GeForce 9900 GTX & GTS Slated For July Launch

[gojirasan]

but it can also be underwhelming and overwhelming

I both understand and don't understand.

Crysis at 2560x1600 may never occur in my lifetime

But your great, great, grandchildren will figure out a way. Maybe by rewriting the code in assembly so that it can run at Very High on their holographic softscreen with a Geforce2. Or maybe a flying saucer will land on the White House lawn in a few years and finally offer some competition to jen-hsun by offering some kind of optotronic nanographic card cooled by intelligent liquid hydrogen particles to the first person to approach the strange creature which turns out to strongly resemble Hillary Clinton but without arms or legs.

[annihilat0r]

I think your scenarios are highly unlikely, but that's just me.

[Scimitar]

But your great, great, grandchildren will figure out a way. Maybe by rewriting the code in assembly so that it can run at Very High on their holographic softscreen with a Geforce2. Or maybe a flying saucer will land on the White House lawn in a few years and finally offer some competition to jen-hsun by offering some kind of optotronic nanographic card cooled by intelligent liquid hydrogen particles to the first person to approach the strange creature which turns out to strongly resemble Hillary Clinton but without arms or legs.

[speedfreak86]

Just wanted to say that I just logged on to the member page of EVGA.com and saw that they have the GTX 280 and 260 listed as a link, but clicking on it takes you to a "does not exist" page. Hopefully these will be here soon so I can do my stepup.

[aNoN_]

Pwnt!

[BenchZowner]

Fudzilla exclusive he watermarked.... LOL
Like it's only him who has a GPUz screenshot or a card himself ( doubt it )

[Jowy Atreides]

Maybe a mod should change the title?

FTW!

9900gtx now has different meaning from the original intention

[Xello]

So, OBR (hardly an ATI die-hard) is disappointed with performance of the 280 and according to 'CJ' the dual chip r700 card out-scores it by several thousand points in the Vantage Xtreme preset? As well as this everything i've read on pricing of the r700 card points that it will be the same if not less expensive. . .

Yet if that benchmark picture is real then it actually scores more than a single 98 GX2 which means it is actually putting out more than double the performance of a single g90 core. I guess the whole "2 x more powerful than a GX2" thing was just dreaming

All of a sudden not so dead certain on what cards i will be buying.

Roll on 17th for some confirmation!

Hey OBR, any chance the lack of performance is pre-release driver related? I remember the GX2 having similar issues.

Cheers.

[zerazax]

The 2x GX2 thing was dead for a while anyways - its just not really expected unless you're talking about very high res's and settings where the GX2 chokes and can actually lose to an Ultra

[masxerofkartis]

Something a bit off. At the time that these threads were published in other forums about 9900 series there was word about 9900GX2 of course about a week after that there was word that it was just rumors.

And i come to the point is nvidia going to leave ati have a 2 core gpu and just stare or are we to see that in some more time e.g. by november

[STaRGaZeR]

Hey OBR, any chance the lack of performance is pre-release driver related? I remember the GX2 having similar issues.

GX2 is a dual chip card, so that's 100% normal. If the GTX has similar problems with drivers it's NOT normal by any means.

[natty]

double the performance of g92 would be very impressive for a single card IMO

[y2kbos]

double the performance of g92 would be very impressive for a single card IMO

It will be that fast no problem, but most people are still going to be very disappointed..

For some strange reason they expect it to be able to play Crysis smoothly ( 25 - 40fps ) @ 2560 x 1600 Very High, when a very fast 8800 Ultra cant even get double digits.

To get that kinda performance you are talking 4 x 8800Ultra or 2 x 2 9800gx2's performance on a single card, which is not going to happen anytime soon.

I reckon Crysis will run very smooth @ 1920 x 1200 on Very High settings, which is an achievement in its self, as it takes a Quad 9800gx2 to get ( 30 - 60 fps ) on it today.Performance on Crysis for the GTX280 should be near 9800GX2 Quad Sli imo...

Which is amazing for a single card..

[shiznit93]

I just got my stimulus check today, this card needs to be released asap.

[Milos-stancene]

[QUOTE=y2kbos;3041877]It will be that fast no problem, but most people are still going to be very disappointed..

For some strange reason they expect it to be able to play Crysis smoothly ( 25 - 40fps ) @ 2560 x 1600 Very High, when a very fast 8800 Ultra cant even get double digits.

To get that kinda performance you are talking 4 x 8800Ultra or 2 x 2 9800gx2's performance on a single card, which is not going to happen anytime soon.

I reckon Crysis will run very smooth @ 1920 x 1200 on Very High settings, which is an achievement in its self, as it takes a Quad 9800gx2 to get ( 30 - 60 fps ) on it today.Performance on Crysis for the GTX280 should be near 9800GX2 Quad Sli imo...
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What if you are wrong?:

[Isaac MM]

I can't believe there areno benchmarks yet -.-

[y2kbos]

What if you are wrong?

I hope I am..

I just cant see Crysis being playable @ 2560 x 1600 ( Very High ) on a single slot card this year, no card of Nvidia or Ati looks to be that complex..


Is it even playable at that res on 9800GX2 Quad Sli? I don think so..

[Orion24]

[QUOTE=Milos-stancene;3041927]

It will be that fast no problem, but most people are still going to be very disappointed..

For some strange reason they expect it to be able to play Crysis smoothly ( 25 - 40fps ) @ 2560 x 1600 Very High, when a very fast 8800 Ultra cant even get double digits.

To get that kinda performance you are talking 4 x 8800Ultra or 2 x 2 9800gx2's performance on a single card, which is not going to happen anytime soon.

I reckon Crysis will run very smooth @ 1920 x 1200 on Very High settings, which is an achievement in its self, as it takes a Quad 9800gx2 to get ( 30 - 60 fps ) on it today.Performance on Crysis for the GTX280 should be near 9800GX2 Quad Sli imo...
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What if you are wrong?:

I dought it will be near the 9800GX2 quad-SLI. A little bit higher than a 2xSLI 9800 GTX is what I expect. From the known GTX 280 specs, there is 240x1296/128x1512 = 60.7% higher shader performance than the 8800 Ultra (or a bit more if shader efficiency is improoved) and about 35% more memory bandwidth. That's nowhere near playing Crysis at maximum detail, but it is a big improovement.

[natty]

I think OBR confirmed already that you need dual 280 SLI for crysis to be playable at 2560 on very high

[y2kbos]

I think OBR confirmed already that you need dual 280 SLI for crysis to be playable at 2560 on very high

Which is very good news, as its not playable on either 8800Ultra 3 way Sli or 9800gx2 Quad Sli..

[GAR]

This card is a monster believe me.

[Barys]

So is Crysis playable at 1920x1200 AA/AF (at least 30-40fps) on this SINGLE card as it was rumoured before?

[Barys]

This card is a monster believe me.

How do you know that? OBR has said that he is disappointed about it`s performance. Then where is the truth?

PS. Sorry for double post.

[y2kbos]

So is Crysis playable at 1920x1200 AA/AF (at least 30-40fps) on this SINGLE card as it was rumoured before?

Benchzowner confirmed as much, back in March..

[Jowy Atreides]

How do you know that? OBR has said that he is disappointed about it`s performance. Then where is the truth?

PS. Sorry for double post.

both,

people just undestimate the gap between todays cards and one that'll play crysis at 16xAA 2560

1920 @ very high and no AA is AWESOME power