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Panda Man · May 11th, 2007

Along with the clock speeds, it does have 4.0 shaders, so this card is set for a loonnggg time. If you take that into perspective, maybe the price can be justified. The special $830 special price on BFGs site anyways. I'd still never buy it though.

I'd still like to know what's going on with the R600. If I have to I WILL march down to AMD/ATi HQ and peacefully protest my outrage. It will make pedestrian's cry from awesomeness.

**gvblake22** · May 11th, 2007

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I'd still like to know what's going on with the R600. If I have to I WILL march down to AMD/ATi HQ and peacefully protest my outrage. It will make pedestrian's cry from awesomeness.

I would very much like to see that happen!

wtcnbrwndo4u · May 11th, 2007

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I would very much like to see that happen!

We should make a documentary about it. I can see it now!
"The Quest to Find Out What's Taking the R600 So Damn Long" featuring Panda.

**gvblake22** · May 11th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Panda Man

Along with the clock speeds, it does have 4.0 shaders, so this card is set for a loonnggg time. If you take that into perspective, maybe the price can be justified.

Could you clarify this please? I'm looking at this chart and don't notice any difference between the Ultra and GTX besides clock speeds (and the resulting memory bandwidth differences)...

Mithosphere · May 11th, 2007

its just another way for nvidia to make money, sure you put a new label on a card and say its the best, but cmon other GTXs can be overclocked and can clearly beat it. Almost the same thing with the 6800 Ultra. I still dont get the whole craze over DX10 cards since no games actually support it yet.

**One4yu2c** · May 12th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Panda Man

Along with the clock speeds, it does have 4.0 shaders...

Shader Model 4.0 support is required for any card claiming DirectX 10 compliance. All the 8xxx series have this...

**gvblake22** · May 12th, 2007

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I still dont get the whole craze over DX10 cards since no games actually support it yet.

Well, there isn't a huge craze over DX10 cards simply for the fact that they support DX10, but because they perform better in DX9 as well. There is little denying the fact that the 8800 cards are prettymuch the cream of the crop right now whether you are on Windows XP or Vista, DX9 games or DX10 games.

wtcnbrwndo4u · May 12th, 2007

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Originally Posted by gvblake22

Well, there isn't a huge craze over DX10 cards simply for the fact that they support DX10, but because they perform better in DX9 as well. There is little denying the fact that the 8800 cards are prettymuch the cream of the crop right now whether you are on Windows XP or Vista, DX9 games or DX10 games.

Yup!

screwballl · May 12th, 2007

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wtcnbrwndo4u · May 12th, 2007

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Panda, take a look here: ZipZoomFly 2900XT

Ahh! I wonder if that'd ship immediately.

May 11th, 2007	#11
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: GIGABYTE Unveils Latest Monster Graphics Accel Along with the clock speeds, it does have 4.0 shaders, so this card is set for a loonnggg time. If you take that into perspective, maybe the price can be justified. The special $830 special price on BFGs site anyways. I'd still never buy it though. I'd still like to know what's going on with the R600. If I have to I WILL march down to AMD/ATi HQ and peacefully protest my outrage. It will make pedestrian's cry from awesomeness. Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

May 11th, 2007	#15
Mithosphere Yeah, so are your pants! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cherry Capital of the World Posts: 564	Re: GIGABYTE Unveils Latest Monster Graphics Accel its just another way for nvidia to make money, sure you put a new label on a card and say its the best, but cmon other GTXs can be overclocked and can clearly beat it. Almost the same thing with the 6800 Ultra. I still dont get the whole craze over DX10 cards since no games actually support it yet. Pentium D 915\|EVGA 7050 mATX\|OCZ XTC 2GB\|XFX 7900GS XT\|Hyper Type-R 580W\|Qmicra 2 Case

May 12th, 2007	#19
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,278 Blog Entries: 6	Re: GIGABYTE Unveils Latest Monster Graphics Accel Panda, take a look here: ZipZoomFly 2900XT Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

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