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Hardware 5/2/2007 Daily Hardware Reviews -- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra Edition
Brandon Hill (Blog) - May 2, 2007 8:39 AM

21 comment(s) - last by Goty.. on May 2 at 8:02 PM

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra @ DailyTech

DailyTech's roundup of reviews from around the web for Wednesday

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
@ PC Perspective
@ AnandTech
@ GotFrag
@ Guru3D
@ The Tech Report
@ bit-tech
@ Legit Reviews
@ Hot Hardware

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ASUS Lamborghini VX2 @ Techgage

Motherboards
abit IN9 32X-MAX Wi-Fi Mainboard @ X-bit Labs

Memory
Super Talent T800UX2GC4 Memory Kit @ PenStar Systems

Video
Power Color X1950 XT Video Card @ OCC
eVGA GeForce 7600 GS 512MB Video Card @ Legit Reviews
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS vs 7900 GS Overclocking @ Legion Hardware

Enclosures
3RSystem R240 "Zion" Mid-Tower Enclosure with LCD Display @ TweakTown
Zalman HD160XT Ultimate HTPC Case @ BCCHardware

Cooling
Zalman CNPS9700 LED CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers.org

Storage
USB Flash Drive Round-Up @ HotHardware.com
Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB SATA Hard Drive @ Bigbruin.com
Sans Digital MS2UT eSATA RAID Subsystem @ Benchmark Reviews

Peripherals
Hot Gadgets! Scythe 18-in-1 USB 2.0 FDD & Card Reader Combo @ TweakTown
ASUS AM604g Wireless ADSL 2+ Router and 4-Port Switch @ X-bit Labs
SteelSound 3H Headset @ Bjorn3D
Icy Dock MB448UR: 2.5" IDE Removable Hard Drive Rack @ Bjorn3D
TRENDnet TEW-631BRP @ TrustedReviews

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Apple's iPod vs. Microsoft's Zune @ TheTechLounge

Digital Cameras
Olympus Stylus 770 SW @ Digital Trends

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Tell me again

By Vanilla Thunder on 5/2/2007 10:57:02 AM , Rating: 5

Why this card is so expensive? The benchmarks not only show minimal improvement over the GTX,they establish the fact that this card runs quite a bit slower in Vista than XP. I'm sure this is one bad ass GPU, but I just don't think the cost premium is justified, when for $350-$400 less, you could still have a kick ass card. Bleeding edge = bleeding wallet.

Vanilla

RE: Tell me again

By swtethan on 5/2/2007 12:54:48 PM , Rating: 2

MSRP is $830 according to eVGA's card

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RE: Tell me again

By BMFPitt on 5/2/2007 1:24:14 PM , Rating: 2

If you're willing to spend that kind of money on a video card, you probably don't really care.

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RE: Tell me again

By Goty on 5/2/2007 1:55:12 PM , Rating: 2

It's more expensive because it says "Ultra" on the end and has a different HSF.

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RE: Tell me again

By swtethan on 5/2/2007 2:39:27 PM , Rating: 2

Also does higher overclocks while not needing a volt mod or a watercooled system.

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RE: Tell me again

By AntDX316 on 5/2/2007 4:03:11 PM , Rating: 2

to me a few more mhz and performance isnt worth double the expense

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RE: Tell me again

By swtethan on 5/2/2007 4:11:19 PM , Rating: 2

To you, but there are other people out there who do NOT want to voltmod their video cards and move to watercooling to get the clocks they want. Thats what $200 more gets you, higher clocks without voltage changes and change in cooling system (water). Also, its not DOUBLE the price as you say MSRP of a GTX is $620 and ULTRA is $830.

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RE: Tell me again

By Vanilla Thunder on 5/2/2007 5:54:43 PM , Rating: 2

There are 8800GTX boards coming factory OC'd at clock speeds that exceed the Ultra, and memory speeds that are damn close. Why, even if you had the money, buy an Ultra
instead? So you could tell all your friends that you have one? I really see no other reason you would make that decision. But hey, I can't afford one anyway.

Vanilla

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R600

By therealnickdanger on 5/2/2007 10:28:43 AM , Rating: 2

When is the official launch and when will AT review this monster?!?!?!?!? Sorry, I'm building a new rig right now and I'm just getting impatient.

RE: R600

By James Holden on 5/2/2007 10:31:33 AM , Rating: 2

May 14

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RE: R600

By therealnickdanger on 5/2/2007 10:59:28 AM , Rating: 1

*insert gun in mouth*

Two bloody weeks? Hmm... I guess I can live off the integrated Intel GMA X3000 for a little while. Was AMD/ATI going to hard launch the whole R600 line on the 14th or just the HD2900XT and XTX? I thought I had read that they were launching everything from IGP to mobile to budget to mainstream to high end all at once.

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RE: R600

By sviola on 5/2/2007 2:47:53 PM , Rating: 2

Actually, the XTX only on Q3. They'll lauch all the other cards.

And from the leaked bench, the 2900XT is in the same level as the 8800 GTS.

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RE: R600

By AstroCreep on 5/2/2007 4:52:20 PM , Rating: 2

Give or take, most of the 'results' I've read so far show the 2900xt edging out the 8800GTS is most situations.

As normal, it will all come down to price (which, IIRC, the 2900xt is supposed to be between $400 - 450 at release).

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RE: R600

By Goty on 5/2/2007 8:02:40 PM , Rating: 2

According to every credible news story posted in the last two weeks, the XTX will be available this month, not in Q3.

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RE: R600

By Rike on 5/2/2007 12:44:51 PM , Rating: 3

AT already has a review of the reference hardware for the 8800 Ultra.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2979

DT doesn't seem to post new AT reviews until the next day. I don't know if it's just the timing of when each site publishes their articles, but I find it annoying. Considering the personal and professional links between the two companies, you'd think DT would list AT reviews of new hardware first, but it doesn't seem to work out that way.

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RE: R600

By Rike on 5/2/2007 2:17:53 PM , Rating: 3

Sure, now you post it. :P

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crazy

By AntDX316 on 5/2/2007 4:04:02 PM , Rating: 2

u people r crazy if u buy this overclocked 8800GTX for nearly double the value for the performance gain of 5 percent

RE: crazy

By Psychless on 5/2/2007 5:01:59 PM , Rating: 3

630 * 2 = 850?

I believe they taught multipication in third grade. Anyways what some people wish to spend on a video card is really none of your business. It might be crazy for you to spend that much but for others it might not. And 'u' and 'r' are letters not words.

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Holy Crap!

By Hoser McMoose on 5/2/2007 3:25:19 PM , Rating: 2

This video card is more expensive than my entire computer!

I guess I'm not nVidia's target market!

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By AntDX316 on 5/2/2007 4:09:54 PM , Rating: 2

nvidia probably only spent 20 dollars MAX in upgrades over the 8800GTX even if there was competition to stomp nvidia they can drop the price to 450 for this no problem

nvidia knows there r people crazy enough to buy this and even if they sell 50 and make a profit of 300 per sale it was all well worth it

probably its just a present to show ATI and AMD their dominance hahaha