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GDDR5 - oh great....
Size: Large, Medium, Small Mon Nov 5, 07 01:35 AM | Category: All
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Yah well, I knew it was coming, just didn't really figure it'd be "this" soon.

 

GDDR5 is about to make it's GRAND debut in early 2008.  So if you've noticed the prices of video cards as of late (Top of the line ones like hte GeForce 8800 Ultra) which tower around $700+ US Dollars.  I guess we can go ahead and watch the prices sky-rocket even higher now.  Sure, GDDR5 will be a great thing considering it runs literally twice as fast as current GDDR3, but still.  People are not made of money.  Now, if this new memory type can release and not cause any serious hits on our pockets, I think we will survive.  But shit.   I guess this is kind of a grateful rant.  I'm bitching and saying yay to this new technology all at once.  Best get it outa the way now, cause I had enough trouble affording my current GeForce 8800 Ultra's as it is.  (Took a lot of haggling and foul play really to acquire them. hah).  Guess in the next 1-2 years we'll see how this new GDDR5 really unfolds.  Can't wait to see what nVidia and ATI come up with GPU wise having this new bit of bandwidth flexibility from the speed of this new memory. 

 

Oh the joys of new toys.

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Taiko88 (Smash) Mon Nov 5, 07 01:51 AM

Actually, a couple things wrong with your post. One, prices always go down, the latest and greatest video cards, such as the 8800Ultra is a waste of money and you can get for half of that price a 8800GTX which if you OC runs like an Ultra. Two, GDDR5, by the the time that comes out parts will be cheaper, so things will cost less. A good computer that can run high tech games, like Crysis I can get for $1760 (CDN). Cheap huh. Oh and currently the 8800 is GDDR4.


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Getz2oo3 Mon Nov 5, 07 04:18 PM

I just fear next generation 9 series cards coming out with an outstanding price-tag similar to the current 8800 Ultra, cause if I remember right the 8800 GTX came out starting around 600 bucks. While the 8800 Ultra's are "still" sitting around 700+. See my concern? I know video cards go down in price, but I'm pointing almost entirely in the direction of Initial release costs, not costs of video cards 6 months to 1 year down the line.



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