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Re: NVidia confusion...



 The 8800GT seems to be a great card, excellent bang for the buck and a 
good review at Anandtech: 
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3140&p=3

I was thinking of getting one to replace my 6600GT so I can really enjoy 
ET: Quake Wars (Linux binaries available, thanks Id Software!). 

But, I decided to hold off as a quick Google turned up too many users 
saying they can't get it work with the existing driver. However, support 
may be here soon: 

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjE1OQ

Wait a month and the prices should drop as demand settles down, I reckon 
because of all the glowing reviews that demand is high and the retailers 
are pricing accordingly. 

Luck 
Mick 

On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 11:56 -0500, Stephen Adler wrote: 
> Yup.. targeted at $200... and market forces took over... 
> 
> Mark J. Dulcey wrote: 
> > Stephen Adler wrote: 
> >> You are right, I do have my eye on the 8800gt, but right now it looks 
> >> like the card is pushing 300... (i.e. $299 at tiger direct etc.) 
> > 
> > You're right about the pricing right now; even Newegg can't do better 
> > than $270. I'd say to wait a month, unless you really have to have 
> > something right now. The 8800GT was TARGETED at the $200 price point, 
> > but I guess that the manufacturers decided to go for higher price 
> > points, at least at first, once they saw how good it is. 
> > 
> 


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