9800 GX2 on THG

[pchoi04]

Hopefully Im not to late, but it looks like THG has some good pictures on the 9800GX2.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/05/exclusive_nvidia_geforce_9800gx2/

 

[soloman02]

The 9800gx2 is crap. It is essentially two G92 8800GTS' strapped together. No new technology is involved. Meaning, no fantastic gains in performance over current tech. I'm sorry but 30% is not worth the price they will charge for it. especially for people who game at high res, it only has 512mb of ram per core, so at high res, it may be a lot closer to the ultra in performance.

If the speculation is wrong and it is an entirely new Arch, then maybe it will be worth it. But I doubt it. nvidia is just trying to get the suckers to buy it so they can have more profits.

 

[Annisman]

Omg those cards are so dam sexy

 

[imrul]

they suck, not even a 50% increase

 

[maverick9611]

Anyone else notice what looks like an optical audio out below the displayport plug?

 

[kpo6969]

Could be, I thought that was where the generator gets plugged in.

 

[pchoi04]

Anyone else notice what looks like an optical audio out below the displayport plug?

I saw that too... But it could be an optical in so it can pass the signal through HDMI. Asus had a 7600GT with HDMI and it worked in similar ways (I think).

I pretty much agree with everyone else in terms for performance. I just posted it up because it was something new to look at. I guess manufacturers can only prove us wrong. Under promise and overachieve or it seems as though ATI lately has been over promising and under overachieving. I would definitely like to see some solid competition.

 

[maverick9611]

I dont see any mention of it on other sites or forums. It may be for optical in but there have also been rumors about Nvidia or AMD putting sound into thier graphics cards

And is that HDMI or displayport? I cant really tell the difference

 

[maverick9611]

Nevermind, that looks like HDMI... Ive been looking at too many displayport monitors for CES today

 

[partialsum]

The 9800gx2 is crap. It is essentially two G92 8800GTS' strapped together. No new technology is involved. Meaning, no fantastic gains in performance over current tech. I'm sorry but 30% is not worth the price they will charge for it. especially for people who game at high res, it only has 512mb of ram per core, so at high res, it may be a lot closer to the ultra in performance.

I've read the average boost in SLi is only about 30%. So two 8800GTS's tied together sounds like what it's gonna be. But if you figure in SLi, and put two of these in, then you got like 4 8800 GTS's. But geeze it's just pictures so nobody knows.

I want the price tag and benchmarks. Preferrably now.

 

[wh3resmycar]

they dont suck actually.. itll benefit the mainstream market since the 8800 will go down in prices wohoo

 

[tomdrum]

it looks sexy

I regretted for about 3 seconds buying my 8800gt (last night), but then thought

A) i wont be able to afford this for about 3 years
B) Its not much better than the gt for the money
C) The GT wont loose too much money anyway since it will still be the card everyone will probly buy.

 

[nightscope]

That's what happens when Nvidia promises a video card that is over 100% the performance of the current 8800 GTX...remember those promises? Over one teraflop of performance? Double-triple the power of a 8800 GTX?

Yeah...they put the bars of hope too high.

 

[lx_flier]

This is a 8900/8950GX2 not a 9800. Or at least that is what they should call it!

 

[emp]

That's what happens when Nvidia promises a video card that is over 100% the performance of the current 8800 GTX...remember those promises? Over one teraflop of performance? Double-triple the power of a 8800 GTX?

Yeah...they put the bars of hope too high.

As far as the teraflop goes as I've said countless times, they most likely were referring to the Tesla, but everyone mistook it for the G92 (And the rumors didn't help one bit), and in case you haven't been reading this isn't a next gen card, so there's no way they can achieve that kind of performance on the same chips. It's the same with Ati and the HD 3K, it isn't a next gen card, just a name naming scheme, and if it troubles you so much then think of the HD3k as HD2950 and 9800 as a 8900.

 

[Slobogob]

It won't even be as fast as 2 8800 cards in SLI since nvidia will underclock them to keep the heat in check. Basically this is a desperate mans single card SLI setup.

 

[cb62fcni]

I've read the average boost in SLi is only about 30%. So two 8800GTS's tied together sounds like what it's gonna be. But if you figure in SLi, and put two of these in, then you got like 4 8800 GTS's. But geeze it's just pictures so nobody knows.

I want the price tag and benchmarks. Preferrably now.

*Sigh* Don't you remember all the excitement about putting 7950GX2's into SLI? How it never panned out? I'm expecting more of the same here. The tech is promising, but it too often fails to deliver. While on the surface it sounds great to have 4 8800GTS's in your system, in reality, with driver support for quad-SLI spotty at best, you'll be lucky to get even modest performance gains. Whether or not these gains off-set the purchase and power costs is up to the individual, but personally I'm just going to stick to single cards after my 7950GX2 fiasco. I wonder if, like the 7950, two G92 parts in SLI will slightly outperform one dual card.

 

[lx_flier]

Honestly with AMD/ATI stepping up to the dual core single gpu's, I believe Nvidia will have no other choice to improve their quad sli drivers due to the fact that future gpu's will most likely all be dual cores (at least the high end).

 

[homerdog]

This seems like a silly card to call the 9800. Almost as silly as having an 8800GT that is faster that the old 8800GTS which has more memory than the new 8800GTS but is still slower than the new 8800GTS. Did I miss anything?

 

[truromeo4juliet]

Could be, I thought that was where the generator gets plugged in.

LOL! Begin the photoshop contest!

 

[navvara]

The 9800 GX2 looks more like something meant for bashing people's heads in than a video card. Given how big it is and it's specs methinks it might be better suited for this role.

 

[Ironnads]

How would you know till we get reliable benchies?
Ryan

 

[frozenlead]

i'm not judging before bench day happens either.

but it does look more like a cooling box i place my soldering iron into when i'm not using it.

but you could beat someone over the head with it i'm sure.
that's an expensive bat, though.

it certainly could look a little more appealing than a big black box.

and i'm a little concerned with the cooling system too...it doesn't look that great...

 

[Dooyas]

I dont see any mention of it on other sites or forums. It may be for optical in but there have also been rumors about Nvidia or AMD putting sound into thier graphics cards

And is that HDMI or displayport? I cant really tell the difference

ATI already has sound built onto thier video cards with the 2xxx series. I output both video and sound through the HDMI.

 

[maverick7]

no way worth the money... and doesnt this mean u need an sli capable board or the other core wont work.. wow thats gay (i have a maximus formula.. )

where the hell is the new architecture... that is so lame