geforce fx5900 ultra

[weta]

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Anyone thinking of buying a GeForce FX 5900, there's quite a lot of info here.
The latest Nvidia Detonator Drivers can also be downloaded from here.

[JSR]

then, you will sing the blues..........ati touts their new card as twice the speed of a 9800 pro...whew, makes me sweat to even say that.........then to top that off, nvidia played it's hand to get ati to cough up what's in their pipeline, only to get leapfrogged by nvidia with the nv40...........all by september's end i believe......so, i'd wait :thumb:

[weta]

JSR: The NV38 (Nvidia) and the R360 (ATI) should be launched at Computex later this month.
The NV40 (Nvidia) and the R420 Loki (ATI) won't be available until next year, there will be an AGP8X and PCI-Express 16X version of each card.

[JSR]

the 360 at the end of the month http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11223 and, nvidia plans to leapfrog their nv 38 launch with the 40.........so, all this by month's end leads me to say,...........wait :thumb:

[The__tweaker]

He just gave you and the rest of us some good info. Weta is how should I put it, our 'newsreader' when it comes to vid cards, drivers and sutch.. Hes a very nice guy that Weta.. :)

[JSR]

and, i took it that way, thx for the info...........what i'm seein' is nvidia dangling the 38 carrot, to get ati to commit, only to superceed their launch of the 40 here are the nv 40's specs
http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...77299&catid=31 oh, by the way........hi weta :wave:

[weta]

JSR: Welcome to TweakTown :thumb:. A Nvidia employee told me last week that the NV40 won't be available until next year.

R360
R400 Codename changed to R420 Loki
R420

NV38
NV40

[JSR]

hey, if you got that, who am i to contradict..........x-bit has the nv40 getting here by christmas.............and, in my wanderings around, i also read that nvidia would supercede their launch of the nv38, with the 40, as they are fully aware nothing short of the 40 would make an impact..............to top this off, i don't think it matters to ati, as they are supposedly in bed with valve to bundle half-life 2 with their videocards before the holidays, sheesh :wow:

[E^vol]

It's amazing to see what can (and often does...) become of rumors.... :rolleyes2

EDIT : I'm not one to talk....:shh:

[JSR]

whether it's christmas or the first of the year?.......what is it? september?, for sure the R360 gets cut loose this month....so, do you go out now and get the 5900? .........not i........ if you want links to this speculation, i will oblige, here http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...529150459.html

[Host_Killer]

I had a GeForce FX 5600 128meg. Hated it... Not much better than my Geforce 3 ti 200 64meg. Had a Warranty issue with it and took it back to store exchanged it for a Geforce FX 5900 Ultra 256megs. OMG... had a few power issues to deal with, but man what a difference.

Conclusion: If you can afford it... BUY IT.

Athlon XP 2600
1024 PC 2700
Asus A7V8X
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
40gig WD 7200rpm
19" ViewSonic CRT

[JSR]

for now, it's just that the new kid on the block is just around the corner, so would you buy the top dog now, or wait a few parsecs, for the new kid, which by the way, may come with half life 2 as a throw in :thumb:
ps.......now there's a problem http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...5&pagenumber=1