Nvidia 8900 Series

[Yellowbeard]

Nvidia seems well poised to respond to ATI when/if ATI gets their new cards to market:

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/7055/g...ion/index.html

[MadduckUK]

this is what happens when you get to market first then keep the pressure on. little miffed that the 8900GT isn't going to be cheaper than the 8800GTS tho, as it will certainly be far cheaper to produce. not set in stone of course tho

[my new pc is a]

Oooh, the 8600GS looks fast and cheap - 2/3s the number of streams as the 8800GTS at only half the price! Should come in at around £90. Shame it's only got 256mb of memory as opposed to the 320 tho.

[Clunk]

as it will certainly be far cheaper to produce. not set in stone of course tho

Of course, it would be very heavy as well if they did that.

[notsobig]

I just hope they are both case and wallet friendly

[Biscuit]

8900gtx ftw

[Smokey21]

I just hope they are both case and wallet friendly

Not much chance of that.

[this_is_gav]

8900gtx ftw

Why do you care? You've got an 8800GTS, you're not about to buy a refresher card, are you?

[Biscuit]

Why do you care? You've got an 8800GTS, you're not about to buy a refresher card, are you?

depends if I get a job over summer

na to be honest I think finishin my 5.1 system comes first and then switching to core2duo. I would probs be more inclined to the ati if I was to change that anyway

[5aboy]

i wouldnt mind getting the 8900 over the 8800 if it had lower power consumption, but as far as i recall, the x1950s had gddr4 - and that stuff apparently runs quite hot.

temps are quite important, and although it does look like im going to wait until april 22nd before i go core2quad, i think the 8800gtx will still do me just fine.

[Biscuit]

i wouldnt mind getting the 8900 over the 8800 if it had lower power consumption, but as far as i recall, the x1950s had gddr4 - and that stuff apparently runs quite hot.

temps are quite important, and although it does look like im going to wait until april 22nd before i go core2quad, i think the 8800gtx will still do me just fine.

a 8800 gtx should last a good few year. the 7800gtx is still a good card

[Queelis]

Knowing that I'll probably get a new PC this year, in 2nd half, there will probably be some nice products for even nicer price. Joy!

However, the 128 bit bus on the 8600GT seems, well.. questionable.

[UpTheToon]

hopefully some benchmarks or firm price information will leak on these before the launch...

I want a new card thats going to be futureproofed but well over 300 quid for the GTX is pretty silly money, even if it is a beast...

[tigerboyce]

any ideas when this may happen?

[Smokey21]

I want a new card thats going to be futureproofed but well over 300 quid for the GTX is pretty silly money, even if it is a beast...

350quid for a GTX is a good price. You pay that much for a CPU, and a GPU is way more complicated.

[UpTheToon]

Well, it may be a good price at the moment for the power you get but while there's no competition at that power range nvidea wont have to worry about competing on price.

I'll be paying 200 for a E6600 and will be spending a little bit more on the GPU. I'm gonna go for the 8800 GTS.

I hate buying an expensive graphics card then having to watch the price plummet over the next 6 months... this seems less likely with the GTS than the GTX.