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512MB GeForce 6800 Ultra Reviewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the conspicuous-consumption dept.

Timmus writes "If you thought the $500 GeForce 6800 Ultra and $550 Radeon X850 XT PE were excessive, wait until you see nVidia's GeForce 6800 Ultra 512MB: it officially retails for $999.99! Firingsquad has a review of the card manufactured by BFG. They ran tests with 6 different configurations (including a pair of 512MB cards running in SLI) with widescreen benchmarks at 1980x1200 as well."

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  1. I might wait.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    til next year.

    Then buy a PS3.

  2. Quick comment and mirrors by winkydink · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A grand for a video card? A grand? All I can say is some folks have more dollars than sense, but that's just MHO.

    A mirror of the print version is here and a mirror of the full article is here

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  3. System requirements by Some_Llama · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well for Longhorn and Quake4 I think this is now the minimum? Or is it 2 of these in an SLI setup?

    I'm still saving up for the 4way multi-core CPU minimum requirement =/

  4. Most Obvious Use. by Kaenneth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Game Developers.

    If you are starting a new, state of the art game now: by the time you get it out the door, this level of video card will be standard built into motherboards. Almost Every PC game company in the world will need a few of these for testing, if nothing else.

  5. I wonder if this is to actually "define" a sucker by CatOne · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can pay an extra $500 for the card, and there is ZERO performance advantage WHATSOEVER.

    None.

    Zero, zilch, nada.

    Their only note is "well, with all that RAM, perhaps tomorrow's games will take advantage of it!"

    Thing is, in 1 year, you'll be able to get a card with 512 MB of RAM, which is 2x as fast as this card, for $399. In 2 years, that same card will be $199. So there is ZERO advantage to getting it now, because nothing can use it, and by the time technology *can* use it, it will be old hat.

    82% Rating? These guys are on the take.