http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=197629







Pretty impressive stuff, should retail for between $200 and $250 depending 256MB or 512MB.

[Edited on October 25, 2007 at 8:54 AM. Reason : :]

10/25/2007 8:53:39 AM

From a forum at xtremesystems i thought i saw that this card was NOT DX10. Even so its still probably the best performance/dollar.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163160

10/25/2007 9:02:24 AM

It doesn't support DX10.1. No one really knows how big a difference that'll make, but considering DX10 has yet to be fully utilized, I doubt it'll make a huge difference. This is essentially just a die shrink + clock speed bump over the previous nVidia 8 series cards.

10/25/2007 9:19:05 AM

Ahh good catch. I was wondering why they made an 8800 card dx9.

[Edited on October 25, 2007 at 9:24 AM. Reason : still learning to read]

10/25/2007 9:23:50 AM

I'll stick with my DX9 7950GT.


It's still got some life left in it.

10/25/2007 9:24:18 AM

^ ditto (7900GTO) least till i can afford to build a new quad core DX10 system and a buy a 46" 1080P LCD tv to play CoD4 and Crysis in all their glory

10/25/2007 9:55:23 AM

can you buy these cards yet?

10/25/2007 10:06:23 AM

no, supposed to be sometime this winter

10/25/2007 12:20:04 PM

Quote :

"winter"

the idea of winter these days makes me 'cause i don't think we're ever going to see it again

10/25/2007 1:46:27 PM

A lot of the high end GeForce cards and Vista are having some driver compatibility issues.

10/29/2007 1:22:42 PM

Btw, you can buy these now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150252

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130303

Other places have them too.

10/29/2007 1:24:30 PM

^^ How so? You mean the vista nvidia drivers are having compatiblity issues with vista?

10/29/2007 2:01:43 PM

Quote :

"I'll stick with my DX9 7950GT. It's still got some life left in it."

same, plus pci-x is needed and i don't have it as of yet

10/29/2007 2:21:58 PM

PCI-E



not -X

10/29/2007 2:23:22 PM

damn, that's pretty good. Too bad 8 series prices have pretty much stayed the same in the past year. dammit ATI err AMD, get to it

10/29/2007 3:19:58 PM

[want]

10/29/2007 3:46:26 PM

I bought the eVGA SuperClocked Edition (they didn't have the standard)

a lot of places are selling out and there are rumors of limited quantity at launch.

10/29/2007 4:12:42 PM

I bet, beats the older budget 8 series card for the same price. Although, I like my 8800 gts and its over a year old. I swore by now that they would be cheaper to where I'd just pick up a 2nd one for SLI...

10/29/2007 5:26:54 PM

http://www.frys.com/product/5434329

EVGA GeForce 8800GT Video Card (512MB DDR3, PCI-E 2.0, DX10, OpenGL 2.0) - $230
FRYS.com #: 5434329

*not the superclocked version, but it's evga *
* GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT
* Bus Type: PCI Express® 2.0
* Memory: 512MB GDDR3
* Core Clock: 600MHz
* Shader Clock: 1500MHz
* Memory Data Rate: 1800MHz
* Stream Processors: 112
* Memory Bandwidth: 57.6GB/sec.
* Shader Model: 4.0
* API Support: Microsoft® DirectX® 10 and lower, OpenGL® 2.0 and lower for Microsoft Windows®
* Connectors: (2) Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV + TV Out
* HDCP Capable: Yes*

10/29/2007 5:43:27 PM

This is awesome, wants to make me build a new computer.

Are there many motherboards out now that support PCIe 2.0?

10/29/2007 9:43:17 PM

Quote :

"PCI-E not -X"

could you tell i was tired? (just woke up a bit ago)

10/29/2007 11:08:34 PM

^^yes any X38 chipset

(AMD 700 chipset, Nforce 700 chipset are soon to be released)

10/29/2007 11:17:18 PM

^

Think its worth getting a motherboard with an X38 chipset at this point? Im doing a new build (2.4 Quad, 4gb PC800, this card).

The motherboards that support this chipset are consistently $200+ than others. Im way behind in the tech scene, haven't built a computer in ages.

10/30/2007 12:02:34 AM

I give myself 6 months at least ... I need to hit this after the current upgrade cycle is over. But wow, I want to buy now.

10/30/2007 12:31:03 AM

^^no, i'd go w/ P35 for now...

now's really not a good time to buy, with all the new 45nm cpu's hitting the market and all the new chipsets and gfx cards coming out in the next 3-6 months then you'll want to buy.

seriously you'll wish you'd waited
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071029-intels-45nm-penrynyorkfield-architecture-debuts-packing-a-serious-punch.html

[Edited on October 30, 2007 at 12:48 AM. Reason : .]

10/30/2007 12:45:18 AM

^

how long until those prices come down to affordable levels

I know what you mean though, seems like things are in a state of transition.

10/30/2007 12:53:29 AM

when are they not?

10/30/2007 9:00:55 AM

It's true, but I dont wanna buy the first x38 board out

10/30/2007 4:31:21 PM

Should be a price drop in November and either late Jan or early Feb for cpu's. I'll probably build yet another rig mainly to use as a home server and part-time budget gaming box. God knows I don't need yet another gaming rig...

10/30/2007 5:31:38 PM

[Edited on October 30, 2007 at 11:01 PM. Reason : http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQxMCwzLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==]

10/30/2007 10:37:24 PM

Another review:
http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2007/10/31/crysis_demo_impressions_optimization/

my favorite part:

Quote :

"Crysis. It's coming. It's upon you. It'll be here in just a few weeks. NVIDIA calls it "the most advanced video game ever created" and they just might be right. Crysis represents a new high set in gaming graphics with a quality that the "next gen" consoles cannot even begin to achieve. "

10/31/2007 2:04:59 PM

But will it be anything more than a tech demo/massive hardware seller?

10/31/2007 4:11:07 PM

^Yes

also, there is going to be an even faster card based on this same core coming out later this year.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=9474

10/31/2007 4:40:03 PM

more available now at the egg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=8800gt&x=0&y=0

10/31/2007 4:58:10 PM

How fast is too fast on a product refresh?

10/31/2007 5:23:03 PM

OH MY GOD

this thing is blowing my mind

check out this UT3 screen shot I took

1920x1200 5 Texture Detail Setting 4 World Detail Setting Hardware Physics Enabled



[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 7:35 PM. Reason : I was getting right around 60fps solid the whole game. ]

11/1/2007 7:34:27 PM

What's with a lot of games using a soft focus these days? Is this a product of new AA algorithms?

11/1/2007 10:15:07 PM

i blame guild wars

11/1/2007 10:33:20 PM

^^haha i was thinking the same thing.

very soft and somewhat blurry image, seems to glow and has really bad glare. doesn't look good imho, i like depth of field and focus'd images with only special effects like smoke and fire to be soft, not the entire picture.

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 11:31 PM. Reason : .]

11/1/2007 11:30:57 PM

11/2/2007 2:04:56 AM

nice red x

11/2/2007 10:06:01 AM

Here are some Crysis screens scaled from 1920x1200 down














Let's see your critiques on those screens. God I love Crysis. Instant buy on release day for me.

11/2/2007 12:31:25 PM

Absolutely beautiful, thanks for posting those!

11/2/2007 1:58:58 PM

look nice, I bet they look even better in motion

what are your system specs and whats your average FPS playing that?

11/2/2007 2:28:43 PM

AMD X2 4200+ @2.7ghz (11x245) 1.55V
eVGA 8800GT @700/2000 + BenQ HD 24"
ASRock Dual SATA-II BIOS V1.7 V-Mod
OCZ Platinum DDR385 2x1GB 2-3-2-5
Seagate 160G SATAII + 320G External
Creative Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro
Coolermaster Real Power 550W
Antec Nine Hundred

I avg about 35 fps playing at those settings. 40-50 fps in the jungle and 20-30 fps in the open coast shots. The game runs very well on this video card even at 1920x1200 all high settings except shader.

11/2/2007 4:27:14 PM

how is this version not going to suck like the last version of far cry?

11/2/2007 4:31:20 PM

this isn't FarCry or FarCry2 this is Crysis.

11/2/2007 4:35:25 PM

this is......





































































SPAAARRRTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

11/2/2007 5:12:46 PM

Maybe it looks better when you're actually playing it...

11/2/2007 8:15:12 PM

haha

11/2/2007 9:38:53 PM