Those with 8 series cards plan on getting 9800 ?

I have a 8800 GTS 640mb and have had no problems with it except Crysis which runs it around 22 fps at 1920 x 1200 all high settings. Does anyone plan on buying the new 9 series to upgrade, ie the 9800 Gx2/GTX cards next month. Im reading rumors they come out March 11th and the GTX later in the month. Think it will make much of a difference worth spending over $400 - $500 on them? Is this it for Nvidia this year as far as their high end cards go I wonder. Basically it looks like the GX2 will be 2 8800 GTs 512 mb cards together with higher clocks. Thoughts...

Naaa I just picked up a 8800GS for my wifes system and will probably get a new card for mine in November or December. Wonder what they will have then...?

Upgrading no, I don't plan on it. I'm thinking of getting the 9600GT for a new build though.

Perfectly happy with my 8800GTS-640. No plans to upgrade.

-Wolf sends

I have a 8800 gts 512 (g92) and dont plan on upgrading for atleast another year.

I have had an 8800 GTX since day one of its launch (less 2 days ship time), added watercooling as fast as I could get a block (3 months later) upped to Ultra clocks after that.

I like the single card simplicity, and will wait at least to see what the new GTX is about, before going the X2 route.

Must say, been ready to upgrade for at least six months, and Crysis working me over at 1920 x 1200, as well as some RTS games gives the itch even more!

I do love how people try to guess at the performance of a product before its even been released, its almost as bad as watching the weather report, all you can do is guess, you have no hard facts.

Blacksci, I completely agree. These accusations are based on absolutely nothing factual. I will wait till the rest of the 9 series actually comes out before judging its capabilities

Sorry Sailer, i think you misinterpted my meaning, this comment was directed at LukeBird, no one else, i understand what the discussion pertains too. What got my goat was lukes unfounded opinion of what he thinks the issues are going to be. I really dislike people assuming something such as possible problems when they havent even seen the card released which means everything until then is speculation. And on a side note im glad your name is sailer, and not sailor, or id have issues calling you your nick lmao.

Nope, sticking with the pair of 8800GT 512's until I need more performance and a single card blows them away.

F that - I'd rather see what RV770 has to offer this summer before I decide. I was hoping the 9800gtx would be the quantum leap that the 8800gtx was, but it doesn't seem like that will happen now.

I do plan on getting the 9800GX2, but only because I bought an EVGA 8800GT at the end of last year and want to use their Step-up Program.

That was one of the reasons why I bought the 8800GT, so I will upgrade just to give my system more longevity even if I miss the Step-up window. Based on some reviews, dual video card systems seem to finally be utilized by a lot of games (CoD4, UT3, Crysis, HL2:EP2, etc.)

Great Comparison of the scaling in multiple video card setups:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] i=3232&p=3

Unless the 9800GX2 turns out to be a catastrophe, I will be picking one up one way or another.

I bought GF4 MX4000 128 on May 04,
upgraded to FX 5700LE 128 on March 05,
upgraded to 7600GS 512 on Dec 06,
big upgraded to 8800GTS 320 on April 07,
replaced it with 8800GT 512 on Nov 07,

If I plan to change my 8800GT 512 with 9800GX2, it's not called an upgrade. Nah, better wait for Nvidia to comes with more next gen gaming card later on.

I still have 2 months left on my stepup. So I guess if a GTX comes out before the end of April I may stepup, but I doubt I'll be getting a GX2.

LOL damn reading up on every reply.
It seem the 9800gx2 and the 9800gtx isn't that promising.

Maybe another 8800gt sli for me.

But...I think I'll wait for benchmarks. Gonna be about a 2-3 weeks backorder during its initial release. I bet.

Edit: Omg btw soldier whats your pad and lcd light under your monitor? I'll love to have led light on my pad and lcd.
Is your keyboard that bright? I have the same g15 and wasn't that bright for mine.

I think its just probably the inverted orange, Probably the camera and the lighting make it look red. Cause I have the same new g15 model. Unless he mod it. Cause the only mod I has is the WinAMP mod to make my led light blinks. lol

Fair point, it was an opinionated comment, but does that mean I'm not allowed my own opinion on it?
I'm more than happy to stand by my comment and justify it for you if you like. I'm not going to run off just because somebody disagrees with what I have said...

ETA Also, wouldn't it be worse if I just said 'no' and offered no reason as to why not?

I'll hold onto my 8800GTX as the 9800GTX and GX2 don't sound like enough of an upgrade for me.

i have 3 gtx's (recently got the third for tri ali when i built a new rig). as of now i have no plans of getting any of the 9800 series cards. to remincent of the 7800-7900 move a couple years back. its the same cards with a new manfacuering process and some higher clocks. i see little reason to upgrade for 30% increase per card (best case i am guessing) increase for tri sli when with the exception of crysis, everything runs smooth. only way i'll go back on that is if the cards come out and one card can get a 50% + in crease in crysis and/or 3dmark06.

Most likely I will be upgrading to the 9800 gx2. Since it looks like it will have Full HD support in way of HDMI port on card. Am running now 7950 GX2 in Quad SLi... This way I can hook computer up to my Sharp Aquos 32" LC-32GP1U LCD HD-TV. Then wait for November for complete new build.

Use google man, im sure thats where a good part of them are coming from.

The real reason Nvidia is revising the G80 90nm shrink to = G92's to 65nm is the cost of manufacturing the chip. Nvidia will make more profit off the newer smaller chips and at the same time (call it a side effect) will increase performance a lot or most likely a little more. Nvidia will make a larger profit the smaller they make the die.

The 9800GTX sounds like one huge disappointment to me. I mean Look at 7800GTX or even 7900GTX vs 8800GTX and the jump was monsterous. But if the 9800GTX truely just performs like an 8800U, it's not worthy of the name. And How long have they had to work on it? I know these aren't new thoughts, I just felt like venting.

True, especially if you consider the 512MB 7800GTX. But they were both still GF7's. Now NV decides to go with the 9800GTX name, which should be a huge leap. A slight increase would be ok for an 8900GTX resfresh type name, but not a 9800GTX new generation name. 9800GTX = 8800U would be about as sad as the 8800GTX being about equal to the 7900GTX.

Its the ultra series that is being done away with.