bit-tech.net | Overclockers UK talks G80 pricing

Tetsugaku-San 1st November 2006, 15:42

Well I've always skipped a GeForce generation, I've had a GF2, a GF4 and now a GF6 so I *will* be getting one . . . . just not quite at launch I don't think, give it 4-5 months for the mid range, £200 card to come out and I'm there :D

rupbert 1st November 2006, 15:49

Around £650 for the GTX version then?

Holy

WhiskeyAlpha 1st November 2006, 15:50

I can't wait for these cards to come out!

Purely because I want to buy a cheap 7900gt to compliment my other one :D

Seriously though, I'm not gonna jump on Vista as soon as it's available so the whole DX10 experience is probably a minumum of 6-12 months away for me. Therefore, other than the extra grunt they might hand me in current DX9 titles, I don't see much point in adopting this one early.

As has already been said, once a mid ranged, £200 8xxx series is available, that will probably when I make the change.

Though tbh, I'll be looking to get a C2D setup first :D

Djpuk 1st November 2006, 15:52

I was going to build a new box about 6-9 months ago and held off waiting for DX10 cards and Quad Core processors.
Looks like the pricing is going to make this one expensive beast when I build it then!

Bindibadgi 1st November 2006, 15:53

If you see what one can do you will want to sell organs for one.

LoneArchon 1st November 2006, 15:55

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Originally Posted by WhiskeyAlpha
I can't wait for these cards to come out!

Purely because I want to buy a cheap 7900gt to compliment my other one :D

Seriously though, I'm not gonna jump on Vista as soon as it's available so the whole DX10 experience is probably a minimum of 6-12 months away for me. Therefore, other than the extra grunt they might hand me in current DX9 titles, I don't see much point in adopting this one early.

As has already been said, once a mid ranged, £200 8xxx series is available, that will probably when I make the change.

Though tbh, I'll be looking to get a C2D setup first :D

The prices may not fall that much for the 7900gt. I had a 7800gt and was planning to go sli shortly after the 7900 series came out the 7900gt was priced less than the 7800gt and the prices for 7800 took a good 3-4 months to drop down and large amount

I may go and jump on this card for a Christmas build if the numbers are a huge jump from the current 7900 series

MrBadidea 1st November 2006, 15:55

wts: kidney, lung & testicle.

pm offers plz. :X

Highland3r 1st November 2006, 15:55

Expensive, assuming the prices posted elsewhere are actually correct.
Ebuyer had em for 315/407 for GTS and GTX.

WhiskeyAlpha 1st November 2006, 16:06

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Originally Posted by LoneArchon
The prices may not fall that much for the 7900gt. I had a 7800gt and was planning to go sli shortly after the 7900 series came out the 7900gt was priced less than the 7800gt and the prices for 7800 took a good 3-4 months to drop down and large amount

I may go and jump on this card for a Christmas build if the numbers are a huge jump from the current 7900 series

I take your point, as I did the exactly the same.

Maybe I'm being a little naive but with this not only being a new generation of cards but also a new generation of DirectX, I just thought that the current gen is gonna seem quite outdated.

This will have to be reflected in the prices of the 7xxx series surely?

I hope.

Well, if it's not, I might just sell my 7900gt and go with two 8800gtx in SLI

phat-ant 1st November 2006, 16:07

typical the UK getting ripped off once again.
was hopping to get one one of these bad boys when they come in but with a mear 200 in the uk at stupid prices i think ill pass. :(

Veles 1st November 2006, 16:14

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Originally Posted by LoneArchon
The prices may not fall that much for the 7900gt. I had a 7800gt and was planning to go sli shortly after the 7900 series came out the 7900gt was priced less than the 7800gt and the prices for 7800 took a good 3-4 months to drop down and large amount

I may go and jump on this card for a Christmas build if the numbers are a huge jump from the current 7900 series

Gotta remember this isn't just another pointless release for a tiny bit more power, this is a big release, a new generation of graphics cards, so I would expect the prices to the 7000 series cards to drop quicker than say the 7800s did when the 7900s were released.

What I hate about graphics cards is that they seem to release a new one every week, it just makes buying a new graphics card that much harder, because there are thousands of cards with names only slightly different, it's difficult to tell which one is better than the other, with CPUs it's pretty obvious, bigger number usualy = better CPU, but as soon as they started adding turbo diesel to the end of graphics cards names it got a bit confusing if you don't pay alot of attention to it.

Tim S 1st November 2006, 16:34

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Originally Posted by rupbert
Around £650 for the GTX version then?

Holy

no, it's £150 more after VAT if I'm reading the thread correctly. :)

Gibbo does this with every launch and I don't honestly know how he gets away with it, other than that I guess he shifts a lot of stock.

M4RTIN 1st November 2006, 16:47

jesus bloody christ thats insane money.

i barely had any problems with games with an x1800xt. so for example if i had a x1950xtx and it ran everything maxed out on every game, how can the 8800's kill every dx9 card out there if the games that need the extra shader power arent around.

i dont know if anyone gets what i mean there lol. essentially what i meant was if we use oblivion as an example as its a stupidly ott gpu heavy game. you can max that out on an x1950xtx or a 7950gx2, and i cant see many games before vista being that intensive whats the point of the card lol. may aswell wait 6 months at least

Tim S 1st November 2006, 16:55

you'll have to wait and see.

unrealhippie 1st November 2006, 16:59

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Originally Posted by Highland3r
Expensive, assuming the prices posted elsewhere are actually correct.
Ebuyer had em for 315/407 for GTS and GTX.

That seems more on the money.

Just OcUK abusing the lack of stock to get some juicy profits on the first units.

That or were about to all be working nights aswell.

Mother-Goose 1st November 2006, 17:14

Hmmm i'll have two, and the Extreme native quad core....and 3gb of ram please

In march07 that should be what....£1750, or around that? Splendid, that leaves £750 to play with

DeX 1st November 2006, 17:26

What I want to know is does bit-tech have one of these babies up their sleaves? I can't wait to see the review in any case.

(/me waits for Tim's single smilie response.... )

Zut 1st November 2006, 17:33

*spits out tea*

I once paid £450 for a GF3 on the day it came out.... Im never making that mistake again! I was going to wait until Feb/March anyway though.

DougEdey 1st November 2006, 17:39

One? Mr Smalley probably has 4 and Bindi is probably trying to get hold of em aswell

Cthippo 1st November 2006, 17:39

Meh, that's fine, I just want a pair of GX2s, you can keep the 8800s

Of course, it may come down to new video cards or trip to Europe....

Hmmm

PA!N 1st November 2006, 18:04

God I so want a DX10 card after I watched the HD trailers for crysis anf Splinter Cell double agente, but the prices hurt :'(

Paradigm Shifter 1st November 2006, 18:05

Expensive, but not surprising given the trend of increasing hardware prices with each new generation in recent years.

Still, performance will be the key. Even if it is pricy, if a single 8800GTX outperforms, say, 7900GTX SLI, 7950GX2 quad SLI or X1950XTX Crossfire, then it will probably be worth the money. ;)

Tim S 1st November 2006, 18:18

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Originally Posted by DeX
What I want to know is does bit-tech have one of these babies up their sleaves? I can't wait to see the review in any case.

(/me waits for Tim's single smilie response.... )

:)

Neogumbercules 1st November 2006, 18:35

Ok if 7950GX2=Dodge Viper than 8800GTX=...?

Oh, and does the NDA on 680i lift next week also?

rupbert 1st November 2006, 18:42

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Originally Posted by Tim S
:)

:) :D

Kipman725 1st November 2006, 20:14

Bit-tech should already have one... but the usualy NDA will apply. Some benchmarks have already been done and have shown about 13k in 3dmark06 aslong as the CPU is running at crazy speeds to remove it as a bottle neak. Fast card. But not worth the money unless you have alot of money and relativly speaking £650 is lose change.

Neogumbercules 1st November 2006, 21:02

I'm less interested in "worth the money" and little things like value. I'm a lot more interested in the technology itself and how ass-kickingly awsesome it is. Even though I could never afford it :)

perplekks45 1st November 2006, 22:10

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Originally Posted by Tim S
you'll have to wait and see.

It's posts like this one making me hating you... sometimes. :)

Tim S 1st November 2006, 22:38

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Originally Posted by aon`aTv.gsus666
It's posts like this one making me hating you... sometimes. :)

speedfreek 1st November 2006, 23:42

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Originally Posted by Tim S

Ahh, thats what I like to see. Now tell us what to expect!

Tim S 1st November 2006, 23:43

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Originally Posted by speedfreek
Ahh, thats what I like to see. Now tell us what to expect!

pixels... and lots of them.

Grinch123456 1st November 2006, 23:55

Let's see what ATI has up their new green sweater's (AMD, get it? Eh?) sleeves. I think jumping on something is stupid because there's no garuntee it won't be trumped by the magical ace-up-the-sleeve each company has because they're magic (or something like that).

Neogumbercules 2nd November 2006, 03:35

Lets do some word assosiation. I'll say a word, and you say the first word that pops into your mind:

"G80..."

TheColdLord 2nd November 2006, 07:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neogumbercules
Lets do some word assosiation. I'll say a word, and you say the first word that pops into your mind:

"G80..."

Price!!!

....LORD that is overkill when it comes to money...They'd better make a card that surpasses all expectations or else it will be a huge faliure!!

..Still would like to buy one..... :D :(

Aankhen 2nd November 2006, 07:49

All that and you get to pay for the electricity it drinks too. :D

Mother-Goose 2nd November 2006, 09:29

Tim you are a man of many smilies it must be said ;)

MrBadidea 2nd November 2006, 09:30

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Originally Posted by Neogumbercules
Ok if 7950GX2=Dodge Viper than 8800GTX=...?

Saleen S7

Driving on the ceiling at 100MPH! :D

Iago 2nd November 2006, 10:55

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Originally Posted by Tim S
you'll have to wait and see.

I smell mind-blowing benchmarks and a kick-ass report very soon.

Ah, I love the smell of fresh hardware in the morning...

Mother-Goose 2nd November 2006, 14:57

I smell a quad core DX10 setup, it smells good, can you smell what Tim is cooking?

Boxcarhobo 2nd November 2006, 16:21

You mean that the 8800GTS will be more expensive than 7950GX2 while having 300mhz less memory clock,50mhz less core clock and 7950X2 having 384mb more memory size?

Will the 8800GTS perform better or 7950X2 will be over it?I guess 8800GTX is too pricey for me but my thought is that the 8800GTS price will go lower as its a new card.
This means in one month 8800GTS will be cheaper than 7950GX2 - why shall i expect to be better?
Can somebody verify my thoughts.

speedfreek 3rd November 2006, 01:43

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Originally Posted by Boxcarhobo
You mean that the 8800GTS will be more expensive than 7950GX2 while having 300mhz less memory clock,50mhz less core clock and 7950X2 having 384mb more memory size?

Mabey they made it slightly more efficient per clock cycle. But its probably just that its brand new.

Bindibadgi 3rd November 2006, 08:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boxcarhobo
You mean that the 8800GTS will be more expensive than 7950GX2 while having 300mhz less memory clock,50mhz less core clock and 7950X2 having 384mb more memory size?

Will the 8800GTS perform better or 7950X2 will be over it?I guess 8800GTX is too pricey for me but my thought is that the 8800GTS price will go lower as its a new card.
This means in one month 8800GTS will be cheaper than 7950GX2 - why shall i expect to be better?
Can somebody verify my thoughts.

Um, it doesnt work like that.

For starters the GX2s memory is mirrored between cards as in SLI, so it's only 512me and it has a smaller memory bus as well. Other things are also different.

DougEdey 3rd November 2006, 08:54

The core is also a complete overhaul, you can't compare prices between them as they are in completely different leagues. Its like comparing an Aston Martin to a Ford.

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