Official 8800 Ultra Review Discussion Thread

[theteamaqua]

it should do something like 700+/2300+ on stock cooler ... but the price doesnt justify its performance gain over 8800GTX ... also u can get 2 x 8800GTS 640 for 2 x 350ish thats only 700 bux ...

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39231

The GPU is not clocked to 675MHz, as some official documents from the past were stating, but rather a very conservative 612MHz, a 37MHz clock boost. The clock of 128 scalar units has been raised from 1.35GHz to 1.50 and memory is set at 2.16GHz instead of 1.80GHz, raising the memory bandwidth from 86.4GB/s to 103.68GB/s, still a couple of gigabytes short of upcoming Radeon HD 2900XT, with its 105.60GB/s

this and the Buffalo CL7 PC3 8500 for 1000 bux ... what happen to the head of these companis?? i thought PC componenet suppose to be cheaper... as demand down

[onewingedangel]

Notice that they are announcing it the same day that ATI is announcing their lineup. Couldn't be that they are trying to steal ATI's thunder or anything

They did that six months ago when they launched the gtx

[DZ1234]

Still on 90NM, are they?

[Anemone]

Even IF the clocks are 675/1600/2200, that's not worth a 900+ price. Well it may be worth it to some I suppose.

Still thinking I'll wait it out for the 65nm G90/8900. It'll do noticeably better, run on less power, generate tons less heat and likely will cost half of this supposed "ultra".

[David_L6]

Update #1 : The final core clock on 8800 Ultra is apparently lowered to 612MHz but memory clock remains at 2.16GHz. The shader clock is at 1.5GHz. The memories used on the card are Samsung -1A GDDR3 chips at 1.0ns. NVIDIA has also lowered the price of the 8800 Ultra to around US$850.

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4930


Still too much money for what you get.

[deathman20]

You know if it was a 675 clock or higher sure I could see it worth it for some. This 612Mhz is a joke if manufactures are selling OC'ed GTX models with a 630Mhz clock.

Only good thing out of it is better cooler and higher memory speed, but thats it and still even then a $300-400 price increase is horrible. Getting 2 GTX's becomes a WAY smarter choice than this, heck buying a separate water cooling system for the GPU it self would be cheaper and probably could clock higher.

[Solarfall]

am i the only one that thinks that the new heatsink is insanely big

[black_edition]

First test





http://we.pcinlife.com/thread-757890-1-1.html

[eXceeded]

First test





http://we.pcinlife.com/thread-757890-1-1.html

me.... that's well good!

[end3rkid]

Some 8800U pics (and other comparing with R600XT)




http://fabu.beareyes.com.cn/2/lib/20...0070502011.htm

[deathman20]

The memory is helping out nicely to get the scores up or that card is not running reference clocks.

That thing is huge.

[lowfat]

That is a sexy looking HSF.

[XeRo]

That is a sexy looking HSF.

The price is sexy too.

[k|ngp|n]

That 8800 ultra is a strutter
I wonder if it performs as mean as it looks?

[fornowagain]

Let R600 to death! The most powerful in the world 8800ULTRA first test

Link translated.

Graphics Geforce 8800Ultra the final specifications have been determined, Core frequency relatively more conservative, the public version of the default 612MHz core frequency. 8800GTX only than the 575MHz upgrade the 37MHz.The default public version of its 128 Stream Processor speed 1.35GHz to 1.50GHz upgrade. instead of the 1.65GHz legend.

Due to improved transistor 8800ULTRA single card consumes 175W. Less than the 8800GTX 177W.

the 8800 Ultra has a large number of tantalum capacitors, resistor and capacitor placement, Another Sanyo SVP solid polymer aluminum capacitor and inductor-shielding to ensure the supply of pure graphics Electricity without impurities

[Baron]

Let R600 to death! The most powerful in the world 8800ULTRA first test


http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools

[fornowagain]

[fornowagain]

There is a thread for this up top.

[[XC] MarioMaster]

those charts don't really show the actual performance ratio, if they both started from zero it would provide a better comparison

[swami]

couldn't they have stretched those bars any further?

[deathman20]

those charts don't really show the actual performance ratio, if they both started from zero it would provide a better comparison

And does that really matter? It shows numbers thats all thats important if you can believe them.

[Baron]

There is a thread for this up top.

Ahh yes so there is.

Nice timing there aswell fornowagain.

[JPeitzman]

Agreed LOL, could they have made the bars longer? The performance increase does not justify the rumored $1000 price tag. I'll stick with the 8800GTS or HD X2900XT, thanks.

[Sparky]

There is what, not quite 600 points difference on 3dmark05 and less than 500 points in 3dmark06, yet the bar is 10x long? ROFL

[end3rkid]

Just remind that R600XT (same as XTX since they're just the same only differ the 1GB GDDR4) is gonna match only with 8600 model, so, I think is worthless compare these cards.