X-bit labs

Started by: Silver | Date 02/14/08

Comments: 17 | Last Comment:  02/17/08

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1. Im not really interessted in GeForce 9800 GX2..

Any info on the Geforce 9800 GTX ?
That would be alot more interessting.
Ive read somewhere it will be shown at CeBit in March.

No, it was the GX2 that was said to be shown at CeBit untill I read today that nVIDIA requested it's partners not to show it untill the NDA is lifted, that's when the card will be launched, around 7-10 days after CeBit, but you know, leaks do happen, it's a digital world after all.
Regarding the 9800 GTX, I'm not sure if that will be the up-comming GT200 chip or not, if so, then it's scheduled to be launched at 2nd half of this year, around early Q3 maybe but not sure when exactly, if it's not the aformentioned chip, then we just have no clue yet.

There was some site that said Nvidia would show 9800 GX2/GTX & GTS on CeBit.. but they could be wrong.

2. Does the head of nVidia not even know his own product lineup, the 8800 Ultra is faster than the 8800GTX.

He doesn't know that. All the 8800's they're releasing are confusing him.

3. Dual GPU setups are working just fine for ATI. They're really getting their shit together when it comes to Crossfire in the drivers. I can't wait for the Catalyst 8.3 magic to show up next month!

4. And this from a company that promotes SLI and brought us the 7950 GX2. Could it be that NVidia is Green with Envy?

Yup, they're just jealous that ATI is beating them.

5. Multi-GPU approach ftw.

All hair the 16-cored 6870 X16

6. Wel guys that you don't like dual chip solutions...Let me ask you this? If you have a 24 '' or 27 '' monitor with an 1920x1200 native resolution, will it not be better to buy only 1 card with 2 chips instead of 2 cards?? If you want to play the games in the native res. i mean...?!

7. They are just jealous. ATI's implementation is better than SLI, and ATI managed to be first to solve the dual monitor issue, the first to mix different grades of cards seamlessly, and first to design a quiet cool dual chip card that competes in power, sound, and capability with the best single chip solutions.

Nvidia has been doing it longer. It's got to stink to have someone come along and do it BETTER.

That's enough fanboi crap for one day eh? Crossfire sucks charcoal ass on a big load of games, and even the 8800GT embarrasses the 3870X2 on a handful of games. Nvidia jealous? Hah.
They're going to crush ATi with their 9800GX2.

Actually, he's right. It's the first dual-gpu card that works within normal parameters in terms of size, temperature, power draw and noise, not to mention the fact that it offers consistent performance in most applications, with a few exceptions of course, but those problems will be sorted out in future Catalyst releases. And Crossfire is more flexible than SLI, that's for sure. Go snoop around tech sites and you'll see.

8. The thing is most Nvidia cards work better in most games, including newly released ones. ATI needs better support in games and needs to partner up with some of the gaming companies like Nvidia does.

9. What an odd statement. "We'll make a loud, hot dual GPU solution provided it's the absolute best because the enthusiasts will forgive us, but we wont make an elegant dual GPU solution". He's effectively tipping his hand, stopping short of saying "We'll only make a dual GPU solution to milk that extra buck from the consumer".

10. Last thing you do before complete failure is bad mouth the competition just as ati did exactly 1 year ago - know its nvidia!
Nvidia stock drops from 20 to 40 - nvidia finally feels a little pressure after 12 months of zero competition and first thing they do is "bad mouth the competition.
Since ATI's X2 in nvidia's mind is not as fast it is not a solution mean while 3-way is super buggy and yields little reward for the 3 rd card added.
Hey mr nvidia - quad crossfire is coming with 2 x2 cards and its going to knock your socks off!
7950 was a not a good prodcut, i would not call it a bad product the x2 is a good product.
Two X2's will give 25k 3dmark06 score's when the new drivers come out next month.
Why did nvidia change the way it always releases product? Nvidia always releases high end first - not with the G92 - why? We all know that their are issues with the new 9800GTX - same issues that plagues the R600 - heat!
Bottom line, nvidia will try anything to talk their stock up so they can buy AMD - that is what this is all about!

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