http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/ Engadget Comments for NVIDIA busting out liquid-cooled GeForce 8800 in November? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 3rd 2006 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/this thing is not compatible with windows xp yet they are gonna release this card 2 months before vista comes out? NVIDIA! release wen u get the card smaller than motherboard and wen it takes less power than my whole house ]]>Oct 2nd 2006 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 3rd 2006 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 3rd 2006 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/
Plus no DX10 with Vista? Wtf has microsoft been doing since XP got released? Ah yeah, releasing the patches....]]>Oct 2nd 2006 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/
These pictures as unofficial and the theories thereafter are just unsubstantiated rumors. Wait for Nvidia's offical statement before getting angry.]]>Oct 2nd 2006 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/
PERFORMANCE PER WATT, fellows!]]>Oct 2nd 2006 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/
The featureset may also be accessible via gl_nv extensions/new Cg profile as well... Traditionally new features on NV hardware have been accessible on OpenGL while waiting on DX anyways...]]>Oct 2nd 2006 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 2nd 2006 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/
*head explodes*]]>Oct 3rd 2006 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 3rd 2006 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 3rd 2006 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 11th 2006 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/
First, it's (probably) silly to assume that this card will not work in Windows XP or that it won't sell well until Vista.

While it's not surprising that "the press" is tying this card's success to Windows Vista, I'm surprised so many otherwise technically savvy people are buying into that "logic."

If this card provides a huge improvement in performance for DX9 (XP) games, it's no more "useless" or "unwarranted" than were the last few years of releases from either ATi or NVIDIA. If it's a major improvement, it'll sell just like the last few cards that provided substantial performance leaps sold. DX10 and Vista will be irrelevant as long as this card provides substantially improved performance in DX9.

I'd expect that kind of "8800 is pointless w/out Vista" logic from PC Magazine. But not a bunch of hardware/gaming enthusiasts!

Regarding water-cooling. There are other spy pictures of this card with a standard cooler (without the water cooling unit). So, it appears to be an option that NVIDIA is considering, but everyone won't be forced into water cooling.

H ]]>Oct 4th 2006 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 5th 2006 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/02/nvidia-busting-out-liquid-cooled-geforce-8800-in-november/Oct 5th 2006 11:02AM