For pure scientific number crunching I'd say get yourself some PS3's and network them together. Those Folding@Home benches are pretty stupid. Of course I have no first-hand experience on how to go about this in the real world. Maybe someone else does. (Google it?)
I would think the Cell CPU...
Prices will drop when demand drops. If I had to take a guess, I'd say it will die down after Xmas but we won't see $200 512MB stock versions until February-March. On the upside, I have noticed that the cards have been staying in stock longer now. Newegg, Frys, and a few other places had stock on...
Yeah, heat was the main issue from the forums/articles that I've read. I think the number being thrown around is ~56,000 cards but don't quote me on that. It's been linked to a fan speed issue mainly (some are reporting bad memory probably due to overheating). The fan apparently is staying at...
The initial review of the 8800GT on Anandtech mentioned that the price for the card should be BETWEEN $200-$250 US dollars. Keep in mind, this is quoted directly from nVidia. Anandtech themselves didn't believe them either, hence the quote:
"Initially, we thought that the 256MB parts would be...
Ordered my Dell MSI card on the 27th and ship date says 12/12 (so the same 15 day cushion as MadScientist). I'd like to think Dell has more pull with manufacturers (cough*Intel*cough) than many other retail chains, if any. Their volume is so much higher than everyone else but I suppose in the...
I think Dell finally figured out how economics works. The lower the price, the higher the demand. The higher the price, the lower the demand. After god-knows-how-many orders (backorders that is) they took off the 20%discount.
The MSI card went from a respectable $208 (what the 8800GT should...
Some 8800GT's come overclocked directly from the manufacturer. The stock speeds set by nVidia are 600mhz core, 1800mhz memory (900 DDR3). The overclocks from manufacturers vary from 625-700 core and 1850-2000 memory.
The Dell XFX card is stock clocked (600/1800) at $234 and the Dell MSI card...
Look what I did, created a mess for you guys, lol.
At $207 you can't argue with that. I've had MSI mobo's and GPU's before, never had a problem with any. Besides, the GPU is straight from nVidia anyway. The only thing manufacturers do is tweak the BIOS (i.e. clock speeds) and put their logo...
It appears the Dell $207 deal is back up with a ship date of 1-2 weeks just like the more expensive XFX card. This is the MSI card with a stock overclock that the XFX doesn't have. Now THIS is what the the 8800GT should be priced at. Almost ordered 2...
My order is also "Sent to Warehouse". Here's the buy.com process:
"While we're doing this, or if we're waiting for you to send in other forms of payment, your order is Processing. You can cancel your order within the first 30 minutes of processing.
Once we have verified your payment, your...
With demand the way it is, no way. If you wanted to ask for these for Xmas, have Santa give you a rain check.
Unless nVidia drops a huge number of these on the market anytime soon, don't expect to see $200 for a 512MB stock speed version until Feb at the earliest.
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