anyone have a 8800 ultra?

thanks all for replying.

but seriously now, have you got an 8800 ultra in sli, how much is your 3dmark06 score? (i not going to ask why i promise):)
 
JVC said:
thanks all for replying.

but seriously now, have you got an 8800 ultra in sli, how much is your 3dmark06 score? (i not going to ask why i promise):)
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uh...did you even look at the release date? does may 15th ring a bell?

EDIT; stinkin BFG is sellin em now..bah
 
If I had millions of dollars I would have no problem buying two for SLI. People with lots of money or ones that want the biggest e-penis will buy them.
 
I'm not going to passed judgment on people but it seems that its a waste. Well minus the e-penis factor and even then most people in the know are just going to roll their eyes.
 
darkangel74 said:
I'm not going to passed judgment on people but it seems that its a waste. Well minus the e-penis factor and even then most people in the know are just going to roll their eyes.
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If i see someone with an ultra in their sig I'm going to secretly whisper *douche* in my head. E-penis is for wankers. :D
 
I plan on getting just one for the sig rig. I just added a second hard drive to the sig rig for booting under Vista. Problem is though that my quad sli 7950GX2 setup doesn't work under Vista. I can't even get ONE GX2 to run in dual SLI mode, so under Vista I'm effectively running a 7950GT, which is a BIG step back.

So I want the fastest single card I can get to make the rig DX10 capable in case Crysis hits this year, because I'm not building another dream rig until late Q4 '07 or Q1 '08 until Phenom (AMD's high end K10 part) and Penryn appear, along with the next gen DX10 parts.

So yeah, $200 more for not a whole lot more than a GTX, but the Ultra is still faster at stock speeds than most OC'ed GTX's, and the Ultra apprently is a good OC'er, so still has some tangable performance deltas over the GTX.

As far as over priced goes, heck I jumped on the 7800 GTX 512 bandwagon and the 7950 GX2 in SLI, so actually a single 8800 Ultra will be my cheapest GPU upgrade in two years.
 
Who in their right mind would buy a pair in SLI for $1660? With taxes, that would be over 2K for those of us playing with funny money in Canuckistan. Wow.
 
I just ordered three of them,in case one breaks.:D

Do you think my e4300 will be a bottleneck????:eek:

(If you believe this, I have this old bridge......in Phoenix......honest;) )
 
Well I can afford to buy a pair of them in SLI, but it would be a waste of money. The difference between the 8800GTX and the 8800Ultra is so small it just isn't worth it. I spent $650.00 per card on the 8800GTX's and I won't spend $1600 for a pair of cards that are only %10 faster on thier best day.

G'ßöö;1031013520 said:
bah! there are those who make enough cash that a piddly grand on a gpu is f 'all to them. they'll sell like hotcakes
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A grand isn't a huge deal to me at this point in time, but wasting money is never a good idea no matter how much money you have.
 
This is a refresh product, so if you already had one or two 8800 GTX's then it would be a waste to upgrade to these.

But I don't have an 8800 GTX, so this is a much more viable option, even with the current price premium, especially considering that my 7950GX2 quad sli doesn't work in Vista. The 8800 Ultra is the best single card repleacement for the quad sli setup IMHO.
 
Dan_D said:
Well I can afford to buy a pair of them in SLI, but it would be a waste of money. The difference between the 8800GTX and the 8800Ultra is so small it just isn't worth it. I spent $650.00 per card on the 8800GTX's and I won't spend $1600 for a pair of cards that are only %10 faster on thier best day.

A grand isn't a huge deal to me at this point in time, but wasting money is never a good idea no matter how much money you have.
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Stop!...Hammertime!
 
heatlesssun said:
This is a refresh product, so if you already had one or two 8800 GTX's then it would be a waste to upgrade to these.

But I don't have an 8800 GTX, so this is a much more viable option, even with the current price premium, especially considering that my 7950GX2 quad sli doesn't work in Vista. The 8800 Ulra is the best single card repleacement for the quad sli setup IMHO.
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I don't think so. The best bang for the buck is still the 8800GTX out of the two cards in question. The problem is that you are going to have to spend about $200-$250 more for 10% of performance increase over the 8800GTX. With overclocking, and perhaps better cooling, the 8800GTX makes the most sense as it should be able to reach the 8800Ultra's performance levels or get damn close.
 
Dan_D said:
I don't think so. The best bang for the buck is still the 8800GTX out of the two cards in question. The problem is that you are going to have to spend about $200-$250 more for 10% of performance increase over the 8800GTX. With overclocking, and perhaps better cooling, the 8800GTX makes the most sense as it should be able to reach the 8800Ultra's performance levels or get damn close.
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Of course the GTX has a better performance/price ratio. All I was saying that if one already a GTX, the Ultra would really be a waste. For someone like me who doesn't have an 8800 GTX, it makes a lot more sense to get an Ultra simply because even though its over priced, you'll see tangable improvement. Plus, the Ultra can overclock better it seems. So yeah, over priced, but still the fastest, and that often carries a premium price. However, if these things are in good supply and demand is light, which I think both will be true, the price will probably drop before long.
 
Dan "whine for me" D to the rescue. We're so lucky we have someone like him to tell us how to spend our money... over and over and over again.
 
BTW, I've noticed that MWave, TigerDirect, and BFG are already selling the Ultra, claiming to be In Stock as well. When will NewEgg or ZipZoomFly start selling them you think? Never had any problems with these eTailers so I stick with them when possible.
 
Fanofou said:
Dan "whine for me" D to the rescue. We're so lucky we have someone like him to tell us how to spend our money... over and over and over again.
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It's my opinon. Spend your money how you wish, and I will do the same. Many people agree that the 8800Ultra is a waste of money including myself.
 
Dan_D said:
It's my opinon. Spend your money how you wish, and I will do the same. Many people agree that the 8800Ultra is a waste of money including myself.
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Agreed. There's nothing wrong with Dan's opinion (and one that is WIDELY echoed around here). Fanofou, you can spend money however you want, but that doesn't prevent us from talking.
 
MightyMatt said:
The Ultra isn't that much better than the GTX's, it's a waste of money.
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I would agree. My GTX already has 96gb/s memory bandwidth overclocked while the Ultra has 103GB/s. Yeah, you may still be able to overclock the Ultra to even higher speeds, but I would much rather spend like $200 more and throw another GTX in for SLI and have way more performance.
 
MightyMatt said:
Not to derail the thread, but try $150 for the avg. price nowadays ;)

The Ultra isn't that much better than the GTX's, it's a waste of money.
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I think he meant the people who spend $400 for PC2-100000000 SLI XTREMEME+1 memory
 
The same people that always have to have "the best of the best" will buy them. I know a doctor that was trying to find a good video card for his shiny new dell 30" lcd. In the span of about 2 weeks, he bought a 1950xtx (agp and pci-e version), 8800 gts 640, Fire GL 5200, 7100, 7200, and 7350. If people have money to blow, and want to buy "the best of the best" they will.

I finally built him a rig to house the 7350, and I'm sure when r600 finally decides to drop, I'll be able to talk him into a pair of those for his new rig.
 
This debate is so ridiculous I can't get my mind around it. There are people in here saying how stupid it would be to buy an 8800Ultra over an 8800GTX, while in their sigs they own computers that have no software that can make the most out of the hardware.

Anyone that has a DX10 card in their signature today, has absolutely no legitimate right to say how ridiculous it is to buy an 8800Ultra. Most high end DX9 cards can play most games on most monitors while still looking stunning and running at decent or great framerates. Why do people have 8800 cards when DX10 has yet to be seen in a video game? Because they want the bragging rights or think that having 8xAA instead of 4xAA will make their gaming experience that much better. I am no exception.

So why bash anyone who would want the top of the line product because there is no real benefit, when thousands of people have 8-series cards that really don't need them? Its the nature of enthusiasts, they want the best and don't care how much it costs.

I am sure you think that is ridiculous, and I am sure most people think that spending 300+ dollars on a video card that isn't even necessary is also a waste of money.
 
Why?

Seriously, whatever may be deemed as a waste for you doesn't give you the right to tell someone else how to spend THEIR cash; unless they pay you to or ask you to. It's their biz.



Archbob said:
No,my money is better spent as an incense offerng to the gopher gods.
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You keep making offerings, and I'll keep feeding the gophers/whistlepigs/groundhogs on my land. Seriously. There's 4 or more. They have their own garden and pond. :D
 
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