I'll be gettin one after a little discount.
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I'll be gettin one after a little discount.
someone get 2 of these and finally run Crossfire...
all I keep hearing about is single cards.
someone skip the boring stuff, and get down to the good stuff already :)
lol master card?
If IQ matters to you it's ATI. Otherwise you have to decide for yourself based on whatever factors are important to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by techstyled
There's no release date currently set for the master cards...
Also, keep in mind, ATi cannot be set for true trilinear filtering, or supersampling AA without being in cross-fire. Both of which can be done with NVidia cards..
Therefore, IQ is kind of a toss-up.
You can run benchmarks without the master card, but that's it.
Anyways, ATI IQ is currently top-notch, but I would wait for NVIDIA's 512MB offering regardless just for the price drop that comes with more competition ;)
If you fork out for one your mad. Not even waiting a few days to see what the 512mb GTX can do.
The only thing the R520 has IQ wise is HQ AF...difference is only under certain circumstances....the real power of the card is using AA and AF without big performance drops... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowmage
But the thread title is misleading....one shop has them,....limited availability...not the whole frickin US...and in Europe I have to wait till the end of the month.....totally nuts... :slapass:
Does not supersampling AA kinda kill all performance ? I dont know myself..
Wait a second... the 7800 512MB is confirmed or it is just a rumor?
Dumo, whats happeing to those GTX's? PM if they're FS, have a US adress ATM.
Otherwise I might be tempted to bring 2 back into DK, price at the moment for one x1800xl is ~3500dkk or 586 USD.:)
Even if you are planning to buy the 512MB GTX too?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hicks
Of course I've been accused of worse anyway so no worries.
It's pretty much confirmed... Current specs floating around is 550 core/1800 memory!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pisu87
It was posted on Inq so it must be true :rolleyes:
Seriously, I'm taking the 512MB part as pretty much accepted but don't think there are _absolute_ confirmed speeds yet.
Is anything "absolute" until Official ?
I think all we are going to see is a 7800 512 meg card with -1.6ns and at most -1.4ns memory on it. The 7800 cards out now can have 512meg on it but it would take time to produce the cards needed for a new launch like 1 to 2 months and that would put it around begging to mid Nov. There might be a faster card but I think that would be around the end of Dec to mid Jan before we see it for sale. PCB take time to layout and make for a launch because of the numbers needed for a launch. Thats why I think what were going to see here soon is just a 7800GTX with added ram to 512meg. The faster 7800 on a new PCB to use the newer memory would have to come later because of the time needed to make in the numbers needed for a launch. Theres only a few places that can layout and make the PCBs needed for NV and ATI so that make high production in short time a nell thing.
Pretty much, unless it shows up on some nasty slides by either company, then its SURE to come out :D :p:Quote:
Is anything "absolute" until Official ?
Perkam
They've had 5 months Sniping... Even ATi knew this was coming, as they mentioned it in their shareholder meeting....
We've got 3 sites + theinq all mentioning 1.1ns ram and 550 mhz core. Not to mention people saying they're under NDA on the card.
Actually since that shop ships all over the US, then yes, it's available throughout the country. Other vendors will be following in the next couple of days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
As to Europe, you are behind the curve, people have had theirs for days now. Time to wake up :p:
Nope, 256's on preorder here in the UK, the master cards only seem to come in 256 at the moment though??? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...00_Series.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Piotrsama
OMG! I just got my shipping notification along with a Fedex tracking that says they've picked it up.
:banana: :banana: :banana: :woot: :banana: :banana: :banana:
It will be here tomorrow!
Dumo, you got your ship notify yet?
Same here :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by techstyled
Nice !!! Now gentlemen, you know the drill ;) Pls open brand new threads in Xtreme 3D Section with tons of pics to crap out 56k users once you get the cards :D :p:
Dumo, how far do you plan to take your FX(?) for single card benchies ?? :)
Perkam
not bad... $600 is a good start for a 512mb flagship card, but they should start lowering the price under $550.
Big improvement over the x800's release, probably due to that Sapphire contract (that Sapphire produces all ATi cards)
The x1800xt is fresh, tho. Hope they can lower prices to a $450 range to compete with the 7800 GTX.