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NVIDIA's new High end expected to arrive Q1 2008

@ 2007/11/09

The whole new high-end is codenamed D8E. Enthusiasts will have two chipsets on two PCB's with two huge power connectors. Most of you remember the 7950 GX2, and this will be a similar card. We still have to confirm if the chipsets on this card are two G92s, but we heavily suspect that Nvidia can enable the eight cluster of this 65nanometer chip and make the current 8800 GT chip even faster. If Nvidia does that, the 8800 GT chip will become an 8800 GTS 512MB, just with a touch of a flash tool.

Comment from Wrigleyvillain @ 2007/11/11

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Originally Posted by The Senile Doctor

I play 1920*1200 native res, only SP games, so getting big numbers is sth difficult when you want some 4aa and 16af
got a 8800 gt, so that's ok, and then I can upgrade to 9800 later when crysis and hellgate are bugfree and six months old!

Yeah, what he said.

Comment from The Senile Doctor @ 2007/11/10

Comment from Kougar @ 2007/11/10

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Originally Posted by geoffrey

If you have the available resolution

I have "enough resolution" that a 650/1950 clocked 320mb 8800GTS isn't good enough without turning down TF2 to 2xAA 8xAF. Using 16xAF was still just enough to make the game stutter during the middle of a pyro free-for-all. A 8800GT would be a bad upgrade choice for just ~10-15 more FPS in my situation. Been waiting for that D9E part, not to mention simply maybe playing Crysis at native resolution HQ.

Comment from jmke @ 2007/11/10

at 320x240 LQ recent games will run an your VGA yes

Comment from Rutar @ 2007/11/10

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Originally Posted by jmke

the 9800GTX will be twice++ as fast as the 8800 GT... a worthy upgrade in my book

the 8800GT would be twice as fast as my x1800XT, yet I still don't consider it a worthy upgrade because what I have right now is sufficent

Comment from geoffrey @ 2007/11/10

If you have the available resolution

Comment from jmke @ 2007/11/10

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Originally Posted by Rutar

Yes, but if you get that you won't get the new 500$

the 9800GTX will be twice++ as fast as the 8800 GT... a worthy upgrade in my book

Comment from Rutar @ 2007/11/10

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Originally Posted by The Senile Doctor

so, if my 7900 gtx is a little too slow for my needs nowadays, I should just get a 8800gt and wait it out?

Yes, but if you get that you won't get the new 500$ highend card hence it isn't smart from NV.

It teaches their highend consumers that second best is enough.

Comment from The Senile Doctor @ 2007/11/10

so, if my 7900 gtx is a little too slow for my needs nowadays, I should just get a 8800gt and wait it out?

Comment from Rutar @ 2007/11/09

Exactly, but they shoot themselves in the foor because a lot will just get a 8800GT and call it a instead of waiting even longer.

Comment from geoffrey @ 2007/11/09

No competition, why would they

Comment from Kougar @ 2007/11/09

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Nvidia also plans a new single chipset high-end card for mid 2008 codenamed G100, or D9E.

Is this real? Nvidia is going to push back their next generation by 6 months??

D9E is the correct codename for the next generation of parts in the enthusiast catagory... but never heard of G100 till now.

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