well.

[PCXL-Fan]

I'm sure your right, but isn't the 8800GT almost identical to the 8800GTS, other somewhat faster core and slightly faster mem speeds?

[Fadingz]

Originally Posted by mosesff

cheers,

Intel Skulltrail Part 1: The Power of 8 Cores | Tom's Hardware

wow i've just seen this dual cpu motherboard, its like my dream come true, wonder what intel cpu's it supports, probs only quad core/

You can spend as much as:
$5000 on a mobo and 2 CPU's
$3000 GPU
(That's a single GPU, but you never SLI workstation GPU; the performance goes backward in SLI )
But that will actually decrease your gaming speed
but it will like 3x your rendering speed :]