The Next Generation GeForce 6800 Ultra (!)

[Acaila]

Lies, it is the best card ever made and always will be ffs. Besides, when PCIx comes out and actually doesn't suck (the 1st release or 2 will suck ass as always), it will be time for a large upgrade anyway.

[Electrofreak]

I'm scheduling my next mobo upgrade for after PCI-X and DDR2 has been released, and all the kinks have been worked out of the system. Shortly afterwards, I'll probably invest in a PCI-X gfx card.

[Sentrosi]

^^Ditto^^

I have a good system right now. Radeon 9800pro, AMD 2800+, Epox 8RDA+ (soon NF7-S), 1024Mb PC 2700 Ram, 400W P/S. Perhaps ppl should look into running a secondary Power supply to run these new cards.

[Electrofreak]

::nods::

thats one of the reasons I got a 500W power supply, I heard the newer cards were going to be power-hungry...

[Rbstr]

yeah its probalby a good isea, you could probably get a 200 watter someplace that can fit inside your case someware, but the card need 150 watts so most of thos auxilary ones won't be an option.

Yeah i plan on upgrading sometime next year, xmas or so. i'm just abou thappy with this one, hopefully i can get a deal on a P4 Northwood

[Mag-Mower]

Originally Posted by Electrofreak

::sighs:: ok, but dont say I didnt warn ya. PCI-X will come out, and a PCI version of the card will probably be made, and totally pwn the AGP version...

Besides. Everyone else will have PCI-X and you will have an AGP. I'm tellin ya, people will be like, "dude, get out of the STONE AGE"

if you call THAT the stone age, then i must be in the primitive age

[Rbstr]

your way back in the plesiastic or however thats spelled

[Smaug]

Actually if I remember correctly, nvidia will be realeasing a pci-x version of this new card when it debuts. Which makes sense seeing as there are alread atx mobos with pci-x. However I wouldn't buy either until btx, 64-bit, ddr2, and pci-x are "mainstream", its just a waste of money at this point.

[Rbstr]

well teh PCI-X versions only uses a bridge chip, so it realy doen't offer anything extra

[Electrofreak]

I believe ATI will be releasing a "true" PCI-x card, sortakinda read about it on their site. I guess it doesn't use a bridge chip so supposedly it should take advantage of the PCI-x bandwidth better.

[Octavian]

So uh, how much does it cost anyway? If it's below 500, I could buy it but be poor for 3 months.

[Rbstr]

it should be for sale (when avilible, I hate it when they launch somethign that nobodly can buy, the X800 will be avialible they day the launch) right at 499 but i expect the new shiny electronics tax will be added

[Octavian]

Screw the electronics tax, at least I can finally kick ass in games. The new PSU I'll have to "mooch" for.

[Rbstr]

its not a real tax but they mark up prices on new stuff becuase its new

[Octavian]

It may still be worth buying to last us for 2-3 years.