So the GeForce 9 family has made its debue

Inquiringmind012000 · 24-February-08, 09:35 PM

Well forgive me if i mispelled debue, but the 9600 is out, and i was wondering if anyone new when the 9800s would come out. On top of that when are the Nvidia 780a AMD Quadcore MOBOS gonna come out so's i can sli the 9800s on em. From what ive seen the amd boards are supposed to have superior support for the graphics cards(at least for the threeway sli *SHOULD* i decide to go that route), plus i just all around prefer amd, so its a waiting game.

NCXCStud · 25-February-08, 05:39 AM

The only reason I'd want to 'try' to have an Intel board/cpu is so I could install MacOS on it....but, the AMD cpus are really...soooo much cheaper...

s1ugh34d · 25-February-08, 08:18 PM

Price is the only thing going for AMD. The ATI GPU's they are making are working out pretty good. And if you want top end performance, you might as well get the 3870 X2.

Inquiringmind012000 · 26-February-08, 11:13 AM

I don't know about anymore but the benchmarks ive seen says the 8800 still outperforms the 3870s and on a few games the 3870s in crossfire do worse then if they were single. It just seems like they have real bad driver support right now. And even if the 9800s aren't as strong as they say they will be, but are close, they will beat a sli(possibly even 3way sli) 8800 ultra, which outdoes the 3870's, and for cheaper, so sli 9800s would outperform even a 4way crossfire. But we will see.

eascarface · 26-February-08, 12:32 PM

Actually the 3870X2 outperforms both the 8800GTS 512 and GTX in every game except Quake Wars. Driver wise AMD is a little better than Nvidia especially with regard to the X2. And while it's a possibility that dual 9800's will outperform 2 X2's AMD's has yet to release it's new high end part something which you don't seem to be considering.

Secondly it would be an absolute travesty to pair 2 9800's or even 2 X2's with an AMD cpu. Intel just keeps releasing better and better CPU's. The new Wolfdales cores are especially great and of course the Q6600 is spectacular. I suggest you check out this thread over at our sister site PCApex.

Cheers

Master Yunk · 26-February-08, 10:58 PM

Don't ATI cards come with HDMI ports now?

eascarface · 27-February-08, 09:32 AM

It's still dependent of the manufacturer I believe. Most of the 38xx's series come with a DVI-HDMI adapter though.

24-February-08, 09:35 PM		#1 (permalink)
Inquiringmind012000 Apex Techie II	So the GeForce 9 family has made its debue Well forgive me if i mispelled debue, but the 9600 is out, and i was wondering if anyone new when the 9800s would come out. On top of that when are the Nvidia 780a AMD Quadcore MOBOS gonna come out so's i can sli the 9800s on em. From what ive seen the amd boards are supposed to have superior support for the graphics cards(at least for the threeway sli *SHOULD* i decide to go that route), plus i just all around prefer amd, so its a waiting game.

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25-February-08, 05:39 AM		#2 (permalink)
NCXCStud Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	The only reason I'd want to 'try' to have an Intel board/cpu is so I could install MacOS on it....but, the AMD cpus are really...soooo much cheaper...

25-February-08, 08:18 PM		#3 (permalink)
s1ugh34d Apex Tech God	Price is the only thing going for AMD. The ATI GPU's they are making are working out pretty good. And if you want top end performance, you might as well get the 3870 X2.

26-February-08, 11:13 AM		#4 (permalink)
Inquiringmind012000 Apex Techie II	I don't know about anymore but the benchmarks ive seen says the 8800 still outperforms the 3870s and on a few games the 3870s in crossfire do worse then if they were single. It just seems like they have real bad driver support right now. And even if the 9800s aren't as strong as they say they will be, but are close, they will beat a sli(possibly even 3way sli) 8800 ultra, which outdoes the 3870's, and for cheaper, so sli 9800s would outperform even a 4way crossfire. But we will see.

26-February-08, 12:32 PM		#5 (permalink)
eascarface Apex Tech God	Actually the 3870X2 outperforms both the 8800GTS 512 and GTX in every game except Quake Wars. Driver wise AMD is a little better than Nvidia especially with regard to the X2. And while it's a possibility that dual 9800's will outperform 2 X2's AMD's has yet to release it's new high end part something which you don't seem to be considering. Secondly it would be an absolute travesty to pair 2 9800's or even 2 X2's with an AMD cpu. Intel just keeps releasing better and better CPU's. The new Wolfdales cores are especially great and of course the Q6600 is spectacular. I suggest you check out this thread over at our sister site PCApex. Cheers

26-February-08, 10:58 PM		#6 (permalink)
Master Yunk D.O.A. Tournament Champion	Don't ATI cards come with HDMI ports now?

27-February-08, 09:32 AM		#7 (permalink)
eascarface Apex Tech God	It's still dependent of the manufacturer I believe. Most of the 38xx's series come with a DVI-HDMI adapter though.