This is an absolute Godsend: As a SFF Fan, finding decent, Single slot graphics cards can be a nightmare. Most of the graphic board players assume all gamers/Power Users have huge cases with expansion bays coming out of their ears. I personally like a powerbox I can sling into a backpack for a weekend away.
Even shopping for single slot cards can be hazardous, as 3D Connect, Sapphire, BFG et all normally don't state whether they are single or double slot cards ion the official specs, and any places that sells them use an "For illustration purposes only" image, meaning what you see isn't always what you get.
It's a good month for hardware: with single slot RV670's and G92 duking it out, and the Intel X38 chipset and Core Extreme QX9650 ready to roll, I can feel a Christmas Upgrade coming on - Been waiting for an excuse to grab a shuttle SX38P2 Pro:
What's this? Looks like a PCI chocolate bar. Where are all the corrugated bits? Where are the big whirring windmills and pipes.
Bah!
Way too girly to sell. They need to stick on some meccano to make things like this fly off the shelves. Who's going to believe it is more powerful than the last one unless it looks like a construction set explosion. I mean, really.
A work mate told me of the inpending arrival of these cards, and stated that they would be better than my 8800 GTS. So I was adamant that the 512mb price wouldn't be below £250 let alone £200.
Intel Core i7 I7-920 Quad Core Processor (2.66GHz, 4x256kB, 4.8GT/s QPI, LGA 1336 Socket B)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Quad Core Processor (3.4GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 4x512KB L2 Cache, 2000 MHz Bus, Socket AM3)
Asus P7P55D Motherboard (Intel Socket H LGA1156, P55 Express, ATX, 16GB DDR3)
Intel Core i5 750 Qaud Core Processor (2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 2.5 GT/s Bus, Socket H LGA1156)
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO AMD 785G/SB710 Socket AM3 ATX Motherboard
Nvidia introduces 'G92'
David Austin
Single Slot #
Posted Monday 29th October 2007 16:40 GMT
This is an absolute Godsend: As a SFF Fan, finding decent, Single slot graphics cards can be a nightmare. Most of the graphic board players assume all gamers/Power Users have huge cases with expansion bays coming out of their ears. I personally like a powerbox I can sling into a backpack for a weekend away.
Even shopping for single slot cards can be hazardous, as 3D Connect, Sapphire, BFG et all normally don't state whether they are single or double slot cards ion the official specs, and any places that sells them use an "For illustration purposes only" image, meaning what you see isn't always what you get.
It's a good month for hardware: with single slot RV670's and G92 duking it out, and the Intel X38 chipset and Core Extreme QX9650 ready to roll, I can feel a Christmas Upgrade coming on - Been waiting for an excuse to grab a shuttle SX38P2 Pro:
http://global.shuttle.com/product_detail.jsp?PI=638
..Now if only Creative would release a non-OEM PCIExpress SoundBlaster. Been waiting three years for one of those.....
Anonymous Coward
Yes single slot.... #
Posted Tuesday 30th October 2007 01:25 GMT
because it ate all the cards next to it, now its losing weight!
Emo
Exchange rate #
Posted Tuesday 30th October 2007 01:25 GMT
So that'll be the the £199 to £259 price range then - the usual $1 = £1 rate rip off?
I await with anticipation.
the Jim bloke
so can they still make it double slot #
Posted Tuesday 30th October 2007 05:05 GMT
by using a bigger, slower QUIETER fan..
CharleyBoy
What's this? #
Posted Tuesday 30th October 2007 12:02 GMT
What's this? Looks like a PCI chocolate bar. Where are all the corrugated bits? Where are the big whirring windmills and pipes.
Bah!
Way too girly to sell. They need to stick on some meccano to make things like this fly off the shelves. Who's going to believe it is more powerful than the last one unless it looks like a construction set explosion. I mean, really.
Daniel
Amazing Price #
Posted Tuesday 30th October 2007 13:59 GMT
A work mate told me of the inpending arrival of these cards, and stated that they would be better than my 8800 GTS. So I was adamant that the 512mb price wouldn't be below £250 let alone £200.
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BFG-88GT5
What a shocker!!! And he has ordered it btw... GIT!
p.s. I'm not affiliated in anyway with this store, check around for other prices, they are all pretty much the same.