Next Gen Cards

Hybrid_Dragon · Oct 16, 2004

When are they supposed to come out? I hear after christmas in febuary, just wondering if romers are true. There is no point in spending 400$ now and getting a 6800gt when in 3-4 mounths it will be 300$ and newer ones will be out that will double the 3d mark scores of the previos gens.

AEsnowboarding · Oct 16, 2004

I don't think there will be a new generation of Cards coming but there may be a refresh of the x800 or 6800 cards coming out soon ie. clock speed and memory changes. The core change wont come out till next summer or fall. At least that is what I heard.

termin@tor · Oct 16, 2004

Heh, using your logics, we should never buy new parts and always just keep waiting for the new stuff. There'll always be something new and there's nothing we can do about it. It's inevitable.
One good thing is that there'll always be someone who would want to buy your old stuff for a cheaper price, so you do get, in most cases, at least half of your money back.

As for when the cards are coming out, I truly don't know. I doubt it would be that soon. My guess is somewhere late next summer. Late July or maybe September.

secretweapon · Oct 16, 2004

I think the next gen ATI will be a new design. The r300 pretty much reached end of the road with XT800 PE. nVidia's next step should be PCI express and SLI to go with NF4 boards. I doubt they will be around by X-mas. We are still have trouble locating 6800 Ultra extremes and XT PEs rightnow. If I were you I'd look into a PCI-e 6800GT and do SLI later :drool:

Z YA LTR · Oct 16, 2004

secretweapon said:
I think the next gen ATI will be a new design. The r300 pretty much reached end of the road with XT800 PE. nVidia's next step should be PCI express and SLI to go with NF4 boards. I doubt they will be around by X-mas. We are still have trouble locating 6800 Ultra extremes and XT PEs rightnow. If I were you I'd look into a PCI-e 6800GT and do SLI later

The r300 core was over by the 9700. 9800's used r350's and r360's and the new x800 agp uses r420 and the pci-e uses r423. Im not positive about the pci-e version though./

--Josh

secretweapon · Oct 16, 2004

the r350/360/420 are all an extension of the original r300 concept. r500 will be a fresh design.

idunno246 · Oct 16, 2004

ati and nvidia have both been on a 6 month release schedule for a while, first they release a new core, then they release an update to it, either memory speed changes or very minor core changes.

austinbmxnig · Oct 16, 2004

im not sure if i want a next-gen card or switch to A64

Z YA LTR · Oct 17, 2004

austinbmxnig said:
im not sure if i want a next-gen card or switch to A64

I would go for the a64. If you got one of the new-gen cards then your cpu would be a bottleneck.

--Josh

Overclocker550 · Oct 17, 2004

Z YA LTR said:
I would go for the a64. If you got one of the new-gen cards then your cpu would be a bottleneck.

--Josh

I would do the same too, a next gen card most likley will be only pci-e to begin with. I hear ati says the x800xt will be their fastest and last agp card ever. as for new gen cards, probably not till mid to late 2005. refreshes late 2004 or early 2005

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