nVidia.. hardcore gamer love!

iUser · 01-17-2007, 02:07 PM

So I just got my first free issue of Computer Shopper and it is the Reader's Choice Awards issue. I was flipping through the magazine and came across the hardware reviews (the actual CS reviews, not the reader reviews) and saw something absolutely insane..

The nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX.

Quote:

Redefine your gaming reality with NVIDIA® SLI™-Ready GeForce® 8800 graphics processing units (GPUs). The world’s first DirectX® 10 GPUs feature a powerful unified architecture that delivers an incredibly true-to-life gaming experience. Power through games at record speeds. Charge through game maps with vividly realistic, sun-up to sun-down HDR lighting effects while steering clear of mind-blowing physics effects such as explosions, fire, and smoke. Crank up 16x full-screen anti-aliasing without missing a beat – no jaggies, no worries. And when you’re not pwning the enemy, relax to your favorite movies on HD DVD or Blu-ray™ disk with NVIDIA PureVideo™ HD technology.

Stream Processors: 128
Core Clock (MHz): 575
Shader Clock (MHz): 1350
Memory Clock (MHz): 900
Memory Amount: 768MB
Memory Interface: 384-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec): 86.4
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec): 36.8
DirectX 10 Ready

This is a single video card, not dual STI... sure, it will set you back around $600 to $800, but for some that is worth getting the upper hand on their opponents. Oh, I forgot to mention something. Aside from the initial price you spend for the unit itself, get ready to upgrade your power supply to run this thing. They recommend a 450W or greater power supply with a 12-volt rating of 30 amps (you're almost certain to need a new power supply if you run 2 of these bad boys).

src: http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_8800.html

Alex · 01-18-2007, 08:39 AM

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Stream Processors: 128
Core Clock (MHz): 575
Shader Clock (MHz): 1350
Memory Clock (MHz): 900
Memory Amount: 768MB
Memory Interface: 384-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec): 86.4
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec): 36.8
DirectX 10 Ready

Yes, specs are pretty impressive! A step closer to the virtual reality.

iUser · 01-18-2007, 08:41 AM

A guy on a tech forum I know has 2 of these in his gaming PC... talk about overkill. Oh, and his 8GB of RAM is also pretty nuts.

iUser · 01-18-2007, 08:44 AM

apple · 02-03-2007, 10:14 AM

Hate PC gaming, I prefer consoles.

iUser · 02-05-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by apple

Hate PC gaming, I prefer consoles.

Okay.

apple · 02-05-2007, 11:29 AM

That was a pretty useless post.

If I'm not mistaken though, Vista can't play most XP games. Great eh?

iUser · 02-05-2007, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by apple

That was a pretty useless post.

Have you even looked at the forums? There are posts from you in EVERY SINGLE THREAD, even the ones that are from when this forum started a few months ago. Post count is cool and all, but you are just being retarded at this point. You don't need to comment your $0.02 on news that is 2+ months old, and you don't need to say "ZOMG WORTHLESS POST" just to get your post count up.

apple · 02-05-2007, 11:35 AM

Who says I was doing that, it takes one to know one iUser.

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