6:04 PM on 05.02.2007
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Niero
ATI general managers must be hosting group hugging sessions right now, as the world's fastest new SLI video card from Nvidia was revealed today -- smoking their offerings by a sizable gap. Next-gen reports early benchmarks and pricing:
The new GPU outperforms the GeForce 8800 GTX, previously the fastest GPU, by 10-15%, and is ideal for gamers hoping to squeeze the most out of DirectX 10 titles such as the upcoming Bioshock, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (pictured), Crysis and Age of Conan.
“The definitive gaming platform is built around the fastest components available and today there is no disputing those components include the GeForce 8800 Ultra GPU and an Nvidia nForce 680i SLI-ready motherboard,” said Ujesh Desai, general manager of desktop GPUs at Nvidia.
“The graphics industry evolves extremely quickly and it is quite an achievement when you can leapfrog your own performance milestones in succession like we have done with these GeForce 8 Series GPUs,” he added.
Graphics cards equipped with the Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra will retail worldwide from May 15, with prices expected to begin at $829 (€699).
Boners, yet I've always felt that the Nvidia Ultra series was an indicator that (a) we could have overclocked their last card to do the same and (b) something way better is about to hit if we hold our coffers for six months. That is a lot of meseta for a video card, obviously. While I'm sure this will have a niche market for men with bottomless pockets (and their insatiable whiny children) I'm sure that there must be some of you hoarding a small fortune to build the ultimate Crytek appliance.
Any early adopters jumping on this? If so, please also include driving directions to your house.
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Mad points to Niero for the PSO currency reference.
I've never bought a top of the line graphics card, and unless money starts falling from the sky, I'm not going to start any time soon. Also, never trust benchmarks done by the companies themselves, they know precisely what their cards are good at and tailor the tests to suit them.
At least they had the decency to realise that euro are worth substantially more than dollars. Not looking at anyone in particular. *coughnintendosonymicrosoft* I will always love the pc for never fucking over europe.
But for now, I'm lovin my 360's amazing gfx
Woe is me... And where is ATI btw? The 8 series came out in November... like 6-7 months ago... they better have something sweet to unveil cause right now NVIDIA's kicking ass... but I like that, its good for my stock...
Ask yourself how much of that money you're spending for bragging rights, and how much bragging rights are actually worth to you.
A good 3D engine is supposed to scale. Please blame the bad engines and devs on crack, not the hardware manufacturers.
All it means is that you suck at handling PCs. :/
Myself, being a primarily PC gamer, I haven't had problems like those for like ages.
That price is stupid.