Thread: is a cheap upgrade possible

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now if I wait til say May? to upgrade would other cards drop in price making other cards available?

just curious if by the time I actually go to buy the parts some thing else would be a better option.

Originally Posted by JBMCW2010

now if I wait til say May? to upgrade would other cards drop in price making other cards available?

just curious if by the time I actually go to buy the parts some thing else would be a better option.

I would say by may the 8900 will be out and the 8800 will be cheaper.

Chinese sources claim that the upcoming GeForce 8950GX2 card will sell for $599 USD. It is rumored to be the successor of the previous 7950GX2 and will come with a total of 512MB GDDR-4 memory per GPU. As part of the new 8900 series, NVIDIA plans to introduce the GeForce 8900GTX which will replace the current high-end 8800GTX. It will ship at a retail price of $549 USD and it will also see the inclusion of GDDR4 memory which allows NVIDIA to raise the clock speeds to outrageous 2200MHz frequencies. The power boost may also come from the new 80nm manufacturing process.

Although Nvidia entered the GPGPU market later than ATI, it looks like the Americans are quite happy with their G80 series general processing capabilities. As of now, G80 is still the fastest graphics chip on the market. It has 128 unified shaders and can process a lot of pixels. But those shaders aren't necessarily proficient at rendering complex graphics, as science calculations can easily be run on a graphics card disguised as a small shader program. Now, Geforce 8900 GTX is expected to have 25 percent more Shader power, and thus, dual Geforce 8950 GX2 configurations should provide a lot more Shader and Pixel power.

Originally Posted by jason_jinx

Originally Posted by JBMCW2010

now if I wait til say May? to upgrade would other cards drop in price making other cards available?

just curious if by the time I actually go to buy the parts some thing else would be a better option.

I would say by may the 8900 will be out and the 8800 will be cheaper.

Chinese sources claim that the upcoming GeForce 8950GX2 card will sell for $599 USD. It is rumored to be the successor of the previous 7950GX2 and will come with a total of 512MB GDDR-4 memory per GPU. As part of the new 8900 series, NVIDIA plans to introduce the GeForce 8900GTX which will replace the current high-end 8800GTX. It will ship at a retail price of $549 USD and it will also see the inclusion of GDDR4 memory which allows NVIDIA to raise the clock speeds to outrageous 2200MHz frequencies. The power boost may also come from the new 80nm manufacturing process.

Although Nvidia entered the GPGPU market later than ATI, it looks like the Americans are quite happy with their G80 series general processing capabilities. As of now, G80 is still the fastest graphics chip on the market. It has 128 unified shaders and can process a lot of pixels. But those shaders aren't necessarily proficient at rendering complex graphics, as science calculations can easily be run on a graphics card disguised as a small shader program. Now, Geforce 8900 GTX is expected to have 25 percent more Shader power, and thus, dual Geforce 8950 GX2 configurations should provide a lot more Shader and Pixel power.

However they didn't have a time frame on the incoming new card?

Originally Posted by JBMCW2010

now if I wait til say May? to upgrade would other cards drop in price making other cards available?

just curious if by the time I actually go to buy the parts some thing else would be a better option.

It is inevtiable that in the next 5 months they will update the other 8 series cards to the G92 technology that the GT uses which may push the price of the GT down. it is also likely that by then there will be entirely new cards available (the 89xx) from both Nvidia and ATI.

Also, like I asked earlier:

Originally Posted by SoySoldier

To make sure you get the best bang for your buck; what is your monitor's highest resolution?

I assume you will not be upgrading that anytime soon either?

Originally Posted by SoySoldier

Originally Posted by JBMCW2010

now if I wait til say May? to upgrade would other cards drop in price making other cards available?

just curious if by the time I actually go to buy the parts some thing else would be a better option.

It is inevtiable that in the next 5 months they will update the other 8 series cards to the G92 technology that the GT uses which may push the price of the GT down. it is also likely that by then there will be entirely new cards available (the 89xx) from both Nvidia and ATI.

Also, like I asked earlier:

Originally Posted by SoySoldier

To make sure you get the best bang for your buck; what is your monitor's highest resolution?

I assume you will not be upgrading that anytime soon either?

1280X1024

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also you say in the next 5 months so by summer(June/July) times I should be able to get it even cheaper? if so then I am surely holding out even longer then.

Originally Posted by JBMCW2010

1280X1024

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=320-4568

According to the information in this article: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/GeForc...iew-29841.html the ATI 3870 512 would be a better bet; I was about to recommend it, but I cant find one for less than 240 (maybe the prices went up since they released the article?) But at 200 dollars I am sticking by the 8800 GT 256. It outperforms the ATI 3850 across the board and your power supply should handle it fine. If you want clarification just go through the graphs they give you in that article.

The 3870's available at newegg start at 240 dollars and in that price range you are better off with an 8800 GT 512 for sure.

Come May though all bets are off... who knows what will be available by then? Only the vendors.

Good luck.

the reason I am holding off until may is because of the current lack of funding. May time my budget should have enough spare change to toss into my new card.