Yes they are one in the same. Just like going to the butcher and carving the meat one way,its $5.99 a pound leave some fat on it, its $2.99 a pound. Nvidia does not have much up its sleave and we may be getting to a point of diminshing returns to R&D. We may get another die shrink to 45nm but...
It's always been about the money. Its about marketing: how you just can not be complete without a SLI setup or scoring over 15k in 3dmark 06. Lets not be naive why did Nvidia ignore the middle class gamer last year. Yes, life does not begin at 40 rather at the 8800 series. It's not about love ...
The 9600GT has entered the fray @ <$200. It will probaly settle around $149-169. If anybody has lifted their head from their screens the economy is turmoil. The video card mills have to churn out product and the warehouses have to be emptied. Consumer demand has to be jump started by attractive...
Akimbo Hmmm, better than than the standard Jimbo (pun). Another reason to keep the attention span on more pricer cards. So called smoke and mirrors to delay the demand slide to lower prices.
Hmm just like that guy on the Simpsons er Nelson, Haa-Haa! But seriously the video card industry has always been smoke and mirrors. You always paid a premium for those extra 3-5 FPS. Nvidia may have just have been lulled into complacency being at the top, plus looking at all those 90 day evga...
So Blu-ray won, we all lose for now. These players are are overpriced as though I was expecting the the $29. Blu-ray players at the big box stores, we are going to see limited choices for consumers. What about H264 and Divx for the masses incorporated with the Blu-ray? Not likely soon. I will...
A buddy of mine has offered me an X1300 Sapphire card 256mb dual out with HDTV output for $20. His friend has an EVGA 8600GTS SC 256mb for $80. Would the Sappire be better because ATI's reputation for better rendering or is the EVGA a better refresh . Since both cards could see casual gaming...
The 2600xt is on its way to liquidation heaven. Too bad there were some after X-mas deals notably a Visiontek 512mb ddr3 for $99. Cdn.@ FS and a 256mb Diamond ddr3 for $67. Cdn after rebate. The price scale is over crowded with too many versions (generations) in the $100-$200 price bracket...
I need to do a lot of multitasking and the current setup would limit it to about two chores at once. (burn a disk ,watch web episodes of tv shows,etc.) I have a C: drive for programs and a e: drive for data. Whereas a single core would stop any other activity. The machine becomes an...
Hello, I am trying to fiqure out what to do withan odd collection of parts. Currently an asrock 4core dual vsta with an e4400 arctic cooler 7 HSF and 2 gigs of pc5400 corsair XMS cl4. I have a gigabyte P35 DS3R mobo ,another 2 sticks of the same ram and an enzotech extreme-x HSF. I want to buy a...
My brother in law has a computer store, a lot of last gen Ati (19xx) and Nvidia(79xx) cards, single slot designs double as space heaters. If you can get one from a trustworthy source, ok. I am seeing 8600GTS 256mb used going for about $85. Cdn. New online they go for $110.
Locally, I am seeing $85. Cdn 8600GTS 256mb used. Ncix has a diamond 2600xt ddr3 256mb for $67 Cdn after rebate. Can you get older stuff for less? The used market has gotten into a freefall since newer cheaper cards are around the corner.
I go to NCIX get a diamond 2600xt 256mb ddr3 for ~ $67. Cdn after rebate. Its in the same league as the 850pro or better. Sit out the turmoil as new cards arrive and most likely when you sell that 2600xt you may break close to even, and enjoy some DX10 !
It was interesting reading some games there was a 90% advantage over a single 3870 and in one case the advantage over an Ultra was 9%. Hmm, I wonder if some more driver tweaking was in order? In a comparison to 8800gt sli it seemed on par or slightly better, Crysis gave it some headaches but...
Hmmm, $449. for a dual might settle in @ $399. with promos. Rumours had the R680 in the low $300.This all begins to make sense. I guess all those 8800GTS's (G92) are overpriced. Come to think of it all lot of prices will find new sweet points.
I have a quad-core in my other machine which is a 4core dual vsta. My AGP cards are
suprisingly unbound by it. Rerunning 3dmark at whatever setting boosts all the numbers.
(more than 40%) I guess the old CPU's were bottlenecking them!
Just hang in there a little while more,the CES is around the corner and we' all shall get a peak at the new cards. In fact 3870X2 is coming later in January @ just over $300. (rumoured). This goes a long way to explain some 3870 shortages.
First Nvidia sells us the steak and now we are getting all the variants of hamburger. Just proves how cheap manufacturers are and how stupid the majority of the public are perceived as. Yes this goes along way to explain the G92 shortages. Lets not forget the X2 variants that will follow when...
I've been watching the quantities on hand at the big box sites and they have been moving down so ever so slowly (yawn). I am in the market for a pcie card ( I just unloaded my old 8800gts 320 by evga). The so called deals are not really deals i.e 3870 @ $249 when the MSRP should be $239. An...
Yeah right, yawn. They are not moving as fast as fanboys would like. Either
people have lives or they are waiting for the January CES to see the new top
end. (maybe the credit cards are maxed out). Either way the industry is in a
relative slump .
Thanks for the quick reply! I basically saw two variants of the 8800gt design:
a) the sleek one slot look with shroud ( with revised fan) and b) the open dual
slot heatpipe or gpu heatsink with central fan (with heatsinks optional on other
components). Sleek ones run hot; the open design...
Hmmmm, some online sites are selling the G80 8800gts SSC 640 mb for $299. Its in
the same ballpark as the G92 8800gts or cheaper. Does it merit consideration over other cards like the 8800gt or ati 3870. Not to be confused I would require good HD playback ,i.e 60% multimedia 40% gaming.
Any ways, the supply of cards is easing up. Many online sites do not sell out their specials.
I friend of mine in the distribution business says that the PC market is off this year. Price
gouging is really compensating for a lacklustre year. Yes there was vista which was supposed
to be a...
Just an update. I passed through the local Future Shop in Greenfield Park just on the south shore of Montreal, Canada. The BFG 8800GTS 512 G92 is in stock @ $469.99 Cdn. Ouch! In fact, there are two on the shelf, for those who Sli. and one lonely 8800GT by BFG, with the old fan on it. I guess...
Overclocking has always been a security blanket. Manufacturers always leave a margin
so that they don't get swamped with RMA's. This varies from 7% to as much as 15%.
Look at the new 8800GT cooler fan undoubtedly there was a problem. As you go to
premium cards you wonder if the savy end user...
Lifetime Warranty ? Yeah right, they send you a roasted step-up card which you
evaluate for them. If not so lucky wait for the next batch of returns or the stock
repacks. If your noisy enough to remind them that this circus has gone on for
the last two months they may upgrade to a newer...
Lets all get a sense of reality here. It has always been in video cards that a perceived
super dupper card will draw out the big bucks even though a reality check would point
out only a few frames higher. My interest is the dual slot cooler. Too bad we are all
being hosed for the this...
Classic economics with truly free (i.e. " Laissez-faire" translated: anything goes )
market forces. The supply curve crosses the opposing demand curve somewhere.
Prices stay up or until the warehouse overflows. Maximum returns.
Futureshop is also a clearing house. They get deals on certain lines that do not
annoy other retailers in the supply chain. Has anyone walked into a Canadian
Futureshop lately? They are brimming with 7800gs and 7600gt's as well as 1650's
and 9500's. Their main market is the 100-200 price...
What do you all think Nvidia's going to charter Airbus A-380's to fly in 8800 GT's:
maybe but you'll pay the the air freight , lamely hidden in the the sudden markup:
most likely its in container ships chugging through the waves. As the market heats
up the salty sea captains are told to steam...
Hello barnesacres , I have a Asrock 4core dual vsta. The performance hit with the 4X
pci express slot is a well documented ~ 10%. Is it readily apparent - no. I have
benched an MSI X800XT PE against a EVGA superclocked 8600GTS (720mhz) and they trade blows on par. I had the opportunity to...
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