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Geek Culture / R.I.P 8800 Ultra the King is Dead, Long Live the King

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GatorHex
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Posted: 24th Jan 2008 04:40 Edited at: 25th Jan 2008 13:10
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It's been reported in various places on the net today that nVidia have stopped taking new orders for the 8800 Ultra.

Don't get upset though I'm sure they will replace it with a new king of the graphics cards very soon... rumored to be 2x 8800GT stuck together but requiring only 1 PCI-E slot!



nVidia has quitly sneaked out a little baby called the 8800GS. It's claimed to be about 75% the speed of a 8800GT, 192bit bus, 384mb RAM and a price point of about £100-115. Rumor has that there will be a 768mb version for a few quid more.



I think a better name would have been 8700GT as it's gona cause 8800 confusion for the punters, "Which is better a GS or a GT? The one with the most memory?" I can hear them saying now.

I guess this means 8600GTS should be pushed down to £75 now, but realy it was never worth £100 it was just an overclocked 8600GT

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 24th Jan 2008 14:27
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They can name it '8900', which would be a lot better, as it would imply that is was better than an 8800. Unless they have plans for a 8900 and need to keep the name free, then why not 8850, etc?

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Posted: 24th Jan 2008 14:53
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Quote: "rumored to be 2x 8800GT stuck together but requiring only 1 PCI-E slot!"


Interesting. nVidia's correspondent to crossfire. I want to see that.

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Nvidia already have a correspondent to crossfire, it's called SLI.

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Silvester
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Posted: 24th Jan 2008 22:30
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Ati already made a card that owns Nvidia 8800 ULTRA by far... So why is this holy?

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Posted: 24th Jan 2008 22:49
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Quote: "Ati already made a card that owns Nvidia 8800 ULTRA by far.."

Where is it?


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Posted: 24th Jan 2008 22:57 Edited at: 24th Jan 2008 22:58
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in omgzorz land



oh wait!



there it is

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Posted: 24th Jan 2008 23:01 Edited at: 24th Jan 2008 23:04
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Quote: "Nvidia already have a correspondent to crossfire, it's called SLI."


hahah Great! I always thought that crossfire was a single card.

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Posted: 25th Jan 2008 08:42
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Here, but its in Dutch. But I don't think the Chinese page will be very usefull to you either...

http://www.bouweenpc.nl/nieuws/881

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ATI R600? Was that it?

There's reports of these ATI cards all over the net. In fact one quote I remember was "If you have an nVidia 8800 GTX card, just return it to get your money back and get an ATI ~~~~~~." Where ~~~~~ was the name of the card I can't remember... <ATI R600??>


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Posted: 25th Jan 2008 19:09 Edited at: 25th Jan 2008 19:10
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Quote: "nVidia has quietly sneaked out a little baby called the 8800GS. It's claimed to be about 75% the speed of a 8800GT, 192bit bus, 384mb RAM and a price point of about £100-115. Rumor has that there will be a 768mb version for a few quid more.
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Found some specs.



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Posted: 25th Jan 2008 20:49 Edited at: 25th Jan 2008 20:54
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The more I look at those specs the more I'm sure it shouldn't have been labeled a 8800 as it damages the brand. 8700 would have been ideal for it.

Just remmber the next time an ATI fan says their 3870 is faster than a 8800 they are talking about the GS version

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Posted: 25th Jan 2008 22:48
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Eh, I'm no ATI fan. that link was from a friend of mine...

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Posted: 25th Jan 2008 23:12
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Sorry, didn't see that, wasn't a dig at you Was just refering to ATI fans in general in a single 3870 v 8800GT test.

There's a nice crossfire v sli benchmark test here if anyone interested in running 2 cards. http://www.hothardware.com/articles/ATI_Radeon_HD_3870_and_3850_55nm_RV670/?page=7

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