GeForce 8800 Ultra Review

[.:Jedi:.]

Time to start speculating:) i cant wait!! isnt the R600 supposed to be out tomorrow as well? somn fishy about this, but G3D is a trusted site. i can see through the static bag close to where the fan is and the card looks a lot like the rumoured 8800Ultra



http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5259

keep urselves posted

Edit: the review is here

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/428/1/

[ZUSE]

  *drooool*

[Spazosaurus]

The 8900 ultra is the card thats supposed to launch tomorrow while the R600 is arded to launch on the 14th. Some fool started a rumour that R600 release is tomorrow but this has been confirmed to be false. No matter how I slice it, any of the x2900 cards will go for over $400, well above my $300 cut off point for a vid card which is why I didnt wait for its release.

[W1nTry]

Actually, R600 is launching tom... PAPER LAUNCH that is.. (a first in a while) the HD2900XT and potentially XTX will be launched tom 2nd May with availability set to the 14th. Also on teh 14th DAAMIT will launch their FULL top to bottom line with 2300, 2600 etc.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39223

[.:Jedi:.]

so i guess we can expect benchmarks from R600 tomorrow?

[Spazosaurus]

Read another review on this card earlier I think it was Hard ocp or one of them did it Basically the ultra is just a insanely overclocked version of the GTX that delivers no real performance benefit over it's GTX bretherin. Bragging right card is what this is.

[W1nTry]

Read another review on this card earlier I think it was Hard ocp or one of them did it Basically the ultra is just a insanely overclocked version of the GTX that delivers no real performance benefit over it's GTX bretherin. Bragging right card is what this is.

Yeah bragging about how you got ripped off! LMAO

[.:Jedi:.]

^^ lol. i seen soMe manufacturer overclocked GTX cards that more or less on par with it. waiting for R600 results......

[Spazosaurus]

I dont know what DAAMIT story is really with this r600 but it will indeed be interesting to see how much better the 2900xt will be than the 8800gts 640. I also wanna see just how much the 320mb version will drop by when 2900xt hits.

[Saxito Pau]

Well it is a price drop on the 8800GTS 320MB I am definitely counting on; so I will await the arrival of DAAMIT's champion before I buy my next video card.

[Spazosaurus]

Unfortunately Sax, you may very well be sadly disappointed if the price doesnt drop by much. I for one will not be surprised. Why you scream? As far as I can see, DAAMIT doesnt have a card that directly competes with the 8800gts 320 niche @ the ~ $300us price point. There wiill be competition for the 640mb version up by the $400 point in the x2900xt which could possibly drive down those units, however not necessarily driving down the price of th 320mb ones and if prices are indeed reduced, I won't expect the price to go down more than a max of $10/15us

[W1nTry]

What unknown has said is true in a sense. There isn't a sub/300USD X2900 card atm. However I am sure a 256MB version is in the works with various partners. The question of whether a cheaper card with less memory will perform as well as a cut down GTS is questionable, but I figure if they maintain the clock and use GDDR3 at a lower clock and maintain 512, they may STILL manage to drop the price to that of the GTS 320. Time will tell. However I do foresee them simply leaving the price slightly higher cause let's face it, if you have to pay 40USD more for a card that is say 20% faster, wouldn't you?

[Saxito Pau]

now available for pre-order on Amazon @ US$829

XFX GeForce 8800 Ultra 786MB PCI-E

[W1nTry]

now available for pre-order on Amazon @ US$829

XFX GeForce 8800 Ultra 786MB PCI-E

GG.. Do I get my own personal nrop star with that?