GeForce 9900 GTX & GTS Slated For July Launch

[natty]

that's from charlie the infamous nvidia basher

[PurpleMonkey910]

attention attention, inquirer news



http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...cores-revealed

There GTX280 Score on 3dmark @ 19200x1200 8AA is the same as my9800GX2 scores

Inquirer makes me

[fcry64]

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...ormance-posted

[iTravis]

Price cut anyone?
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=7853&Itemid=1
If it's true then I'm so in for a GTX 280

[perkam]

Price cut anyone?
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=7853&Itemid=1
If it's true then I'm so in for a GTX 280

Unlikely at launch. You WILL see $700 GTX 280s at launch, believe me. The Inq is the only one reporting price cuts

As for the scores, they are closer to the real scores than you might think.

Perkam

[AliG]

at launch yes, but MSRP 2~3 weeks after launch after 4870 and 4850 decimate the performance section will drop, at least for the gtx 260, 280 probably won't drop until the launch of the 4870x2, but probably only if its performance is +10/-10 of the gtx

[mascaras]

probably driver issue ... even if those are true that is .. seems like nv is focused on DX10 game this gen

Nvidia changes GT200 dates again


Also changes prices and adds a PhysX driver



NVIDIA IS CHANGING the GT200 launch date again, this whole 'let's prove them wrong when they leak' thing is getting tiring. That said, there are a few goodies here and there in the email that Ken Brown sent yesterday.
The meat of the email that went out to reviewers is that the launch date has moved from the 17th to the 16th at 6am PDT. They claim that the 280 will be available the next day, and the 260 comes later, on the 26th. One word to reviewers, make sure you check the retail prices with partners before you quote price/performance numbers, NV has a dirty tricks campaign lined up here, we told you they would have to drop the price when they saw the 770 number, and they did.
There are also a bunch of new things on the NV press FTP site, including 177.34 drivers, up from the 177.26 we tested with. We would be shocked if these were not special press-tweaked drivers, so beware of scores tested with these last-minute releases. Also included are a folding@home client, now possible due to the unbreaking of their architecture this time around, the Elemental "Badaboom!" encoding application, and a bunch of documentation.
Speaking of tweaked drivers, the next new one is coming next week, and it is a PhysX driver. Look for this one to pump 3DMark Vantage scores to the moon, you can do that when you own the API. Sigh.
The more things change, the more they are gamable. µ


INQ

regards

[RealTelstar]

mmh

[perkam]

Awesome news Mascaras

I'm not too sure retail partners will change prices much from MSRP though. But yes, good news both ways Nvidia spooked after seeing 4870 numbers and now wants their chips to get the performance we've always wanted them to

Perkam

[Extelleron]

Unlikely at launch. You WILL see $700 GTX 280s at launch, believe me. The Inq is the only one reporting price cuts

As for the scores, they are closer to the real scores than you might think.

Perkam

If those are the real scores, then who would spend $700 for a GTX 280?

You could buy 2x 4870's for that price, and from what we see that would easily outperform the 280.

[Linchpin]

If those are the real scores, then who would spend $700 for a GTX 280?

You could buy 2x 4870's for that price, and from what we see that would easily outperform the 280.

Agreed but somehow I doubt that scores will be that low. I am a bit of an optimist though

[MrHydes]

Awesome news Mascaras

I'm not too sure retail partners will change prices much from MSRP though. But yes, good news both ways Nvidia spooked after seeing 4870 numbers and now wants their chips to get the performance we've always wanted them to

Perkam

yap if the prices story it's true their sailing much more

and's the market becomes more competitive because AMD as much

more followers for upcoming 4000 series, of course their prices and 55nm

tecnology are very attractive, i think!

[mascaras]

Awesome news Mascaras

I'm not too sure retail partners will change prices much from MSRP though. But yes, good news both ways Nvidia spooked after seeing 4870 numbers and now wants their chips to get the performance we've always wanted them to

Perkam

yep , at least the last info i got was that GT280 prices remains the same ! (at least for now)


I think we should see GTX280 around 649$ at launch date !

regards

[ForcedInduction]

The GTX 280 $499 launch price makes sense. The 9800 GX2 was $599 at launch. Judging by the prelim benchies nvidia knows the GTX 280 card may be less of a performer as is priced accordingly.

[Linchpin]

The GTX 280 $499 launch price makes sense.

It might make sense but I doubt it's going to happen. Would be nice though.

[perkam]

About a 2% chance of $499 at launch

Perkam

[Orion24]

Launching at $499 makes more sence to me than dropping the price only 3 weeks after the launch. And, of course, in the absense of the new ATI products, the actual retail price will end up higher in the first 3 weeks. If they drop the price afterwards, it will look to everyone that they are worried about competition from ATI

[nsidious]

Launching at $499 makes more sence to me than dropping the price only 3 weeks after the launch. And, of course, in the absense of the new ATI products, the actual retail price will end up higher in the first 3 weeks. If they drop the price afterwards, it will look to everyone that they are worried about competition from ATI

what wrong with being worried about the competition its pretty normal

[GoldenTiger]

what wrong with being worried about the competition its pretty normal

That's not what he is saying. He's saying that being *openly* worried looks bad for your company and presents weakness of your product, versus holding fast and looking strong.

[nsidious]

That's not what he is saying. He's saying that being *openly* worried looks bad for your company and presents weakness of your product, versus holding fast and looking strong.

it was not very clear

[Xello]

So looking at that Inq report, i see the 280 with 5000 points in Vantage Xtreme preset. While it may not be genuine, how good is that? I see the top score on ORB is X9123, no doubt with some extreme cooling on a pair of 9800GX2's. Assuming that 5000 score is on stock air cooling for the 280, it seems ok.

[YukonTrooper]

35FPS on Crysis @ 1920X1200 without AA?

If that's true, I'll be keeping my 640MB GTS. And I'm on 1920X1200, so this is really disappointing if true.

[bowman]

8800GTX overclocked + busted old 90nm athlon = 20fps constant, everything on 'very high', 1680x1050, 4xAA. And that's the only game that challenges the setup. Every other game on the horizon is a console port, even Far Cry 2, so I think I'll do fine.

I don't need this. Incremental improvements for €600? I'll wait and see for the die shrink, if it's lower priced and is actually a generational leap..

[mascaras]

3-way SLI Action with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and 3DMark Vantage

A little joy for today, one week before the official announcement of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 cards. Here's a little sneak peak on what to expect from three NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 cards in tri-SLI configuration, an overclocked Intel QX9650 processor to 4GHz and the 3DMark Vantage Vista DX10 benchmark. Clock speeds of all three cards can be seen in the photo. The end result is 21350 marks.



VR-Zone



http://www.techpowerup.com/62774/3-w...k_Vantage.html

regards

[Metroid]

8800GTX overclocked + busted old 90nm athlon = 20fps constant, everything on 'very high', 1680x1050, 4xAA. And that's the only game that challenges the setup. Every other game on the horizon is a console port, even Far Cry 2, so I think I'll do fine.

I don't need this. Incremental improvements for €600? I'll wait and see for the die shrink, if it's lower priced and is actually a generational leap..

No need unless somebody has a 24 or 30 Inch monitor and wants AA in every game to the maximum with resolution at default or if it is for the work. A die shrink of it will do it just fine like 7900GT, 8800GT and so on, if Nvidia still has that marketing strategy in place.

Well features which make the image much clear is a good thing to the people who want to spend their money on it. It is up to them to decide if it is worth or not, particularly my personal standpoint which is if there is a general need for it buy it has not changed since I acquired my first graphics card.

I bought a 8800GT only because I needed a DX10 card for testing purposes at home regarding the working in progress.

Metroid.