Here it comes.....8800gtx

L31mr0d · 10-11-2006 12:27am

awhir wrote:

think u need a 16x lane to run 1 of theres babys

but can you get s939 mobos with a PCIe dedicated 16x lane? Or do they always split them? If you can, will a 8800GTX work with it, just at dx9 levels?

Flaccus · 10-11-2006 12:43am

They usually all have a dedicated 16x lane unless you split the lanes in the bios. If there is no option in the bios, then you can take it that it is a 16x lane. This has been around for ages, and you can see on the maufacturers sites specs too. It was only when the likes of the Asus A8N32-sli 939 mobo came out that people started talking about true dual 16x lanes. At a very minimum mobos have 1 dedicated 16x lane. Unless you buy something pants. Your board is fine by the way.

Sir Random · 10-11-2006 1:49am

gline wrote:

lol

just put in an order for 2x xfx 8800gtx's from komplett, they should be in stock soon

g80 sli here i come

I notice Komplett have sold 8 of the XFX GTXs and 2 GTS, but nobody has ordered any of the cheaper Gainwards

Also, at least 3 of the 8 are definitely for Ireland (2x gline, 1x me) so that's 40% of the units sold to UK, IE, BE, NL, DE and AT customers

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Flaccus · 10-11-2006 2:33am

Curious...How did you work out they sold 8 ? Ah..you know the people who ordered ?

Sir Random · 10-11-2006 2:44am

Flaccus wrote:

Curious...How did you work out they sold 8 ? Ah..you know the people who ordered ?

The Komplett database is dynamic, so you can always see exactly how many items are in stock/expected. (the total drops every time one is bought/ordered).
There were 50 items 'expected' when the site updated with the 8800 cards this morning, now there are 42.

The gainward GTX and GTS are still at 50, the XFX GTS is at 48 (2 ordered)

Flaccus · 10-11-2006 2:51am

Heh..thanks..good to know. So you know you will get a card by looking at those stock levels. Unlike OcUK where it's a crapshoot.

Sir Random · 10-11-2006 3:03am

Exactly!

I remember a lot of people ordered X800s (or X1800s, not sure) from OcUK when they only actually had 2 in stock. Only the first 2 got cards, the rest had to wait weeks for re-stock. This happened with a few brands, because stock was only arriving in 2's and 3's. Some people waited months, before cancelling or switching to a different brand :rolleyes:

L31mr0d · 10-11-2006 3:10am

Flaccus wrote:

They usually all have a dedicated 16x lane unless you split the lanes in the bios. If there is no option in the bios, then you can take it that it is a 16x lane. This has been around for ages, and you can see on the maufacturers sites specs too. It was only when the likes of the Asus A8N32-sli 939 mobo came out that people started talking about true dual 16x lanes. At a very minimum mobos have 1 dedicated 16x lane. Unless you buy something pants. Your board is fine by the way.

Ok thats cool to know about my mobo. Now my other question is, will it run a DX10 8800GTX? Can DX9 mobos run DX10 vgas?

Sir Random · 10-11-2006 5:59am

Yes, you don't need a special mobo for DX10. Any mobo with a PCI-E x16 slot can take an 8800GTX card, and will run it in DX10 mode once Vista is installed. Under XP, it'll just be the fastest DX9.0 card available.

gline · 10-11-2006 9:09am

Sir Random wrote:

I notice Komplett have sold 8 of the XFX GTXs and 2 GTS, but nobody has ordered any of the cheaper Gainwards

Also, at least 3 of the 8 are definitely for Ireland (2x gline, 1x me) so that's 40% of the units sold to UK, IE, BE, NL, DE and AT customers .

any idea when these will ship??

nice review here of the xfx 8800gtx http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7184&page=1

Gilgamesh · 10-11-2006 11:20am

Flaccus wrote:

Did you ask them to stick an arbitrary value on the box as you don't want to be caught for import duty :eek:

luckily I have soemone coming from the states next week, and they are bringing it with them, got it shipped to them, so fingers crossed

Sir Random · 10-11-2006 11:33am

gline wrote:

any idea when these will ship??

nice review here of the xfx 8800gtx http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7184&page=1

No idea. I'm hoping they'll be in stock today, as there's no shortage in supply of chips from nVidia (apart from that recall).
Can't wait to get overclocking

CivilServant · 10-11-2006 12:45pm

Bit the bullet and bought the e6600, evga 680i and some ddr2 800. Christmas come early.

Anyone want x2 3800+ oced, dfi ultra-d, x1900xt and 2gb of 250ddr?

gline · 10-11-2006 12:52pm

CivilServant wrote:

Bit the bullet and bought the e6600, evga 680i and some ddr2 800. Christmas come early.

Anyone want x2 3800+ oced, dfi ultra-d, x1900xt and 2gb of 250ddr?

good man yourself

Psycopat · 10-11-2006 1:38pm

custom pc benchies

Gobbles Oblivion up, not a huge upgrade for a 7950 GX2 unless i was to get 2 of em though

Sir Random · 10-11-2006 2:09pm

CivilServant wrote:

Bit the bullet and bought the e6600, evga 680i and some ddr2 800. Christmas come early.

Anyone want x2 3800+ oced, dfi ultra-d, x1900xt and 2gb of 250ddr?

Nice one, you definitely won't regret it!

It seems that single core Athlons don't do these cards justice:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17650344

Flaccus · 10-11-2006 2:43pm

Biggest plus is you can play most games at 1920 with 16xAA which you can't do with GX2 or quad GX2. And that is with a single G80. Oblivion runs really fast with all sliders maxed out with 4xAA. Very impressive.

Selling stuff like mad to get my 2nd G80. First one isn't even here yet

Hoping the 700w Seasonic will cut the mustard. Looking good so far.

Anti · 10-11-2006 7:48pm

Some reports state a 800W is needed for 8800gtx in sli. And that some houses older then 25 years old might not be able to handle the ammount of current drawn from a single socket that a sli 8800gtx system will require.

Newbuild houses ftw \0/

Flaccus · 10-11-2006 8:12pm

The psu's that need 800w are ones with weak 12v rails or ones that cannot crossload.

If you have a 700w psu with a very strong 12v rail you should be ok. That's according to the top psu expert on the net.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271&page=6

One guy on this thread has same psu as me and is getting his G80's on Monday, so will follow this thread.

Also, the G80 only consumes an extra 10w over 1900xt-x under load and seeing as I only run 1 hdd, 1 optical, soundcard, and usb key,mouse,wifi-dongle I reckon I will be ok. Afterall I don't see how an extra 20w overall could kill the Seasonic 700w which is sli and xfire certified.

Sir Random · 10-11-2006 9:03pm

97.02:8800 drivers:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1513

Just something to do while waiting for your cards...

SeanW · 10-11-2006 9:54pm

Holy crap, what on Earth is anyone going to do with 2 of those monsters in SLi?

Flaccus · 10-11-2006 9:56pm

Run benchmarks and use Excel I expect.

Anti · 10-11-2006 10:03pm

Or just increase their epenis size.

New rig ordered now, All parts will be here on monday, total cost .......2700£

Decided to go for 8800gts x 2. Dunno if this is a wild choice, but thats what the cooling off period is for. to test

Anti · 10-11-2006 10:05pm

Well all parts but the case. Still cant decide on this, Was gonna be a mozart tx, But its just to big, And cant really find owt much else i really like that has great airflow and design. Any ideas ?

KamiKazi · 11-11-2006 3:04pm

cm stacker 830 are pretty big with great cooling, nine case fans.

wots the spec of your new rig?

gline · 11-11-2006 3:56pm

damn komplett still dont have them in stock

awhir · 11-11-2006 3:59pm

gline wrote:

damn komplett still dont have them in stock

mabey monday

CivilServant · 11-11-2006 4:18pm

Mine is still in transit from dabs, just left for international transportation, so guess that means, it's on a ship or plane making it's way over here. Fingers crossed for Monday.

CarefulNow · 11-11-2006 4:23pm

I need a job fast. *Nerdgasm.

CivilServant · 11-11-2006 4:45pm

Finished reading the vr-zone review of the 8800gtx http://sg.vr-zone.com/?i=4216 probably the best review on the net and makes a mockery of Hardocp's apples vs oranges vs other fruit benches. I mean whose to say what the best playable settings are for them? Anyways, it's less theorectical than anandtech, (anandtech is quite a good review) but better overall, showing real world gaming benefits of buying one. Shamino benched BF2142 using real world techniques again, this time doing it manually! 8800GTX is 89% faster than a GX2 @1600x1200 and 16AF 4AA. I never really used any AA before cos of the huge monitor, but the G80 makes this a reality!

Call of Duty 2 same settings 97% faster than x1950xtx (GDDR 4 included hehe

)
FEAR same settings 102% faster than x1950xtx
HL2 Episode 1 same settings 88% faster than GX2
Company of Heroes similar settings 204% faster than GX2 & 173% faster than x1950xtx
Wowwow weewaa!!:eek: This card is going to absolutely rock for gaming!!

Also Shamino tested Core 2 Duo vs Quad Core, basically for 3dmark06 you will gain at least 1000 extra score, but for gaming (which is really what it's all about) makes no difference. It won't till games become fully threaded for multicore processors. Interesting article on anandtech about that actually. http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2868

Here it comes.....8800gtx

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