i_ame_killer_2

...Ever heard of 9800GX2? Lower price and guess what? Its the almost same performance.

Sure I would buy this over 9800GX2 but...IMO after this much hype and the insane price I'm disappointed.

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Eliphion

Ya.. I'm a little confused as to why people are comparing a bi-GPU card to a single GPU card. Yes, it's cheaper but throw price out for a second. To compare the GTX280 and the 9800GX2 properly, wouldn't you have to SLI the GTX280? Maybe I'm just not "seeing the light."

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voice

Sorry about that mate. That was out of order from me.

Litlratt

One of the EVGA mods said they would be available for step up tomorrow.
2 of the 280s should end up costing me about $150 total.

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guyladouche

Jesus, the cheapest one is $450...? Now, isn't the performance only marginally better than current cards that cost half that much...? Wow, what a disappointment. On a quasi-separate note, check out the screen shot I took of the main OCN page of the Hardware News section--no fewer than 9 of the most active threads discussing the GTX200 series cards, LOL! Secretly (not-so-secretly) I'm almost hoping these cards flop given all the hype about them...

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forcifer

why do people bring up the dual gpu vs single gpu thing? if it takes up ONE electronic PCIe slot, ITS A SINGLE GRAPHICS CARD. the GTX 280 is way over priced. drop it down about $200 and then it will get some respect...

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Eliphion

Really? It seems to me having 2 GPUs IN YOUR SYSTEM, whether it "take up one PCIe slot" or two would do better then having 1 GPU in your system. Please... BTW, I'm only comparing the 9800GX2 and the GTX 280. Don't be stupid and bring up 2 old cards and compare them to something brand new.

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forcifer

it seems to be one to me. depends on defination of a card. if the performance and price are there, why is it so bad to do that? its a smart thing. if you run a quad, all (intel) quad records should then be disqualified because all they did is fuse 2 seperate c2d dies into one...but i dont hear people complaining there

9800GX2: $429
GTX 280: $650
2 geeks arguing over the defination of a graphics card: priceless

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