8800GTS/GTX released today !! Sit down first!! - Page 2

Zirax · 08-11-2006, 22:23

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 · 08-11-2006, 23:31

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 · 08-11-2006, 23:46

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

Could be a tougher choice...

8 I3ALL · 09-11-2006, 00:15

i would pay that just to get the t-shirts

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

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

Garp · 09-11-2006, 12:53

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Originally Posted by Le Hoff

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 · 09-11-2006, 14:01

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Originally Posted by 8_I3ALL

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

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 · 09-11-2006, 21:11

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

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

semi-pro waster · 09-11-2006, 21:29

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 · 10-11-2006, 01:39

But there are no DX10 games out yet !!!

Admiral Huddy · 10-11-2006, 09:59

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Originally Posted by 8_I3ALL

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..

08-11-2006, 22:23	#11
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	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. Last edited by Zirax; 08-11-2006 at 22:40.

08-11-2006, 23:31	#12
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	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! __________________ *No No!*

08-11-2006, 23:46	#13
Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	Xbox 360 AND a Wii or that.... hmm. Could be a tougher choice... __________________

09-11-2006, 00:15	#14
8 I3ALL Vodka Martini Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In Forum Heaven Posts: 732	i would pay that just to get the t-shirts the GFX market is just getting out of hand on pricing .... fires up OCUK forums to watch willy waving contest in the GFX forum __________________ MySpace

09-11-2006, 21:11	#17
8 I3ALL Vodka Martini Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In Forum Heaven Posts: 732	I cant beleive the amount of ppl that have ordered these dam things.... well have posted that they have anyway 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 __________________ MySpace

09-11-2006, 21:29	#18
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	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. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

10-11-2006, 01:39	#19
8 I3ALL Vodka Martini Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In Forum Heaven Posts: 732	But there are no DX10 games out yet !!! __________________ MySpace