GeForce 9900 GTX & GTS Slated For July Launch

[BenchZowner]

Flinch

Sorry bud, I was tempted to do that

[Jowy Atreides]

Age of Conan

are you serious?

I have the beta, it's nowhere near the hardware requirement of crysis

a 9800gtx can handle AOC

[shiznit93]

are you serious?

I have the beta, it's nowhere near the hardware requirement of crysis

a 9800gtx can handle AOC

depends what you mean by handle. 1920x1200 2xAA 8xAF all high settings + HDR brings my 8800GT to its knees. by that i mean 30fps or lower, I need at least 40 to be a happy camper, err ganker

[Jowy Atreides]

depends what you mean by handle. 1920x1200 2xAA 8xAF all high settings + HDR brings my 8800GT to its knees. by that i mean 30fps or lower, I need at least 40 to be a happy camper, err ganker

re-read my post
"9800gtx"

I didn't say 8800gt

[PCduster]

re-read my post
"9800gtx"

I didn't say 8800gt

I'm rockin a 9800GTX in AoC. I don't have the graphics max'ed, and I am only playing at 1680x1050. I see FPS drop under 30 a lot more than I would like.

[RealTelstar]

re-read my post
"9800gtx"

I didn't say 8800gt

Still, AoC needs more than 512mb of texture cache. It also needs 4gb of system ram to avoid stuttering.

Moreover, the beta was dx9, the dx10 version has higher requirements.

[shiznit93]

re-read my post
"9800gtx"

I didn't say 8800gt

thats like a 10% difference?

[Hornet331]

thats like a 10% difference?

more like 20%...

[ceevee]

are you serious?

I have the beta, it's nowhere near the hardware requirement of crysis

a 9800gtx can handle AOC

Hi,

try running the game at 2560x1600 or 1920x1200 set everything to maximum including all draw distances and set to 16xAF and 16xQAA.

Then go on one of the 24 man raids where you have tons of NPCs and particle effects flying around the screen.

Those settings and environment will be a slideshow on one 9800gtx.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Well if the cards really have NDA lifted now I think NVIDIA must have pretty much confidence in the cards.

[LordEC911]

Well if the cards really have NDA lifted now I think NVIDIA must have pretty much confidence in the cards.

Except the SOLID sources confirming that the R700 beats the GTX280 in Vantage, though as far as we know that could mean nothing.

[Me1tDown]

Hi,

try running the game at 2560x1600 or 1920x1200 set everything to maximum including all draw distances and set to 16xAF and 16xQAA.

Then go on one of the 24 man raids where you have tons of NPCs and particle effects flying around the screen.

Those settings and environment will be a slideshow on one 9800gtx.

16xQAA will bring pretty much any card to a slideshow on pretty much any game at high res, but who actually needs that? I personally can't tell 4xAA from 8x from 8xQ from 16x from 16xQ at 2560x1600 with a 9800GX2 (other than through the plummeting framerates as AA increases), and can barely tell 4x from 2x at that resolution. I am planning to get a GTX 280 (or two) due to the 9800GX2's memory bandwidth leading to terrible performance dropoff at high res, but I don't have any expectations of 16xQ suddenly becoming usable.

[ctgilles]

I just ordered a 9800 GX2, but the 9900 GX2 will only have smaller die (55nm) and because of that higher clocks rite?
Try to cancel or not? (aww I just want to play games )

[Leeghoofd]

I just ordered a 9800 GX2, but the 9900 GX2 will only have smaller die (55nm) and because of that higher clocks rite?
Try to cancel or not? (aww I just want to play games )

CANCEL now !! there's more than just higher clock rates, more ram, better bandwith,... it will give better performance than ya current X2 for sure... and if it doesn't you can get an 9800X2 for cheap a few weeks from now... If it's the eVGA card you can still step up... but you will be without a GFX card for a few weeks for sure... (Step up works fab just you need to be patient)

You chose the worst moment possible to buy a GFX card... CANCEL IT GO GO GO

[ctgilles]

CANCEL now !! there's more than just higher clock rates, more ram, better bandwith,... it will give better performance than ya current X2 for sure... and if it doesn't you can get an 9800X2 for cheap a few weeks from now... If it's the eVGA card you can still step up... but you will be without a GFX card for a few weeks for sure... (Step up works fab just you need to be patient)

You chose the worst moment possible to buy a GFX card... CANCEL IT GO GO GO

Yeah it's the eVGA. Going to try to cancel it

[AliG]

CANCEL now !! there's more than just higher clock rates, more ram, better bandwith,... it will give better performance than ya current X2 for sure... and if it doesn't you can get an 9800X2 for cheap a few weeks from now... If it's the eVGA card you can still step up... but you will be without a GFX card for a few weeks for sure... (Step up works fab just you need to be patient)

You chose the worst moment possible to buy a GFX card... CANCEL IT GO GO GO

I agree, even if it is an evga card, definitely cancle it because there's no guarantee on what's coming from both sides, who knows the 4870 might be on par with the 9800gx2 or perhaps the 4870x2 might have be oc'd to barely keep up with the gtx 260.

I agree, bad timing on buying a gfx card, wait til the benchmarks come from both sides and then decide for yourself (although unless if the micro-stuttering issue is solved with the r700, even if it more powerful than the gtx 280 you may want to take the gtx over it)

[Orion24]

you can get an 9800X2 for cheap a few weeks from now...

Dought so. Even if the 9800GX2 is ouperformed by the GTX 260, the high production cost will prevent it from getting significatly cheaper. It has 1 GB RAM and 2 fully functional G92 GPUs; if it can't compete, it's production will cease.

[Flinch]

My eyes stopped reading once I saw the link