9800gtx

[hux309]

Looks like it's going to be a mildly overclocked 8800gts, so much for nvidia winning this round. 9800GTX 3Dmark06 score here - Expreview.com

[GC8WRX]

I need a new card to replace my 7800gtx as it starting to struggle, despite being overclocked and well cooled, anyone know how much a 8800gtx is nowadays?

Just done a search and a 8800gtx is 220 quid delivered, not bad!

I wonder who would go for a 7950 instead as im not arsed about dx10 yet?

[hux309]

Have a look at the hd3870x2, it easily beats the gtx and the best price i could find was £236.

But then again the hd4870x2 is on the way in 2/3 months.

[Daz34]

Originally Posted by hux309

Have a look at the hd3870x2, it easily beats the gtx

Not in all games it doesn't

[hux309]

That's when it shuts down to one core, usually a driver or game issue to which ati are doing a grand job of sorting out.

Plus a lot of sites have to be taken with a pinch of salt, like toms hardware which are known for being nvidia fanboys so would use old drivers and cherrypick tests that favour the nv cards for example.

And to further add to things the 9800gx2 is now delayed to march because of driver issues and atm scores 14k in 3d mark 06, the x2 manages about 18/19k.

VR-Zone : Technology Beats - GeForce 9800 GX2 Launch Delayed Till 18th March

Im not an ati fanboy as my last 2 cards were nvidia, you won't believe how many people have brand loyalty despite clearly getting pwnt.

hd4870x2 is out in 2/3 months which will be double the gpu's of the 3870x2.

So it's certainly a bumper crop of cards this year, shame nvidias are only g92 revisions.