7900 GTX soon to be released

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7900 GTX soon to be released

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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=915

I hope I can get one...I mean two...of these. ^_~ Hopefully the price will drop on the new 7800 GTX.

There's also a 7900 GT in the works

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=907

And a 7600 GT for the midrange.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=908
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Reports say that the price should be $500 even though this beats the X1900XTX in the majority of benchmarks.
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Which one? The 7900 GTX or the 7800 GTX?
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Im hopeing it drives the 7800GT price below 2500, then ill pick one of those up, al;ong with a new epox motherboard :lol:
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I've had 3 epox motherboards in one of my computers, they aren't the cheapest motherboards for no reason, they are cheap because they suck.
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the one I was looking at wasnt a cheapo, and its got some great reviews on it, right up there with DFIs, I just cant afford a DFI, nor do I particularily like them.
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I just bought 2 7800 GTXs from Newegg for $499 each :(
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Coming soon means the end of March Iceman, your 7800 GTX cards will do fine for the next 18 months at least.
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Krom, you got me a little concerned, I dont want another rehap of this ASRock nightmare. whic Epox's did you have problems with, and based on your past with them, whats the chance of this one sucking?
http://www.epox.com.tw/eng/products_content.php?ps=403

its a 90USD board at most places
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You mean March, Krom. =)

$90 is cheap-o, dude. I've never even heard of Epox, really.

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oh har har, cheapo is 60-70, midrange is 90-100, upper echelon = 120+ in the AMD world at least :P

it was about 127 new, so its not cheap by design, just an older board.
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For Socket 939, you pretty much can't go past the Asus A8N-VM... not particularly expensive and it's worth the money anyway.

Don't know much about ASRock stuff but considering cheap people buy it plenty I'd agree it's probably crap.
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For AMD boards, I'd say cheapo was < 100, Midrange 100-150, upper echelon over 150.

If you buy a board with high-end features and a low-end price, you might want to reconsider.
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The GTX is $500. And it launches March 8/9.
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Neo wrote:You mean March, Krom. =)
D'OH! Thx.

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hehe, yeah, thats kinda why I discounted EPox originally for its Socket-A days, but this one still seems promissing. it doesnt really have a lot of features on it, Not that i want them anyway. its still got more then this ASRock(anyone wanna buy it :lol: )
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Unless if you want to always be on the top of the market, I wouldn't get the G71. The G80 is being launched this April and will feature dual-core GPUs, each core with 48 pipelines. I'm sure you can wait a month.
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http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3177 wrote:We heard that G80 will be in time for launch in June during Computex ..
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Read the whole article:
\"NVIDIA G80 will make ATI stumble on April.\"
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Aggressor Prime wrote:Unless if you want to always be on the top of the market, I wouldn't get the G71. The G80 is being launched this April and will feature dual-core GPUs, each core with 48 pipelines. I'm sure you can wait a month.
unfortunatly for me, ive alreasy started the RMA process on this ASRock, just waiting for them to give me a number, then ill order the new stuff, have it delivered, swap Mobos, box this one, mail it to asrock, then sell the replacement from the RMA to my roomate(no, i dont hate him)
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Immortal Lobster wrote:the one I was looking at wasnt a cheapo, and its got some great reviews on it, right up there with DFIs, I just cant afford a DFI, nor do I particularily like them.
DFI totally destroys Epox in every way, Epox has a good board here and there but they still can't hold a candle to the flexibility and OCing abilities of the DFI boards.
The only brand that comes close to the recent A64 DFI boards is ASUS.

Epox was known for some of the best intel boards a few years back tho.

For an A64 system I will personally not run anything but a DFI nf4 board.
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Dude, the whole thing is 100% rumor. Releasing the G80 in April (so shortly after the G71) would not make sense.

Edit: here's the source of that date: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21827 .. don't hold your breath :P
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Matrix wrote:
Immortal Lobster wrote:the one I was looking at wasnt a cheapo, and its got some great reviews on it, right up there with DFIs, I just cant afford a DFI, nor do I particularily like them.
DFI totally destroys Epox in every way, Epox has a good board here and there but they still can't hold a candle to the flexibility and OCing abilities of the DFI boards.
The only brand that comes close to the recent A64 DFI boards is ASUS.

Epox was known for some of the best intel boards a few years back tho.

For an A64 system I will personally not run anything but a DFI nf4 board.
I have yet to hear of a "good" overclock on an ASUS, the epox caps out at the same 290FSB that the DFI Ultra-D does, so its OC capabilities are also impressive. it may not be as feature laden, but I cant afford features :cry:
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WarAdvocat wrote:For AMD boards, I'd say cheapo was < 100, Midrange 100-150, upper echelon over 150.

If you buy a board with high-end features and a low-end price, you might want to reconsider.
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Matrix wrote:DFI totally destroys Epox in every way, Epox has a good board here and there but they still can't hold a candle to the flexibility and OCing abilities of the DFI boards.
The only brand that comes close to the recent A64 DFI boards is ASUS.

Epox was known for some of the best intel boards a few years back tho.

For an A64 system I will personally not run anything but a DFI nf4 board.
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Post by Immortal Lobster »

yeah, Ill be going with the ePox Ultra+ a 115USD board, with a 15rebate. its also about a gen old, looks like it was released at 160USD. does good tho, maxes out the NForce4s OC ability.
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