Why SHOULDN'T you get a 9800GX2

[mihirkula]

Now here's a controversial topic...

q: Why Shouldn't you get a 9800GX2?

my answer: cos you can get THREE 3870s AND a new mobo for less .... (and three 3870s beat the potty out of a GX2 for sure.)

Whats your answer(s)?

 

[Hatman]

No they don't. Go read some benchmarks.

 

[acidpython]

Not sure about 3 3870s beating a 9800GX2? But you can get 2x8800GT for same price and have enough money for a mobo (although a cheap mobo after) and that'll outperform.

p.s. curious can you get an intel motherboard with 3x 16x slots?

 

[beurling]

cuz an 8800GTS 512 is virtually identical in power when Antialisaing is on, GG drivers.

Also the 9800GTX is virtually identical to an 8800GTS 512, you'd think they could slap 1gb of memory on it or something....

Nvidia can go buy a retractable iron stick for their "you-know-whats."

WE WANT NEW CARDS! NOT RE-BRANDED OLD TECHNOLOGY!

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Because I dont want a somewhat crippled (any sli/cf solution) trophy, I want a superior product

 

[tjoepie]

At this point in time the GX2 is probably the best performance for anyone without an SLI/crossfireX board.
And I agree with hatman, there are reviews that show the gx2 beating 3 3780's.
I agree price will be lower with 3780's, but if you want a good price you can have my 4200ti for 50$ that's even better ;-)
Sure the card is far from perfect and it's just an SLI on one card, but it's still the fastest single card for someone with 1 PCIe slot.

 

[vaker5]

No but seriously ive seen radeon 7000's at compusa for 60$ wtf is up with that lol.

 

[doubletake33]

uuuuuhhhhhhh..............because it's $600 too many damn dollars?

 

[EXT64]

Ja, doubletake33's got it. $600 is way too much and 3x Crossfire is too complex. I'd just wait for ATI's 4000 series which is near (cross fingers).

 

[Heyyou27]

I'll pass on the Geforce 9 series; in my opinion they appear to be nothing but ****.

 

[Ibanezrg570]

The U.S retailers are price gouging right now. The price of the GX2 will come down, but not by much. Here in Canada they list for abour 577 to 609. SO I figure you should see em somewheres in the 529-579 range. Not much better, but hey, its something.

 

[ZOldDude]

The topic:

Why SHOULDN'T you get a 9800GX2

Answere:

Why should I?

I had one of the severn DFI setups in my profile die so I built a fast replacement about 4 weeks ago.

At first I had a 38** untill I found I could have a 8800GTS (G92) for the same price...I sent the -unopened- ATI card back for a refund.

The human eye can only see so much and anything -if- it is better than the 8800GTS (G92) only matters in a -benchmark- and for most people is 100% worthless.
Playing a game you can't tell between that and a GFX card 10 times faster.

If people have money to burn...and think that after "point X" they are going to get a higher value/game high....let those people think so.

The 8800GTS 512 (G92) can be found for as low as $220 last time I looked.

 

[qmalik]

8800GT SLI is the best imo. $350 for that kind of performance is just amazing.

 

[nukemaster]

For anyone interested.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/18/nvidia_geforce_9800_gx2_review/

 

[rockbyter]

Cost, There will always be something to beat it in the future, and... Cost. 3 good reasons not to buy one.

 

[random1283]

Hey you do know that 3way CF takes a top line X38 or 48 board like the P5E3 deulux

 

[blacksci]

Because its not a upgrade, its a ripoff.

 

[randomizer]

The U.S retailers are price gouging right now. The price of the GX2 will come down, but not by much. Here in Canada they list for abour 577 to 609. SO I figure you should see em somewheres in the 529-579 range. Not much better, but hey, its something.

Oh you think US retailers are price gouging? The GX2 goes for over $800 in Australia, and I'm sure that's dirt cheap compared to somewhere like Thailand.

 

[hsetir]

becaz u SHOULDN'T encourage vandalism.

 

[hsetir]

Cost, There will always be something to beat it in the future, and... Cost. 3 good reasons not to buy one.

I ha

 

[hsetir]

Cost, There will always be something to beat it in the future, and... Cost. 3 good reasons not to buy one.

I have better three reasons
1st good reason
2nd good reason
3rd good reason

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[Hatman]

lol... 8800's are good but not awesome. I cant play COD4 at 1920x1200 with 4x aa and get solid FPS. Same with a lot of other games.


As I've said before, as soon as price comes down to £300 ill be getting one. £380 atm. Down from £420 on launch day lol.

 

[tjoepie]

Oh it's so difficult to decide what to buy :-(

I think like this:

1/ Or I get the best now, enjoy all current games at max quality and still play 2009 games on the same hardware with a less quality. (in this case I'm thinking 9800GTX SLI on a 790i OR 9800GX2 on a X48 with cheaper DDR2)

2/ Or I get something cheaper now and replace my video card(s) next year with the card that has the best price/perfo at that moment.
(in this case I would get 9600GT SLI or 3870 crossfire)

In the end it will cast me the same but then what Motherboard (X38/48 or Nvidia 790i) should I get now?
Will the ATI cards be good next year or will the G200 beat them all?

 

[rudinho]

With the HD 2900 XT disaster ATI was way behind Nvidia 8800 line. Like the story of a rabbit and a turtle. 9800GX2 and 9800GTX is NV sleeping step, while ATI maybe catching them up with a turtle rocket skateboard - HD 4xxx series.

And ATI is on better fab process.... HD 4xxx could be really speedy.... if the put more ROP's.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

G200 ftw