"Almost Snow White and the Seven Dwarves"

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Received my Seventh nVidia GeForce FX 5800 Ultra. This combination I have named "Almost Snow White and the Seven Dwarves". Missing Snow White. Video coming shortly

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I got one of those someplace...

$3000?? What? Why.. collectors?

Found it. Got the original receipt too. $399.99 plus tax. Preordered on 1-22-2003, received around 3-19-2003 (printed date on the receipt)
 
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Hol' Up.... How much these worth? I know the old Voodoo's can pull a pretty penny, but why are these worth so much? lol. I have almost every line since GeForce 2 200Ti in my basement, am i sitting on a gold mine? lol.
 
III_Slyflyer_III said:
Hol' Up.... How much these worth? I know the old Voodoo's can pull a pretty penny, but why are these worth so much? lol. I have almost every line since GeForce 2 200Ti in my basement, am i sitting on a gold mine? lol.
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Almost 3000 dollars a piece they're worth.

also just found a reference to a possible "snow white"

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III_Slyflyer_III said:
What about these makes them worth so much over older GeForce cards? Or are some other GeForce cards I have worth a fortune too?
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People love the history and the fact that this was the height of the hype
 
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Only used it for maybe 6 months then upgraded to a fx5900. It was slower than the Radeon but the drivers were stable.
 

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CoreStoffer said:
Wait, were these the cards that was going up against the ATI 9700 Pro (R300)? The wall of shame for nVidia? Or am I thinking about another NV card?
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The NV30 was one of nVidias biggest failures when competing against ATIs R300. Very interesting historically for many reasons. Also the card is aesthetically beautiful
 
I can't believe such crappy cards are worth so much. It's not as if they were all that unique either, like any of the higher-end XGI Volari cards.

I had a 5700 Ultra from that period. Such a POS in everything but Doom 3 since Doom 3 was about the only serious game to make use of the weird way nvidia was cheating at shaders at the time.
 
GoodBoy said:
I got one of those someplace...

$3000?? What? Why.. collectors?

Found it. Got the original receipt too. $399.99 plus tax. Preordered on 1-22-2003, received around 3-19-2003 (printed date on the receipt)
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GoodBoy said:
Only used it for maybe 6 months then upgraded to a fx5900. It was slower than the Radeon but the drivers were stable.
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This is awesome!! ^^

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This thread highlights the apparent hype and enthusiasm as it was put on display alongside super models and also the coveted translucent green shroud

https://hardforum.com/threads/post-the-crown-jewel-of-your-collection.1990650/
 
Wow. I have one of these laying around as well. I guess I should dig it up. I remember the ATI card of the same era was faster, though?
 
$3,000 for a standalone video card (I assume that this price isn't even for Complete-in-Box) is pretty surprising. I'll bet that a lot of people dumped their 5800 Ultra's after a few years because of the extremely poor reception that the cards had on release. There was probably a general perception that they would not retain value and so people didn't bother hang on to them. As a result, in 2022, there is minuscule supply of these cards left and thus the high value on the used market compared to other used cards from the same era. On the other hand, I could be totally wrong, it's just a guess.

Regardless, just because I don't understand why they are so valuable doesn't negate the fact that they are and that you obviously have a pretty decent amount of $$$ sitting on your table there. Congrats on completing your collection. :)
 
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