For the past year or so, gamers have been in a tough spot. There have been options for those who want decent DirectX 9 performance, but newer games are more demanding and some of the affordable cards in the sub-$300 price range aren't delivering great experiences anymore. Then there's DirectX 10. DX10 games are finally starting to show up in force, and the newest ones like Crysis and Hellgate: London show marked improvements over the DX9 mode.
The performance hit for DX10 is usually pretty strong, and the only cards that can run these games in DX10 mode at a decent clip cost $300-$500. Most gamers want a Radeon 2900XT or GeForce 8800 GTS, GTX, or Ultra, but they can't afford it. Those cards are very large and suck down a lot of power, as well. The sweet spot is $200-250, where cards aren't over 10" long and don't devour so many watts that you need a new case and power supply just to operate them. For a year, there has been no viable option in this price range for the latest and greatest DX10 graphics cards.
Until now.
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The performance hit for DX10 is usually pretty strong, and the only cards that can run these games in DX10 mode at a decent clip cost $300-$500. Most gamers want a Radeon 2900XT or GeForce 8800 GTS, GTX, or Ultra, but they can't afford it. Those cards are very large and suck down a lot of power, as well. The sweet spot is $200-250, where cards aren't over 10" long and don't devour so many watts that you need a new case and power supply just to operate them. For a year, there has been no viable option in this price range for the latest and greatest DX10 graphics cards.
Until now.
View: Full Story @ ExtremeTech
Ideally they'd be releasing the next generation cards to coincide with UT3 and Crysis. As it is, I'm unsure if theres any worthwhile purchases out there for a single card (non SLI) for myself since I am looking to get a new PC and have a 24" display. The GTX being a year old doesnt seem like a wise choice, but then again the GT isn't going to give the performance. Guess I'll see what happens in a month or 2 when I come to buy my PC...hopefully NVidia has just held back news on the next gen so as to not deminish the 8800GT's spotlight.
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I think this card compares nicely to the Intel Core 2 E6750 (cpu) when it comes to how it provides a great performance/price ratio... Good job nVidia!.
Personally, not a gamer at all and think paying this much for a video card is a total waste, but, hey, to each his own!! Never had a good experience with Nvidia anyway compared to ATI.
Maybe you weren't paying attention when so many people said that a new DX10 card would be released soon.
ATI is releasing new cards in a couple of weeks too. At stock speeds, they should be about 20% slower than the 8800 GT, but with lower power consumption and price.
Last edited by toadeater on 01 Nov 2007 - 22:52
Yes. At least in Crysis, which is a good test I guess.
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=198950
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