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    Hmm...I wonder what will happen if you flash a 8800GTS (g92) with a 9800GTX BIOS....

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    Quote Originally Posted by gOJDO View Post
    Hmm...I wonder what will happen if you flash a 8800GTS (g92) with a 9800GTX BIOS....
    Totally different PCBs and different crystals. Won't work.

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    well just woke up, isnt 9800 out today?

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    Quote Originally Posted by strange|ife View Post
    well just woke up, isnt 9800 out today?

    not seein anything

    thought it was delayed till the 1st

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    28th at first hand then April fools day or was that from an AMD/ATI blog ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by strange|ife View Post
    Im thinking of hitting the buy button on a 512 GTS, to replace my 640. I only game at 1680x1050 or 1440x900 normally. I have a feeliing, well in fact it's obvious that nvidia will gimp 8 series drivers to force us to upgrade to 9 series..then riot in the streets.
    You can always use modded infs for new drivers to support old cards.

    Actually, i am running 174.70 on WinXP32 witn an 8800GT.
    Are we there yet?

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    This 9800GTX got some serious power there... I'm sure they added the new compression technology to this GTX, because it is able to compete with HD3870X2 and GX2 in a lot of situations... Driver problem on the dual GPUs or a real trick that Nvidia played us? I would tend for the second option :P And no GTS 512... sucks
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    why can't it have 1gb ram

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    Quote Originally Posted by Origin_Unknown View Post
    why can't it have 1gb ram
    why can't it have a 512-bit interface?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghost_recon88 View Post
    why can't it have a 512-bit interface?
    probably for the same reason its not got 1gb ram

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    9800GTX is looking much better than I think anyone expected. Will be interesting to see some more reviews on it but i can't believe just oc'ing a GTS would equate to 9800GTX performing on par with GX2. They must have pulled some tricks like with 9600GT.

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    why cant we have a 9800GTX vs 8800GTX vs 8800GTS G92 review, lol.
    that is the only thing we really care about, what is the best
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    well; i trolled thru the tweaktown review...looks exactly as expected...find one for the same $ as an 8800gts 512 - would be a decent buy.
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    hmm I think they are out, zip zoom fly has them. but out of stock right away.

    it's weird though, they did have the product listed, but NOWHERE else has it. Might of been a fluke

    they need to just put the thing out, I wanna buy a new card this week before I blow my money this weekend on something like hookers and blow
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luka_Aveiro View Post
    You can always use modded infs for new drivers to support old cards.

    Actually, i am running 174.70 on WinXP32 witn an 8800GT.

    yah runnin 174.53 here
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    I wish they'd do a comparison against the 8800Ultra cause while it beats the 3870x2 and gx2 at times, it doesnt beat the 8800GT OC and the 8800 Ultra can compete against those cards at high reso's fine

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    It's funny how people are really oversimplifying this card.
    I see this thing as an overclockers DREAM COME TRUE.
    Since it's only about 50 bucks more than a g92 gts, why not get one!?
    512 bit baby, means your min fps will be much higher in those firefights in crysis, and massive troop movements in supcom.
    In sli these will be practically unbeatable.
    The mem can be oc'd to ~2400mhz and the shader above 2100mhz.
    why is everyone talking about moving along!?

    EDIT i was wrong. it's only 256 bit. Many of the earlier reviews where saying it would be 512 bit. i'm sorry
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcoffey View Post
    They don't have it because it's not released yet. It's more of a place holder than anything else, but usefull because of the auto notify.

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    Today is the release date, there nostradomus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fragmasterMax View Post
    It's funny how people are really oversimplifying this card.
    I see this thing as an overclockers DREAM COME TRUE.
    Since it's only about 50 bucks more than a g92 gts, why not get one!?
    512 bit baby, means your min fps will be much higher in those firefights in crysis, and massive troop movements in supcom.
    In sli these will be practically unbeatable.
    The mem can be oc'd to ~2400mhz and the shader above 2100mhz.
    why is everyone talking about moving along!?
    thats exactly what i am thinking, and hopefully i get one free with step-up.
    but since stupid nvidia postponed the launch date, i wont make it, unless they extend the step-up like they did with the GX2
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    Quote Originally Posted by fragmasterMax View Post
    512 bit baby, means your min fps will be much higher in those firefights in crysis, and massive troop movements in supcom.
    512bit? Since when?

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    Considering the GX2 now costs $549.99, I don't see why this card should start out at $500.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fragmasterMax View Post
    It's funny how people are really oversimplifying this card.
    I see this thing as an overclockers DREAM COME TRUE.
    Since it's only about 50 bucks more than a g92 gts, why not get one!?
    512 bit baby, means your min fps will be much higher in those firefights in crysis, and massive troop movements in supcom.
    In sli these will be practically unbeatable.
    The mem can be oc'd to ~2400mhz and the shader above 2100mhz.
    why is everyone talking about moving along!?
    It's 256-bit, not 512-bit.

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    you guys are right. I was misinformed, should have done more research. I guess making the transition from 256 to 512 bit is a pretty complicated process.
    My point though still stands, if you can get one of these for 300 bucks in a month or two, (instead of a gts that costs 250, or even 220ish after rebate)
    i think it is a good deal, just for the memory which default clocks are 2200 mhz. The default memory bandwidth is 128 gb/second. I have an 8800gts 640
    with the mem overclocked to 2060mhz, and the mem bandwidth is only 84 gb/s (according to gpu-z).

    I can definitely see how it's release is a bit underwhelming, but at it's price point i think it is a pretty good deal.
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    it should have been 512 bit..but yeah, nvidia going backwards
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