NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX Graphics Card Review Posted! - Page 4

Max_87 · 14th Aug 2005, 11:11 PM

hehe, I can't wait to see how R520 stand against 7800

Bestia(ry) · 15th Aug 2005, 12:27 AM

Faster, slower .. who cares. It's ATi.

^^

Max_87 · 15th Aug 2005, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bestia(ry)

Faster, slower .. who cares. It's ATi.

^^

ROTFL!!!

An ATI fan?

Chai · 15th Aug 2005, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bestia(ry)

Faster, slower .. who cares. It's ATi.

^^

LOL! Are you an ATI fan?

7800 GTX is so refined, there's almost no flaw...But the price tag is a BIG FLAW!

Max_87 · 15th Aug 2005, 01:04 AM

He is, obviously

Yeah, the price tag

high end graphics cards are never affordable to me anymore

Adrian Wong · 15th Aug 2005, 01:24 AM

Chai and I were discussing the price the other day. Most unfortunately, the graphics card companies are artificially pricing the cards at such ridiculous prices.

The only way for us to bring down the price would be for EVERYONE in the community to refuse to pay such prices. Once they see there's no demand for such expensive cards, they will be forced to reduce the prices.

Bestia(ry) · 15th Aug 2005, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

LOL! Are you an ATI fan?

Am I? Nope.
But I've got neither the time nor the motivation to explain myself.

^^

SAMSAMHA · 15th Aug 2005, 02:04 AM

yeah, all the companies release their new product at an insane high price, but the price will sure drop, look at 7800, it has droppped like 100 since it's launch. I am sure with ATI's release of new card, nvidia will drop it even further. Still even that drop is still too much for me. I just can't justify buying 1 component that's more than some whole pc system out there

.

Adrian Wong · 15th Aug 2005, 02:13 AM

The problem is the GPU itself is just one part of the equation. Even if NVIDIA drops the price of the 7800 GTX GPU, it's not really going to affect the cost of the cards much.

Most of it is due to the profit margin the graphics card companies wish to maintain for these top-of-the-line cards. As long as there's demand for these cards at these insane prices, they will continue to maintain the price.

SAMSAMHA · 15th Aug 2005, 02:21 AM

that's true Adrian, however, if ATI pressure the price with their new card, I am sure nvidia will drop the price. Right now, Nvidia is enjoying being the leader of the card and the since ATI can't compete with it yet, they can maintain such price.

The demand for 7800 is alwasy high and I think being able to do SLI makes it even more desirable, however, I hiope nvidia will not do what it has done with 6800 and make many people who buy it for SLI but don't have the card when they release new card.

The ATI's crossfire is a bit better design with 2 diff card in case the market is changed to a better/faster card but yo ucan still keep older card for the slave and use the newer one for master.

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Max_87 h@x! Join Date: 11 Aug 2003 Location: the land of bandwidth cap Posts: 11,446 Reputation: 2090 Rep Power: 38	He is, obviously Yeah, the price tag high end graphics cards are never affordable to me anymore __________________ Max_87 Tech ARP http://www.techarp.com Dell Studio 15 / P7350 / 3GB DDR2 / Radeon HD 3450 / 250GB 7200RPM / 15" @ 1920x1200 E8600 @ 4.4GHz 1.36v / Asus P5E3 Deluxe / 2x2GB DDR3 / Radeon X1800 / Barracuda 7200.9 120GB / 7200.10 320GB x2 / Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS / WD6400AAKS x2 / Dell 2007FP x2 / Silverstone ST56F

15th Aug 2005, 01:24 AM	#36 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 33,150 Reputation: 3730 Rep Power: 78	Chai and I were discussing the price the other day. Most unfortunately, the graphics card companies are artificially pricing the cards at such ridiculous prices. The only way for us to bring down the price would be for EVERYONE in the community to refuse to pay such prices. Once they see there's no demand for such expensive cards, they will be forced to reduce the prices. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

15th Aug 2005, 02:04 AM	#38 (permalink)
SAMSAMHA Super Active Join Date: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 2,356 Reputation: 197 Rep Power: 9	yeah, all the companies release their new product at an insane high price, but the price will sure drop, look at 7800, it has droppped like 100 since it's launch. I am sure with ATI's release of new card, nvidia will drop it even further. Still even that drop is still too much for me. I just can't justify buying 1 component that's more than some whole pc system out there.

15th Aug 2005, 02:13 AM	#39 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 33,150 Reputation: 3730 Rep Power: 78	The problem is the GPU itself is just one part of the equation. Even if NVIDIA drops the price of the 7800 GTX GPU, it's not really going to affect the cost of the cards much. Most of it is due to the profit margin the graphics card companies wish to maintain for these top-of-the-line cards. As long as there's demand for these cards at these insane prices, they will continue to maintain the price. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

15th Aug 2005, 02:21 AM	#40 (permalink)
SAMSAMHA Super Active Join Date: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 2,356 Reputation: 197 Rep Power: 9	that's true Adrian, however, if ATI pressure the price with their new card, I am sure nvidia will drop the price. Right now, Nvidia is enjoying being the leader of the card and the since ATI can't compete with it yet, they can maintain such price. The demand for 7800 is alwasy high and I think being able to do SLI makes it even more desirable, however, I hiope nvidia will not do what it has done with 6800 and make many people who buy it for SLI but don't have the card when they release new card. The ATI's crossfire is a bit better design with 2 diff card in case the market is changed to a better/faster card but yo ucan still keep older card for the slave and use the newer one for master.

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