**Offical 8800Ultra owners thread** post pics and clocks.

[Azza]

MSI 8800 Ultra OC - for some reason the box it comes in is stupidly big.

In the box

compare that to a EVGA box

There is just no need for the MSI box to be that big.


The bundled stuff that comes with the MSI. All of this can fit in the EVGA box fine. MSI seem to like to go over the top with stuff.

 

[Vogon]

AH, but it makes people feel much better getting a large box, having spent all that money

 

[DaveOwl]

No better feeling than buying the best graphics card available

 

[Tom|Nbk]

No better feeling than buying the best graphics card available

Until you check your bank balance.

 

[Gerard]

My evga KO ultra

Standard clocks, 636\2250\1620

 

[andyr]

Hi , what warranty do you get with MSI Cards ?

 

[Azza]

Hi , what warranty do you get with MSI Cards ?

I think its 2 year with MSI.

 

[andyr]

Cheers for that , !everywhere is sold out !

 

[Aurhinius]

not everywhere

 

[helmutcheese]

Gerald, did you card end up with the Black Passive Cooler on rear ?.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Azza do you have a fetish for Ultra's or somthing

 

[helmutcheese]

Well he is well sorted for SLI + Physics, same with my Mobo, 3 16x slots

 

[Gerard]

Gerald, did you card end up with the Black Passive Cooler on rear ?.

Ya the evga ones seem to have it by default.

 

[helmutcheese]

Cool, then info is BS,

 

[Margaret]

I swear Gerard changes graphics card more than he eats hot dinners.

 

[Gerard]

I swear Gerard changes graphics card more than he eats hot dinners.

Went through all the main ones this time around:

2900xt
8800gts
8800gtx ko acs 3
2x 1gig 2900xt's
8800 ultra ko





Unusual for me normally i get one and stick to it.

 

[helmutcheese]

You should have stopped at the GTX TBH.

 

[Gerard]

You should have stopped at the GTX TBH.

Live and learn, i wanted the crossfire setup mainly for the performance, it scaled really well according to guru3d. Just had too many glitches and compatability isues with some newer games not giving any more performance than a single card.

If it had've worked with games like Airborne and Bioshock i would definately have kept the crossfire setup, just at the time there was no coding to let dual cards work with those games and im impatient so i switched up.

 

[jrodga2k5]

If it had've worked with games like Airborne and Bioshock i would definately have kept the crossfire setup, just at the time there was no coding to let dual cards work with those games and im impatient so i switched up.

Know what you mean with the crossfire issues, not in the same league of course but having my 2x2600's not work in crossfire on Bioshock has kinda hindered the experience so I am opting to a single card solution soon!

The Ultra I feel has started showing its true value though as it is now looking like a cracker of a performer

 

[Vogon]

Hey guys ... looks like I should have an MSI Ultra OC on the way (all being well) ... is there a way to clock the shaders seperatley (rivatuner maybe ?) and how do you know when they are pushed too far ?
I know the GPU will normaly show triangles etc, the memory sparklies ... but what happens on shaders ?
And if anyone has clocked their ultra shaders ... what too 100% stable ?