The 8800 is going to screw you guys just like the 7800 did

If you didn't jump on the GF7600GT, then nothing's going to make you happy, and you're going to keep waiting because there's always something better on the horizon.

And both nV and ATi try to get rid of the old stock once the new comes out and there were a few weeks worth of GF7800 sales, but you gotta catch them at the right time, because neither company wants their old stock sitting there draining away from the new so they stop shipments of the old long before the release of the new so that there is low impact from that perspective.

So WAIT !!
Wait until 2179 ,because the GeForce 20900GT will come and kill the GeForce 20800GT ,Then STRIKE !!

That is if it comes out within 90 days from the time you bought your 8800 - if not you're stuck like the rest of the early adopters...

Then again you should already know that - and G81 is a ways off yet.

DAMN, extended?$?$?$?$?$?$? Nice for you beta testers, thanks for finding those bugs



NOW IT'S MY MOMENT TO STRIKE!

Where'd everybody go :?:

And... that's why I always choose mid-range.

Not too expensive, good performers, good gaming experience, not too hot, reasonable power consumption. Almost perfect. 8)

*lurking in the shadows... waiting for the 8600 Ultra to arrive... THEN I'LL STRIKE!*

Your at bat, 3 balls, 2 strikes, its do or die, the fans rant and rave, the APE leans back looks for that anticipated moment to toss the ball, all the sudden just as the APE is going to lunge forward you put your hand up to pause the game. The fans are out of control, beer bottles are being tossed you grab the mic and say, sry but the 8800gtx is on sale now I have to go and get it before it’s sold. Finally after waiting for a year you have the new card.
You scan the screen to see if there is a difference even goes to the extreme to bench and wow you said, black screen WTF is going on. You tried to fix the problem yourself and damaged the card but the card still works, good you say to yourself. I’ll go to toms and ask what is going on.
People at toms said all kinds of things so you put your old card back in and send for a rma now its almost a year since you got the 8800gtx and waiting to strike for the next great buy.

It seems you like to wait....alot. I would recommend that you.....

OMG!!!!!!

If i wait till 2096, i can get a graphics card that pwns the gforce8800 5000x over!!!!!!

o bugger, the technology to extend the average person life beyond 100 hasnt come out yet!!!!! o well, gotta wait till 3015, then come back from the dead to buy the 919year outdated card....

or shud i keep waiting till 4000?

LOL, funny.
I like your maths.
2115

What the hell does that mean? No one said you have to have a Core 2 Duo to make an 8800GTX fast, but if you want to see the most out of your framerates, you will want to minimize the CPU bottleneck as much as possible. It's not like Doom3 is all of the sudden going to be unplayable when you use an 8800GTX with a Pentium 4. It'll still outperform every other card on the market by huge margins, no matter what CPU you pair with it.

3015-2096=919

Come on now, it's to early for that.

1) There was no 6900 card, just because there was a 7900 I see no reason why nVidia would choose to release another model for the sake of keeping to some kind of numbering pattern.

2) The 6800 was the fastest nVidia card of its generation, I see no reason why the -800 shouldn't mean exactly that. Sure, the 8800GTS is above the price range of mid-range cards but bang-for-buck it compares with top-end from about a year ago, which is a character trait of a mid-range card (in my opinion).

3) I agree that right now IS the wrong time to buy an 8800 card, we all know that 8800 cards will drop in price but they won't become a bad card. Just because they require a good PSU doesn't mean they're evil. The 7800 cards will still play games just fine.

4) This is the wrong place to come and be cheap. If you want to be like that then make some kind of joke about your girlfriend/wife costing too much and rather than a PSU upgrade for a GPU you needed a job upgrade for her PMT. If you don't want to spend the money then don't. Wait and buy the card you want when it comes out but don't be childish and have a rant at people who have spent A LOT of their hard-earned on an 8800. If you care about money then you can surely appreciate that others care about theirs too.

I agree with Andy hard earned cash and all that while i am rubbing my 7300GS

This is one of the funniest posts I've read in ages!

Thanks Eric :lol:

There is nothing wrong at all going with the 8800GTX. I have had mine since launch and have been loving every minute of gaming at 1680X1050 with all games completely maxed out plus the addition of 8-16XAA which makes games look damn near perfect.



Oblivion so far is the most demanding game in some of the outside locations, here are some screen shots taken from my system in some of the very most demanding outside locations in Oblivion. Everywhere else outdoors besides these types of demanding areas are 60+fps 8)







Oblivion settings, 1680X1050res 8XAA, 16XAF + HDR All ingame options maxed Completely out.



















As for other games such as Fear, Condemned, Prey etc..... I run 16XAA, 16AF at all times and get 60+fps with ease.



Of course something better will eventually come to surface, if your always going to wait on that next best thing then you will never be satisfied because something else better will always be coming out.


Im sure my 8800GTX will keep me satisfied for a long time with performance like this even after the better cards get here.


I dont think there has ever been this big of a jump either in the past with the release of new GPU's up until the release of the monster 8800GTX.

In A.D. 2101, War was beginning...

Captain: "What happen?"
Mechanic: "Somebody set up us the bomb."
Operator: "We get signal."
Captain: "What !"
Operator: "Main screen turn on."
Captain: "It's You !!"
Cats: "How are you gentlemen !!"
Cats: "All your base are belong to us."
Cats: "You are on the way to destruction."
Captain: "What you say !!"
Cats: "You have no chance to survive make your time."
Cats: "Ha ha ha ha..."
Operator: "Captain !!"
Captain: "Take off ever 'Zig'!!"
Captain: "You know what you doing."
Erik_Tilton: "WAITING FOR MY MOMENT TO STRIKE!"

.....

pwnt...

Well like i said it many others here said that millions of times the best advice is to wait at least until the ATI releases their DX10 card and the mid range Nvidia cards hits the market because then the current 88xx card prices will drop. That way you save yourself some money. I wouldn't wait any longer than that.

ROFLMAO

Where do you people come from???????????

2 7800GTXs in SLI, mind boggling gaming experience, max out all settings and play your ass off, so while you've been waiting we've been playing, and playing, and playing!

Have a nice wait! Bye Now! ROFLMAO

I read this thread with a ton of interest cuz I just built a new system at the end of January. A C2D 6300, 2GB Corsair XMS2, Raptor 150, Audigy 4..... To each their own, I guess.... but for me i decided on a 7950GT XFX ....(I'm partial to Nvidia) I could of easily bought a 8800 series but for me the i asked myself ....Can i go home and play games tonight with DX10 with my brand new 8800 ??. Good stable drivers available...? I don't want to be a beta tester I just want to game ... There's always a ton of promises with new technology and rarely is it as earth shattering as the ad's say it will be.... there's way too much hype with this bleeding edge hardware and DX10 ... As for me I rather let it mature for a bit... not throw myself into the fire ... Prices drop, technology zooms by ... its inevitable... but to buy into the hype now is just rather silly ....

To me if i would buy a new video card today and it would be based on a DX9 technology it would feel like a waste of money no matter how much that cost. I rather wait until prices/drivers stabilize and get a mid range DX10 card instead of a DX9

Nice theory.

Despite what someone said eVGA lsits the following terms:
1) 90 days
2)Products known to have limited availability will not be made available to the Step-Up Program.(meaning, if we decide not to make it available too bad).

Basically the program is of very limited use IMO as it stands... if you do have nay info on an extended period for the 8800's I'd appreciate details though...


LOL

I'm waiting to STRIKE it rich
God buy me a 8800gtx I'll be good for the rest of my life

yep, have not eaten in some time now. all monies were spent on computer stuff suggested by toms dudes.