GeForce 9800 GX2 Goes on Sale

Jimmy 2004 · Mar 12, 2008, 08:45 PM

NVIDIA’s upcoming GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics card is now available to pre-order from shopblt.com, for a price of $598.41. Although the release date is still unconfirmed, the site has an estimated time of arrival as 03-22-2008, which could well be the official launch day. The actual card being listed is from PNY Technologies, although no extra details are given.

Jimmy 2004 · Mar 12, 2008, 08:46 PM

Thanks to calvary1980 for sending this in.

EastCoasthandle · Mar 12, 2008, 08:49 PM

Looks like the Inquire was right about it being expensive

Dangle · Mar 12, 2008, 08:57 PM

8800 Ultras were $800 when they came out.

calvary1980 · Mar 12, 2008, 08:58 PM

I guess the 9800GTS and 9800GTX will be in the $375 $450 range

- Christine

erocker · Mar 12, 2008, 08:59 PM

This is kinda nuts considering there are no reviews yet. Where are they?

calvary1980 · Mar 12, 2008, 09:00 PM

makes you wonder how much eVGA or Zotac will be charging. I bet people will love XFX rebates now..

- Christine

flashstar · Mar 12, 2008, 09:07 PM

For this price, the 9800GX2 better beat the 3870x2 in benchmarks and in games by a good percent. From the early test results, I'm not sure that it can pull that off however.

intel igent · Mar 12, 2008, 09:15 PM

damn thats expensive!

reminds me of when i bought my x850pe and paid $749 + tax

seems like Nvidia is still gouging cash from their customers, thankfully ATI is smarter

still curious as to how it will perform

[I.R.A]_FBi · Mar 12, 2008, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flashstar

For this price, the 9800GX2 better beat the 3870x2 in benchmarks and in games by a good percent. From the early test results, I'm not sure that it can pull that off however.

a good percent like 55

intel igent · Mar 12, 2008, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [I.R.A]_FBi

a good percent like 55

something tells me thats not likely

OrbitzXT · Mar 12, 2008, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dangle

8800 Ultras were $800 when they came out.

The 8800 Ultra was the most powerful card by both companies and ATI had nothing to compete with it for a very long time...so they could get away with that pricing knowing enthusiasts who don't care about money would be all over it. From some early numbers we've seen it seems that the 3870 X2 will top the 9800 GX2, and obviously its priced less. The 9800 GTX doesn't seem very impressive either, in my opinion the only card that is great for its price right now is the 9600 GT, which I may choose to get myself soon. XFX dropped its prices and its now $149.99 after rebate.

[I.R.A]_FBi · Mar 12, 2008, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by intel igent

something tells me thats not likely

so nvidia bought tickets to teh failboat? first class!

jbunch07 · Mar 12, 2008, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by intel igent

something tells me thats not likely

something tells me your right

Mar 12, 2008, 09:50 PM

I will hold judgment until i see reviews... and they better not disappoint for 600$.

imperialreign · Mar 12, 2008, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by erocker

This is kinda nuts considering there are no reviews yet. Where are they?

hanging out in nVidia's R&D department . . . the good reviews won't be released until the good drivers are

ShadowFold · Mar 12, 2008, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [I.R.A]_FBi

so nvidia bought tickets to teh failboat? first class!

Set sail for fail!

WarEagleAU · Mar 12, 2008, 10:02 PM

I dont care how powerful the ultra card was, it didnt warrant the almost $1000.00 price tag nvidia and its AIB partners gave it. This being said, its only like what, about $100.00 more than the hd3870x2? If the performance delta is low (and preliminaries I believe showed it below the hdx2) then nvidia will have a huge disappointment on their hands...

jbunch07 · Mar 12, 2008, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowFold

Set sail for fail!

lol thats funny

KainXS · Mar 12, 2008, 10:12 PM

this card is an absolute rip off, go buy 2 9600GT/8800GTs instead

the only aftermaket cooling is watercooling

TheGuruStud · Mar 12, 2008, 10:13 PM

lol at the price. You can now get 8800GTs for 200-210 bucks. That's only 400 or so for SLI that will be faster. Lame-o-rama. This card needs to be $375, then reduce all of the others real cheap b/c I love the GTS 512

jbunch07 · Mar 12, 2008, 10:15 PM

not quite sure y nvidia thinks they can get away with that price

OrbitzXT · Mar 12, 2008, 10:18 PM

nVidia is still behaving like ATI is far behind, someone needs to send them a 3870 X2 to play with and realize that this card is priced completely wrong.

intel igent · Mar 12, 2008, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [I.R.A]_FBi

so nvidia bought tickets to teh failboat? first class!

ALL ABOARD!

jbunch07 · Mar 12, 2008, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrbitzXT

nVidia is still behaving like ATI is far behind, someone needs to send them a 3870 X2 to play with and realize that this card is priced completely wrong.

thats what i was thinking...i think they guys at nvidia got just a little to big headed over the past few years

Mar 12, 2008, 08:45 PM	#1
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OrbitzXT Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 1,734 (0.77/day) Thanks: 359 Thanked 61 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	nVidia is still behaving like ATI is far behind, someone needs to send them a 3870 X2 to play with and realize that this card is priced completely wrong.

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