Thanks to calvary1980 for sending this in.

Looks like the Inquire was right about it being expensive

8800 Ultras were $800 when they came out.

I guess the 9800GTS and 9800GTX will be in the $375 $450 range :(

- Christine

This is kinda nuts considering there are no reviews yet. Where are they?

makes you wonder how much eVGA or Zotac will be charging. I bet people will love XFX rebates now..

- Christine

For this price, the 9800GX2 better beat the 3870x2 in benchmarks and in games by a good percent. From the early test results, I'm not sure that it can pull that off however.

damn thats expensive!

reminds me of when i bought my x850pe and paid $749 + tax :nutkick:

seems like Nvidia is still gouging cash from their customers, thankfully ATI is smarter :)

still curious as to how it will perform

:toast:

flashstarFor this price, the 9800GX2 better beat the 3870x2 in benchmarks and in games by a good percent. From the early test results, I'm not sure that it can pull that off however.

a good percent like 55

[I.R.A]_FBia good percent like 55

something tells me thats not likely

Dangle8800 Ultras were $800 when they came out.

The 8800 Ultra was the most powerful card by both companies and ATI had nothing to compete with it for a very long time...so they could get away with that pricing knowing enthusiasts who don't care about money would be all over it. From some early numbers we've seen it seems that the 3870 X2 will top the 9800 GX2, and obviously its priced less. The 9800 GTX doesn't seem very impressive either, in my opinion the only card that is great for its price right now is the 9600 GT, which I may choose to get myself soon. XFX dropped its prices and its now $149.99 after rebate.

intel igentsomething tells me thats not likely

so nvidia bought tickets to teh failboat? first class!

intel igentsomething tells me thats not likely

something tells me your right

I will hold judgment until i see reviews... and they better not disappoint for 600$.

erockerThis is kinda nuts considering there are no reviews yet. Where are they?

hanging out in nVidia's R&D department . . . the good reviews won't be released until the good drivers are



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[I.R.A]_FBiso nvidia bought tickets to teh failboat? first class!

Set sail for fail!

I dont care how powerful the ultra card was, it didnt warrant the almost $1000.00 price tag nvidia and its AIB partners gave it. This being said, its only like what, about $100.00 more than the hd3870x2? If the performance delta is low (and preliminaries I believe showed it below the hdx2) then nvidia will have a huge disappointment on their hands...

ShadowFoldSet sail for fail!

lol thats funny

this card is an absolute rip off, go buy 2 9600GT/8800GTs instead

the only aftermaket cooling is watercooling

lol at the price. You can now get 8800GTs for 200-210 bucks. That's only 400 or so for SLI that will be faster. Lame-o-rama. This card needs to be $375, then reduce all of the others real cheap b/c I love the GTS 512 :)

not quite sure y nvidia thinks they can get away with that price

nVidia is still behaving like ATI is far behind, someone needs to send them a 3870 X2 to play with and realize that this card is priced completely wrong.

[I.R.A]_FBiso nvidia bought tickets to teh failboat? first class!

ALL ABOARD!

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OrbitzXTnVidia is still behaving like ATI is far behind, someone needs to send them a 3870 X2 to play with and realize that this card is priced completely wrong.

thats what i was thinking...i think they guys at nvidia got just a little to big headed over the past few years

Well, theoretically, this card should top all others. The gts 512 is the fastest single card available (excluding ultras of course), and if you slap 2 together.........

It remains to be seen whether the drivers will make this possible. This is a high price, but if the card performs like it should, it seems about right.

If it doesn't perform like it should, the price will most likely go down to <$500. As long as people don't buy it just for the name that is.