One of my 6800 ultra's has just died on me and am wondering where i stand ....thay are about a year old and am wondering what the warranty situation is ? plus would i be able to get another ultra? this is worrying as they wern't cheep when i got them !!!!!
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Wondering where i stand!!!
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The warranty info should be with the packaging that came with your 6800's but you are more than likely to get a minimum of 1 year.
manufacture might have a small backpile for situations like this. more often than not they will however give you a newercard - at a guess a 7800GT....
although, this sli business does pose a problem. would be very interested to see what happens.
although, this sli business does pose a problem. would be very interested to see what happens.
stigggeh ......thats a thought! although i smelt burning and when i looked the screen had gone off and there was no fan movement on the said gfx card looked to be totaly dead but saying that it would solve a lot of problems if they could repair it on the other hand if they replace it with a 7800GT i could always sell the good ultra on MM and buy a match for the 7800!! i have the puter running on one ultra atm 
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sorted....... overclockers have offered a refund on the defective one but that doesn't really help me as they dont produce the ultra anymore so i have a single ultra in my mobo, looks like a upgrade is in the pipeline any idea's as to a good upgrade SLi, my ultra's was giving me 10,895 in 3dmark05 will two GTX 7800 give me a large enough increase to warrant the expence of upgrading ? or should i wait?
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The GTXs are are quite a bit faster than the ultras. However, if i were you, i would sell the 2nd ultra and get yourself a single x1900xt. In many cases the XT will be faster than SLi ultras and not much slower in the others.
EDIT: Looking at some past reviews, a single GTX would be competitive with SLi ultras, so a x1900xt should be quite a bit faster than SLi ultras
EDIT: Looking at some past reviews, a single GTX would be competitive with SLi ultras, so a x1900xt should be quite a bit faster than SLi ultras
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Bri62 said:
That would be 256MB GTX (not 512MB - but then these cost more also).
Note SLI, due to overhead (even when using 512MB GTX cards) is sometimes slower than when using a single card of the same type. Games where SLI is slower than a single card include Half Life 2, Serious Sam 2 & Fable (there are others).
So the X1900XT is a wise choice.
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Nah, SLi GTXs would be a bit faster than a x1900xt. I was trying to save you money since an x1900xt would cost you £360 compared to £660. A x1900xt is more comparable to SLi 7800GTs, perhaps a tad slower in general, and power consumption is the same.
Not withstanding the extremely expensive GTX 512MB and crossfire, since you don't have a crossfire motherboard, perfomance from top to bottom is something like the following:
SLi GTX £660
SLi GT £410 or x1900xt £360
7800GTX £330 or x1800xt £295 or SLi 6800 ultras
7800GT £205
Best value for money would be the x1900xt or the SLi GTs IMO. I would take the x1900xt because of the HDR+AA and the non angle dependant AF. SLI AA takes too much a performance hit to be playable at higher rez.
Not withstanding the extremely expensive GTX 512MB and crossfire, since you don't have a crossfire motherboard, perfomance from top to bottom is something like the following:
SLi GTX £660
SLi GT £410 or x1900xt £360
7800GTX £330 or x1800xt £295 or SLi 6800 ultras
7800GT £205
Best value for money would be the x1900xt or the SLi GTs IMO. I would take the x1900xt because of the HDR+AA and the non angle dependant AF. SLI AA takes too much a performance hit to be playable at higher rez.
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I have both..Two 7800gtx sli and single xt1900xt-x..
Half-life 2 lost coast =
98fps at 1920x1200 4xaa 8xaf Two 7800gtx in sli (485/1300)
72fps at 1920x1200 4xaa 8xaf xt1900xt-x (690/795)
X3-reunion =
52fps at 1920x1200 4xaa 8xaf Two 7800gtx in sli (485/1300)
54fps at 1920x1200 4xaa 8xaf xt1900xt-x (690/795)
touring cars3 demo
200fps at 1920x1200 4xaa 8xaf Two 7800gtx in sli (485/1300)
135fps at 1600x1200 4xaa 8xaf xt1900xt-x (690/795)
Fear =
50fps at 1920x1200 4xaa 8xaf Two 7800gtx in sli (485/1300)
48fps at 1920x1200 4xaa 8xaf xt1900xt-x (690/795)
Call of Duty 2 = about 5 to 10fps slower on the xt1900xt-x at 1920x1200
12650 3dmark 05 Two 7800gtx in sli (485/1300)
11315 3dmark 05 xt1900xt-x (690/795)
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Yucca said:
i seriously doubt it would be a full refund for the original card- warenty will usually take into account depreciation when a cash refund is given
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Bri62 said:
ah ok makes sense- from what you say you probably still got a good deal out of it as ultras havent been sold for a while now.