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    Nvidia says DirectX 10 cards for laptops 2nd Q this year!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Elminst, Feb 26, 2007.

  1. Elminst

    Elminst Some Network Guy

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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    They will probably start showing up in the high-end gaming notebooks for starters...and even then the notebook will probably have to pay $2k+ for them. Gamers are the ones that want them, and gamers will pay if they want the cutting edge...nVidia/ATI will take advantage of it.
     
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    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, I think the 7-Series will be sticking around in laptops for awhile, especially in budget machines such as HP Pavilion/Presario. Anything else would be cost prohibitive if the 8-Series is absurdly expensive even for a low level Go 8200 (for example).
     
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    I'll stick with mine lol.
    Just got it. :p
     
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    A.L.M. Notebook Guru

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    Well, I don't think so... The high-end DX10 cards will be launched in Q4 2007, so in Q2 we will see only mid-to-high end and low end cards (Go 8600, 8400, 8300).
    So I think that a laptop with a Go 8600 will cost about $1800...
     
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  6. FREN

    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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    The Geforce Go 8 series will be priced very aggressively. Even though demand for DX10 cards will be high, Nvidia can't charge a premium on them, or risk losing customers to cheaper ATI DX9 cards.

    While they will be overpriced, they will not be astronomically expensive. Then nobody would buy them.
     
    FREN, Feb 26, 2007
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