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The great thing about video cards might be that new ones constantly come out.
NVIDIA looks to be preparing the 8800 GS for release, some time soon. As you probably gather from the name, the 8800 GS will be a slightly less powerful, less expensive rendition of the popular 8800 GT. Prices have not been released, but some would guess it would be around $160 USD, give or take a couple of clams.
One interesting thing about the 8800 GS is that it has a 192-bit memory interface. This is a significantly lower than the more common 256-bit memory interface, and will lead to the video card coming in 384MB versions, or 768MB versions, which is a interesting new twist on memory amounts. While the 8800 GS will reportedly have the same amount of stream processors as the 8800 GT (112) and comparable clock speeds, it will only 12 ROPs (compared to the GT's 16 ROPs.)
While the HD3850 stacked up very well against the 256MB 8800 GT cards, this 8800 GS might be tough to beat at the mid $200 price point -- until, that is, ATI releases it slew of mid-range cards, such as the HD3670, which is rumored to be arriving in early February.
Chinese site Expreview has managed to get a hold of some pics of the 8800 GS. Whether they broke into some Taiwainese factories to get these shots, or received the cards from Santa for Christmas, was not reported.
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Plus, I hate all the problems with drivers issues. I've had it with all the PC expenses, constant upgrades, and compatibility issues.
I'll be buying a game console for my gaming for now on. Chalk one more up for the masses.
Everything else is just a new configuration of existing chips (R600 & G80 series)
During the summer the 8 series was already a mainstream piece, the 7 was obsolete already. Asking around on the internet or these forums would have given you that heads up, when you bought the GS it was already a further reduced part from the original GTX and GT models.
If you wait and wait and then you purchase a previous generation part then it should be expected that you're not going to be on the edge of anything.
It sounds like you never really invested yourself in things to make sure you had the latest drivers, or news on purchases you planned to make. Given all the SKU shifts in the console market you'll no doubt find something new to complain about when you go there.
Consoles aren't perfect, but they have far fewer problems and headaches than PC gaming. Spreading more FUD Mr. Regional Editor.
Nobody ever said anything about being on the cutting edge. We simply expect better value. Until then, the masses will continue shifting away from PC gaming to consoles. Care to spread more FUD Mr. Regional Editor?
Personally I like to buy mid-range cards and the 8600 and ATI 2600 just weren't as good as the normal midrange cards are. My GeForce 6600 and 7600GT were both as powerful or more powerful than the high end of the previous generation, the 8600 though doesn't really perform better than my 7600GT
I've just ordered an ATI 3850 as I saw it going for even cheaper than its meant to be
Holds true through your personal attack rant. Lets go for it.
I've had my X1800XT for ages now, I picked it up off ebay for $180 and it has been great even in present day games, had I been shopping this last summer I would have gone the same route in researching a solid performing card for what I'm interested in instead of just jumping into the fray with the 7900GS, even if I did get it, I would have knowingly accepted that the tech for it is very old in terms of the industry and I would have made peace with it.
The fact that you're using Steam as a mark of what to buy is a bit strange really, I don't recall all game engines running on Source, as such reading up on actual reviews on leading games now and to come would have benefited you much more. It's not like there were no examples of upcoming titles to the marketplace in reviews anyway.
Lets see, more words in my mouth by you, I never claimed consoles were perfect either, odd, maybe you can go ahead falsely imply some more words though.
4 SKU's of the Xbox 360, the RROD and continued plans to revise the system. So if you bought a Pro model found out it got a quieter revision, HDMI and had the option of a 120GB upgrade with a pricebreak on top of all that you'd not pull this? Right.
Lets jump into the PS3, 20GB and 60GB with hardware BC, wait no 80GB with Software BC, Wait no a 40GB model without BC.
There are pleanty of upset users within those ranks, people who had core models that got angry that later users got the core and a 512 card, people with high end tv's that have to repurchase a console to get certain features, people that found that their BC system is full of bugs and that they can't find the SKU they want.
Regardless, nothing is inherently better than the other. Moving on,
"and about six to nine months later it's obsolete."
The 78xx platform which lead to the 79xx platform was introduced in 2005 and you're complaining about not being able to keep up with gaming. Yeah. Right I'm the one spreading FUD.
Maybe you can enlighten everyone on how knowingly buying a card over 2 years old in technology is you getting the shaft. Had you waited, had you further researched, you would have been able to put yourself in a better spot, thats not their fault, it's not my fault, in the end it falls on you.
Nice personal attacks, I guess when you're working with little you have to reach for what you can.
On the 3850, that's a good choice, DX10.1 and a platform based on the 2900XT. The newer RV63x chips are coming as well but we've pretty much seen all that those had to offer. x_x