praesto

8800GT (which seems to perform between geforce 8800gts 640mb and gtx) is supposed to be avaliable from 29th october

kneeki

How does it compare to the HD 2900XT? Also, what's the price tag (if you know)?

Z_Vengeance

The 512Mb version should be around $250, and it narrowly beats the 2900XT in every benchmark ive seen.

There is an 8800GT thread going on here ->
http://www.overclock.net/hardware-ne...arks-done.html

kneeki

Wow! $250 is much less than the 2900XT! Maybe I can wait a week -_-

Z_Vengeance

Yea, I was planning on getting one of these as well, best bang for the buck card ive seen in a long time. Im in the same boat as you though, Im going to need a new PSU to use it!

kneeki

Yeah, that sure is a pain! I'm gonna stop by CompUSA again after work to see how much they are charging for PSU's. I'd like to have the PC all ready to go and just drop the card in when it arrives, not rewire my entire PC the day I get all the hardware and not be able to play =(

Z_Vengeance

True that, Ive seen good 750-850 watt PSUs floating around newegg for about $180

tr8rjohnk

kneeki:

I implore you to do some due dilligence before going to CompUSA. Try looking at some of the online stores for prices. Some of them have such incredible customer service and return policies to go along with better pricing that you'll be shocked. Try this place:

www.newegg.com

Amazing for the most part but check around there are other places too. Good luck.

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kneeki

I was looking at newegg.com, nearly all day even. The reason I been saying going to compUSA is because the price of shipping is sometimes the tax I would pay if I picked it up locally. I actually was thinking of getting this guy here for my new PSU. I really want to go modular, as I have a silly amount of 'extra' cords sitting in the top of my CMStacker blocking the airflow of my 120mm fan I got up there.

tr8rjohnk

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817256017

This is what I'm using right now. Modular with only one monster 12v rail at 60amps.

Multi-rail designs are a gimick that cost you performance. The rails aren't built as heavy as single rail models because they don't need to carry as many amps. Also, there's usually a couple of amps lost here and there as one rail leaches amps from the other to supply proper amounts of amps to the component in question.

Aside from Silverstone, consider PC Power & Cooling. Those are my two favs at the time.

Price isn't the only thing to consider when comparing CompUSA to the egg or others. You kinda "outgrow" CompUSA after a while when you notice that they don't carry a lot of the real enthusiast stuff. Betcha you can't find one single-rail psu there. Not completely knocking the place, I had one pretty close to where I lived and I often picked up odds and ends there, mostly out of laziness but it served its' purpose.

Good luck.

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