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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 Available for Pre-order in Europe

because once you've paid that price, you won't want to upgrade your rig for a long while to come . . .

Unless your one of those guys who just buys the best because they can afford it then throw it out because a "better" one comes out.
 
Unless your one of those guys who just buys the best because they can afford it then throw it out because a "better" one comes out.

at those prices - I would call those users n00bz :laugh:
 
I like people who pay that much for those cards because those people singlehandedly fund the R&D of next generation of cards for us :D
 
Dont worry about the price people, NFlesher will buy one and have it for sale within the month!

Wow, at a grand a card, these better work it seven ways from Sunday!
 
Oh thank the heavens for rational people :respect:

Some friggin nvidiots out there think this BS is worth it, let alone cheap :eek:
 
Nvidia Pwned? what da... 900 bucks? what can we expect for retail? :eek:
The 8800 Ultra's 700$ was OTT.. and now 1K for a beefed-up G92? LULZ :nutkick:

Lets wait some more and see...
 
Oh thank the heavens for rational people :respect:

Some friggin nvidiots out there think this BS is worth it, let alone cheap :eek:
some will buy 3! lets go laugh at them . . .
 
some will buy 3! lets go laugh at them . . .

That isn't enough, they need some good ol' public humiliation. Lets go to their jobs & post their broken bank books on the bulletin board - plz excuse the alliteration :shadedshu
 
I gotta say, I'm still not believing anything until I see it all the way, but if this comes out at that price range then the 4870x2 really does beat it at about half the price, I will be :roll: and nvidia will be :cry:.
 
I gotta say, I'm still not believing anything until I see it all the way, but if this comes out at that price range then the 4870x2 really does beat it at about half the price, I will be :roll: and nvidia will be :cry:.

It could actually be worse if this turns out to be true:

In 3DMark06 reached the HD 4850, according to "Fudzilla" a score of 11,760, while the Nvidia card compared to 10,800 3DMarks came - two values that only by a factor of 1088 separately. At this point not tested 9800 GTX would probably come around 12,500 points.
Similarly, results in the colleagues of "ITOCP" emerged that the HD 4850 P5847 points in 3DMark Vantage has achieved. At the same system, a 9800 GTX P5816 points obtained. So far so good: It is interesting, however, that the X-mode, in 1920x1200 instead of 1280x1024 and there is also the default 4-times anti-aliasing and 16 times anisotropische filtering active, the score against a 9800 GTX with points instead X2609 X2104 points, 24 percent higher.

Source (translated with Google): Hardware-Infos

If this really does happen with a 4850, i would assume the same would be true for 4870 and 4870x2 and, if the 4870x2 really can beat the GTX 280 in ... say ... 1920x1200, with a bigger resolution and / or higher AA / AF, ... WOW ...
 
Far too much.
 
It could actually be worse if this turns out to be true:



Source (translated with Google): Hardware-Infos

If this really does happen with a 4850, i would assume the same would be true for 4870 and 4870x2 and, if the 4870x2 really can beat the GTX 280 in ... say ... 1920x1200, with a bigger resolution and / or higher AA / AF, ... WOW ...

Yeah, I don't know, once again, I'll believe what I see when everything is out and running. Until then, I'm reserving judgement. But nvidia may need to answer these rumors soon if they can, the bad press is starting to build.
 
rofl that price is insane .. the 4870 will be cheaper probly ati allways are .. and i heard the 4870 is better .. i love nvidia but this is just plain stupid..

~Focus
 
Yeah, I don't know, once again, I'll believe what I see when everything is out and running. Until then, I'm reserving judgement. But nvidia may need to answer these rumors soon if they can, the bad press is starting to build.

That was my sentiments for the last month. NV better hope this thing pwns the sky. It might be near $700 at the US release but even so, if it don't pwn all comers @ that price, I see NV's sandbagging world crashing down around them.
 
I think too many people are getting bent out of shape over ONE price that has been released by an unknown retailer. Still, they well be on the expensive side. I'd bet no more than $800, perhaps $599 on the low side.
 
Way to expensive,People are going to have to wait until the price drops.
 
im glad im seeing this here, cause if you guys think this it must be true ...
 
and i thought the 8800 ultra was a ripoff!?
seriously $912?!
 
for that price you can get 3 4850's, wich will beat a single 280!
 
for that price you can get 3 4850's, wich will beat a single 280!

lets not go there.
that just leads to flame wars.


nobody knows for sure who will come out on top.
 
meh $900 can build a machine lol
 
900 dollars can build a quad core pc ...
 
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