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   #1. Posted at 12:11 PM on Jan 10th 2008 Edit   Reply
pikaporeon
A midrange card should not be the same length as my motherboard is wide.
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#1, I'd even say the extra power connector is a no-no for mainst...  :  Saribro  (#15)  «
#15, What about the Radeon 9500Pro? It was mainstream and had ...  :  derFunkenstein  (#16)  «

   #2. Posted at 01:44 PM on Jan 10th 2008 Edit   Reply
Flying Fox
In that case, the pricing scheme is supposed to be the following?
$150: 9600GT
$175: 8800GS
$200: 8800GT
(approximate price targets)
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#2, If you can find an 8800GT 512MB for under $250 I'll eat my h...  :  Kunikos  (#6)  «
#6, I've seen 8800GT's for $230 CDN, which is currently the s...  :  spiritwalker2222  (#7)  «
#7, that price is for the 256MB version  :  timbits  (#9)  «
#9, Actually on sale there are 512MB versions as well. F...  :  ChronoReverse  (#12)  «
#6, A friend of mine bought an 8800GT for $209 CDN, so eat so...  :  Luminair  (#13)  «
#6, I got one right at 250. Not under, but not over either :)  :  paulWTAMU  (#14)  «

   #11. Posted at 09:02 PM on Jan 10th 2008 Edit   Reply
m666guy
yeah but the 9x00 series seems like it will be just tweaked/multiple gpu setups. I think that both ati and nvidia dropped the ball with the names. This is worse then last generation. Atleast with last gen hardware they had nearly the same names with their refresh. It is becoming more and more confusing.
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   #5. Posted at 02:56 PM on Jan 10th 2008 Edit   Reply
AbRASiON
I don't like them changing the model number to 9xxx for these, don't they use a very similar GPU to the 8800GT?

Also, generally when the model number changes, even the mid and low range parts - using their new technology manage to rival the high end card of the previous generation. Not so in this case.
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#5, The 7800 was just a tweaked 6800. The Radeon 38xx is just a d...  :  Voldenuit  (#10)  «

   #8. Posted at 05:56 PM on Jan 10th 2008 Edit   Reply
albundy
would be nice to see it offset the cpu burden with 1080p movies better than the 8000 series, somewhere in the range of 10-15% cpu usage.
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   #4. Posted at 02:02 PM on Jan 10th 2008 Edit   Reply
Anonymous Coward
Hmm, I liked the GF7600 and GF8600 (particularly with the huge Gigabyte passive cooler) for classic-sized shuttles. It seems that I may have to look "downmarket" in the future. Very dissapointing that video cards continue to get larger (and presumably hotter). I guess we'll see what AMD/ATI cooks up.
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   #3. Posted at 01:53 PM on Jan 10th 2008 Edit   Reply
Stijn
Is this the first time a midrange part comes first?
I thought they always started with a high-end model...

(not that it really matters, but it just came to my mind)
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