R600 a couple of months away?

Yup, it's true.

Either buy the 8800... or since directX 10 games arent't out anyway, get the $200 X1900 XT on newegg and dump it when Dx10 games come out that you'd need an 8800 or R600 for.

He's over with me in the UK so deals like that $200 x1900xt aren't available

$200 over here will only buy you a 7600GT!

GTX average price is around £410-450, which is around $820-900.

Here's quite a "cheap" example:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119847/rb/24229688147

GTX average price is around £410-450, which is around $820-900.

Here's quite a "cheap" example:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119847/rb/24229688147 8O

Yerp cheapest i found is

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Produ [...] oupID=1880

GTX average price is around £450, which is around $900.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =GX-035-BG

£399, eitherway its painful.

anyways, ive made the mistake of looking on wikipedia, now i feel my entire new setup is about to be demolished before its even built!

it says R600 to be released in 20-22nd of january or maybe early febuary. (Rumour)

and...

"There are 2 versions of R600 graphics card lineup, codenamed as "Pele" (GDDR4 version) and "UFO" (GDDR3 version, reportedly cancelled)."

anddd....

"There will be R680 and R700 coming up in the near future"

im turning emo now :| does this mean my £1400 8800GTX etc rig will be made to look like the gimp of the litter in the next month? lol

guess that explains how they have info on everything imaginable.
i was starting to think of getting in contact & asking the super-human host to join my pub quiz team.

sooo is this "its not coming for a couple of months" rumour confirmed or will it come out in january?

i guess the few months thing is right concidering the amount of information thats avalible atm... usually u can pre-order items from overclockers a few weeks in advance, ATIs new card seems to be hiding. not even the god that is google can find confirmed information on it...

kk well the 8800gtx will do me then,

i assume the BFG version of the 8800GTX is a good card ?

do "Crossfire" motherboards work with SLi or only ATI cards? id like an asus cause i heard there good, ill look around but i think the Abit AW9D Intel 975X will be winning my custom

The 8800's are fantastic cards for now, they will stomp the life out over every card on the market right now, but [url=http://www.google.com/search?q=8800gtx+vista+drivers&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial]good luck finding Drivers for Vista[/url]

Also I heard there are a few things Nvidia cut from the g80 in order release it on time, that will be released in the refresh that will add new further DX10 shader performance. Not sure if that's true or not, but It would make sense considering that the card was released when DX10 wasn't even out yet.

I think the wisest thing anyone could do right now would be to wait for both companies to release there new dx10 cards (do not include the 8800's) and just get a current dx9 card to hold them over.

tempting tbh, but i only have this money for a short time & im kinda busting the bank atm so once ive bought this im screwed for cash for the next...10/20 years.

PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
Case: Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black)
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Motherboard: Abit AW9D Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2
Grapics: BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Ram: Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM


requiring a second opinion, is that all compatible & good?

thanks, thats pretty much the answer i was looking for

just gunna go looking up drivers for the mobo/gfx for Vista to make sure i can make the thing run when its all setup then ill order the parts

Not after seeing that. I don't go to bestbuy for my comp needs, but even they aren't that expensive. 8O

ive ordered alot from overclockers, only ever had problem with 4 sticks of crucial ram. they always emailed me back saying please try memtest etc. after sending proof the ram was faulty they replaced with no problems. & over the phone there fine to talk with.

ive always found them quite easy to use personally, cause i use differant credit/debit cards i found overclockers would accept differant cards (unlike ebuyer), and there pricing is usually quite good,

also im going to be trying to talk them down on the core2duo processor as ive seen it on dabs for £200 where its £215 on there site... not something ive done before, but im sure they'll match it.

1 problem ive had with them is some times (like now, read on). noticed things which arnt true in descriptions... i bought sat nav from them which said it included GPS & TOMTOM Software etc when really it only had the GPS.

anyway, back to my pc

ive just learnt that motherboard which says on overclockers supports crossfire & nvidia dual graphics....only accepts crossfire. & id like a board that does SLi (for future upgrade possiblitys).

can someone suggest a good board for roughly £120-150 that does SLi / Core2Duo ? (thats a good quality brand) NOT MSI.

thanks alot for the feedback, i appreciate it

yer for some reason overclockers make you pay a higher price than most places (ebuyer, dabs) but they are know to be a bit expensive i think.

as for the SLi m/b, im sure a 650i motherboard has just come out, well it has in the u.s anyways, but that doesnt help you. the only thing i can see you getting is a 680i chipset, but they are too expensive

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =MB-000-EA

Do you reakon? most of the time when pricing things up Ebuyer is the cheapest for me,
and im a bit unsure about using other companies for sum reason, don't know why

Not after seeing that. I don't go to bestbuy for my comp needs, but even they aren't that expensive. 8O

Its so annoying talking to all you yanks, with the prices virtually being the same in £ over here as they are in $ over there, despite £1= $1.98!

To build my next rig it would cost £1100 in uk, but the same thing would cost around £800 in the US, thats a saving of £300 - or $600 (the price of 8800GTX!!!!)

Any of you guys fancy posting me parts? I'll pay $100 + all shipping fees!!

Do you reakon? most of the time when pricing things up Ebuyer is the cheapest for me,
and im a bit unsure about using other companies for sum reason, don't know why

Seriously! I put together identical systems on ebuyer and scan, and then one on scan came out cheaper, despite the free shipping on ebuyer. I think the main difference is that scan tend to do cheaper graphics cards and processors (basically the more expensive parts). That said, ebuyer are the best for monitors. I'd say get a Samsung 913n Syncmaster with free shipping from ebuyer and get everything else from scan.

i agree. they both offer around the same range of components, so i suppose you just choose the cheapest quote.

Seriously, I wouldn't recommend it atm, even as a means towards US citizenship... 8O It'd be like me recommending the 8800GTX for my grandma.