Newegg Announces Availability of X1800XL and Crossfire Cards

8 Oct, 2005 at 5:54pm ET Article published in Tech

Comments

1. 
   8 Oct 2005 ~ 6:51pm GrayFox *Can't Wait for oct 12 (The launch of newegg canada)*
2. 
   8 Oct 2005 ~ 8:49pm djstubbs If ATi released this a few months ago, I might have considered it, nice to see them putting out new stuff, just a bit too late to really tap the right market.
3. 
   8 Oct 2005 ~ 11:05pm Thrax 55Hz at 1600x1200 yay.
4. 
   8 Oct 2005 ~ 11:18pm GrayFox

   Thrax wrote:

   55Hz at 1600x1200 yay.

   
   55Hz @ 1792*1344 in crossfire
5. 
   9 Oct 2005 ~ 3:03am mmonnin Newer Cards will have better resolutions.
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   9 Oct 2005 ~ 11:26am lemonlime Yikes, can't believe the X850 crossfire edition is almost the same price as the X1800XL
   
   It'd make more sense to sell your existing x850 and buy one of those. 2x the performance for the same price in the end..
7. 
   9 Oct 2005 ~ 11:30am DanG

   GrayFox wrote:

   *Can't Wait for oct 12 (The launch of newegg canada)*

   
   No sh1t?
8. 
   9 Oct 2005 ~ 12:17pm lemonlime

   DanG wrote:

   No sh1t?

   
   :canflag:
9. 
   10 Oct 2005 ~ 9:40am Sledgehammer70 Wow I guess the 1800 isn't all the pouplar! the 7800GTX series were out fo stock in less than half a day of release, newegg stated they sold over 9000 GTX cards the first day!....I am surpised the X1800 hasn't sold numbers like that yet, at Newegg that is......
10. 
    10 Oct 2005 ~ 1:35pm Omega65 There no sense buying a X1800XL when 1st, the X1800XT is due in a few weeks and 2nd the Nvidia has a better product. ATI wont be able to compete (on a performance basis) until the R580 (or R600) arrives.
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    10 Oct 2005 ~ 1:37pm Sledgehammer70

    Omega65 wrote:

    ATI wont be able to compete (on a performance basis) until the R580 (or R600) arrives.

    
    that is what they said about the R520.... now it has been bumped to the R580/ 600? I think Nvidia will have something up its sleeves before ATI can make it that far....
12. 
    10 Oct 2005 ~ 3:02pm Omega65 The reason I empahasized "on a perfprmance basis" is because it depends on the price of the card whether or not its competitive. The truth is in some apps the the X1800XT is faster than the 7800GTX and in others it isn't. Also Stanford (FAH) has indicated on its experimntal work on using GPUs for FAH calculations that ATI might be better than Nvidia.
    
    It all depends on what you're doing and how much you want to spend. It isn't all black and white.
    
    Stanford GPU Notes
    
    Beyond3d FAH GPU Thread snippet
    
    Beyond3D GPU Gromacs Pic
13. 
    10 Oct 2005 ~ 3:22pm djstubbs

    Sledgehammer70 wrote:

    Wow I guess the 1800 isn't all the pouplar! the 7800GTX series were out fo stock in less than half a day of release, newegg stated they sold over 9000 GTX cards the first day!....I am surpised the X1800 hasn't sold numbers like that yet, at Newegg that is......

    
    Well the same people that bought 7800 GTX's in the past few months probably don't want to spend $500-600 dollars on a new video card that's only marginally better on a few apps/ games...
14. 
    11 Oct 2005 ~ 9:43pm sfleuriet

    GrayFox wrote:

    *Can't Wait for oct 12 (The launch of newegg canada)*

    
    :usflag:
15. 
    11 Oct 2005 ~ 9:56pm lemonlime That's a really interesting Stanford article Omega65. I can't believe a GPU can calculate gromacs at 3.5x that of a P4. Amazing..
    

    Omega65 wrote:

    The reason I empahasized "on a perfprmance basis" is because it depends on the price of the card whether or not its competitive. The truth is in some apps the the X1800XT is faster than the 7800GTX and in others it isn't. Also Stanford (FAH) has indicated on its experimntal work on using GPUs for FAH calculations that ATI might be better than Nvidia.
    
    It all depends on what you're doing and how much you want to spend. It isn't all black and white.
    
    Stanford GPU Notes
    
    Beyond3d FAH GPU Thread snippet
    
    Beyond3D GPU Gromacs Pic
16. 
    11 Oct 2005 ~ 10:14pm primesuspect Just call me prophet primesuspect
    
    dated 09/09/2003! woot for prime!
17. 
    13 Oct 2005 ~ 6:50pm GrayFox Any eta on when I will beable to download that ?.
    
    I got a 9600pro flashed to xt that I could throw in my xeon system and fold on that .
18. 
    13 Oct 2005 ~ 6:56pm gibbonsl

    primesuspect wrote:

    Just call me prophet primesuspect
    
    dated 09/09/2003! woot for prime!

    
    heheh I remenber when you posted that
19. 
    13 Oct 2005 ~ 8:27pm Omega65

    primesuspect wrote:

    Just call me prophet primesuspect
    
    dated 09/09/2003! woot for prime!

    
20. 
    14 Oct 2005 ~ 12:18pm mmonnin Oh yeah, GPUs would be great for folding!! Basically what folding is calculating is the movement of atoms during the folding process. Its all geometry and stuff, just like games.