Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Ultra Pricedrop>> 8800 Ultra

Ultra Pricedrop>> 8800 Ultra

Forum Graphic & Displays : Graphics Cards - Ultra Pricedrop>> 8800 Ultra

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Word :    Username :           
 

We've been seeing serious pricedrops on Nvidia's cards but nothing like this: The 8800 Ultra can now be bought for $199,00 on some online shops!!
Is it worth it?

Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.

Welcome to the forums!

I would prefer the HD4850, because it is a newer card. Performance is a little higher for the HD4850. Price is the same.


Message edited by evongugg on 09-12-2008 at 06:09:33 PM
------------------------------ Google is your friend and Bob's your uncle
Reply to evongugg

Depends on the game. In cases where the bandwidth really matters and it bests even the 9800GTX+, then it might. But keep in mind that the 9800GTX+, aside from havign a 256-bit memory interface instead of a 384-bit one, is a hands-down superior card, having 64 texture address units to the 8800's 32, as well as significantly higher clock speeds.

And in that price range, for around $170US, the Radeon 4850 consistently edges out the 9800GTX+ by a 5-10% margin or so on average.

Reply to nottheking

$600 for tri-SLI Ultras
or
$900 for SLI 280's
or
$850(?) for Quad Crossfire 4870 X2

Which config do you think wins?

Reply to gamerk316

HD 4870s hands down

------------------------------ Anxiously awaiting the Hydra 100 and the Hydra Engine...
www.lucidlogix.com
Reply to emp

I'd go for a single 4870X2. It doesn't gain much of a benefit in CrossFire as of yet, and certainly not worth the money. A single 4870X2 would best a tri-SLi setup of 8800 ultras, and would, in most cases, not fall much behind a pair of GTX 280s, leaving them providing only a tad more performance for a good deal more cost, and a LOT more power consumption and heat production; you'll need a very strong and expensive power supply to support them, while you should be able to run the 4870X2 with your more typical (and affordable) mid-range power supply.

Reply to nottheking

i would say not worth it. REAL price should be 100.00

Reply to maximiza

Prob worth it if you had a card far behind the ultra. I have a 8800 GTS 640mb and its been a great card the year and a half Ive had it. But now the newer games are coming this fall and its time to upgrade. Im thinking of going with a GTX280 but waiting a little longer to see if the 4870 X2 wil drop in price soon. I game at 1920 x 1200 all high settings now by the way.

------------------------------ Phen 2 955 @ 4 GHZ MSI 790FX AM3 Gskill 8Gb DDR3 1333 ATI 5870 1 Gb 2 x Velociraptors 600Gb Gateway 24" 1920 x 1200 DVI 32 GB Iphone 3GS and Blu Ray...life is good!
Reply to soldier37

soldier37 wrote :

Prob worth it if you had a card far behind the ultra. I have a 8800 GTS 640mb and its been a great card the year and a half Ive had it. But now the newer games are coming this fall and its time to upgrade. Im thinking of going with a GTX280 but waiting a little longer to see if the 4870 X2 will drop in price soon. I game at 1920 x 1200 all high settings now by the way.


------------------------------ Phen 2 955 @ 4 GHZ MSI 790FX AM3 Gskill 8Gb DDR3 1333 ATI 5870 1 Gb 2 x Velociraptors 600Gb Gateway 24" 1920 x 1200 DVI 32 GB Iphone 3GS and Blu Ray...life is good!
Reply to soldier37

gamerk316 wrote :

$600 for tri-SLI Ultras
or
$900 for SLI 280's
or
$850(?) for Quad Crossfire 4870 X2

Which config do you think wins?





$850 for 2 4870 x2????
WHERE???????????

Reply to Nica Guy

Nica Guy wrote :

$850 for 2 4870 x2????
WHERE???????????



Nowhere, fuzzy math. It's around $550 each.

And quad 4870x2 is really a bad choice right now. It hardly perform above a single 4870x2, often outperformed by quad 9800gx2 for $270 each, in rare cases even by single 9800gx2. Absolutely pathetic.
http://www.hothardware.com/Article [...] op/?page=9

Quad 4870x2 just doesn't have the driver support right now. Quad 9800gx2 scales similarly when it first came out, and look at it now with mature drivers:
http://www.guru3d.com/category/vga_2/
It scales relatively well for quad gpu across the board, in well scaling games like Call of Duty 4, it achieves near 100% scaling, almost doubling frame rates at some resolutions.

If history is any indication, this is a taste of how quad 4870x2 will perform after a similar amount of time. It's going to really shine, just not yet.

Get one 4870x2 now, and add another one later. Once drivers matures, you'll recognize the monster that quad 4870x2 setup is meant to be, instead of the cripple that it is now.

------------------------------ Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu
Reply to dagger
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Ultra Pricedrop>> 8800 Ultra
Go to:

There are 564 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them