Alright everybody, I have been sitting on an 8800gtx for over a year now, and I am desperate to upgrade (because its just so dam fun to upgrade) But I have a few questions. Why do I hear everybody saying that they are going to wait for the 9800 GTX, is it going to outperform the GX2 ? Also, I hear alot of talk about SLI 9800GTX and how powerful it will be....well why don't I hear about SLi 9800GX2, surely 4 G.P.U.'s will reign supreme over two. Now, I understand that over 2, and espescially over 3 Gpu's that the performance will be minimal, but who doesnt want the bragging rights of having 4 GPUs in their rig, thats just sick. Oh, and because I plan on getting two GX2's for SLI on my 680i, what kind of a power supply should I be looking at ? I am assuming somewhere 1000W and greater.
Sorry for another 9800 thread, but who isn't excited about some fresh (good) stuff from Nvidia.

"Quad-SLI" with the 7950GX2 was a flop, thats probably why nobody is considering 2 GX2s

True, but didn't that have something to do with DX9 only being able to effectively utilize three of the g.p.u.'s Maybe I am mistaken, but didn't DX10 'fix' that problem, so it shouldn't matter ( at least w/ DX10 titles )

Quad SLI is some crazy stuff, but the price of the cards combined with the power they'll require combined with the heat they'll produce will probably make them a less-than-optimal solution for most mid-to-high-end enthusiasts.

Not to be rude, but how many DX10 titles we have out yet...? Titles worth playing in DX10 anyway... Maybe 1 or 2 (Crysis and WiC come to mind).

Well there's also,
-Company of Heroes dx10
-Lost Planet DX10
-Gears Of War DX10
-Bioshock????

Upcoming title in the coming year looks crazy good.
So crazy from Pong to Crysis. Woot woot.

Back on the 9800gx2 topic:
30% faster then the Ultra sounds good.
How much faster is two g92 8800gts in SLI than the 8800 ULTRA?
As much as I like to wait, I'll likely to pick on on 9800gx2 from evga and step up as the 9 series get release.

Those who have an ultra or a 3850x2 now I bet is more than happy with their setup. I guess those who wants to have a strongest graphic card wants be like those who bought the ultra. Secure for a little while and still be a bit happy with their setup after a while. And for about 500$ compare toward the 700-800$ when the ultra was release. That's even better as well.

p.s: Also in case those of you with ultra who's upgrading toward the 9800gx2 is CRAZY! lol. I guess if you have the $ to buy the ultra in the first place. You can afford to get a new card. lol.

Not to me is doesn't 18 months on since the launch of the 8800 GTX and the best Nividia can muster is a card that is only 30% faster then it previous generation card and they occouplish it by takeing two existing card and joining them as one. No new technology, no breakthroughs, more heat, more power..............I'll stop now I could moan all day about this. At least there are some decent mid range card coming out now which wasn't the case 12 months ago.

Now that ATI has come with the 3870, nVidia can release the monster its been sitting on for almost a year now

I guess thats a good point. Nvidia has waited over a year for ATI to play catch up. Surely they have something up there sleeves? Or were they just twiddling there thumbs for a year? I guess we'll find out here in the months to come.

lol yep except a die shrink from 90nm to 65nm, 2gpus on one card and moderatly improved tech for texture units.

I have an idea, how about before going on a rant, wait for it to come out, and then decide.

I haven't seen or read anything about improved texture units and even if what you say is true by your own admission is only a small improvement. Twin PCB boards, die shrink, 2 GPU's.............none of this is new its been done before, the die shrink is a natural progression and a necessary goal since it makes producing the chips a lot cheaper. The bottom line is the 9800 GTX is two 8800 GTS 512Mb crafted into one.

And the G92's have improvements over the G80's.


9800GX2 is 2 in one.. GTX will just BE a G92 512 basically...

Aslong as it scales as well as the 9600GT then im happy with ti, and using WC it SHOULD beat the hell out of an ultra...

Guys, I love the discussion, really I do, but back to my origional post, does anybody know anything about the 9800GTX? And how much power will two GX2's need, because that is what I want to get. Thanks

You are absolutely correct, but no doubt, DX10 is going to be the future.