DX10 cards might be soon, but don't get too excited

2006-10-15 00:09:07

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7051|132 and Bush

Many people are giving others advice to "just wait" for DX10 cards with the reasoning being that DX10 cards are set to be released before the end of the year. I would agree for someone looking to setup SLI and drop large amounts of money on two cards that are going to be outdated soon. I don't think everyone should be holding their breathe neither. Understand what you will need to have a DX10 setup aside from the actual card. Also consider that by the time any kind of decent amount of games are released the prices would have dropped considerably. Don't be a victim of being stuck with a card that is driving you insane, only to wait and pay the kind of money people do for the newest technology, just to be stuck with technology you can't use for some time.

Graphics chip developer NVIDIA announced that they will be releasing a new graphics card line soon. The GeForce 8800GTX and 8800GTS, the first two to be released, should be available in the second week of November. Many of you have probably heard about DirectX 10, Microsoft's new graphics standard to be implemented in Windows Vista. DirectX 10 will only be available in Vista (XP users will not be able to install it), and, like all previous versions of DirectX, if your video card is not compatible with a game's supported version of DirectX, you will not be able to play the game.[/color] Of course, it will probably take a while before DirectX 10 games even hit the market, but when they do, you will need an upgrade to play them, no matter how good your old card is.

Both cards are based on the same GPU, codenamed G80, so they don't vary by a lot. Here are the specs:
GeForce 8800GTX
Core clock: 575MHz
Pixel pipelines: 128
Memory: 768MB DDR3
Memory interface: 384-bit
Memory bandwidth: 86GB/s

The GeForce 8800GTX will be the new flagship product of NVIDIA's graphics line. 128 pixel pipelines is unconditionally the most notable of the numbers above; the highest currently available is 48 on ATI's Radeon X1950XTX, and NVIDIA's best single-GPU card is the GeForce 7900GTX with 32. The number of pipelines basically corresponds directly to the level of performance, so having four times the pip

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2006-10-15 00:12:26

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Mongoose: That 70's guy; +156|6980|Sydney, in 1978

why dont you just steal a super computer?? i mean my computer is 8 years old, but its still better than everyone elses machine.

2006-10-15 00:16:14

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7166

True about that kmarion, but i love its sheer power

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2006-10-15 00:20:37

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stryyker: bad touch; +1,682|7170|California

I want ATi's new shit. They are cooking something.

2006-10-15 00:22:12

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Pernicious544: Zee Tank Skank; +80|7150|MoVal So-Cal

one word- Crysis

2006-10-15 00:22:33

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7051|132 and Bush

I'm predicting CPU's and GPU's to merge into the same components soon.

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2006-10-15 00:25:01

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7166

Kmarion wrote:
I'm predicting CPU's and GPU's to merge into the same components soon.

No. Never will. The memory on on mobos are too slow. Isn't that called intergrated graphics anyways? Now theyre creating new dedicated cards.

2006-10-15 00:28:00

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7051|132 and Bush

Pernicious544 wrote:
one word- Crysis

There is a reason you here that games name when ever people talk about Directx10. It's one of few games even releatively close to coming out on DX10. When I say close I mean March 30th 2007.

How much do you think the price will come down 6 months after it is released.

Are you going to buy a DX10 card only to wait 6 months to use it on one game?
Also you will HAVE to be running VISTA in order to use DX10 since XP will not support it.

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2006-10-15 00:29:12

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7051|132 and Bush

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
I'm predicting CPU's and GPU's to merge into the same components soon.
No. Never will. The memory on on mobos are too slow. Isn't that called intergrated graphics anyways? Now theyre creating new dedicated cards.

Something I read on it, I'll have to find it and PM it to you. It could be gibberish but it was interesting.

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2006-10-15 00:29:12

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7166

Kmarion wrote:
Pernicious544 wrote:
one word- Crysis
There is a reason you here that games name when ever people talk about Directx10. It's one of few games even releatively close to coming out on DX10. When I say close I mean March 30th 2007.

How much do you think the price will come down 6 months after it is released.

Are you going to buy a DX10 card only to wait 6 months to use it on one game?
Also you will HAVE to be running VISTA in order to use DX10 since XP will not support it.

I would still buy the card because of it's sexy specs.

2006-10-15 01:17:26

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Mad Ad: Member; +178|6961|England, UK

I am waiting for DX10 overall, however I will not be buying any of the first cards for it, their power consumption is huuuuugggggeee but is expected to reduce somewhat as soon as they move to the next process size down.

Thats when Ill buy one.

2006-10-15 01:48:14

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claor: Member; +39|6864|Australia

goood post kmarion i think it would have helped alot of people to decide what there going to do +1

2006-10-15 03:17:02

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7166

Mad Ad wrote:
I am waiting for DX10 overall, however I will not be buying any of the first cards for it, their power consumption is huuuuugggggeee but is expected to reduce somewhat as soon as they move to the next process size down.

Thats when Ill buy one.

It's the same power consumption as a 7800gtx.

2006-10-15 05:11:05

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unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,074|7221|PNW

I bought my 6800 Ultra AGP in Nov'04 for an obscene amount of money, but it has survived up to this day.

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2006-10-15 05:14:33

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unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,074|7221|PNW

Kmarion wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
I'm predicting CPU's and GPU's to merge into the same components soon.
No. Never will. The memory on on mobos are too slow. Isn't that called intergrated graphics anyways? Now theyre creating new dedicated cards.
Something I read on it, I'll have to find it and PM it to you. It could be gibberish but it was interesting.

Even if I have a dozen cores on my CPU, it will still be more efficient to sub out graphics to a 'daughterboard' with its own memory rather than playing musical resources with my RAM.

2006-10-15 08:19:05

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Mad Ad: Member; +178|6961|England, UK

"Top tier vendors in Taiwan have already confirmed with DailyTech that GeForce 8800 cards in SLI mode will likely carry a power supply "recommendation" of 800W"

from dailytech

"NVIDIA has a certification program that qualifies power supplies (SLI-Ready) that ensure 500W total output, 30A on the 12V rails, and 2 PCI Express connectors for your dual graphics cards."

From nvidias slizone discussing twin 7800gtxs'

Just posting what I read... and observing that the 8800s will have more components on, more ram etc so its logical to assume that they will burn a little more jiuce.

2006-10-15 11:58:53

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younggun: Member; +28|7093

You're also forgetting these are not strictly DX10 hardware. These cards will also run DX9 and their performance will absolutely crush even a X1950XTX. You can use these with XP, you just can't access all of the new DX10 features of the cards.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4441

Also check the link at the end of the article for more news.

2006-10-15 12:15:55

#18

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7051|132 and Bush

younggun wrote:
You're also forgetting these are not strictly DX10 hardware. These cards will also run DX9 and their performance will absolutely crush even a X1950XTX. You can use these with XP, you just can't access all of the new DX10 features of the cards.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4441

Also check the link at the end of the article for more news.

I was talking about the illusion most people are under of being able to walk right into DX10 games. DX10 games will not run on XP. So for all those wanting to play a DX10 version of a game make sure you pick up http://amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_17/102- … amp;page=1 first.

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2006-10-15 14:27:43

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sgt_rambo35: Banned; +5|6915

Stop flaunting your E-Penises

2006-10-15 16:10:21

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7051|132 and Bush

sgt_rambo35 wrote:
Stop flaunting your E-Penises

Stop starring

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2006-10-15 16:45:23

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doc. josh: Member; +48|6995

Pernicious544 wrote:
one word- Crysis

*DROOL** mmmm crysis*drool* me want crysis and ati dx10 card and an AMD quad core processer running at 4.2THz and 32mb or ram*DROOL**

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