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Originally Posted by Jean2008
I do like this new video cards by Nvdia specially for gaming purposes.
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I agree, 110% - I really am into IDSoftwares' work, & it is OpenGL based (since Quake II & III, Doom III, & Quake IV)... apparently, others are too - gaming companies license their engines to NO end & mod them up even more!
The guy who's the 'brains' behind the outfit? A programming genius imo, & it shows, everytime he releases a NEW game, with a new engine (often 'state-of-the-art'/'cutting-edge' each time).
What displays OpenGL the best?? NVidia... & their GeForce line, year-in & year-out, hands-down, vs their largest competitor ATI (who is traditionally stronger in DirectX but as of late? Nvidia's caught them, & STILL is stronger in OpenGL - especially for SPEED of its display!)
That 9800 GTX I am after? It's not moving ANY lower in price (& I was ALMOST exactly right in my prediction here weeks ago too, got lucky, it was what I budgeted for)!
So, next Monday??? I am on one, like "white-on-rice"...
Sure - it's not their Gx-280 (top-of-the-line, but my days of being an 'early adopter sucker' are long gone (I wait & usually buy a generation removed from the latest, to save coins/dead-presidents is why)).
HOWEVER, I'm NOT into "throwing out" $500-$700 for that level of power... not when I can wait a year or two, & double my power video-wise, for 1/4th of that "usurious intial asking price" (for newly released vidcards, this is the case, usually) almost.
It's always JUST A MATTER of time, patience, & perseverance.
And, even doing that? WELL, usually (like last time, moving from a 7900GTX to an 8800GT)? I gained DOUBLE my previous card's speed...
No, I won't this time, according to THIS review from my fav. website for reviews of vidcards (of which I was a longtime member but, lol, got 'kicked out' from their forums, lol): TECHPOWERUP!
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/L...00_GTX/13.html
Sometimes, I miss the place: I respect their owner, as a coder, & like he as a person too!
(W1zzard is his "handle/nickname" out here online - He does 2 VERY popular apps, usually amongst gamers & vidcard testers too, called ATITool + GPU-Z)
Their site still host wares of mine to this day off of their servers too, pretty nice (considering how things ended there, as to my association w/ they & all).
Ahhh, anyhow: This review & the price did it for me, especially on Quake IV, & Quake Wars (IDSoftware games)
The 9800GTX is only probably @ most/overall, 20++% faster than my current card, but its WAY better power usage wise, IF you took a peek @ the "performance-per-dollar/performance-per-watt" especially (have to be conscious of this, prices for electricity have doubled the past 2-3 yrs. now) & also better OVERALL technology too... so, between that & the price now ($175 or so after rebate)????
Well, gotta have it - even though the 8800GT, my current card, is rated the "best overall value" in terms of 'performance-per-dollar' &/or 'performance-per-watt' & overall best value? I can "just squeeze by" here, & sneak this one in per my budget for it.
APK
P.S.=> Can't wait - I already have a buyer lined up for my current card too, a pal of mine, so that will "offset the cost outlay" that much more too... apk