New NVIDIA 6800

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They're saying $399 for the Ultra and $299 for non ultra.

DaveL


"CCK" <mr_mustang01gt@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Anyone know the ball park price for one of these yet?
>
> Is the 6800 going to be several different models like the 5000 FX series
or
> just the 6800?
>
>

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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:31:16 -0700, "DaveL" <dave1027@comcast.net>
wrote:

>They're saying $399 for the Ultra and $299 for non ultra.
>

It's late here, but if I recall correctly from the reviews, the list
price of the Ultra will be $499 and the list price of the non-Ultra
will be $299 at retail release. Ultra memory as shipped is 256Meg,
I believe, although the NV40 can handle 512Meg. The memory
size on the non-Ultra is currently not revealed.

I paid $250 for my first Voodoo1 card.

My.....haven't we come on a bit in graphics acceleration since then !

John Lewis



>DaveL
>
>
>"CCK" <mr_mustang01gt@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:AYkfc.340$WL5.12@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
>> Anyone know the ball park price for one of these yet?
>>
>> Is the 6800 going to be several different models like the 5000 FX series
>or
>> just the 6800?
>>
>>
>

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When are they supposed to be in the stores?


"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
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> 6800 Ultra: $499.
> 6800: $299.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
>
>
> "CCK" <mr_mustang01gt@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:AYkfc.340$WL5.12@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
> > Anyone know the ball park price for one of these yet?
> >
> > Is the 6800 going to be several different models like the 5000 FX series
> or
> > just the 6800?
> >
> >
>
>

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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 02:30:12 GMT, "CCK" <mr_mustang01gt@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>When are they supposed to be in the stores?
>

May - June..............

John Lewis
>
>"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
>news:%NEfc.48363$rg5.100759@attbi_s52...
>> 6800 Ultra: $499.
>> 6800: $299.
>>
>> --
>> DaveW
>>
>>
>>
>> "CCK" <mr_mustang01gt@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:AYkfc.340$WL5.12@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
>> > Anyone know the ball park price for one of these yet?
>> >
>> > Is the 6800 going to be several different models like the 5000 FX series
>> or
>> > just the 6800?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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john.dsl@verizon.net (John Lewis) wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:31:16 -0700, "DaveL" <dave1027@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >They're saying $399 for the Ultra and $299 for non ultra.
> >
>
> It's late here, but if I recall correctly from the reviews, the list
> price of the Ultra will be $499 and the list price of the non-Ultra
> will be $299 at retail release. Ultra memory as shipped is 256Meg,
> I believe, although the NV40 can handle 512Meg. The memory
> size on the non-Ultra is currently not revealed.
>
> I paid $250 for my first Voodoo1 card.
>
> My.....haven't we come on a bit in graphics acceleration since then !
>
> John Lewis

I still remember the TNT days. I've never done an upgrade before
where I've changed cards only after three months -- this might be the
first time. While I'm pleased with the average performance on my
5900XT, 6800 non-Ultra sure is cooking in the back of my head like a
sparky chilli. I just hope that this time nVidia won't fool the
consumer eyes with too many cut downs, massive hype advertising based
on numbers like with the previous line-up. Twelve pipes against the
16 and slightly reduced memory specs I can live with, but any more
changes to the regular 6800 I can't accept. The regular 6800 might be
the consumer's new queen card if the price is kept within 200-300
dollar/euro range. With the Ultra model would come a monitor upgrade
(19 to 21 inch), since there isn't a resolution the Ultra can't handle
in any of the released games. I just hope that I can live with my
400w Quiet Technology power supply that has been pleasing to the ears.