Monday, June 28, 2004
BFG 6800 Ultra Overclocked
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 09:00 AM
"Dropping the "FX" moniker, the 6800 series brings in new technology that takes Pixel Shader 2.0 and builds upon it with the new Shader Model 3.0. It’s not that 3.0 is better, it’s just more flexible for the programmers, and of course that’s where things lie ... Minus a few missteps, nVIDIA’s driver team has consistently demonstrated their commitment to existing games. Being the owner of both an ATI Radeon 9800XT and an nVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, I can confidently say I prefer nVIDIA’s control panel over ATI’s. Plus nVIDIA seems to keep even older games working on my PC when updating newer ones. ATI isn’t as successful at that as one would hope."
This is an excellent review of the nVidia 6800 Ultra by envynews.com. It not only provides information about the card but also compares it to an overclocked BFG card. BFG has taken nVIDIA’s engineering and stepped it up a notch by offering a guaranteed overclock of +25MHz. The unit comes already overclocked and can be overclocked even further with a bit of liquid cooling (for a $99 premium). As the article points out, it is sad that the card cannot take video in because this means that you will need a separate video capture card, but for those looking for a top of the line video card, you need to look no further. The card is available now and costs about $500.
This is an excellent review of the nVidia 6800 Ultra by envynews.com. It not only provides information about the card but also compares it to an overclocked BFG card. BFG has taken nVIDIA’s engineering and stepped it up a notch by offering a guaranteed overclock of +25MHz. The unit comes already overclocked and can be overclocked even further with a bit of liquid cooling (for a $99 premium). As the article points out, it is sad that the card cannot take video in because this means that you will need a separate video capture card, but for those looking for a top of the line video card, you need to look no further. The card is available now and costs about $500.
