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Abdul Raauf
After a bunch of delays, NVIDIA's 9800 GX2 finally arrived, but it seems new delays hit other models from the series, and that's good news for AMD/ATI, since the Radeon HD 3870 X2 is still the "bang for the buck" king, and the most interesting part about the recent releases from NVIDIA is that the 9600 GT managed to deliver a better performance for a lower price than the G92-based 8800GT, so... we got a really interesting situation here, as we will see right away.
Currently, NVIDIA doesn't have any DirectX 10 entry-level card, and most of its recent products cover the upper part of the market, while AMD came up with a very strong onboard GPU, as well as probably the best entry-level gaming solution for the budget-conscious user, the ability to set up a Hybrid Crossfire configuration.
One of these days, I was checking out some reviews of various cards based on the NVIDIA 9600 GT design, and I was amazed to see that NVIDIA managed to kill one of their own products, the 8800 GT, by releasing a cheaper and better card. Now, they also have announced a delay...
According to official sources, it seems the GeForce 9800 GTX will be released on the 1st of April, instead of March 25th. Let's trust NVIDIA and suppose this is a mere coincidence (April Fools' Day...), and the $349 9800 GTX will arrive on that date. Other than that, rumors say that NVIDIA has to cut prices for the brand new 9800 GX2 to face the HD 3870 X2 threat, so the future looks simply great for gamers on a budget, but not only them (3-way SLI, anyone?)...
Currently, NVIDIA doesn't have any DirectX 10 entry-level card, and most of its recent products cover the upper part of the market, while AMD came up with a very strong onboard GPU, as well as probably the best entry-level gaming solution for the budget-conscious user, the ability to set up a Hybrid Crossfire configuration.
One of these days, I was checking out some reviews of various cards based on the NVIDIA 9600 GT design, and I was amazed to see that NVIDIA managed to kill one of their own products, the 8800 GT, by releasing a cheaper and better card. Now, they also have announced a delay...
According to official sources, it seems the GeForce 9800 GTX will be released on the 1st of April, instead of March 25th. Let's trust NVIDIA and suppose this is a mere coincidence (April Fools' Day...), and the $349 9800 GTX will arrive on that date. Other than that, rumors say that NVIDIA has to cut prices for the brand new 9800 GX2 to face the HD 3870 X2 threat, so the future looks simply great for gamers on a budget, but not only them (3-way SLI, anyone?)...
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