RoadrunnerV2

So what do you think! I reckon its all hot air with those fake/engineered benchmarks figures

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/...e_6800-40.html

RoadrunnerV2

No one has replied You must all be crying because the 9800XT is no longer King of the hill

ChrisB

Everyone is out buying new PSUs given the power requirements of the thing.

I hear Ebuyer will start offering DIY nuclear power stations (section next to water cooling)...

J1nxy

If you look at the hardocp preview the gains from the 6800 Ultra doen't seem to be that great over the 9800XT. The ATI 420 when its released next week will be quite interesting and the XT version of that at the end of may will probably be a bit of a monster...

RoadrunnerV2

I reckon PowerGen should sponser the 6800U

Interesting scores from hardocp, though they are not comparing like for like in some tests. Anandtech has a good review. Can wait to see what the 420 will do.

SPelham

Just read the review on tomshardware and can't beleive the scores, it pi$$'s all over the 9800XT in almost every area
Nvidia are the graphics card kings again!! but for how long.........

cong

i want 6800u sombody lend me £300! well hopefully it comes out at this price the chip has twice as much transistors then the ati so i would expect the nvidea one to beat it on all counts its got more transistors then a p4! flippin eck! the graphics card is more powerful then the cpu!

King RA

i imagine it'll be more like £350/£375 when it comes out.

ChrisB

I think The Inq. said £399 at launch.

King RA

You would have to be daft to pay that. But then I expect many people too do so, especially considering the performance increase.

ChrisB

Indeed, though some like to live on the bleeding edge.

Look at Radeon 9800 Pro's - now circa £130 having been £100 more sub six months ago.

RoadrunnerV2

Tempting to get the latest all singing & dancing card but I won't be doing it . I am happy with my 9800Pro even though I would love to run any game on max detail at x4/x16 1280 x 1024 res ...ho hum

Iain Young

I'm still running a GeForce 4Ti and it does everything I want. Don't think I'll be upgrading till these come down in price a bit....

RoadrunnerV2

Would love to see what results Doom3 has on the new cards

Going on Toms special Doom3 preview I bet - 60fps at 1600x1200, Max detail with no AA on latest rig - woo hoo

Correct winner gets 6800U Competition closes Dec 31st 2007, no one from Nvidia, ATi or ID can enter