erek
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Wrong forum. eBay auctions is this way.
Apparently they're actually going for $200-$300. I'd pay like $80 for it.Seriously, is that old thing worth the $343USD starting price?
Apparently they're actually going for $200-$300. I'd pay like $80 for it.
I'm just gonna put this here
For that price?! HA!Thanks, the auction isn't my own, but was posting due to the collectible nature of the card
More like a sideshow oddity considering how it had all that power and couldn't run DX9. It's funny how a big deal was made about it's 2-slot cooler and now every card is made that way.For that price?! HA!
Only 1990s and older tech is allowed to go for that level of price tag.
Very nice find, though, I remember when that GPU was the main attraction circa 2003.
was it the first dual slot card direct from the makers?More like a sideshow oddity considering how it had all that power and couldn't run DX9. It's funny how a big deal was made about it's 2-slot cooler and now every card is made that way.
Possibly. I can't think of any earlier examples off the top of my head.was it the first dual slot card direct from the makers?
So when does my AIW 9700 Pro achieve vintage status so I can get a ridiculously high price for it?
I paid a lot for my FX 5800 Ultra here on these forums
That's amazing.
imho, it's one of the best looking cards of all time, mainly the translucent green one that reviewers got... i'd love to have one of those:
Hell of a card. I remember mine winding up as I played Unreal Tournament 2004. Good Times.
Would love to have one just to display. Ole Dustbuster.
I remember the ol'Dustbuster NVIDIA cards. I am not sure I'd call those collectible. The FX series was underwhelming and that's really what it was notable for. The FX 5200 was the most notable of those cards because it was a beast in terms of raw sales over an extremely long life span. The FX 5800 Ultra was expensive and got it's ass handed to it by ATi's 9700 Pro.
I just checked the sold listings on eBay...average is $72.50 (one sold for $45, another for $100 - limited to USA listings only).
The situation is the exact opposite of AMD/Nvidia today. Nvidia had to clock their FX5800 and subsequent FX5950 basically the the max to compete with the Radeon 9700/9800 series. They also had to use way more expensive memory (R9700 Pro had 325 Mhz DDR2 while the FX5800U had 500 MHz DDR2). All this to get about the same performance.
And this was the first *reference* card to use a dual slot cooler. Arctic cooling already made dual slot coolers, but they were aftermarket. And yes, it is quite loud.
That's just wrong. eBay average is for the Quadro FX 5800. GeForce FX 5800 Ultras are pretty rare. This is maybe the first working one I've seen in a year. I saw two that were listed as 'not working/parts'.
And for those wondering why is it so much? Well supply/demand. Very few supply to begin with. Even fewer ones that are working.
Reviews:
https://www.hardocp.com/article/2003/01/27/geforce_fx_5800_ultra_preview
https://www.anandtech.com/show/1062/6
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-fx-5800-ultra-the-review,13.html
Shameless personal pics of my own card.
Gods Damn that thing was loud back in the day.
That's just wrong. eBay average is for the Quadro FX 5800. GeForce FX 5800 Ultras are pretty rare. This is maybe the first working one I've seen in a year. I saw two that were listed as 'not working/parts'.
the $44.99 one is Parts Only, the other for 99.99, someone got a good deal if it works
Ahh, the GeForce 5000 series... those were dark times for Nvidia. Nvidia rebounded with the 6000 series, but the 5000 series is pretty much the lowest point in Nvidia GPU history.
Might as well pair this with a Pentium IV Willamette and throw some Rambus in there for good measure. A smorgasbord of disappointment...
...also makes a really good space heater.
Hmm, you got this direct from NVIDIA? you told the story before right? really jealous of that Translucent Green cooler....
Like previously mentioned the $45 was known defective.
The $100 one description is "GeForce fx 5800 Ultra 128mb. *Rare* "Leaf blower" Card worked last time I used it but no longer have a system to test. Being sold as is." You can take that as you will, but if someone says sold 'as-is', I infer that it means for parts. Both auctions were 'Buy It Now', and were likely sold within minutes of posting. So it is not conducive to actual market value (like the one Erek listed) or auctions that let it run its course.
That said, I have an eBay alert for these cards, and I never even saw them. I would've bought both them as-is and gambled on reselling them if they were working.
It was a review sample I got off eBay. Seller sold it as parts, but it works in 2D/3D (at least 3DMark and Quake3) with no artifacts. From what I've read, this time period is where they had difficulty with DDR2 soldering. So a lot of defective cards over the years as the soldering wasn't well done.
to me it was one of the most hyped video cards of all time, i saw full multi-page spreads in magazines just of the board itself with many pages more dedicated to details. Not seeing anywhere near that kind of attention even for the best cards these days.
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I remember the ol'Dustbuster NVIDIA cards. I am not sure I'd call those collectible. The FX series was underwhelming and that's really what it was notable for. The FX 5200 was the most notable of those cards because it was a beast in terms of raw sales over an extremely long life span. The FX 5800 Ultra was expensive and got it's ass handed to it by ATi's 9700 Pro.
The only video card that I ever flipped for $100 over MSRP the week that I bought it.