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Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Apr-16-2008 18:57:

Anyone buy a...

9800GX2 yet? I'm still using the 7800GTX OC'ed and watercooled, but the stats are looking really good on the GX2.

Posted by Gen3r4l1ty on Apr-16-2008 20:41:

Most of the reviews are saying it's pretty crappy for the price, citing that there are no real architecture improvemnts and a narrower memory bus.

Gonna wait and see how this pans out.

Posted by Project-K on Apr-17-2008 03:35:

You know what's great about those new geforce 9s?

Geforce 8 price drops!

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Apr-17-2008 14:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Project-K
You know what's great about those new geforce 9s?

Geforce 8 price drops!

True that! 9800GTX's are going for mid $300's on Newegg. Maybe thats more bang for the buck? I haven't done too much research on the latest cards, but I know the numbers are way better than my 7800GTX

Posted by zokissima on Apr-18-2008 16:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Project-K
You know what's great about those new geforce 9s?

Geforce 8 price drops!

EXACTLY. IMO, I haven't seen much that would warrant the price of the 9800GX2. Just out of curiosity, anyone read any comparisons between the 9800GX2 and the 8800GTX?

Posted by Gen3r4l1ty on Apr-18-2008 17:45:

quote:
Originally posted by zokissima
EXACTLY. IMO, I haven't seen much that would warrant the price of the 9800GX2. Just out of curiosity, anyone read any comparisons between the 9800GX2 and the 8800GTX?

Yea, HardOCP had a good one. The general feeling was that the small improvement was not worth the hefty price.

Posted by Capitalizt on Apr-18-2008 17:56:

screw a 9xxx

You won't need anything more than an 8800GT/GTS for several years.

Here are some great deals:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...g184oM.CLAT7nGQ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814127325

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Apr-18-2008 18:02:

quote:
Originally posted by zokissima
EXACTLY. IMO, I haven't seen much that would warrant the price of the 9800GX2. Just out of curiosity, anyone read any comparisons between the 9800GX2 and the 8800GTX?

I think I remember skimming over a little writeup that said the GX2 was about 30% faster, if that...which is kinda nice, but the price difference is not worth it.

EDIT

This one looks good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143132