8800GTS/GTX released today !! Sit down first!!

[Admiral Huddy]

GeForce 8800 GTX core running at 575MHz
- Shader Clock Speed of 1350MHz
- 768MB GDDR3 Memory running at 1800MHz
- 384-Bit Memory Interface
- 128 Stream Processors
- Shader Model 4.0
- Texture Fill Rate: 36.8 billion/sec
- Memory Bandwidth: 86.4GB/s
- Designed For Extreme HD Gaming
- Nvidia Pure Video Technology
- Dedicated Video processors free the GPU Shaders to run 3D applications
- Dual dual-link DVI supports two 2560 x 1600 resolution displays
- HDCP Enabled!!
- SLI ready – Upto 2x the performance of a single GPU (Available on with future driver release)
- True High Dynamic Range Rendering Support – Based on Open EXR technology
- World's first unified architecture supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10
- Built for Microsoft® Windows® Vista™
- FREE BFG T-Shirt, Teflon stick pads and stickers
- LIFETIME Manufacturer Warranty (Contact BFG representative on 001 866 234 3499 for warranty services)
- 24/7 Email Manufacturer Support (http://www.bfgtech.com/tech_redux.html)

Note: This card is 275mm in length so make sure it fits in your case! Also the cards require PCI-E x16 slots, they will not function in a x8 slot so for SLi you need dual x16 mainboard. Finally 500W minimum for PSU and 600W+ is recommended.




BFG VERSION - Price: £414.99 (£487.61 Including VAT at 17.5%)


- GeForce 8800 GTS core running at 500MHz
- Shader Clock Speed of 1200MHz
- 640MB GDDR3 Memory running at 1600MHz
- 320-Bit Memory Interface
- 96 Stream Processors
- Shader Model 4.0
- Texture Fill Rate: 24 billion/sec
- Memory Bandwidth: 64GB/s
- Designed For Extreme HD Gaming
- Nvidia Pure Video Technology
- Dedicated Video processors free the GPU Shaders to run 3D applications
- Dual dual-link DVI supports two 2560 x 1600 resolution displays
- HDCP Enabled!!
- SLI ready – Upto 2x the performance of a single GPU (Available on with future driver release)
- True High Dynamic Range Rendering Support – Based on Open EXR technology
- World's first unified architecture supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10
- Built for Microsoft® Windows® Vista™
- FREE BFG T-Shirt, Teflon stick pads and stickers
- LIFETIME Manufacturer Warranty (Contact BFG representative on 001 866 234 3499 for warranty services)
- 24/7 Email Manufacturer Support (http://www.bfgtech.com/tech_redux.html (http://www.bfgtech.com/tech_redux.html))

Note: These cards require PCI-E x16 slots, they will not function in a x8 slot so for SLi you need dual x16 mainboard. Finally 500W minimum for PSU and 600W+ is recommended.


BFG Version - Price: £314.99 (£370.11 Including VAT at 17.5%)


woow:shocked:

Will wait for reviews before even considering!

[Stan_Lite]

It is tempting - they are supposed to be bloody good cards but the GPU client for F@H only works on ATI cards.

I think I'll wait for the R600 cards (will probably wait until native quad core CPUs and Vista are out and working properly and build an uber gaming rig :D ).

I'll stick with my overclocked, crossfire X1900s for now - they do a damn good job even at 1920x1200 ;)

Stan :)

[Burble]

**** that.

[Mondo]

That is a lot of money to play games.....................

[Garp]

Way, way, way, way, way over priced. Especially when you consider there is hardly a game out there that can't be run very nicely on current hardware! Only advantage is DirectX10 and thats not going to come to fruition for a while on the gaming front.

[Messiah Khan]

Im very likely to get one, but not for wa while yet. Im currently building an uber rig with Phase and water cooling. But im getting all the parts that depreciate slowly first, i.e. Case, Phase unit, water loop, harddrives etc. The CPU, GPU and ram will come last. Probably not going to get it until march time next year. Im also waiting for the Kentsfield to be released as well.

[Admiral Huddy]

Is it me or are top level cards getting more expensive. When the 9800 pro first came out it was no where near that expensive.. Progression doesn't mean it has to cost the earth. I think intel have learnt that now.

[Flibster]

Stupidly expensive.
Not going to bother. Will wait for R600 and then think about it.

Simon/~Flibster

[Feek]

You're right, Huddster. I paid £350 for my 9700 Pro when it was top of the range.

[Flibster]

You're right, Huddster. I paid £350 for my 9700 Pro when it was top of the range.

Don't think I paid much more than that for my 9800 Pro AIW when they were new.

Simon/~Flibster

[Zirax]

Sweet mother of bob! Thats just insane! I'm really glad that I built my pc to cater for dual psu as really you are going to need it. I'll be splitting the cpu/mobo and gfx cards on different psu's at this rate.

With the amount of heat they are going to kick out.... watercooling really isn't going to be an option, unless you want your pc sounding like a turbine.

I think buying the cards now is rather silly, like all the people who brought the dx9 cards before we had any dx9 games. I will hold off for the moment and wait until there are some dx10 games that require the cards.

edit: my guess about the watercooling seems to be correct as they are already shipping a version with watercooling pre-installed.

[Will]

bloody hell - this technology has run away with itself... I still remember when a graphics card was considered awesome for having 128k memory! :/

Glad I don't play computer games really! I'd be devasted not being able to buy that!

[Dr. Z]

Xbox 360 AND a Wii or that.... hmm.

Could be a tougher choice...

[8 I3ALL]

i would pay that just to get the t-shirts :p


the GFX market is just getting out of hand on pricing ....



*fires up OCUK forums to watch willy waving contest in the GFX forum* :rolleyes:

[Garp]

Glad I don't play computer games really! I'd be devasted not being able to buy that!

I do play computer games.. and no I'm not dissapointed to be unable to buy that.

Looking at my bank balance I could easily afford it, but I can find no good reason to do so. My 7900GT is barely a year old and still handles everything at good speeds. I was happy with my 9800pro before that and wouldn't have even got the 7900gt, but the 9800 dying forced my hand.

[kaiowas]

*fires up OCUK forums to watch willy waving contest in the GFX forum* :rolleyes:

My Geforce2 GTS would pwn all of them if I could be bothered to benchmark it ;)

I bought it second hand from the OcUK forums when I first joined in 2001 or whenever it was for something silly like £50 and it's still my only gfx card (apart from a few cheapo PCI jobbies leftover from my crunching days)

[8 I3ALL]

I cant beleive the amount of ppl that have ordered these dam things.... well have posted that they have anyway :rolleyes:

i like to game but there is no way on earth i would spent that kind of money, it broke my heart and bank when i got the ATI X800pro i have now for £150 second hand

The only good thing to come from Nvidia`s over pricing will be ATI will drop all prices in there range ...oh and Members Market will be flooded with cheap S/hand GFX cards :p

[semi-pro waster]

They are the fastest graphics cards currently in DX9 modes(at that price they'd better be) but they also happen to be able to run DX10 rather nicely as well which I suspect is the reason for the high price. I don't see the need for most people but then most people won't be buying them, not at the present prices anyway. I'm also not convinced that graphics cards are getting more expensive, to an extent they might be, but the overall cost of components has been driven down so if you want to think of it this way you could argue they are just filling the void left by the lower prices, now graphics cards are pretty much the most complicated component in a PC so that costs plus the recent Ram price increases won't be helping the situation.

I certainly won't be purchasing one, not for a good while anyway as my 6800gt has done me for 2 and a bit years now and realistically unless I get a bigger monitor it would probably do me for another year or so at least.

[8 I3ALL]

But there are no DX10 games out yet !!!

[Admiral Huddy]

But there are no DX10 games out yet !!!

This is true.. very true.. let alone PS 4.0 games.

Infact, there aren't any decent game on rhe immediate horizon anyway. I've just completed a few FPS games and I have found myself stuck on what to play next. I'm looking forward to BioShock, Alan Wake and Crysis but they are a long way off yet.

When you offset the games against the card, it works out that if you play four games in a year, it's costing you over £125 per game.. and that's without the CPU, motherboard etc..

[semi-pro waster]

But there are no DX10 games out yet !!!

But then again I've got a 64bit compatible processor using 32bit Windows, the point as I see it is that it was the fastest available at the time(well that I could afford anyway) and as far as I can tell it is exactly the same with the 8800series cards. They are the fastest with current games but they just happen to work with the next incarnation of DX. :)

[killerkebab]

You're right, Huddster. I paid £350 for my 9700 Pro when it was top of the range.

Same here. Well, whatever €430 was back then. I had it as my main rig right up until last month as well :D

[Robert]

Forgive me for I have sinned. I bought one :whistle:

[Feek]

Six weeks after release, what's the price dropped to?

killer, same here - I only replaced it when I broke it :(

[Robert]

I've paid £387 for a Palit version. They're all much the same really, except silly life time warranties (this has a two year one).

[Admiral Huddy]

Forgive me for I have sinned. I bought one :whistle:

nawty boy.. Wait 'till the R600s come out. They are only charging these rates because of the DX10 exclusive.. High price to pay for a techology that isn't in use yet, or likely to be for some time. The Unified Arcitecture would mean considerable code changes. Not something that most developers would relish doing half way through a project, i would guess.

I'm waiting!

:D

[Admiral Huddy]

haha look at this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/XFX-nVidia-GeForce-8800-GTX-Video-Card-8800GTX-768MB_W0QQitemZ220063264523QQihZ012QQcategoryZ9071 0QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



and here


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/XFX-nVidia-GeForce-8800-GTX-Video-Card-8800GTX-768MB_W0QQitemZ220063264709QQihZ012QQcategoryZ9071 0QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Check ou the bidder history .. he wouldn't be trying to force up the price of his own product would he lol

Surely that's not allowed?

[petemc]

Gibbo?

[Mark]

Not sure what you mean there Huddy. :undecided:

[Admiral Huddy]

Whos' Humbug??? Oh well.
Look a the history .. It seem to be the seem bloke with a number of aliases. He's put £400+ worth of card on ebay without a reserve.. It looks like he is bidding in his own auction to force the bid up. Surely that's not allowed.

[Robert]

I can't see R600 being that much better than the G80 tbh.

[Mark]

Huddy, you wouldn't mean the Bidder 1 through 14 would you?

If so, please keep up. It's called eBay's new privacy measures. :)

[Admiral Huddy]

Huddy, you wouldn't mean the Bidder 1 through 14 would you?

If so, please keep up. It's called eBay's new privacy measures. :)
:embarassed:



Why Am I always last to hear about everything..


Mind you, how would one know it's not the same bidder.

[Admiral Huddy]

Just got myself a GTX for £300 inc delivery.. Just sold my 7800GTX for £125...

Happy with that.. :)

[8 I3ALL]

Thats a nice buy Mr Huddy


Im happy with my 7900gtx 512 for now but its only a matter of time before i will go DX10

[Admiral Huddy]

I've seen the benchmarks for my 7800GTX in stalker.. it's not good reading. I thought about a second 7800GTX.. but it's only cost me a an extra£175 for this 8800GTX as opposed to spending £125 on a second card.. was a no brainner really.

:D

Just hope it lives up to expectations

[Robert]

It does mate :)

[Admiral Huddy]

3d mark03 = 29,237

3d mark05 = 3,303


COH @ 1600 x1200 @ highest settings AVG = 88.6 fps, Max 156 fps, min 25 fpz :shocked:

just downloading 3d mark06 now

[Robert]

Surely 3,303 for 05 is a typo?

[Admiral Huddy]

Surely 3,303 for 05 is a typo?


it is.. should be 13,303 :)

OT some people are getting 3.6Ghz out of those C2Ds :shocked:

[Zirax]

it is.. should be 13,303 :)

OT some people are getting 3.6Ghz out of those C2Ds :shocked:

Close, i've seen 3.8 :shocked:

Infact i've just wondered over to xtremesystems and the speeds are just getting silly. I may hang on for a little while longer and upgrade my entire rig.

[Admiral Huddy]

Close, i've seen 3.8 :shocked:

Infact i've just wondered over to xtremesystems and the speeds are just getting silly. I may hang on for a little while longer and upgrade my entire rig.


me too.. I normal upgrade my CPU and Mobo every two yearsso i'm not really due a new one utill Oct.. I'm sure by then they'll be a new generation of processors to choose from, and maybe Quad cores might be mainstream. I've heard also there are new cores on the way with higher default FSB which requires DDR3.. It all changes a lot faster than what it used to.

I think it's important to have your own upgrade road map.. or you can and up paying a lot of money for nothing really.

[Stan_Lite]

I've had my E6600 to 3.6 GHz but the voltage was a bit silly. It runs 24/7 at 3.24 GHz running 2 Folding SMP clients with no problems.

Native quad core should be out in the next few months. I'm waiting for that before I go the quad core route.

Did you run 3D Mark06 Paul? I'm curious to see how it compares to my crossfired X1900XTs. If it's close, I may replace them with one of these.

Stan :)

[Robert]

I have mine at 2.8 - mainly because I like to keep temps at 40c - and I don't like my PC to be uber noisey.

For reference - I get the following:

12k 2006
17k 2005 (maybe more)
32k 2003

[Admiral Huddy]

I've had my E6600 to 3.6 GHz but the voltage was a bit silly. It runs 24/7 at 3.24 GHz running 2 Folding SMP clients with no problems.

Native quad core should be out in the next few months. I'm waiting for that before I go the quad core route.

Did you run 3D Mark06 Paul? I'm curious to see how it compares to my crossfired X1900XTs. If it's close, I may replace them with one of these.

Stan :)


I did . . hang on....

3dmark 06 = 8,762 (SM2.0 4028, SM3 4322 CPU 1835)

[Admiral Huddy]

I have mine at 2.8 - mainly because I like to keep temps at 40c - and I don't like my PC to be uber noisey.

For reference - I get the following:

12k 2006
17k 2005 (maybe more)
32k 2003


How on earth did you get 12k on 2006 with a 2.8Ghz machine?

[Stan_Lite]

I get 10,500 in 3D Mark06 with my E6600 at 3.24 GHz and slightly overclocked X1900XTs in crossfire.

Stan :)

[Admiral Huddy]

nice one.. it sounds like those C2Ds really make the difference.

[Robert]

Yeep...mine's a 2.8 core 2 :)

[Zirax]

Just as comparison I get 5169 in 3d06
sm 2 = 2488
sm 3 = 2847
cpu = 909

Thats with a x1900xtx 740 core 820 mem (still has more)
I had to reset my bios meaning my opteron is back to 2.3ghz :( I now have to play the oc game again to get it back upto 3ghz. Being at 2.3 is hurting my scores badly, it is the bottleneck in the system.

edit: watch this space :D 2.4ghz
5253 3d06
2492
2860
948

[Stan_Lite]

That's the beauty of C2Ds, it'll be quite a while until CPUs are the bottleneck in a system again.

Breakdown of my result (didn't get screenshot of 10,500) but at 10,302 is:

SM2.0 = 4165
HDR/SM3.0 = 4673
CPU = 2982

Huddy's SM2.0/SM3.0 scores aren't that far away from mine but my CPU score is considerably higher - no CPU bottleneck here :D

Stan :)

[Stan_Lite]

I succumbed and bought this (http://www.bfgtech.com/8800GTXOC2_768_PCIe.html) today.

I also bought one of these (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=530347) to go with it :embarassed:

Got the CPU overclocked to 2974MHz but it's running a bit hot at load - runs at 35C at idle but shoots up to 55C at load (must be the 4 cores) - and that's with an Arctic Freezer 7 :shocked:

Ran 3DMark06 and got a score of 12609 (SM2.0 = 5159, SM3.0 = 5242 and CPU = 4308) :cool:

Final aim is to have a system with this CPU and two of these in SLi with some serious cooling (maybe water if I can psych myself up to it).

I'm off to try some gaming on it now - give it a proper test :D

Stan :)

[Robert]

I'm happy with my 2.8 conroe for the moment - although when I get a job I may look at the quad core, just for ****s and giggles :D