Dear Prometheus, about the 6800...

[Napster]

The main reason to buy a 6800
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This makes me so happy... Smoked the X800XT :biggrin:

[Jason425]

yea in doom.. find that in another game.. like hl2.. :lol:

[gnogtr]

OOOOHHHHH, 1 fps. That game is maxed out at 60 fps, go ahead and tell me that you can tell a difference between 60 and 87.

[Uranium-235]

Can anyone lend me $600. please?

[eviltechie]

http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/7/0,1311,sz=1&i=78053,00.jpg


but if you turn up the goodies
you will want the 6800 pro along with a 600watts PSU perhaps...
lol

[gnogtr]

Wow, 10 fps more on a card that is made to run OpenGL. I forget, how many games use Ogl again? Not many? That's right, the best deal is still the X800 for price and power consumption/less heat. Besides Napster, you have the regular 6800, not the Ultra or GT, that means with my particular card, I may still be able to rape you on HL2, which I care about more than D3. (for the record, I still love D3)

[Napster]

alright chill out :banghead:

[Prometheus]

My 6800 ultra is supposed to show up today

[Jason425]

LMFAO @ the 9700 getting 0 fps.. and the 9600's getting 4!!!

[Prometheus]

How come the 6800 beat the 6800 ultra

[Jason425]

makes you wonder huh...

[Prometheus]

especially since I ORDERED a ultra
EVGA Geforce 6800 Ultra 256 MB

[gnogtr]

Your mistake, you should have waited until next month when the XT shows up in larger numbers.

[Prometheus]

I was told the x800 XT wasnt going to be around till Oct.

Also I didnt have a gfx card so I needed to order it.

[Jason425]

yea.. the 6800 ultra isn't that bad of a choice if you have the power and cooling to handle it...

[Prometheus]

i have a 400 wat psu and 5 or 6 case fans

[gnogtr]

Wait, isn't the minimum 480 watts?

[Prometheus]

no clue

[Uranium-235]

anyone? aaany takers willing to give me $600? $650?

[Prometheus]

600 yen maybe :P

[Jason425]

go ask my good friend bill... :shake:


I doubt 400's going to do it.. hopefully you can get into windows.. but if you game i doubt 400 will be able to handle the load.. they say something like 500.. but those are for noob psu's.. for good ones you prob don't need as much..

[Prometheus]

so do i need another PSU or not?

[gnogtr]

Unless it's an Antec, then yes. Should've waited.....

[Prometheus]

its a 400w PSU for sure I just checked

DO I NEED ANOTHER PSU OR NOT!

[Jason425]

what brand noob.. powermax? :lol:

if it works, you won't be overclocking much....... you make the call.. hell, buy my psu!

[Prometheus]

I dont want to OC

I will see if it runs tomorrow

[Prometheus]

Yeah. im fucked

Dear Customer,



Your 400 watt psu should suffice for the e-Geforce 6800 Ultra. But please keep in mind that it will vary with other factors such as the quality of the power supply unit and how many other harddrives and cd/dvd roms are also in the same computer. Once again in general, a 400 watt psu should suffice.



eVGA.com Customer Service

[Napster]

dude chill out your fine, as long as u dont have a lot of extra stuff your cool, the 6800 ultra takes up from anywhere to 80-120 watts.. u should be cool.. It doesn't NEED 480 watts, read this article

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/05/10/news_6096837.html

[gnogtr]

Yeah, but when you have everything else hooked to it, you're going to need more juice.

[Jason425]

mmmmmmmmmmm juice...... :nod:

[vee_ess]

About the 1FPS difference, there have been other more significant differences at other benchmark sites. To the skeptics, don't be too doubtful, because the 6800's were designed recently for games that will be coming out, not 4 and a half years ago and been tweaked more and more with consideration going to games that were current...