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« on: June 30, 2004, 04:22:38 pm »
I think this card is simply the best out for the mac platform, or any at this point. Finally we have a card we dont have to wait for 6 months just to get!
It's released for Mac and PC at the same time..or close.. The line is truly thinning...

Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_6800.html

The groundbreaking new NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra delivers the industry's first 16-pipe superscalar architecture and support for the world's fastest DDR3 memory to raise the bar for 3D graphics performance. The specifications of the GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU, are stunning: Using over 220 million transistors it supports a 256-bit interface for an effective memory bandwidth of 35.2 GB per second which delivers 600 million vertices, 6.4 billion textured pixels per second. The GPU is built on an AGP 8X board and includes 256MB of DDR3 memory for use in the most demanding graphics applications. It is the first card available to support the DVI standard dual link digital signal specification from the two DVI ports it features. This capability is required to drive the new 30-inch LCD, high resolution Apple Cinema HD display. The combination of a GeForce 6800 Ultra with a dual processor Power Mac G5 driving two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays is the definitive tool for the creative professional.
Special note on the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra: due to size of this advanced graphics card, the adjacent PCI or PCI-X slot will be blocked and cannot be used. This reduces the number of available PCI or PCI-X slots from three to two.

What do you think also..at $599 is it worth it? I wonder if these could be flashed?

The displays are nice too.. Not the industry best.. But very nice...

What is you ask?

Barco Solaris LC 40

http://www.barco.com/entertainment/en/products/product.asp?element=2004#

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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2004, 05:15:56 pm »
I know Barco has always been one of the best producers of quality displays. I've worked on a calibrated CRT, and they really are colorproof. But you forgot to mention a tiny difference between the Barco and the Apple display: the Barco works on a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels, while the Apple display can work on 2560 x 1600 with the nvidia card... Just a tiny difference  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2004, 05:49:44 pm »
New GeForce isnt for mac yet....but the moment i saw it i started salivating.....for real......
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« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2004, 06:00:18 pm »
Benchmarks for the PC side:
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040414/geforce_6800-40.html

Very impressive. I think the mac version ships in August.
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« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2004, 06:48:03 pm »
The cards will HAVE to ship in Aug. because that is when the 30 inch displays ship. And you cant run these mega displays off any other card.
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« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2004, 06:59:11 pm »
I'm goin' with the GeForce 6800 with my PowerMac rather than the Radeon 9800, since it delivers around twice the performance in many cases.  If you're going to be spending so much on a monster computer, might as well go all out and get the top-of-the-line video card (it's not that much more than the 9800XT).
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« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2004, 07:11:47 pm »
Holy cow i really didn't realise how powerfull these new cards are going to be... I thought they would struggle with having to power these immence 30inch screens but the betchmarks from the pc cards would seem to show otherwise... pretty damn awsome!
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« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2004, 07:34:13 pm »
Wait a tick, does this mean we have the best PC card?!
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« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2004, 07:37:09 pm »
Quote from: -MP5-Mysterio on June 30, 2004, 07:34:13 pm
Wait a tick, does this mean we have the best PC card?!
Mmm, yes   Smiley
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« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2004, 07:39:51 pm »
TAKE THAT ATI!!!!! GO APPPLLEEEE!
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« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2004, 08:41:49 pm »
Probably not for long, it's taken nvidia this long to make a quality card that is the best. ATi can't be far behind.
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« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2004, 10:36:04 pm »
Quote from: CrYpT on June 30, 2004, 08:41:49 pm
Probably not for long, it's taken nvidia this long to make a quality card that is the best.
Mmm....actually, with the exception of the previous generation of video cards, ATi has never had anything close to rivaling NVidia in desktop-level video cards and drivers.

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ATi can't be far behind.
Nope, you're right, they've already come out with their X800 to compete with NVidia's next-gen offerings.
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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2004, 11:17:12 pm »
THE NVIDIA MAC SUPPORT IS AND WAS BS! NO DRIVERS,  NO TOOLS.

SO I HOPE ATI is gonna bring some of there new Cards for Mac, too.

BTW, the Beta Versions were already faster then the new NVIDIAs.
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« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2004, 11:25:05 pm »
X800 XT will win... in time.
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« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2004, 04:57:46 am »
I never have trusted ATI and never will. I hear too many things about drivers that are fubar so ill stick with the purdy GeForce
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« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2004, 05:29:08 am »
Quote from: KoS.Rebel on July 01, 2004, 04:57:46 am
purdy GeForce

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« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2004, 05:29:36 am »
I never trusted NVIDIA. Who ever is best at the time is always the one to go with.
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« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2004, 05:46:20 am »
Well I have the geforce 2mx i had teh 9800 but  took it back cause i got better framerates on my geforce.. maybe cauwse the radeon has AA and AF features..but still it wasnt worth the 350 i paid so i got an ipod and a eight of weed which worked alot better...

The ati card i heard is good but at some levels (X800 or whatever) but i heard its a hundred more and the technology it uses most games are at least a good year behind...

So yeah mysterio in time ati might be the way to go...
Nvidia drivers are updated in OS X updates...which is kinda nice,,,

Anyone know if you can get the BSD unified drivers to work in X11?
Theres a concept...

Alos Toxic if you have a video card you can go way over 1280..
Im on a lacie 19 Blue 3 electron and my geforce will push up to 19oo +

oh well.. i m just stirrin up thought on all this video card shit caus im stoned..great comments guys...

Im just glad we are closing the gap on PC and MAC software/peripherals...

Quality not quantity..like my ganja..and my women...

Keep the faith...
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« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2004, 06:32:32 am »
Funny Revlot, half the people would say the exact opposite of what you said. ATI maintained a very big lead over NVIDIA until the GeForce 6800. There was never question as to who was better until the 6800.
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« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2004, 04:09:25 pm »
Better raw FPS on your MX 2(realllllly old) vs your 9800? I believe this about as much as you getting over 100 FPS all the time in RvS.
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