[Nuke]

now that i have $1100 complements of the alaskan oil industry. im looking to buy a very high end geforce card. i had originally planned to buy a gf7950gx2. but now as im browsing newegg i find theyre out of them, as is pretty much everyone else, except ewiz. they got one for like $512. the geforce 8800s are replacing them.

now im looking at the new 8800gtx which costs $150 bucks more. it has a small bug though, the position of the power connector sucks, id have to saw holes in my case to get it to fit, but it would fit. doable, but inconvenient. also the added costs cut into budget for other things, like groceries and rent. im sure i could wing it though. now the 8800 gtx looks like it has better specs, fil rate on this card is much higher 36.2g vs 24g (i think in pixels/sec). the 7950gtx has more memory, but its about 10 gb/s slower. it also looks like the new model is a single gpu card, instead of dual like my original choice. then it comes down to dx10 support. id hate to get the new one only to find out its full of bugs. or get the old one to find out it wont run at all.

so im curious as to which way to throw my money, i got a day befre my deposit clears, and that long to review my choices. any ideas?

[wtf_cl0vvn]

I'd get the new one.

just to stay on the cutting edge.
because when that starts getting outdated, you can get a second one and SLI, which would probably be cheaper than getting a new card.

[Taristin]

Im waiting. I waaaaant an 8800gtx, but there will be better, cheaper, less power hungry in the future...

* Taristin hates his intel x3000

[Rictor]

now that i have $1100 complements of the alaskan oil industry. im looking to buy a very high end geforce card. i

 
Motherfu**cker! What is this, Libya or something? I thought the US was against socialist handouts. I am firmly opposed to such measures, unless of course they cut me in on the deal.

[Bob-san]

I was looking at a 8800GTS... it's about the same size at the 7950GX2... powerhungry... and has better performance!

I'll prolly wait over the GeForce 8x00 boom until the 8600 or something comes out... I prefer midrange to highend... and when NewEgg or TigerDirect stocks them... they'll be less expensive!

[Scuddie]

If the 8600 is anything like the 7600 was to the 7800, it will be low end, not midrange.

[Taristin]

I Wish I had the money to build my system to uber specs. :/

[Nuke]

I'd get the new one.

just to stay on the cutting edge.
because when that starts getting outdated, you can get a second one and SLI, which would probably be cheaper than getting a new card.

thats the main reason i want a geforce, cause this summer, when i start building a new machine, i may buy a second one, funds permitting. im gonna have a look at the 8800gts. might go with that one with plans to do a second some time down the line. it doesnt apear to have piss poor power connector placement, and is comparable to my previous choice. dont like not having a gig of ram, i like really big textures. then again i may likely splurge on the big one. for me,waiting is not an option, as if i dont buy me something, my moneys gonna get spent on other things.

[IceFire]

I'd get the new one.

just to stay on the cutting edge.
because when that starts getting outdated, you can get a second one and SLI, which would probably be cheaper than getting a new card.

thats the main reason i want a geforce, cause this summer, when i start building a new machine, i may buy a second one, funds permitting. im gonna have a look at the 8800gts. might go with that one with plans to do a second some time down the line. it doesnt apear to have piss poor power connector placement, and is comparable to my previous choice. dont like not having a gig of ram, i like really big textures. then again i may likely splurge on the big one. for me,waiting is not an option, as if i dont buy me something, my moneys gonna get spent on other things.

I'd aim for the 8800 GTS instead of the GTX.  The GTX seems to be a bit of an overpowered beast while the GTS is nearly perfect in its balance between power requirements, the physical size of the card, and performance.  Its still blazing fast...and I mean blazing fast according to the benchmarks.

[Nuke]

having gone over toms hardware guide im definately aiming for the 8800gts over the 7950gtx. mainly for the dx10 support. as i expect to get at least 3 or 4 years out of this thing. kazan has convinced me to take a look at ati cards. il look, but unless i see something spectacular, il just stick with nvidia (as im most comfortable with nvidia drivers). another factor that just popped into my head, my monitor sucks, and probibly couldnt reach such a high refresh. i think it capps at 75 or 80 hz. but it will be nice to actually get tu use aa though

[Fury]

Those thinking of getting one of the new geforces should really wait until january for ATI R600 to be reviewed. It has the potential to leave 8800's in the dust, but only time will tell.

[IceFire]

Those thinking of getting one of the new geforces should really wait until january for ATI R600 to be reviewed. It has the potential to leave 8800's in the dust, but only time will tell.

True that...or at least wait for the two to start jockeying for best pricing/performance against each other.  Thats when the real deals start to show up!

[Nuke]

my money will be gone by january

[Fury]

I'm holding out on buying a new rig until Q1-Q2 next year because I'm waiting how R600 competes and also waiting for R600 and G80 prices to drop into more sensible level. Shelling out 500-700€ just for a video card is simply put stupid IMHO. Not only that but I'm also waiting for Intel's Bearlake and AMD's Barcelona chipsets which will be supporting the companies next-generation quad-cores, even if I will buy dual-core at the time. And will also support PCI Express 2.0.

[CP5670]

I posted my thoughts on it in here. Basically, wait for the games. It's a pity that we have this amazing card available but there is hardly anything to take advantage of it.

now im looking at the new 8800gtx which costs $150 bucks more. it has a small bug though, the position of the power connector sucks, id have to saw holes in my case to get it to fit, but it would fit. doable, but inconvenient. also the added costs cut into budget for other things, like groceries and rent. im sure i could wing it though. now the 8800 gtx looks like it has better specs, fil rate on this card is much higher 36.2g vs 24g (i think in pixels/sec). the 7950gtx has more memory, but its about 10 gb/s slower. it also looks like the new model is a single gpu card, instead of dual like my original choice. then it comes down to dx10 support. id hate to get the new one only to find out its full of bugs. or get the old one to find out it wont run at all.

The amount of memory is lower due to the way SLI works. The 8800GTX crushes the 7950GX2 across the board in any case.

Do you have a small case? Chances are that a bigger problem will be the 10.8" card length, which overhangs ATX motherboards and is too big for a lot of midtowers. A number of people are getting a new case for this card because it won't fit in their existing one.

[Nuke]

I posted my thoughts on it in here. Basically, wait for the games. It's a pity that we have this amazing card available but there is hardly anything to take advantage of it.

now im looking at the new 8800gtx which costs $150 bucks more. it has a small bug though, the position of the power connector sucks, id have to saw holes in my case to get it to fit, but it would fit. doable, but inconvenient. also the added costs cut into budget for other things, like groceries and rent. im sure i could wing it though. now the 8800 gtx looks like it has better specs, fil rate on this card is much higher 36.2g vs 24g (i think in pixels/sec). the 7950gtx has more memory, but its about 10 gb/s slower. it also looks like the new model is a single gpu card, instead of dual like my original choice. then it comes down to dx10 support. id hate to get the new one only to find out its full of bugs. or get the old one to find out it wont run at all.

The amount of memory is lower due to the way SLI works. The 8800GTX crushes the 7950GX2 across the board in any case.

Do you have a small case? Chances are that a bigger problem will be the 10.8" card length, which overhangs ATX motherboards and is too big for a lot of midtowers. A number of people are getting a new case for this card because it won't fit in their existing one.

so far it looks like im going with the gts model. ive measured my case thuroughly, while my formfactor is a little bit non-standard, it is amazingly effietient. it has a good 12 inches of video card space, so long as the card isnt exceptionally tall. the 8800 cant fit without some minor modification due to the placement of the power connectors. the fan on that thing apears to be a blower, so thats better news on the cooling side of things, but il probibly drop a few bucks on some bay fans just incase.

I'm holding out on buying a new rig until Q1-Q2 next year because I'm waiting how R600 competes and also waiting for R600 and G80 prices to drop into more sensible level. Shelling out 500-700€ just for a video card is simply put stupid IMHO. Not only that but I'm also waiting for Intel's Bearlake and AMD's Barcelona chipsets which will be supporting the companies next-generation quad-cores, even if I will buy dual-core at the time. And will also support PCI Express 2.0.

i wouldnt call it stupid. ive just never owned such a high end card, and here i got an oppritunity to. seems everytime i wait for a cheaper deal i end up not getting the performance i expect..

[Descenterace]

Pfeh. My machine is over a year old and wasn't even cutting edge then, but it'll stand up to anything thrown at it for at least another year.
Of course, the next upgrade will involve mobo, CPU, graphics card, and memory, or newer kit will bottleneck at the memory. It's the fastest DDR there is, which is still slower than any DDR2.
Case space? Muhahahahahaa...

[redmenace]

now that i have $1100 complements of the alaskan oil industry. im looking to buy a very high end geforce card. i

 
Motherfu**cker! What is this, Libya or something? I thought the US was against socialist handouts. I am firmly opposed to such measures, unless of course they cut me in on the deal.

Its alaska, they have to pay people to live there.

[TrashMan]

Meh... I have a 6800 GS and I'm as happy as hell.
No game I can't play or have problems with yet

[Sandwich]

Pfeh. My machine is over a year old and wasn't even cutting edge then, but it'll stand up to anything thrown at it for at least another year.
Of course, the next upgrade will involve mobo, CPU, graphics card, and memory, or newer kit will bottleneck at the memory. It's the fastest DDR there is, which is still slower than any DDR2.
Case space? Muhahahahahaa...

Check out the motherboard reviews Anandtech did with the ASRock 775Dual-VSTA board; specifically, this one: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2810

DDR2 isn't much faster at all.