Newegg Announces Availability of X1800XL and Crossfire Cards

mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
edited October 2005 in Science & Tech
Newegg now has in stock a Radeon X1800XL, Connect 3D X800 GTO Graphics Card, X850 Crossfire Edition Card, and a DFI Crossfire Motherboard.

Newegg is also offering $100 of your next Crossfire Purchase.

Source: Newegg

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  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited October 2005
    *Can't Wait for oct 12 (The launch of newegg canada)*
  • djstubbsdjstubbs NJ
    edited October 2005
    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.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    55Hz at 1600x1200 yay. :rolleyes:
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited October 2005
    Thrax wrote:
    55Hz at 1600x1200 yay. :rolleyes:

    55Hz @ 1792*1344 in crossfire
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited October 2005
    Newer Cards will have better resolutions.
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited October 2005
    Yikes, can't believe the X850 crossfire edition is almost the same price as the X1800XL :confused:

    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..
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    GrayFox wrote:
    *Can't Wait for oct 12 (The launch of newegg canada)*

    No sh1t? :eek:
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited October 2005
    DanG wrote:
    No sh1t? :eek:

    :canflag:
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    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......
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited October 2005
    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.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    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....
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited October 2005
    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
  • djstubbsdjstubbs NJ
    edited October 2005
    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...
  • sfleurietsfleuriet Texas New
    edited October 2005
    GrayFox wrote:
    *Can't Wait for oct 12 (The launch of newegg canada)*

    :usflag:
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited October 2005
    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
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    Just call me prophet primesuspect :ninja:

    dated 09/09/2003! woot for prime! :D
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited October 2005
    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 :).
  • gibbonslgibbonsl Grand Forks AFB
    edited October 2005
    primesuspect wrote:
    Just call me prophet primesuspect :ninja:

    dated 09/09/2003! woot for prime! :D

    heheh I remenber when you posted that
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited October 2005
    primesuspect wrote:
    Just call me prophet primesuspect :ninja:

    dated 09/09/2003! woot for prime! :D
    :respect::respect::respect:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited October 2005
    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.
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