GTX 295 to revive 9800GX2?

i was thinking about this and the GTX 295 is just like the 9800GX2 and they will need to make drivers for the "dual-gpu" single slot card. so does this mean driver support for the 9800GX2 is back kinda? they are the same except one is GT200b chips and the other is G92 chips. so i would bet that the release will be a breath of fresh air to us who own a 9800GX2 because new drivers will support the GTX 295 all the way back to series 8 cards. i expect the 9800GX2 to start seeing performance increases with the release of the GTX 295/drivers because if series 8 to the GTX 295 is supported, the profiles for the GTX 295 will be there for the 9800GX2. what do you guys think, GTX 295 reviving 9800GX2 support or not?

no not really, sorry, i got into the pc gaming world this past september. but i have researched it

I am still having outrageous issues on my 7950GX2 (on my 2nd system AKA the girlfriend's system). It is so bad (random, frequent 3-10 second lockups) that I am strongly considering picking up a 4870 for myself this week and putting my 8800GTS in her system.

If nVidia plans on pushing the new dual pcb G200 to the forefront of gaming, they will NEED to put out the best possible drivers. What it always boils down to is the opinion of the populace. If nVida can score 2.6 million on 3dMark06 (yes, that was supposed to be a joke) on their own test systems but we here cannot even run stable at any game settings.... well, we all know what will happen.

they are both DX10 so who knows.

I'm pretty sure that they way the GTX295 is constructed is different enough from the 9800GX2 that any improvements made to the 295 driver would not impact the 9800GX2. Nope nVidia doesn't want to sell or support the GX2 because they want you to buy a newer 280 or 295.

have nvidia dropped support for the 9800GX2?

Yeah... BUT just like the 9800 GX2... this might be a shot in their foot...

If this is close to the performance of their next gen flag ship... they are screwed that generation too... just like they were with the gt200

actually i'd be happy if the same thing happened like last gen. I'd feel more comfortable @ 60 fps on a single GPU card compared to 70 or 80 dual GPU

well you can't. But to an enthusiast ..you can. i for 1 noticed a significant difference going from quad sli 9800 Gx2 and single 9800 GX2. I would take 1 280, 260, 4870 over that setup anyday.

If you tried the 9800 GX2 yourself and then switched to more powerful GPu, then you'd be agreeing with me

hmm... palit made a triple slot 4870X2 a while back, will this open the doors for more than dualgpu single cards? i don't think at the moment with drivers... imagine the driver issues with 2x 3gpu cards in SLI

well maybe the nvidia driver devs are just incompetent... either way, multi gpu drivers are never perfect.

maybe if they made a 4830X2... that would pretty much directly compete with the 260.

4670 = 8800GS/9600GSO
4830 = 8800GT/9800GT
4850 = 9800GTX/GTX+
4870 = GTX 260 core 216
4830X2 = GTX 280
4850X2 = GTX 285
4870X2 = GTX 295

ya?

I'm a single GPU person too

Well no rule is perfectly straight right?

I mean 2 4870s I've seen most of the time outperfom the 4870 X2. So for ATI its a little different considering their GPU is soldered on the same card.

And in all honesty I have alot more respect for trying to be innovated, than Nvidia's quick glue gun technique.