Lol, I just found out it's still GDDR3! :laugh:

* Expected price is supposed to be $450 USD. Nvidia is stupid for not calling this the 8800GX2

^big deal. The HD2900 DDR3 outperforms the HD2900 DDR4

I'm talking GDDR5, and I was hoping that Nvidia could possibly work a little magic with GDDR4 since we haven't seen anything from them with that yet. I guess perhaps I was a bit confused by the name of the card, as it deffinitely should be the 8800GX2.

erockerLol, I just found out it's still GDDR3! :laugh:

* Expected price is supposed to be $450 USD. Nvidia is stupid for not calling this the 8800GX2

Lol I thought that was the price for a SINGLE forthcoming 9800???? There cannot be any way that 2 x High end cards bolted together are only going to cost that surely, I read somewhere that they cost around 900 :eek:

Naming convention is misleading and wrong, no doubt.

This will be like all of the "super ultra make your penis bigger" cards (I still like them though :)). Even if the MSRP is reasonable, the lack of quantity will sky rocket the prices.

It's (as I and others have said before) a stop gap until the real 9xxx series. They can't have ATI release a card that can challenge the perf. of the Ultra, so they release this superficial card to keep claiming ultimate dominance.

btarunrNice Idea...the toast would also have an embossing of the NVIDIA "eye" logo. Thank God, they didn't give this card two gold-fingers. Else imagine this in tri-SLI...You'll need a mineral oil immersion tank, a 1300 W PSU and a bank to rob.

not to mention a game to utilize them

This doesn't look good at all for an enclosed PC case that isn't heavily ventilated. I'm also concerned with the price of this video card. From memory the 7950 GTX2 wasn't cheap and was in limited quantity when they first came out.

As for the look of it, its nothing special to me. As a matter of fact I wonder if the added enclosure around the video card negatively effects proper cooling of both PCBs vs without it.
And finally, what is the shelf life for this product? If the 7950 GTX2 had a shelf life of 3 months will this be the same or will it be in the market longer?

erockerI was a bit confused by the name of the card, as it deffinitely should be the 8800GX2.

Thats the whole idea. ATI began with the rehashed 2900xt and called it HD3850-70. And they seemed to sell quite nicely, so I guess nvidia thinks now its free to use whatever name and call old tech for next gen??? Very low taste tactics by Nvidia, all the little respect I had for Nvidia flew out the window the minute I heard the news about it having 2 old 8800 gpu´s inside. We need some real competition from ATI, until we do I doubt we´ll see any real "new" tech(50-70+ % improvement in performance from previous gen) from NV.

If this thing sells for 450$ ill shit myself. That would be amazing.

HaZe303Thats the whole idea. ATI began with the rehashed 2900xt and called it HD3850-70. And they seemed to sell quite nicely, so I guess nvidia thinks now its free to use whatever name and call old tech for next gen??? Very low taste tactics by Nvidia, all the little respect I had for Nvidia flew out the window the minute I heard the news about it having 2 old 8800 gpu´s inside. We need some real competition from ATI, until we do I doubt we´ll see any real "new" tech from NV.

ATi needs to drop the R680 bomb on us all!

^agreed

and if its 450$ then kids like me can play crisis on some good settings:respect::respect:

ATi needs to drop the R680 bomb on us all!

R700, man - if it actually does exist in their R&D departments

Oh, and I had thought that GDDR4 was ATI only as it was their technology they came up with? :confused:

Just hope the 3870X2 owns it. I'm waiting to see how much performance is a 3870X2 vs 3870. If it's like GOD DAM WOW, i'mma give my 2900xt to my bro and get 3870X2 baby.

Personally, I think theyll be good cards alone but Nvidia doesnt get much of a performance boost compared to Ati with dual card setups. I cant wait to see the performance difference from this and the 3870X2.

eidairaman1looks like a FX5800.

It looks nothing like a FX5800.

FX 5800 Ultra:



9800GX2:



Yes the likeness is uncanny :wtf:

Xaser04It looks nothing like a FX5800.

FX 5800 Ultra:

the original leafblower!! :roll:


www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOVjZqC1AE4

^:roll::roll::roll::roll:lol that guy behind the pc:D:D:laugh:

imperialreignthe original leafblower!! :roll:


www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOVjZqC1AE4

Oh yes lol.

Here is a little more on the card (courtesy of Guru 3D/Hardcop), Ialthough no prices are mentioned anywhere, I have read the mention of "2nd mortgage on your home" so I would guess it is going to be near to my speculated $900 :D


www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=6274

7950 GX2 = 7900 GT 512MB SLi
9800 GX2 = 8800 GT 512MB SLi

Would have made much more sense to number the G92-based cards under the "8900" series.
The 9800 doesn't make much sense either, but I guess maybe they want to compete with ATI's crazy new naming scheme.

Won't fit in my case:(:cry:. Guess its time to go to consoles;).Bye

Tatty_OneTry around $900 :eek:

why so much?!?

mab1376why so much?!?

Dunno, maybe I heard wrong :confused:

nidiots milking us for all we got.

I think they may be right around the $600 mark or so at launch. I would expect this to be a $499 retail card, however. It is just two 8800 GTS cards in SLI on one slot. The real question is if the 256 bit memory bus is simply carried over. And, the frame buffer will only be 512 MB. Looks like a product to simply skip over. I will wait for the next gen GTX cards.