Who bought an 8800?

[physco827]

If you bought one or didn't, say why please.

 

[FeareX]

They arent for sale yet here in Holland. And if they where, i wouldnt buy one anyway. Why buy a €600,- card while my x800gto also plays everything. And the card is just overpriced, i would never pay that amount of money just for a graphics card.

 

[Talon]

I very nearly did today.

I haven't "yet". I need to see more availability and possibly reviews on 680i SLI mobo.

Once I am sure about the 680i thing then I will make a purchase. I've waited this long, another week will not kill me I suppose. Plus gives me more time to either justify all this $ I've been spending to the wife or get it under the radar...hehe.

 

[Pippero]

I prefer to spend 600€ for a holiday in a european city with parties and chicks, rather than on a GPU

 

[FeareX]

I prefer to spend 600€ for a holiday in a european city with parties and chicks, rather than on a GPU

True.

Only i already live in Europe :lol:

 

[bruce555]

I bought a gts. I stepped up from a x800 xt which I thought was just getting dated. I thought it was a good investment for the future, dx 10 and kills everything right now. I've always been an ATI guy so we'll see how this goes. I also only have a 19" monitor so the performance around those resolutions was just the nail. While I'm stepping up to this I'm getting a e6600 and 2 gb ram and coming from a 3700+ and 1 gb. If I had a SM 3.0 card right now I probably would have waited but whatever.

 

[t2couger]

i have a evga 7950 gx2 doing the step-up program before myn expires i only have to pay 150 for the 8800 gtx . dx10 hear i come.

 

[rodney_ws]

I have a friend who will probably buy one these week now that they're out. He's a stay-at-home dad who married into money... why not have the best toys if you're home all day and not paying for them yourself?

 

[sprite]

I very nearly did today.

I haven't "yet". I need to see more availability and possibly reviews on 680i SLI mobo.

Once I am sure about the 680i thing then I will make a purchase. I've waited this long, another week will not kill me I suppose. Plus gives me more time to either justify all this $ I've been spending to the wife or get it under the radar...hehe.

I read a review (on anandtech i think) of the Abit 680i Motherboard, apparently they got an FSB of 2100MHz (quad pumped) for one X6800 and an E6300 I think it was

 

[physco827]

amen rodney and couger i hate you......

 

[amdwilliam1985]

I did not buy one because I'm waiting for 8600gt in the price range of $200.

 

[FeareX]

Yeah the 8600gt most be going to be great .

From the 6 series on the *600gt always was a verry good deal

 

[chuckshissle]

I'm still looking for a place to rob. Seems there's camera everywhere these days. But I got to upgrade next year, and by then there should be a better DX10 from ATI and Nvidia, hopefully with an appealing price.

 

[kaotao]

Nope. I'm going to try to make an educated decision once I see ATI's offerings.

 

[randomcow]

No. Still using AGP...

 

[escrotumus]

I bought a 8800gts on the way home from work yesterday. It rocks and is night and day faster than my highly o/c'd 7900gt. I run a matrox triplehead setup and need all the power i can get to pump out that 3840x1024 resolution. Upgrading to a kentsfield as soon as i can find one some place. I'm still on an older 3.6 P4 now so i didn't want to go with the gtx due to power reqts that this box doesn't meet. I will most likely step up to the gtx when i get my kentsfield box built.

 

[RTsa]

I prefer to spend 600€ for a holiday in a european city with parties and chicks, rather than on a GPU

Why go there when you can enjoy a girlfriend at home.

 

[prozac26]

I didn't but it, and I'm not planning to.

My plan is to get a new video card next fall, along with Vista, and more RAM, so I can enjoy DX10 games.

DX10 games will probably start showing up in the summer, so I think my plan is pretty good.

 

[SciFiMan]

Waiting for ATI's DX10 card and the reviews that will compare it with nvidia. Then I'll decide, but I may wait for the mid-range cards to come out to see which is the best value.

 

[gearbox]

It's too f*cking big to fit in my Antec P180!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Running on a x1900xt I picked up for under $300 CAN anyway, so no hurry

 

[Heyyou27]

By the time UT2007 or Crysis comes out, the Geforce 8800GTX won't be top of the line.

 

[Eurasianman]

I didn't but it, and I'm not planning to.

My plan is to get a new video card next fall, along with Vista, and more RAM, so I can enjoy DX10 games.

DX10 games will probably start showing up in the summer, so I think my plan is pretty good.

Hopefully, PCI Express Gen 2 won't be out before then

 

[Eurasianman]

It's too f*cking big to fit in my Antec P180!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Running on a x1900xt I picked up for under $300 CAN anyway, so no hurry

I find that hard to believe. If you remove the middle hdd cage, you should have plenty of room. Just move whatever hard drives from the middle cage into the lower cage or buy 5.25" mounts for 3.5" hdd

 

[Eurasianman]

By the time UT2007 or Crysis comes out, the Geforce 8800GTX won't be top of the line.

Agreed! Sounds familiar... oh yea, the PS3!!! Has last gens gfx and is coming out this month. LAME!

I'm happy with my 360

 

[Parge]

simple:

1. They are ridiculously expensive for performance that just isnt needed right now

2. Im waiting for ATI's R600 core because I prefer ATI's software and VIVO functions (and i have a feeling they may offer more bang for buck)