Saturday, June 26, 2004
Review Of XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 12:00 PM
"The card that XFX sent in for review was clocked higher than the reference board we looked at – the GPU is clocked at 450MHz and the memory at 1100MHz, which is about as fast as you’re likely to find any 6800 Ultra card. Trying to push the GPU a mere 10MHz further made it fall over in the benchmarks; although it was still possible to push the memory a bit further than its default speed. To verify the speed of the XFX 6800 Ultra I contacted XFX and the reply was that all cards will be clocked at a minimum of 425MHz, but the 450MHz core speed can’t be guaranteed. It’s therefore worth checking before you buy."
It is nice to read this review knowing that Doom 3 is going to be out on August 3 (yes, this year). Yeah, yeah, I know, it is one of those 'I'll believe it when I see it'. I have had both Doom 3 and HL2 on pre-order for months now and it feels like... ok, I am getting off topic here. Anyways, these soon-to-be-released games will truly be able to utilize the horsepower that these new generation of video cards put out. The review clearly shows, from the benchmarks, the awesome power that is the 6800 Ultra, and it is a joy to see that a vendor has finally put a card out with it. It is expensive and in severely short supply, but is so worth it.
Sadly for the SFF folk in our midst, the power requirements and size of the card make it unsuitable for you and that of course is a big plus for the ATI x800 series of cards. However, nVidia will be putting out their 6800 GT series soon which will address the above issues.
It is nice to read this review knowing that Doom 3 is going to be out on August 3 (yes, this year). Yeah, yeah, I know, it is one of those 'I'll believe it when I see it'. I have had both Doom 3 and HL2 on pre-order for months now and it feels like... ok, I am getting off topic here. Anyways, these soon-to-be-released games will truly be able to utilize the horsepower that these new generation of video cards put out. The review clearly shows, from the benchmarks, the awesome power that is the 6800 Ultra, and it is a joy to see that a vendor has finally put a card out with it. It is expensive and in severely short supply, but is so worth it.
Sadly for the SFF folk in our midst, the power requirements and size of the card make it unsuitable for you and that of course is a big plus for the ATI x800 series of cards. However, nVidia will be putting out their 6800 GT series soon which will address the above issues.
