Would you buy next gen ATI card if...

[kinney]

Let say...

If next-gen ATI card (R42x) rated maybe 5% or 10% lower than Geforce 6800 in many reviews, would you still buy it?

I know this may be a silly question but the reason is to do with Geforce 6800 being horny with more power. So are you willing to fork out more money for 450 Watt PSU if you are going to buy Geforce 6800?

No I'd go NV40 anyway.. the PSU requirements sound a bit exploded to me, I cant see a 400 or 450 watt enermax/fortron source not doing the job successfully.
But either way its probably time to move on from my enermax 350 as CPUs and all devices are "movin on up" in drawing juice.

I think NV has poor quality in mind when stating a 480watt PSU.. gotta cover all your bases.
Say they do state a 350 or 400watt and people run out like typical idiots and buy the absolute cheapest thing on the shelf (BrandX), very likely it wont work.

I dont really know, just speculating.. I'll be testing my 6800Ultra though with a 350watt enermax and a circa 450 fortron source.

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[scottchen]

My theory behind the 480 watt psu is that Antec and thermaltake paid Nvidia to say so.

Since I think they're the only ones who makes 480watt. And I don't think there are any crap quality psu beyond 400watt.

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[TheRod]

THG only refered to nVidia recommendation for the PSU. nVidia have good reasons to ask for 480Watts PSU, they don't want users to blame them for instability, PSU death or defective components after low-quality 300/350Watts PSU blow under heavy load.

It's the same reason why AMD recommends certain MOBO/MEMORY, they don't want to support cheap memory/mobo makers that don't make reliable documents.

When I saw the 480Watts PSU I first tought this was bad, but after reading Hardware.fr review/test, it's evident that current 350/400Watts CPU will be enough in most cases for the 6800. And fro what I learn about the X800, ATI will probably recommend onle 350/400Watts PSU. Because it seems that the X800 don't use much more power than 9800.

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[Zoron]

Wasnt he Voodoo 5 with 4 Gpu was suppose to come with an AC adaptor?

Voodoo 5 5500 has two GPUs... it's the Voodoo 5 6000 you're thinking of when you think of 4 GPUs. That card never saw the light of day... except for a few engineering samples.

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[kaede]

If the new Ati card feature almost the same performance and use less power than N40 (and I think it will be cheaper) then there is no doubt that the public will buy it. Cuz many people are ok with their PSU and wont invest an extra $100 just for more watts.
Beside of that, my guess is that Ati will hit this point with some kind of Dinamic clock for saving power just like the Core Cell of MSI.

 

[scottchen]

ATI's overdrive for their XT series was a disappointment, since using overdrive offers worse performance than stock.

The X800Pro will cost more than the 6800NU, however less than the 6800U.

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[Britdude]

Does anyone know the price in £ ??? of nvdia 6800 and ultra

 

[kinney]

My theory behind the 480 watt psu is that Antec and thermaltake paid Nvidia to say so.

Since I think they're the only ones who makes 480watt. And I don't think there are any crap quality psu beyond 400watt.

True. And thats kind of what I was getting at in a way, that its tough finding poor quality PSUs at that power level.

I wonder if this will have the effect of companies rushing out PSUs to fill the demand for "cheap 480watters" for those who really think that it will take a 480watt PSU..
like I said, I doubt it will..if you can run a 9800Pro/5950 you shouldnt have any problem with a 6800U.

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