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    The Gforce 6800 is born!

    Long live the.....

    and let the price wars begin anew.

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    awww man, you gotta post a link or something!

    can't expect everyone here to do your dirty work

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    /me waits to see sbp's input on this announcement.


    The waiting game continues for me in buying any new video parts for now...


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    price wars is good!

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    Dual DVI

    Links are on the newspage... AT has a good review also.

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    Anyone have any clues as to when this will become retail? Also, when is ATI supposed to release their new card?

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    I really like HardOCP's review, shows what you actually are getting for your extra cash, instead of just numbers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the jello is jigglin
    Dual DVI

    Links are on the newspage... AT has a good review also.

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    The question is can you afford two 20.1" Dell LCDs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bachviet
    The question is can you afford two 20.1" Dell LCDs.
    I dont think this card could power dual 21"s and game at a decent rate. So the question is moot. But yes I could afford dual used 15" no name monitors if i saved up for a few months.

    I was thinking dual 17"s would be nice and fast enough to game with if it was supported. Or another 18" to match the one currently have.

    Why viet? Are you mad your card is now 2nd fiddle... chopped liver... yesterdays news?

    Ha ha

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    LP, I sent the kids to the news page but you know how it is with toys. They just cant get enuff info.

    Gj there BTW. I still check the news and wonder how you do it with a new kid and work and all that.


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    Quote Originally Posted by the jello is jigglin
    I dont think this card could power dual 21"s and game at a decent rate. So the question is moot. But yes I could afford dual used 15" no name monitors if i saved up for a few months.

    I was thinking dual 17"s would be nice and fast enough to game with if it was supported. Or another 18" to match the one currently have.

    Why viet? Are you mad your card is now 2nd fiddle... chopped liver... yesterdays news?

    Ha ha

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    LP, I sent the kids to the news page but you know how it is with toys. They just cant get enuff info.

    Gj there BTW. I still check the news and wonder how you do it with a new kid and work and all that.


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    Why would I be jealous??? I hardly game and I can't afford two big LCDs so two DVIs are no used for me (at least for now).

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    I just want to tell you guys that the 6800 is the price of the vid card!

    What it really should be is $6,800 nvidia
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    Quote Originally Posted by bachviet
    The question is can you afford two 20.1" Dell LCDs.
    my friend does at work. his coworker got one of them apple cinema screens, so he's like, "dude, these two 20.1" dell LCDs are cheaper together than that cinema screen. hook it up!"

    lucky bastard. plus, he took home a 24" widescreen trinitron they thought was busted.
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    From Guru3d... http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/128/4/

    480 Watt Power Supply Recommended
    Now it's time to scare you a little. For GeForce 6800-based graphics cards, NVIDIA recommended us reviewers a power supply with a rating of 480W or higher. GeForce 6800 Ultra boards will have two standard disk drive power plugs on the back end of the card. You must attach two independent (not shared or split with a y-cable) hard disk drive power dongles from the system’s power supply to these plugs.
    DAYUUUM!!!! I guess I'm glad that I invested in that Antec TruePower 550 power supply back in the day.


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    Quote Originally Posted by kimchicowboy
    my friend does at work. his coworker got one of them apple cinema screens, so he's like, "dude, these two 20.1" dell LCDs are cheaper together than that cinema screen. hook it up!"

    lucky bastard. plus, he took home a 24" widescreen trinitron they thought was busted.

    People think I am f'ing nuts at work. I have 2 Dell 17" panels on separate computers + my 14.1" notebook screen. God bless 3 screens when doing big spreadsheets, and massive queries.


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    GeForce 6800 Ultra Preview

    Absolute bliss. Four minutes of it.

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    psst... hw...



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    Quote Originally Posted by the jello is jigglin
    psst... hw...



    -jel

    Yeah, 'fraid that goes into Hardware...

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    Also... if you had posted in Hardware, you woulda noticed that there was another thread on this... http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73866

    It would've been cool to add your link to that thread. done
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    That card is looking mighty fine.. wonder how much its going to cost with an employee discount at bestbuy? i got a friend who ows me a favor

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    I wonder about noise. I only read a couple of the reviews, but they didn't mention the noise. Two power connectors on different rails!! It must have to dissipate a mountain of heat!
    Five years...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Corsec
    Absolute bliss. Four minutes of it.

    http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_gf...mocollage.html
    Hey Corsec nice find man.





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    I also have dual screens (two 19" LCDs) but I can never get the screen saver to work on the second LCD, any suggestions?
    using ATI 9800 Pro video card

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    Quote Originally Posted by catch22
    I also have dual screens (two 19" LCDs) but I can never get the screen saver to work on the second LCD, any suggestions?
    using ATI 9800 Pro video card

    THe screeen saver needs to support it.

    I found a good matrix one that supports dual monitors, thus I have it going on 3 monitors at work.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Corsec
    Absolute bliss. Four minutes of it.

    http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_gf...mocollage.html
    Dayuuum... the link doesn't work now. Is it correct?


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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkFury
    Dayuuum... the link doesn't work now. Is it correct?
    Try http://www.nvidia.com/page/6800_downloads.html

    It's the first one, GeForce 6 series demo collage.

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    For some reason, it won't play for me...


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    Seriously, whos gonna be the 1st here to get the card when it hits? Im hoping G|A at least gets one to review.... $500 is way too much IMO, but I've done bad things before... I'll have to get another LCD and give up some of the summer toys Im planning on getting. I dont think I can do it. I'll have to upgrade the whole system and make impressive benchies and that's just not worth it. Im very impressed so far. No problems powering 1600x1200 LCD with all the candy turned on. ATI will be bringing some heat of their own but that may be months off.

    Which one of you is gonna get one for Team Apex?
    Ip? Df? Cf? Lk? A? BV? Bires?

    Any takers?

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