| Wednesday, February 27th 2008 |
VR-Zone informs that the upcoming GeForce 9800 GX2 launch will be delayed again till March 18th. No reasons was provided by NVIDIA, but the delay is probably due to driver issues. Right now, according to unconfirmed reports the card is scoring about 14k+ in 3DMark06, which is lower than Radeon HD 3870 X2.
Source: VR-Zone
Source: VR-Zone
posted by malware - 8:12 AM | Related News |
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by [I.R.A]_FBi (8:17 AM) - Reply
wow ... "totally kills an X2" ... guess they were all wrong ... as suspected nvidia was going to have driver problems ...
GeForce 7950 GX2 ver 2.0 ? :shadedshu
Please NVidia, a consumer should be in a position to buy two of these cards on March 18, and install them in SLI right then. If it's another 7950 GX2 fiasco, then 9800 GX2 = epic fail. I aleady begin to lose goodwill after yesterday's articles on the 9800 GTX specs which seemed more like 8801 GTS (G92) to me.
by Bjorn_Of_Iceland (10:27 AM) - Reply
7950 GX2 part 2. :toast:
by: malwareLolz, a single 8800GTS scores more than that, never mind two of them, they need to sort their lives out, amazes me that manufacturers cannot still figure that hardware is nothing without drivers to support them ffs.
VR-Zone informs that the upcoming GeForce 9800 GX2 launch will be delayed again till March 18th. No reasons was provided by NVIDIA, but the delay is probably due to driver issues. Right now, according to unconfirmed reports the card is scoring about 14k+ in 3DMark06, which is lower than Radeon HD 3870 X2. Source: VR-Zone
by [I.R.A]_FBi (11:45 AM) - Reply
I thought SLi was supposed to multiply performance, not divide it.
by DanishDevil (11:46 AM) - Reply
ATi Crossfire: Multiply and Conquer
nVidia SLI: Divide and Conquer
Am I right in thinking....thats only a 1 week delay? sao just an extra week to get the drivers ready......hmmmm get the staff working in shifts thru the night 24/7 and dont delay I say!
by [I.R.A]_FBi (11:58 AM) - Reply
by: Tatty_Onethats not yoda talk :(
Am I right in thinking....thats only a 1 week delay? sao just an extra week to get the drivers ready......hmmmm get the staff working in shifts thru the night 24/7 and dont delay I say!
I wonder how much heat it'll put out? I remember the old 7950x2 was treacherously hot.
by: malwareI thought the 14k score was for the 9800GTX and not the GX2?! As for the delay, I think its a little early to assume that the delay is due to driver issues. For all we know it could be something completely difference (like the 9600GT's voltage problem).
VR-Zone informs that the upcoming GeForce 9800 GX2 launch will be delayed again till March 18th. No reasons was provided by NVIDIA, but the delay is probably due to driver issues. Right now, according to unconfirmed reports the card is scoring about 14k+ in 3DMark06, which is lower than Radeon HD 3870 X2. Source: VR-Zone
Even if it is a driver issue, at least they are delaying the product's release until it is fixed.
by: newtekie1FIXED In all fairness its still speculation, for all we now it can end up faster or even slower. You guys should stop believing in every rumor, as much fun as it is telling a fan boy "I told you so", it kinda sucks when it backfires. Anyway what ever the outcome at least the 9800x2 can double as an oven.
Even if it is a driver issue, at least they are delaying the product's release until they give up trying to fix it.
by WarEagleAU (1:43 PM) - Reply
Well, what else is new. There is always delays in new tech and new designs or old designs that are rehashed. This shouldnt come as a surprise. A show of mouse pointers, who is gonna grab a 9800 GX2 when its released?
by: WarEagleAU*moves mouse pointer offscreen*
Well, what else is new. There is always delays in new tech and new designs or old designs that are rehashed. This shouldnt come as a surprise. A show of mouse pointers, who is gonna grab a 9800 GX2 when its released?
by: [I.R.A]_FBiNo I am just a poet that didnt know it :D
thats not yoda talk :(
by: Tatty_OneYou really want drivers written by developers who have been working 24/7 ?!? :eek: I say, let them take their time.
Am I right in thinking....thats only a 1 week delay? sao just an extra week to get the drivers ready......hmmmm get the staff working in shifts thru the night 24/7 and dont delay I say!
a weeks delay has to be about drivers.. it does suggest desperation thow..
its possibly a kludge.. too heavy.. too hot.. not being able to crank the speed up enough cos its too hot and last minute driver tweaking to eak a little extra performance in 2006 out of it.. he he
i hope they succeed cos i dont want to see the price of the red x 2 go up..:)
once again ati act nvidia re-act..
trog
by: WarEagleAUThe silence speaks volumes. :laugh: While I prefer the red camp, an 8800 GT's not a bad card, but nVidia's higher-up offerings are increasingly not worth it.
Well, what else is new. There is always delays in new tech and new designs or old designs that are rehashed. This shouldnt come as a surprise. A show of mouse pointers, who is gonna grab a 9800 GX2 when its released?
dont forget the 8800gt is now the new 9600.. double the performance of the old 8600.. easy aint it.. :)
trog
by: DanishDevili am gonna use that as a quote in my sig :D thx.
ATi Crossfire: Multiply and Conquer nVidia SLI: Divide and Conquer
like i said before , revisions and dellusions from the green camp for now.
by EastCoasthandle (5:45 PM) - Reply
lulz, we will see :p
by: ITmanIf you noticed my post.....I said working 24/7 in shifts, that means there are always people working but not always the same ones :rolleyes:
You really want drivers written by developers who have been working 24/7 ?!? :eek: I say, let them take their time.
by: trog100perhaps they want to avoid the instance you had with your brand spanking new HD3870 where they just had to put something together on a CD outside of Catalyst........technically that would count as no "official" driver support at all :D
a weeks delay has to be about drivers.. it does suggest desperation thow.. its possibly a kludge.. too heavy.. too hot.. not being able to crank the speed up enough cos its too hot and last minute driver tweaking to eak a little extra performance in 2006 out of it.. he he i hope they succeed cos i dont want to see the price of the red x 2 go up..:) once again ati act nvidia re-act.. trog
psh one week isn't long enough to fix much more than a sticker, a one week delay would seem to be more supplier related than anything else. Drivers will definetly be a problem, but the best driver fixes never come out before the product. Thats because the product needs to be "live tested" before all of it's bugs can be discovered and then fixed. all in all a one week delay doesn't seem to get me speculating about anything, now a 2 month delay that'd be something to talk about.
