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08-07-2008, 18:51 | #1 |
Moonshine
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nVidia Price Cuts
Seems they're feeling the pressure a touch now, a few cards have recieved cuts!
GTX 260 - £212 GTX 280 - £328 9800GTX - £117 9800GX2 - £321 The 9800GTX is the one that caught my attention, significant boost over an 8800GT for just £20 more and damn cheap for what it is.
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08-07-2008, 19:13 | #2 |
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For £117!! Damn...well there goes the resell value of my old 8800GTS 640Mb card then.
I swear I don't understand the numbers anymore. I used to assume the higher the better but with the revision of versions (e.g. 8800GTS and 8800GTS 512) this clearly isn't the case
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08-07-2008, 19:33 | #3 |
Screaming Orgasm
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The numbers are designed to break people's brains. ATI at least seem to have moved to a sensible system, but everyone else (AMD, nVidia, Intel) just like to produce randomness.
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08-07-2008, 19:51 | #4 |
Goes up to 11!
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Yes they certainly seem to be feeling the pinch. My gfx drivers for my 8800GTS are still iffy. Now that ATI has something decent out I will go back there eventually. I will have to think long and hard before I go Nvidia again. As you may have guessed, not impressed.
I'm more interested in bang for buck and good drivers now. Especially as the 2 x ATI card route seems to have good driver support and actually has a good improvement. I am interested in what the Intel gfx card is going to be thats rumoured. |
08-07-2008, 20:29 | #5 |
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nVidia couldn't code themselves out of a wet paper bag on the driver front. They really do *suck* a lot. I got hit hard for no real reason owning a laptop and a previous "Go" card that they just decided they'd drop when its perfectly fine (well apart from it being build rubbish and the fact its now falling apart.)
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Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN!
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I'm trying to pluck up the courage to open up my M1710 in the hope it's just dusty rather than on it's way out. Even if it is just dusty, the driver support still sucks
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09-07-2008, 00:00 | #7 |
Goes up to 11!
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I have a 9400 that uses the same gfx card as the M1710. I think its a 7800GO. For this to work you need modified .infs on the drivers as this isn't supported either. Will never make the mistake of getting a gaming laptop again. I digress, but is there a list of affected chips? I'm still under warranty and have no problem sending it back.
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09-07-2008, 01:03 | #8 |
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Hence the reason they haven't given a list, they don't want a pile of laptops back for no reason, causing them more trouble
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Ahh cos ATI never had driver problems I'm not bothering with any upgrade yet. The 8800GTX I have still rocks tbh and since I've this now for 18 months it's without a doubt the best card I've had. I'm not an ATI or NVIDIA fan boy, I just go with the best in market at the time i upgrade. Give it a few months and when the uni kids get their cardit card bills and can't afford that £300 card they bought for bragging rights, they sell 'em for a snip. I picked up my previous 2 cards this way.
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