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Originally Posted by Torps
Anyone have new information on Nvidia's 9800GTS and 9800GTX? The info which I had is obsolete, release date of early/mid Nov, that time frame has passed. Some websites say
1st Quarter 08, others say by Christmas. Anybody with good info? If you have not read up on the 9800, it is 3X faster then the 8800 Ultra, So yah thats why I haven't let the temptation of a 8800 series get to me.
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The next card out will almost always smoke the current card & you've got to take the leap some time. I bought my eVGA 7950 GX2 & used their step-up program; a lot of people where concerned about 8800's being on the horizon & DX 10. I jumped on the 7950 dual core/dual card DX 9 & I haven't lost a seconds sleep over it because by the time the DX 10 games are the majority on the market my DX 9 card will be in need of replacement. The same goes with every other card since the first one & up until the last one, if you continue to look at the horizon for the next best thing you'll never settle on anything. Imagine how bad it'd be if you knew what was in development to replace tyhe 9800 series? :rotfl:
You just have to draw the line somewhere. Buy the eVGA vanilla 8800 within 90 days of the release of a better card & you can use the step up program to get a better one (unless they came to their senses & stopped that program) overclock the vanilla card to the speeds of the expensive cards until then & you've lost nothing in waiting & if you burn it up eVGA will replace it (their warranty covers overclocking).