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Re: Bobulator VII
Reply #30 - Dec 26th, 2007 at 12:43pm
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EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 512MB Video Card (the new one!)


You bastard.  GOGO 90-day step-up program.
  
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Reply #31 - Dec 26th, 2007 at 1:06pm
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Yeah, but do you want to have a system without a video card for two weeks?

If I had a spare PCIe card, I'd consider "stepping up" to a 9800 when they're finally released.  I can't wait to see DX10 performance with one of those bad boys...

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Reply #32 - Dec 26th, 2007 at 2:03pm
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Yeah, but do you want to have a system without a video card for two weeks?


hmm, ok I have an idea.  You buy two of them, give me one, then I use the step up on mine, and when I get my other one back I run SLI.  Everyone wins.
  
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Reply #33 - Dec 26th, 2007 at 3:09pm
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Something sounds a little fishy about that plan, but I can't quite place it...  Smiley

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Reply #34 - Dec 26th, 2007 at 4:19pm
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Come on bob, this plan seems legit.  Don't be a pussy!
  
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Reply #35 - Dec 27th, 2007 at 5:47pm
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Last post from the Bobulator VI!

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Reply #36 - Dec 28th, 2007 at 6:55pm
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First post from the Bobulator VII!  Video at 11!

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Reply #37 - Dec 28th, 2007 at 7:16pm
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4 hours...and counting eeeeee

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Reply #38 - Jan 4th, 2008 at 12:43pm
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And bob...doesn't deliver.  Surprised?

This does though!

What's that?  1GB VRAM, 256 stream procs, dual GPUs, and I'm spent.
  
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Reply #39 - Jan 4th, 2008 at 3:49pm
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Wow, that's... uh... mildly disappointing.  They just took an 8000 series GPU, beefed it up a bit, and threw two of them on a PCB.

Unless the 9800 GTX/Ultra line is a significant improvement (which I highly doubt), I'm guessing the 9800 series will be much like the FX/5000 series - a dismal failure.  Like that series, I'll probably skip over the 9800's and wait for the 10800 (or whatever they call it) to hit the market in a couple years.

We can probably thank AMD/ATI for this.  This is the result of Nvidia not having any competition.  They're holding their best stuff in reserve and relying on a two-year old design to carry them through the next generation.

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Reply #40 - Jan 4th, 2008 at 7:40pm
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Yeah I pulled a bob and only read the highlights.  But the 65nm GPUs have only been around (well able to buy) since mid december.  It isn't that old of technology.
  
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Reply #41 - Jan 4th, 2008 at 11:13pm
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I've got a 65nm GPU sitting in my case right now.  I just think it's misleading to slap together two 8800 series GPU's on two different PCB's, glue it all together on a single megaboard, and call it a 9800 series.  The real 9800's won't be available until this summer or early fall, so why confuse consumers by marketing this crap as a 9800?

If the earlier GX2's are any indication, nVidia will never release a stable driver for this thing and will drop support for it in three or four months.  Read up on the 7800GX2 debacle to see what I'm talking about.

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Re: Bobulator VII
Reply #42 - Jan 11th, 2008 at 4:28pm
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I just bought the collector's edition of World in Conflict today.  I can't wait to try it out.

I normally don't buy "collector's editions" of anything unless the additional content is really worthwhile.  When it comes to World in Conflict, I think the extra $10.00 was really well spent because it comes with this...



In case you can't tell, it's a fragment of this...



Is it just me, or is that the coolest collector's edition add-in ever?

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Re: Bobulator VII
Reply #43 - Jan 11th, 2008 at 4:56pm
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Look at the size of that crack rock!
  
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Re: Bobulator VII
Reply #44 - Jan 11th, 2008 at 5:03pm
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Here's some screenshots I stole from the Interweb...




This game is just dying for some LANnage!

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