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Darth Vader
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 02:06
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Well Nvidia's latest and hopefully greatest GPU has hit the market today. The 9800GX2 it's a dual video card, and looking at those specs it looks totally sweet!

But at a price of AU$800 I think I'll wait a while! Also I couldn't find any reviews, but it's only come out!


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Agent Dink
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 02:26
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guess it'll be time to upgrade again soon.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 02:46
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That's not a graphics card! That's a graphics brick! Seriously, how much bigger are these going to get? We're going to need a separate base unit just for the GPU if this sudden, exponential increase in card size continues!


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Dr Manette
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 02:52
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Quote: "guess it'll be time to upgrade again soon."


I wouldn't just yet, so many new things come out every so often that you're better off waiting for a much much better piece of hardware. That is, unless you're like me and have a Radeon 9550 from like 2003. That's when you should upgrade.


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Keo C
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 02:54
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Quote: "That's not a graphics card! That's a graphics brick! Seriously, how much bigger are these going to get? We're going to need a separate base unit just for the GPU if this sudden, exponential increase in card size continues!"

Most of it is the cooler.


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Agent Dink
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 03:18
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The way things seem to be getting nowadays with all hardware cooking itself to death and requiring insane cooling and all... I see someone who discovers a good (non-air or water based) method for home PC cooling will become a very rich man.

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DB PROgrammer
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 05:12
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Quote: "That is, unless you're like me and have a Radeon 9550 from like 2003. That's when you should upgrade."


That's the exact situation i'm in.


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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 15:41
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Sounds impressive, but I agree on the Radeon 9550 sentiment, mine is still keeping me going (ever so slightly)

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MSon
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 17:30
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I guess this is where i was lucky for winning a 1GB graphics Card, Otherwise i never would of brought one at the prices there at.

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Jeff032
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Quote: "The NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 is a über-powered, dual GPU-based graphics card..."


lol

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 19:54
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It's funny how they say uber-powered... but it's sorta like when a parent or otherwise older adult says something "cool" It just doesn't come out right and you're left lolling in your head.

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Xenocythe
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Posted: 19th Mar 2008 19:56
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Uber doesn't even mean super
I've had countless German teachers yell at me for using uber as words instead of 'about'.


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Agent Dink
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http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Uber

the history of the word uber.

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tha_rami
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Posted: 20th Mar 2008 20:46
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I means "above" or "over"... Ubermensch is a term for "superhuman", it does mean super.


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Keo C
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Posted: 21st Mar 2008 01:33
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That's going to be my next GPU Brick.


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 21st Mar 2008 01:44 Edited at: 21st Mar 2008 01:45
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http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=GC-XN84GS512

Does anyone remember when graphics cards were this teeny-weeny? Or generally small enough to actually fit in the case?


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Arkheii
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Posted: 24th Mar 2008 20:18
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You're gonna need at least a C2D at 3.0GHz to take advantage of that thing. Even my X2 is bottlenecking my 9600GT.

Quote: "Does anyone remember when graphics cards were this teeny-weeny? Or generally small enough to actually fit in the case?"


They still make those, but they're targeted at HTPCs and not hardcore gaming. They also sometimes come with shortened brackets for the casings that need them. Look at the HD 3450 http://www.legitreviews.com/article/652/1/

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5867Dude
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Posted: 24th Mar 2008 20:34
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Quote: "That is, unless you're like me and have a Radeon 9550 from like 2003. That's when you should upgrade. "

Better upgrade. I have a Radeon 9500
But I only got a AGP slot


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