9800GTX and GT by March or April?

[Blacklash]

March? :lol:

My GTX is going to have a beard by then.

[jabloomf1230]

The trend will be towards smaller die sizes, rather than trying to double GPU performance at the same die size with every new generation. The nVidia 9xxx series are 65 nm, they run cooler (relative to performance) and use less energy. Prolly the "true" next GPUs will be 45 nm and we will be seeing the same thing that's happened with CPUs: more GPUs packed onto one card or even fabricated as a multi-core GPU chip.

The trouble with the 7950 GX2 was that it was too big and too hot. Once you got over that and the drivers were fixed for all SLI setups, it worked just fine. Used GX2s are a hot commodity, as you can pick one up for cheap and you can upgrade those old 6800 or 7800 cards that some people must still be using. The "ancient" GX2 will easily pull 7500-8000 on 3dMark06 and run Crysis on medium settings. Some people are happy with those numbers.

I'm just going to wait and see what happens, rather than crabbing about fake benchmarks and pessimistic speculation from online "news" sites. If the new nVidia cards are to your liking, then buy one, else wait. It won't kill you.

[Gimlis]

The stuff @ Xtremesystems is simulated. If nvidia is going to put 2 8800 GTS 512mb cards on one PCB, I'm sure they're going to optimize it a little. There would be no point in buying a dual GPU solution if the current SLI solutions beat it out... There's no logic at all. :thumbdwn:

Sure there is, not every one has an SLI capable System "Nforce Chipset" so a single card Dual GPU Solution even if it's a bit slower than a 2 card solution it would still have a good size target market with Intel Chipset owners..

Though I do agree or share the opinion that a single card with 2 GPUs should be a bit faster than 2 of the same GPUs of = clock speed in an SLI confing and not a bit slower.

[Redeemed]

The trend will be towards smaller die sizes, rather than trying to double GPU performance at the same die size with every new generation. The nVidia 9xxx series are 65 nm, they run cooler (relative to performance) and use less energy. Prolly the "true" next GPUs will be 45 nm and we will be seeing the same thing that's happened with CPUs: more GPUs packed onto one card or even fabricated as a multi-core GPU chip.

The trouble with the 7950 GX2 was that it was too big and too hot. Once you got over that and the drivers were fixed for all SLI setups, it worked just fine. Used GX2s are a hot commodity, as you can pick one up for cheap and you can upgrade those old 6800 or 7800 cards that some people must still be using. The "ancient" GX2 will easily pull 7500-8000 on 3dMark06 and run Crysis on medium settings. Some people are happy with those numbers.

I'm just going to wait and see what happens, rather than crabbing about fake benchmarks and pessimistic speculation from online "news" sites. If the new nVidia cards are to your liking, then buy one, else wait. It won't kill you.

There's seems to be a lot of confusion. GPUs are already heavily parallel... so much so they're practically multi-core already. The only real solution is multiple GPUs on a single PCB... like the GX2s. But then you have issues with the drivers being capable of splitting up the workload accurately... and for the games that don't scale well with SLi... unless you can disable the second GPU you're up crap creek without a paddle.

I honestly like the idea of multiple GPUs on one card, if they can implement it properly. And price it properly. And have it perform properly. While maintaining stability. :p Which is one reason why I'm so interested in the 3870x2... seems a better implementation than the 7950GX2 was. All I'm waiting for is to see some qud CrossFire numbers and if they're satisfactory... my Intel BadAxe mobo and E6600 will finally have some video cards to work with! :p :D

[fasedww]

There's seems to be a lot of confusion. GPUs are already heavily parallel... so much so they're practically multi-core already. The only real solution is multiple GPUs on a single PCB... like the GX2s. But then you have issues with the drivers being capable of splitting up the workload accurately... and for the games that don't scale well with SLi... unless you can disable the second GPU you're up crap creek without a paddle.

I honestly like the idea of multiple GPUs on one card, if they can implement it properly. And price it properly. And have it perform properly. While maintaining stability. :p Which is one reason why I'm so interested in the 3870x2... seems a better implementation than the 7950GX2 was. All I'm waiting for is to see some qud CrossFire numbers and if they're satisfactory... my Intel BadAxe mobo and E6600 will finally have some video cards to work with! :p :D
me two I'll buy another sapphire 3870x2:D