Here comes the boom!

Melchizedek · 11-11-2006, 01:46 AM

And that giant sucking sound is the cash being funneled out of your coffers to pick up your next video card... Here appears to be the first review of the new DX10 card. All I can say is ZOMG. Anyone want to buy a GeForce 7900 GTX... Cheap?! LOL

All kidding aside, who is stepping up to da plate and landing one of these monsters?

Mobius · 11-11-2006, 07:33 AM

I purchased mine today with 2 gig of corsairs xms2 ddr2 800, with a creative a-card (building first rig) only 3 more things left for me to get HD,PSU, and speakers. This time i got fed ex to deliver it, ups can be rough with packages. I went 8800 GTX tho, no real point for me not to get it I had the money it has the performance, ASUS is the maker wanted to stick with the brand pretty much they are all the same cards too across the board, I looked at the architecture specs. My card is coming with 3dmark score 06, ghost recon and some driving game. Hopefully this will be nice paired with my core 2 duo Extreme, I've heard it works well with dual core cpu's, I'll have to see. Will you guys be getting these cards or waiting for the next line of gcards?

Nil · 11-11-2006, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mobius

Will you guys be getting these cards or waiting for the next line of gcards?

I don't imagine that I'll ever buy a $400+ card (my family wants to eat and stuff), but it sure looks like a nice card. 35 (47 avg) minimum frames in Oblivion (outdoors) with all the candy turned including shadows and 16x AF? Sign me up!

Well, maybe sign me up for the 8600 GT or whatever the mid-range card turns out to be.

I do wonder what ATI's answer will be like.

Mobius · 11-11-2006, 04:13 PM

I forget at times that not everyone is single like me, but yeah Nil you should be seeing ATI's answer soon I think they're nearly ready for release of their DX 3D 10 cards too. The GTS cards cost like $150 less and they are far superior to 7900gtx's that may be an option.

Nil · 11-13-2006, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Mobius

Nil you should be seeing ATI's answer soon I think they're nearly ready for release of their DX 3D 10 cards too

Actually, they're still supposedly about 3 months out, which I guess could be considered soon by some standards.

Taronn Anvilmarr · 11-13-2006, 10:26 AM

im thinking of getting a new video card soon - my monitor is about to kick the bucket so i may as well get both at the same time lol.

Widescreen here i come lol wooot!!!

Mobius · 11-13-2006, 05:32 PM

been looking into monitors lately, I might keep my 21" viewbable CRT for a pay period or 2 I found this nice 30" dell monitor... would look nice on my desk.

Aredhel · 11-14-2006, 02:06 AM

That Dell is so sweet! I wish...!

Pirotess · 11-20-2006, 11:04 AM

Havent decided if the Dell 30incher is too big for my desktop or not. Technically it isnt but if I had to turn my head to see either side of the screen, its probably not going to be fun to use. I'll probably pickup a DX10 board in the Feb/Mar timeframe.

Greymain · 11-20-2006, 11:27 AM

bought x1950 a bit back so wont be upgrading for a while yet.