Not looking good for the 8800 Ultra

Tom|Nbk · 15 Apr 2007 at 12:33

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38925

Low volumes, high price
A FEW MORE bits to add to the 8800 Ultra story. Word has it that the Ultra edition will use the same PCB as the GTX but with a modified cooler. NV is aiming at a 15-20 per cent bump in the benches.
The daftest part is that production is limited to tens of units, not tens of thousands. We hear tens, closer to zero than 100. If there are any left over after the press get theirs, they will go to boutique builders and similar low-volume places. There won't be enough to supply the big boys initially, if ever.

No word about drivers. Ironically, you will probably be hard pressed to find two of these puppies anywhere, so the chronic inability to deliver working SLI won't hamper this launch much. Come on guys, it has only been five months. µ

Look's like the R600XT will be taking the high end crown for a few month's till the G90 or whatever is the next high end NV chip comes out. But even then ATi have prepared the XT-X to blow that out the water. :eek:

chaparral · 15 Apr 2007 at 12:35

Tom|Nbk said:
But even then ATi have prepared the...ow long is it before ati xt-x gets relesed ??

Tom|Nbk · 15 Apr 2007 at 12:36

chaparral said:
But how long is it before ati xt-x gets relesed ??

ATi are keeping it to spoil the launch of the next NV chip afaik.

chaparral · 15 Apr 2007 at 12:42

willhub · 15 Apr 2007 at 13:38

Tom|Nbk said:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38925

Look's like the R600XT will be taking the high end crown for a few month's till the G90 or whatever is the next high end NV chip comes out. But even then ATi have prepared the XT-X to blow that out the water.

So no one can buy the 8800Ultra, hardly anyone is going to have it, and its basically a pimped 8800GTX... proberbly super overclocked with a new cooler :\, how useless.

Rroff · 15 Apr 2007 at 14:02

The reason for this is simple... by all accounts the first g90 units aren't that far off and it wouldn't make sense to do a hard run of the ultra so close to that...

drak3 · 15 Apr 2007 at 14:10

Ultra is a GTX with a waterblock then

Tom|Nbk · 15 Apr 2007 at 14:19

Rroff said:
The reason for this is simple... by all accounts the first g90 units aren't that far off and it wouldn't make sense to do a hard run of the ultra so close to that...

I wouldnt be so sure about the G90 coming so soon

Gibbo · 15 Apr 2007 at 14:37

Hi there

If the 8800 Ultra gets released it will merely just be an overclocked GTX by all accounts. Something that all you guys do with your GTX cards anyway.

I suspect 700MHz core and 2000MHz memory, but maybe 2200Mhz.

willhub · 15 Apr 2007 at 14:40

Gibbo said:
Hi there

If the 8800 Ultra gets released it will merely just be an overclocked GTX by all accounts. Something that all you guys do with your GTX cards anyway.

I suspect 700MHz core and 2000MHz memory, but maybe 2200Mhz.

Hehe, that means the majority of us GTS owners are running 8800GTS Ultras lol.

Nymins · 15 Apr 2007 at 14:56

So its basically a marketing gimmick? Anyone with the right mind would just buy an 8800GTX and OC it.

willhub · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:06

Nymins said:
So its basically a marketing gimmick? Anyone with the right mind would just buy an 8800GTX and OC it.

At first it seemed the price tag for them would be $999 :eek:

Hxc · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:24

Anyone got a better news story than the oh so reliable Inq?

snowdog · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:27

well at least this will hopefully force nvidia to reduce prices of the gtx&gts to r600 lvls, and even less when the r600xtx comes out...

LoadsaMoney · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:33

GTX price wont drop as they are only made to order as Gibbo said in another thread, he also said Nv don't do price drops.

Nymins · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:37

The 8800 series are still selling pretty well, so i doubt nvidia will drop prices any time soon, if at all as stated above.

snowdog · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:37

LoadsaMoney said:
GTX price wont drop as they are only made to order as Gibbo said in another thread, he also said Nv don't do price drops.

Then nv are fools, if it's true r600 is a gtx for gts price, only fanboi's will buy a gtx then imo, wich means nvidia will lose abit of profit.

Tom|Nbk · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:46

snowdog said:
Then nv are fools

Tell us Somthing we don't know? :confused:

sunlitsix · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:46

snowdog said:
Then nv are fools, if it's true r600 is a gtx for gts price, only fanboi's will buy a gtx then imo, wich means nvidia will lose abit of profit.

the 8800's have been out for what, 5 months now? and both the GTX/GTS have sold well so they can afford to lose some profit

willhub · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:48

sunlitsix said:
the 8800's have been out for what, 5 months now? and both the GTX/GTS have sold well so they can afford to lose some profit

Yea, ATi need to sell lots of these R600 coz of the time its taken to get em out, but then again there making money from Microsoft.