NVIDIA: Beyond G80...

[nAo]

That's smart on NVIDIA's part, because they want their Ultra to be included in benchmarks with the 2900 XT and 8800 GTS and GTX.

If the 2900 XT gets priced at GTS levels (but with better performance) or even below the ULTRA part from nvidia is not going to be that relevant imho

 

[CarstenS]

Yeah they should be proud and I'm sure they are. Too bad that success didn't translate into a stronger mid-range part

So far we've seen Enthusiast and Mainstream solutions – Performance is still missing and supposedly being postponed until 65nm is up to "speed".

 

[INKster]

If the 2900 XT gets priced at GTS levels (but with better performance) or even below the ULTRA part from nvidia is not going to be that relevant imho

Perhaps you've missed this sentence in the link i have provided above:

Industry sources are speculating that NVIDIA might revise the pricing downwards to be in better competition with the upcoming Radeon HD 2900 XT cards.

 

[ChrisRay]

Trini is right. Judging from my own 8800GTXs, the fan placement is different, The heatpipe and heatsink itself isnt that much different though.

 

[INKster]

Trini is right. Judging from my own 8800GTXs, the fan placement is different, The heatpipe and heatsink itself isnt that much different though.

Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't there an extra heatpipe in the Ultra, just below the one similar to the GTX ?

- Ultra.
- GTX.

 

[ChrisRay]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't there an extra heatpipe in the Ultra, just below the one similar to the GTX ?

- Ultra.
- GTX.

8800GTX has a small one too. Its just placed differently.

http://www.rage3d.com/image.php?pic...pg&comment=Closer shot of the second heatpipe

 

[INKster]

8800GTX has a small one too. Its just placed differently.

http://www.rage3d.com/image.php?pic...pg&comment=Closer shot of the second heatpipe

Got it. Thanks.

 

[ChrisRay]

Got it. Thanks.

Sure its hard to see on the 8800GTX, If you werent looking for you would never see it.

Chris

 

[jimmyjames123]

If the 2900 XT gets priced at GTS levels (but with better performance) or even below the ULTRA part from nvidia is not going to be that relevant imho

I agree. The reason to launch an Ultra is to steal some of the attention away from the R600 launch.

 

[Twinkie]

I agree. The reason to launch an Ultra is to steal some of the attention away from the R600 launch.

If the attention is still there..

After DTs leaked benches.. which pretty much shattered quite abit of R600 hype. and fanboys.

 

[nicolasb]

Latest from The Inquirer about the 8800 Ultra: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39231

atypically for Nvidia, this will be a paper launch

This time, Graphzilla decided not to trust any of its partners and just decided that the partners will receive the board after the NDA expiry date, to stop renegade websites from filing reviews of leaked hardware. The partners we have talked with are sincerely disappointed at Nvidia and consider this a breach of trust.

in order to be able to buy 8800GTX, a lot of partners have to buy up to 8-9-10-11 GPUs of a lower grade - that is the 7300, 7600 and now 8300, 8400, 8500, 8600 - while some partners are allowed to get just the highest end cards.

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

 

[pjbliverpool]

Latest from The Inquirer about the 8800 Ultra: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39231

612Mhz? How boring!

I wish they would at least pick nice round numbers like 625Mhz or something. How am I supposed to remember 612Mhz!

 

[Unknown Soldier]

And note:

NVIDIA WILL UNLEASH the 8800 Ultra to the world on May 2nd at 6AM PST - 15:00 CET,

I thought Nvidia were doing their release on May 1st?

US

 

[trinibwoy]

612Mhz? How boring!

I wish they would at least pick nice round numbers like 625Mhz or something. How am I supposed to remember 612Mhz!

If Nvidia releases an Ultra that is clocked slower than AIB overclocked GTX's I would be very surprised. I mean, what's the point of that? You can already get guaranteed higher clocks today.

 

[Arty]

"The PR Disaster of NVIDIA with manufacturers and editors"

Personally I dont care.

 

[MulciberXP]

oh no! Editors can't be smug about being "in the know" on a small product launch. What a disaster!

 

[Geeforcer]

Well, it's not like some of the partners/members of the media have all but wiped their behinds with NDA, offering the cards for sale and posting reviews a full week before the launch date.

Oh wait....

In related news: 612MHz makes absolutely no sense to me. There are ~$550 factory OCed cards that are quite a bit faster then that.

 

[jimmyjames123]

I am beginning to question more and more the thought of releasing an 8800 Ultra, especially at very high prices. I believe that AMD will position a Crossfire HD 2900 XT 512MB solution against 8800 GTX/Ultra in the $699 range, as opposed to offering an XTX higher clocked 1024MB single card version.

 

[AnarchX]

A little bit strange...

 

[trinibwoy]

What is? The fan placement?