Tweaktown has first review of Geforce 9800GX2

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I read the article earlier today. From what I get out of it is potential. Just like the early benchies about the 2900xt. I think the finalized product will be a lil more successfull, but I also see similar problems relating to the 7950GT2. I liked the running temps/power requirements but over all, this to my mind is only at the most, a $400 card

Its made me decide to go for a 9800GTX....

I know its early days for the card but it's not making use of its full potential... it should be raping the 8800GT in everything by a huge margin.
And the X2 is making it look expensive

there ya go. Better then what I was expecting, but I wasn't expecting much.

And don't play the "atm its driverz!" card, its the same core as the 8800GTS 512mb.
that said, I think it is genious. NVidia can get a whole pile o new revenue with minimal investment. That means increased profits.

Crysis scales **** with crossfire. No performance boost with it. Thats the only game Im bothered about.

Im not impressed with those figures.

I'll be playing at 1360 x 768 resolution, i want ultra high settings for everything, and 2xAA at the very least.... getting 30FPS at all times.... not too much to ask at that resolution is it?

That scaling does look better than what I got with 2 HD2900Pros in Crossfire.... where I actually got worse performance!

But I'd prefer a single card that'll beat all those scores by quite a margin and im willing to pay a premium for it

I think I will hold onto my 8800 GTS 640 a while longer. I play all games maxed at 1920 x 1200 just fine (Crysis at 18 - 20 fps). This fall will truly see the next gen cards I imagine right before Christmas with new games coming that will use that power.

Soldier do you have to throw that pic into every post you make?

We could all do the same if we wanted but I havent the time to polish everything and turn my 5.1 kit into a 3.1 and a bit kit. Do you really keep all 5 speakers there? And those UV lights just distract attention from the monitor... what are you hoping for... a Tan whilst you Surf?

OK... I must be jealous.

i thought i was the only one that noticed that...

No your not.

well, judging by the camera, i'd guess he's either an 31337 (eleet if you didnt know) hardcore gamer that likes to show people what he's doing as he's killing you, or he's actually a really hot girl in disguise and does those really sexy yet surprisingly trashy striptease videos. could go both ways.

Mate your a bit wrong there, minimal investment?! Nvidia had plenty of delays and a long development time for this thing, and even then early reaction and general buzz is a bit poor/negative. It wont sell big, I'll bet the farm on that (price/performance, g200 & rv770 a few months away) and its taken ages to turn up, doesn't sound like a money-spinner at all really.

That said, I dont think tweaktown's reviews are that great, a little bit poorly thought out all round (crysis at MEDIUM settings for a dual gts 512 gpu card?!?!?!?) and the card will look a fair bit more impressive when the other big sites get their reviews out. It is after all gts 512mb in sli, which should kick bottom really, even with some tepid clocks.

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