G80 De-Mystified; GeForce 8800GTX/GT

[***Deimos***]

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Originally Posted by guess2098
using up to 250W!!! full load for GTX ( single)
the water cooling G80 is going to cost around 900$ OMG!!)(not sure but it is what they are talking about today)

for GT is about 180W !!??

short supply for G80
using GDDR3???

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Originally Posted by ***Deimos***:
I think you're completely wrong... I'm so sure, that I'm willing to bet that if I lose I'll post photo of me in panties.

no pink panties for you
* it turns out in many games GTX uses about the same power as X1900XX/X1950XTX. And even in most power demanding situations hits 142-149W (depending on website review).
* G80 doesn't REQUIRE water cooling, let alone $900 worth, and uses a quite conventional heatsink.
* The GT in many cases uses less power than XTX, far far from 180W.
* short supply, reason why GDD3... only time will tell.

FYI: I find it very interesting which of my guesstimates were right/wrong.
80nm=NO. ~7900GT OC clocks at 1.25-1.3V to compensate for complexity=YES, 125-150W=YES, water cooler not required=YES, presumed still using vector units and hence 1.35Ghz ridiculous = DEAD WRONG... even though expecting the unimaginable, nVidia shocked even me... they really went all out!