9800 not looking too good.

[liambl]

Just looked at a local PC shop and noticed they had the 9800GX2. Then I saw the price tag, $1050. Thats $400 more than the 3870 X2. I think to anyone with half a brain would choose the 3870 X2 over the GX2. For some reason ATi cards are cheaper here than comparable nVidia cards, the 8800GT still sells for around $400 where the 3870 is about $320. So its not looking too good for the 9800. the 9600 however is looking quite good, about $290 for those.

EDIT: Oops, wrong forum, could this please be moved to General Discussion, thanks.

[BigRed CC Dually]

They are ripping you off, here is a link showing what they run here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143128

Less than $600, quite a difference.

[hitchface]

I was about to say...the price difference is quite large, but the 3870 hits for less than 200 bucks now. 3870X2 should be around 450 at most.

[glc]

Keep the difference between USD and NZD in perspective.

[hitchface]

Right, forgot to look at that...

[Khalil]

Wow 1050 NZ$ is still 840 bucks, thats still very high. check this out http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=363233
they must have insane import taxes in New Zealand

[kram 2.0]

I don't think you can simply take into account the exchange rate between two countries and compare the price of the same product one to one. Likewise, I don't think it's just "import tax" - I think it's a good idea to think of a particular product's prices relative to what the other products are in the same unit currency.

kram

[liambl]

I just think there is a very high markup on the 9800. I can get the 512MB 8800GT for $379: http://dragonpc.co.nz/p.aspx?104701
For that price it would be much better to SLi 2 of them than get a single 9800GX2.
At least I got my rig for a good price, $1200 from www.dragonpc.co.nz.

[Khalil]

I don't think you can simply take into account the exchange rate between two countries and compare the price of the same product one to one. Likewise, I don't think it's just "import tax" - I think it's a good idea to think of a particular product's prices relative to what the other products are in the same unit currency.

kram
Hey man, we trying to keep it simple here :p you got me all confused now hehehe

better to SLi 2 of them than get a single 9800GX2 That is not correct, 2 8800Gts will never match a single 9800GX2, with 2 8800s you are only going to gain about 15-20GB/S increase in bandwidth, that will put you around 75Gb/s the GX2 is at 128GB/S.
SLI does not double the power, neither does Crossfire.

[Ahura]

Wow, just one generation and literally the speed tripled.......

[David M]

Current prices for the 9800 GX2 in US dollars: http://computers.pricegrabber.com/video-cards/p/5/form_keyword=9800/st=sort/ut=43a44d12fa292e33/sortby=priceD

[hitchface]

9600GT is the best for the money. Thought I'd put in a plug for that ;)

[liambl]

That is not correct, 2 8800Gts will never match a single 9800GX2, with 2 8800s you are only going to gain about 15-20GB/S increase in bandwidth, that will put you around 75Gb/s the GX2 is at 128GB/S.
SLI does not double the power, neither does Crossfire.I was referring to price/performance, two G92 8800GT's would probably offer more performance per $ than a single 9800GX2, at least with the prices of the GX2 here.

[David M]

Does anyone know of any benchmarking comparing two 8800GT512 or GTS's 512's in SLI vs one 9800GX2? Is it worth the dollars per frame rate?

Edit: I found a comparison. http://review.zdnet.com/graphics-cards/asus-en9800gx2/4505-8902_16-32902548.html