Next Gen ATI vid card?

[GT98]

When is the next Gen ATI card supposed to hit the market?

[schmosef]

We're still waiting for this gen to be widely available.

[mmp121]

Supposedly R520 aka FUDO is to be announced in Mid-late March (around same time frame as R423 was announced) with "availablity" around Mayish. Least that's what the INQ leads me to believe.

[GT98]

Originally posted by schmosef
We're still waiting for this gen to be widely available.

Thats why I asked...I tried to get a X800 Pro for my new system and Zipzoomfly sent me an AGP card instead of a PCIe card. I sent it back waited 2 weeks to get it and called them and they said we'll we got more in but they went away the same day, so we'll refund your $$$ since we dont know when we'll get them in again. I have X800XT in my machine thats not mine sort to speak but I can hang out to for a while. I'm temped to get an X850XT, but if they are coming out with a new card in another 3 months might as well hang out till then.

Scott

[Wombat]

I don't like zipzoomfly. This is yet another bad story about them. There are many.

[schmosef]

Well if they refunded the $$$ then it's not that bad of a story.

[rugger]

Sigh.

Is there any point in buying a video card ... seems like every week there is a brand new exciting card that costs a god damn fortune and is pretty much unavaliable.

Honestly, just how much more expensive can companies make consumer video cards. They are already reaching $1000 each here in australia, which is a stupid price.

[GT98]

Originally posted by rugger
Sigh.

Is there any point in buying a video card ... seems like every week there is a brand new exciting card that costs a god damn fortune and is pretty much unavaliable.

Honestly, just how much more expensive can companies make consumer video cards. They are already reaching $1000 each here in australia, which is a stupid price.

Yeah a X850XT-PE is around $799 USD

The X800XL was supposed to retail at 299 or so but goes for more then $150 more because its hard to get. Think thats the thing hurting ATI is that they can't get them out to satifiy the market.

[Helevitia]

People thought I was crazy to buy my X800 XT PE for $589 (I even thought I was crazy) back in early August. Looking back, I think it was a smart move.

Dave

[UtwigMU]

I think things will slow down in videocards:
- firstly, Intel and AMD have hit unexpected obstacles with 90nm process, so CPUs won't scale far beyond 4.0/4000+ this year
- current high end cards are CPU limited
- graphic chip makers will face similar power leakage problems when going 90nm for next gen, which will increase power consumption and heat
- power consumption is already pushing the limits (for instance PCP&C has anounced 850W EATX SLI PSU)
- short product cycles cost more money
- why not wait till Longhorn with refreshes


Also: what's wrong with nVidia 6800 line?

[DGhost]

I dig my $250 6600GT. Runs everything I need to as fast as I need it to, and does dual DVI to boot.

oh yeah, i forgot the fact that it is about 300 million times more stable than any ATI card I ever owned. and the multi-mon kicks ass. oh yeah, and the drivers are fully functional in XP x64.

*shrug*

[GNEP]

Yup I'm rather liking the passive 6600GT I've just put in a machine - runs games quite happily at 1600x1200 with quality turned up... and was relatively reasonable as well when compared to the top-end cards.

[High_Jumbllama]

I'm currently enjoying my 128MB ATI X300SE PCI Express.

[Chrono_Wanderer]

6600GTs are great. I want one.

Have my eyes on the XFX GeForce 6600GT w/Dual DVI...

[schmosef]

I've had really bad experiences with nVidia based cards in the past when it comes to analog picture quality.

I have an xpc at home that I take with me when I work at a certain customer's office. Inside I have a P650 AGP card and a Radeon 9200 based PCI card. When I'm at the customer's office I run dual dvi on the P650 and single dvi on the Radeon. When I'm at home I run whatever monitor I happen to have free. These's days is a Viewsonic G90fb connected via d-sub.

I'd love to have better dx9 support. I have an RC plane and helicopter simulator that I can't use because it bombs out with my p650. I've been waiting for the ATI X800 cards to be available through distibution but it's just not happening.

Is nVidia's d-sub performance still the pits?