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The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra is an utter waste of money

@ 2007/05/03

Let's review the facts. First, our performance data shows the 8800 Ultra to perform on par with our EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3. Certainly the 8800 Ultra nudges the EVGA part out of the lead, but the performance difference is minimal at best. The price difference, however, is huge. We can easily find the EVGA card for its retail price of $650, while NVIDIA expects us to pay $180 more for what amounts to a repositioned cooling fan and updated silicon. Foxconn also offers an overclocked GTX for $550 that has essentially the same clocks as the EVGA KO ACS3 (Foxconn is 630/2000 versus 626/2000 for EVGA), making $830 even more unreasonable.

Comment from jmke @ 2007/05/04

he's asking because he's got GTS in SLI in for test

Comment from Rutar @ 2007/05/04

Quote:

Originally Posted by geoffrey

GTS in SLI?

I thought it was common knowledge that sli is only worth it with the highest end cards for people who have too much money.

Comment from jmke @ 2007/05/04

GTS in SLI =~ single GTX...

Comment from geoffrey @ 2007/05/04

GTS in SLI?

Comment from jmke @ 2007/05/03

since one 8800 GTX > 2x7900GTX, I would think so yes

Comment from The Senile Doctor @ 2007/05/03

7900 gtx's in sli suffer at 1920*1200...

Comment from jmke @ 2007/05/03

for $830 you can almost got GTX SLI

very possible if you look into used models, then you should be able to get GTX for $410-450

Comment from Wrigleyvillain @ 2007/05/03

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Originally Posted by jmke

1920x1200 ... even GTX will be stressing for AA/AF action

Yeah. Though our favorite $830 dollar video card got 35.5 at 1920x1200 4x/8x Ultra in this very review...

Still though, I am impressed with what this X1950 XT can do so far. Maybe I will hold off longer and I can add a cpu upgrade to the mix. Wouldn't mind the extra cache of the e6420. I'll let Crysis performance on my current setup be the final judge perhaps.

Comment from jmke @ 2007/05/03

1920x1200 ... even GTX will be stressing for AA/AF action

Comment from Wrigleyvillain @ 2007/05/03

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

I would hold on to your X1950XT for another year or two, unless you're looking to run games at 1600x1200 + AA/AF with the latest DX10 games..

Good point if I hadn't scored a Apple 23" Cinema Display HD from work with a native 1920x1200 native resolution. Going back and playing Far Cry, HL2 and Doom 3 is a whole new experience at that res in widescreen! Oblivion looks freakin' phenomonal but I can only look around (~10 FPS). I play at 1280x800, 2X/8X (30-40 FPS)

Comment from Wrigleyvillain @ 2007/05/03

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Originally Posted by Rutar

interesting, the trend of reviewers telling the truth continues

Haha!

Comment from Rutar @ 2007/05/03

interesting, the trend of reviewers telling the truth continues

Comment from jmke @ 2007/05/03

I would hold on to your X1950XT for another year or two, unless you're looking to run games at 1600x1200 + AA/AF with the latest DX10 games..

Comment from Wrigleyvillain @ 2007/05/03

Indeed. I suggested you use that line as your summary paragraph but much better as title!

That Foxconn 8800GTX is not a bad deal at all it seems. I'll definitely take a look at 8800 pricing once Radeon X2900 is widely available.

And my 3 month old, $250 X1950 XT is now only $180 at Newegg, no rebate even.

Helluva deal for this powerful card.

Comment from jmke @ 2007/05/03

I think the title sums it up nicely

Comment from Wrigleyvillain @ 2007/05/03

jmke-

Yay!

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