9800GX2 hands on review

2008-03-16 09:57:42

#1

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6689|Finland

One comment: WTF NVIDIA?!?!?! I'm off to crossfire lands....

https://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8125/gx2testnotebf1.jpg

LOL ^^

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1331/ … index.html

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2008-03-16 10:13:00

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6728|The Twilight Zone

Do i see this right? The X2 rapes this "monster". And lol at the power consumption, just look at the connectors it requires to run.

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-03-16 10:14:41

#3

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6472|Winland

What the hell kinda "Big gains over the GT" are they talking about?! The god damn thing is slower than the GT in some tests ffs!

Fail card tbh.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-16 10:16:23

#4

02fxnmaurer: Member; +75|6757|Birmingham UK

Freezer7Pro wrote:
What the hell kinda "Big gains over the GT" are they talking about?! The god damn thing is slower than the GT in some tests ffs!

Fail card tbh.

gt ftw !

2008-03-16 10:21:25

#5

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6840|Area 51

I dont know, it competes closely to the HD3870X2 (In most games that is, its absolutely raped in UT3) yet its going to be like what? $600? on the contrary to the HD3870's $400?

2008-03-16 10:22:49

#6

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6689|Finland

RDMC wrote:
I dont know, it competes closely to the HD3870X2 (In most games that is, its absolutely raped in UT3) yet its going to be like what? $600? on the contrary to the HD3870's $400?

yeah... failcard is fail.... I just get tri-fire now...

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2008-03-16 10:23:34

#7

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6728|The Twilight Zone

RDMC wrote:
I dont know, it competes closely to the HD3870X2 (In most games that is, its absolutely raped in UT3) yet its going to be like what? $600? on the contrary to the HD3870's $400?

HD3870X2 is precisely 315€.

2008-03-16 10:23:47

#8

jimmanycricket: EBC Member; +56|6930|Cambridge, England

AtI back on top?

2008-03-16 10:34:10

#9

irishtop: Hopscotch Champion; +11|6438|Houston, Texas

wat a letdown

2008-03-16 10:39:52

#10

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6472|Winland

irishtop wrote:
wat a letdown

Yeah, nVidias 9 series is gonna fail hard. Only good card in it so far is the 9600GT.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-16 11:27:31

#11

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7118|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Failcard tbh, I guess I'll be going red next time.

Edit: Well, I'll get another 8800GTX and go SLi before that though.

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2008-03-16 11:40:45

#12

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6805|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

Hahah, now what good is your step-up program with such a shitcard.

2008-03-16 11:48:52

#13

']['error: Banned; +630|6919|The Netherlands

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
Hahah, now what good is your step-up program with such a shitcard.

Hahaha eat shit EVGA fanboys that bought a noisy 8800gt!

*Hugs leadtek 8800GT that came with zalmam heatpipe cooler that is 55C under load and still dead silent*

2008-03-16 11:54:52

#14

Brasso: member; +1,549|6905

honestly i never knew there was a gpu-z before this review.

Freezer7Pro wrote:
irishtop wrote:
wat a letdown
Yeah, nVidias 9 series is gonna fail hard. Only good card in it so far is the 9600GT.

not even

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