Asus 6800 Ultra hits Japan

Dom · May 24, 2004, 09:44 AM

"NVIDIA DIDN'T SURPRISED us too much when we saw that its 6800 Ultra cards have actually shipped in Japan. Our Japanese colleagues have some pictures of retail cards that are already available for sale.

Asus was the first to ship 6800 Ultra cards even though we would assume that MSI should be the first since it is higher in Nvidia's pecking order. MSI makes a lot of cards for Nvidia and up to this point are an Nvidia only manufacturer.

The card, as Nvidia's own Jen Hsun said, needs only one power plug if you don't want to overclock and 350W should be enough he told to its investors. 480W requirements are only meant for overclockers he said.

Asus decided to name this card the V9999 Ultra Deluxe following its naming convention.

This roughly means that those cards should be available in sample quantities very soon for the US and European press and by the middle of next month they should not be too rare in shops."

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The_Neon_Cowboy · May 24, 2004, 04:45 PM

"350W should be enough he told to its investors. 480W requirements are only meant for overclockers he said."

i saw this on rage3d forums about a week ago

but i still say the 350W is a bs reqiurement

it would me more acurate to say 400W+

@/2ct!< · May 25, 2004, 12:28 AM

350w is for a system with 1 ram, 1 hd, 1 cdrom, 1 AXP proc..., hopefully both ATI and Nvidia get their distribution going faster...

dipstick · May 25, 2004, 12:34 AM

Some places here in the US have it shipping on 5/27. Seems it will hit stores well before the XT.

Zardon · May 25, 2004, 12:44 AM

Nice ASUS cooling design. at least they try.

@/2ct!< · May 25, 2004, 02:59 AM

I cant wait till(rather if) they include stock waterblocks, covering ram and gpu.... yeah right...

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 25, 2004, 03:38 AM

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Originally posted by kakarot
Some places here in the US have it shipping on 5/27. Seems it will hit stores well before the XT.

I don’t know as with the pro the xt should ship (in limited quantities) on release day. I highly doubt they be on store shelf’s in a very long time. Well assuming anyone actually orders one

. Ati way beat them to the table with the x800pro.

And those are estimated dates that have a tendency of getting pushed back they use earlier date to tempt people into pre ordering. With the x800 I’ve watched sites go from ship dates 2-3 days to 5-7 days 9-13 days and so on …

I'd buy one if i could find on for sale for about $50 becouse thats aboue all thier worth to me
till they cut out the driver cheats and optimisations

May 24, 2004, 09:44 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Asus 6800 Ultra hits Japan "NVIDIA DIDN'T SURPRISED us too much when we saw that its 6800 Ultra cards have actually shipped in Japan. Our Japanese colleagues have some pictures of retail cards that are already available for sale. Asus was the first to ship 6800 Ultra cards even though we would assume that MSI should be the first since it is higher in Nvidia's pecking order. MSI makes a lot of cards for Nvidia and up to this point are an Nvidia only manufacturer. The card, as Nvidia's own Jen Hsun said, needs only one power plug if you don't want to overclock and 350W should be enough he told to its investors. 480W requirements are only meant for overclockers he said. Asus decided to name this card the V9999 Ultra Deluxe following its naming convention. This roughly means that those cards should be available in sample quantities very soon for the US and European press and by the middle of next month they should not be too rare in shops." -Link- _______________________ Source: TheInquirer

May 24, 2004, 04:45 PM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	"350W should be enough he told to its investors. 480W requirements are only meant for overclockers he said." i saw this on rage3d forums about a week ago but i still say the 350W is a bs reqiurement it would me more acurate to say 400W+ __________________

May 25, 2004, 12:28 AM	#3
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	350w is for a system with 1 ram, 1 hd, 1 cdrom, 1 AXP proc..., hopefully both ATI and Nvidia get their distribution going faster... __________________

May 25, 2004, 02:59 AM	#6
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	I cant wait till(rather if) they include stock waterblocks, covering ram and gpu.... yeah right... __________________

May 25, 2004, 12:34 AM	#4
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Some places here in the US have it shipping on 5/27. Seems it will hit stores well before the XT.

May 25, 2004, 12:44 AM	#5
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Nice ASUS cooling design. at least they try.