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Which 8800 Ultra ?

Flanno

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Does the stock ultra clock to what some of the factory OC ones are doing.

I also see that XFX seem to have the fastest version out with 675mhz core, and 2.3ghz ram.

Would buying one of these be a dodgy proposition seeing as I have heard that some vendors are a bit ambitious with their overclocking ?
 
Does the stock ultra clock to what some of the factory OC ones are doing.
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from reviews that i have seen, some seem to clock all the way up to 680-90 and some don't and some only to 660-670.

just get a normal ultra and clock away you are bound to get 660 and paying £130+ for and overclocked one is just madness, that is assuming its max oc is better, then you need to ask yourself would you pay £130 for maybe 20mhz at max difference between the two OC's. Also why on hell do you want to get ultra when you have 2xGTX?

i would not bother mate.
 
Sig below is old.....brother in law has that rig now bar the cpu and some of the drives.

I have seen the xfx xxx ultra which is 675/2.3 out of the box for the same price as a stock ultra.

Question now is.

1. Buy the xfx

2. Spend a lot less and buy a regular 575/1.8k gtx and clock it...the ones I had before made it to 650 /2000. Also means can get at 6 sata ports (using P5k deluxe).

3. Buy a 2900xt 512 *save even more cash*, and pray drivers get better or get another later for Crossfire when the P35 support improves.

4. Wait for the 1gig 2900xt. Out when ?
 
Yes...I think I agree.
Was only thinking ultra over having a p35 mobo and limited to 1 video card as crossfire support is poor (16x/4x), so wanted to get the most powerful I could. But a clocked gtx will come close.

Oh..and that was option2 by the way, not 5 :)
 
paul_64l said:
always try and get evga due to being able to change the stock cooler and still keep warranty
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I know, but they are overpriced...I found an XFX ultra faster then the fastest EVGA superclocked ultra, and still cheaper then the standard Ultra. No sure about XFX's rep though.
 
If a standard gtx (575/1800) can go past ultra speeds on the core (650 say), can't an overclocked ultra like the XFX XXX (675/2300) or even a regular ultra climb higher again in general

I have heard performance improvements of 20%+ being spoken about over a gtx. Is this true ?

Also, the ultras all have memory at 2200+. Never had a GTX that could go past 2000. Does memory matter that much ?

It all sounds like the price of the ultra is not worth it regardless.
Looking at the chart here, the evga 8800 gtx superclocked which is running at a speed I think is what most gtx's can hit (620/2000) is only a fraction behind the evga 8800 ultra superclocked
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17740832&page=2&pp=30&highlight=2900XT+Crossfire
 
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Flanno said:
If a standard gtx (575/1800) can go past ultra speeds on the core (650 say), can't an overclocked ultra like the XFX XXX (675/2300) or even a regular ultra climb higher again in general

I have heard performance improvements of 20%+ being spoken about over a gtx. Is this true ?

Also, the ultras all have memory at 2200+. Never had a GTX that could go past 2000. Does memory matter that much ?

It all sounds like the price of the ultra is not worth it regardless.
Looking at the chart here, the evga 8800 gtx superclocked which is running at a speed I think is what most gtx's can hit (620/2000) is only a fraction behind the evga 8800 ultra superclocked
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17740832&page=2&pp=30&highlight=2900XT+Crossfire
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no i dont think they can go much higher tbh, its the peak of the architecture, and anything more would really degrade the component for a mere 1fps difference if that
 
Flanno said:
Yes...I think I agree.
Was only thinking ultra over having a p35 mobo and limited to 1 video card as crossfire support is poor (16x/4x), so wanted to get the most powerful I could. But a clocked gtx will come close.

Oh..and that was option2 by the way, not 5 :)
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CrossFire on 16/4 is fine:

Single 2900XT:
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Dual 2900XT:
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Thats on an Asus P5B Deluxe (P965). The Asus Blitz motherboard will support dual 8x on the P35 chipset. The X38 chipset supports tasty dual PCIe 2.0 16x, plus another 4x for physics.
 
Hi there


OcUK has 8800 Ultras starting from £359.99+VAT as there has been price drops.

The quickest 8800 Ultra is actually the watercooled Leadtek card which we also sell. It also comes complete with watercooling kit so is self sustaining. It has 686MHz Core and 2322MHz memory which makes is shockingly fast. :D
 
Gibbo said:
Hi there


OcUK has 8800 Ultras starting from £359.99+VAT as there has been price drops.

The quickest 8800 Ultra is actually the watercooled Leadtek card which we also sell. It also comes complete with watercooling kit so is self sustaining. It has 686MHz Core and 2322MHz memory which makes is shockingly fast. :D
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I'll be grabbing one of the Gainwards when they come into stock. Also a core 2 and some ram :)
 
shrek2 said:
I'll be grabbing one of the Gainwards when they come into stock. Also a core 2 and some ram :)
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Hi there

They arrive tomorrow, the Leadtek is only £5 more and the Asus a further £5. :)

The Ultras are now a much fairer price. :)
 
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chaparral said:
I may get one these cheap 8800gtx in about a months time to go SLI..or do i wait and see how long it is before the G90/92 comes out.. :confused:
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from what roumers say, in november time the reliese (my birthday aswell :D)
the G92 will be two/three times better than the G80
 
It's air for me, so no chance of the Leadtek watercooled ultra. It seems the XFX XXX one is the fastest air cooled utlra with the pricier EVGA superclocked coming 2nd.

The question I have though, are XFX a reliable brand. The reason I ask, is because I remember people complaining about how their XXX cards sometimes artifacted. This was in the 7900GTX days.

Can I really trust an XFX XXX card at a whopping 675/2.3 ?
Would it be a safer bet to go for an Asus or Leadtek Ultra and clock it myself.
Or are these XFX XXX jobs handpicked cores. What sort of testing do XFX do to ensure they can maintain that 675 core ?

Incidentally, is the ATI 1gig 2900XT going to make an appearance this week ?
 
IceShock said:
from what roumers say, in november time the reliese (my birthday aswell :D)
the G92 will be two/three times better than the G80
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Cheers... :)

Think i wait for the new G92 to come out then....Should be just in time for all the christmas/winter release games...
 
IceShock said:
from what roumers say, in november time the reliese (my birthday aswell :D)
the G92 will be two/three times better than the G80
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I hope COD4 and Crysis don't come out before then.
 
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