Still can't buy a GeForce FX 5800 Ultra!

Skinner · 03-10-03, 09:20 AM

Where are the FX(Ultra) cards, do they go to Mars or something, there would be at least a few to buy right now (and I don't count those 2 from best buy)

I searched through the whole internet and I'm still with empty hands, whats gooing one here?

ZoinKs! · 03-10-03, 09:39 AM

The nv30 based Geforce FX cards are, for all practical purposes, dead. If you want an excellent card right now, get a high end Radeon. If you prefer nvidia for some reason, wait until the nv35 cards are available. Do what all the big oem's are doing and skip the nv30.

volt · 03-10-03, 10:00 AM

From all major addon manufacturers in April

Slappi · 03-10-03, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by volt
From all major addon manufacturers in April

You know something!!!!! TELL US!!!!! What is it????? A new Chipset revision for the ULTRA??? Are you under NDA??

Skinner · 03-10-03, 11:11 AM

No doubt the R9700 is the best allround thing to go right now, I have one in my home system, but I'm looking for an FXUltra now.

Dazz · 03-10-03, 11:35 AM

lol, no the NV35 will be announced in April, god knows when we will get them.

**ricercar** · 03-10-03, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Do what all the big oem's are doing and skip the nv30.

Hmm. The three biggest name OEMs I think of--MSI, ASUS, Gainward--have all announced GeForceFX 5800 Ultra and 5800 models.

ZoinKs! · 03-10-03, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ricercar
Hmm. The three biggest name OEMs I think of--MSI, ASUS, Gainward--have all announced GeForceFX 5800 Ultra and 5800 models.

The companies you named are AIBs: Add-In Board: companies that make components such as graphics cards.

OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer- "A company that purchases components from manufacturers, adds other hardware or software, and sells the systems."

The big oem's are companies such as dell, gateway, ibm, and hp. Look on their webpages. Report back if you find any of them offering the FX 5800, even as an option.

The only oem's with the FX 5800 are smaller, boutique gaming pc companies such as Alienware. Even from Alienware, it's not standard equipment; it's an option with limited availability.

panzaman · 03-11-03, 08:08 AM

...here we are starting again, "..expect something big coming in April" bits and that, is an echo of what happened last august, then we had to wait for September, then October in november we got some pretty looking pictures of demos, ..then december, then feb, then "oops sorry FX was never meant to be"

Don't get stuck in nVidia hole, buy yourself the best you can with your money NOW. The rest is just hype, is just a mechanism to keeping you from spending money on an ATI product.

Smokey · 03-11-03, 10:40 AM

I think all Volt means, is that the FX will be fully retail in April by all the big names!

Dazz · 03-11-03, 10:45 AM

Didn't they say that it would be fully retail by the end of January!!!!

volt · 03-11-03, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Smokey
I think all Volt means, is that the FX will be fully retail in April by all the big names!

That's correct

But in April you will also see something else

03-10-03, 09:20 AM	#1
Skinner Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,128	Still can't buy a GeForce FX 5800 Ultra! Where are the FX(Ultra) cards, do they go to Mars or something, there would be at least a few to buy right now (and I don't count those 2 from best buy) I searched through the whole internet and I'm still with empty hands, whats gooing one here?

03-10-03, 10:00 AM	#3
volt Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: /dev/null Posts: 1,556	From all major addon manufacturers in April __________________ [b]Optimization guidelines by Koji Ashida of NVIDIA:[/b][list][]Use fx12 instructions whenever possible[]Use lowest pixel shader version[/list][url=http://developer.nvidia.com/docs/IO/10878/ChinaJoy2004_OptimizationAndTools.pdf]source[/url] [size=1]The politics are invading the technology. We don't really like to mess with politics because that kind of adversarial relationship has nothing to do with pure technical operations and the technical specifications of what we like to play with, the hardware![/size]

03-10-03, 11:35 AM	#6
Dazz "TOON ARMY!" Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom Posts: 5,138	lol, no the NV35 will be announced in April, god knows when we will get them. __________________ "Never interupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition @ 4.25GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Graphics: ASUS ENGTX470 Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX Blu PC12800 DDR3 Monitor: LG E2260V-PN Full HD WLED 22" & DELL 20" 2005FPW, Power: Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850w PSU Sound: Logitech Z5500 Digital. Cooling: Thermalright Silver Arrow. 1st Storage: Kingston V100 SSDNow128GB SSD 2nd Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB

03-11-03, 08:08 AM	#9
panzaman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 94	...here we are starting again, "..expect something big coming in April" bits and that, is an echo of what happened last august, then we had to wait for September, then October in november we got some pretty looking pictures of demos, ..then december, then feb, then "oops sorry FX was never meant to be" Don't get stuck in nVidia hole, buy yourself the best you can with your money NOW. The rest is just hype, is just a mechanism to keeping you from spending money on an ATI product. __________________ Athlon Sempron 3100+ @ 1600mhz ABIT NF8 1GB Crucial PC3200 BFG 6600GTOC 128mb Windows XP SP2

03-11-03, 10:40 AM	#10
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03-10-03, 09:39 AM	#2
ZoinKs! Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 104	The nv30 based Geforce FX cards are, for all practical purposes, dead. If you want an excellent card right now, get a high end Radeon. If you prefer nvidia for some reason, wait until the nv35 cards are available. Do what all the big oem's are doing and skip the nv30.

03-10-03, 11:11 AM	#5
Skinner Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,128	No doubt the R9700 is the best allround thing to go right now, I have one in my home system, but I'm looking for an FXUltra now.

03-11-03, 10:45 AM	#11
Dazz "TOON ARMY!" Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom Posts: 5,138	Didn't they say that it would be fully retail by the end of January!!!! __________________ "Never interupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition @ 4.25GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Graphics: ASUS ENGTX470 Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX Blu PC12800 DDR3 Monitor: LG E2260V-PN Full HD WLED 22" & DELL 20" 2005FPW, Power: Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850w PSU Sound: Logitech Z5500 Digital. Cooling: Thermalright Silver Arrow. 1st Storage: Kingston V100 SSDNow128GB SSD 2nd Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB

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