nvidia "D8E" High End solution, what can we expect in 2008?

I agree, I certainly don't want one. It was more a point about the SP/ROP/Memory Bandwidth ratio.

 

Question posed in thread title has been answered. We can expect to be disappointed!

http://www.computerbase.de/news/har...8/februar/benchmarks_bilder_geforce_9800_gx2/

 

The update on that article suggests that the 9800 GX2 figures are not from the real deal, but from the earlier "simulated" results of two underclocked 8800 GT's in SLI to match the rumor mill clocks.
As we know now, the 9800 GX2 has the full compliment of 128 scalar processors activated per GPU, not the 112 of the 8800 GT.

This means that in fact they haven't yet tested the Geforce 9800 GX2.

 

I thought those scores looked way too low. I am expecting something slightely better than a pair of GTS-512's in SLI.

 

Thanks....why are people still doing that nonsense? At least use dual GTS's if you want to simulate.

 

old & fake. 26 februar 2008.

 

Yeah shame on me. That'll teach me not to check the date on the article when another site presents it as recent "news".

 

http://www.pconline.com.cn/diy/graphics/reviews/0803/1243353.html

 

Got to hand it to the Chinese for jumping the NDA... reading now...

EDIT: Just confirms what we already knew. Completely useless refresh and we're still stuck with 8800 GTX levels of performance 1.5 years after it's release

 

No AA/AF tests at all? But I guess it doesn't matter, it's pretty much just an OC'd GTS 512 right?

 

Some pages of 9800GX2 reviewer guide were leaked:
http://we.pcinlife.com/viewthread.php?tid=902268&page=1&fromuid=167461#pid16682738

 

If only there was some competition .... as is GTX levels are all that's required

 

English GX2 testing. http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1331/1/nvidia_s_geforce_9800_gx2_early_test/index.html

 

http://www.pconline.com.cn/diy/graphics/reviews/0803/1243353.html

 

A refresh with one goal in mind. Increase profit margins. I decided to hit the mid range this time around, I'm ok with running Crysis in 1280x720 with 4x FSAA on High, seeing as all the other games are maxed out.

 

Very disapointing. Loses out to HD 3870X2 in most games

 

vista drivers aren't doing so hot for it yet, check out the xp performance, oh and actually it performs like SLi'ed Ultras with a newer driver then the one that was tested.

 

I'm curious how much of that 6 fps is down to the actual GPU architecture being tweaked, rather than the ~19% CPU clockspeed difference.

 

The drivers they used arent even for the 9800Gx2. Nvidia never flagged or tested those drivers for 9800GX2 operation. Most configurations have trouble even enabling multi GPU properly with them.` "Doh" right?

 

Right you are. Remember how many of the recently leaked 174ish (i.e.174.51) drivers support XP at all?