Sli 8800 ultra: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra Specs

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NVIDIA is in a difficult position. On one front it has the chipset division of AMD, fighting hard to make its own chipsets the platform of choice for AMD processors. On the other front it has Intel, the enemy of its enemy, and a very dangerous partner itself. Intel hasn’t been very quiet about its plans for dominating the GPU market, but that isn’t for another couple of years, until then, Intel will gladly allow NVIDIA to make chipsets for its processors.

As a company, NVIDIA needs to be able to maintain relevancy in the market. In the worst case scenario, AMD and Intel would each make their own chipsets and graphics cards, leaving NVIDIA with nothing to do. The reality is that NVIDIA still has the best graphics cards on the market and neither AMD or Intel is anywhere close to taking the crown yet. The chipset business is more likely in imminent danger, but NVIDIA does have one trick up its sleeve: SLI.

NVIDIA has some very desirable graphics cards, and it has a tremendous brand in those three letters. Of course, SLI only works on NVIDIA chipsets, thus it’s no surprise to see NVIDIA trying to add even more value to the SLI proposition.

The GPU manufacturers, in the past two years, started to run into the same sort of thermal walls that Intel did during the Pentium 4 days. Future GPU designs will be more focused on power consumption and performance per watt, and while that won’t kill the very high end graphics market, it will undoubtedly change it. If you’ll notice, the first two G92 based products NVIDIA launched were both targeted at the mid range and lower high end segments, there were no 8800 GTX/Ultra replacements in the cards.

It may end up being that the way NVIDIA pushes the envelope isn’t by introducing single, very powerful GPUs, but rather by SLI-ing lesser GPUs together. That brings us to today’s topic: 3-way SLI.

If you can’t tell by the name, 3-way SLI is like conventional 2-card SLI but with three cards.

The requirements for 3-way SLI are simple: you need an NVIDIA 680i or 780i motherboard, and you need three 8800 GTX or 8800 Ultra cards. SLI support continues to be the biggest reason to purchase an NVIDIA based motherboard, thus it’s no surprise to see 3-way SLI not work on any competitor chipsets. With three cards you need two SLI connectors per card, meaning that all of the recently released G92 based boards won’t cut it.

The graphics card limitations are quite possibly the most shocking, because the 8800 GTX and Ultra are still based on the old G80 GPU, which is significantly hotter than the new 65nm G92 that is used in the 8800 GT and GTS 512. NVIDIA unfortunately only outfitted those new G92 cards with a single SLI connector, so 3-way SLI was out of the question from the start and plus, NVIDIA needed some reason to continue to sell the 8800 GTX and Ultra.

Power supply and cooling requirements are also pretty stringent, NVIDIA lists the minimum power supply requirements as:

And a list of 3-way SLI certified power supplies follows:

We actually used an OCZ 1000W unit without any problems (including two 4-pin molex to 6-pin PCIe power connectors to feed the third card), but we’d recommend sticking to NVIDIA’s list if you want to be safe.

The three cards are connected using a new SLI bridge card that ships with all 780i motherboards:

If you don’t have this card you can jerry rig a bridge using regular SLI flex cables in the following configuration:

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XFX nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 SLI PCI-Express.

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Redefine your gaming reality with NVIDIA SLI-Ready GeForce 8800 graphics processing units (GPUs). Theworld’s first DirectX 10 GPUs feature a powerful unified architecture that delivers an incredibly true-to-life gaming experience. Power through gamesat record speeds. Charge through game maps with vividly realistic, sun-up to sun-down HDR lighting effects while steering clear of mind-blowing physics effects such as explosions, fire, and smoke. Crank up 16x full-screen anti-aliasing without missing a beat — no jaggies, no worries. And when you’re not pwning the enemy, relax to your favorite movies on HD DVD or Blu-ray disk with NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology.

• GPU    
• Chipset: nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra
• Chip Clock: 675MHz
• DAC Speed: 400MHz
• HDTV Output: Yes
• Cooling System: Fan
• MEMORY    
• Memory (Maximum): 768MB 2300MHz DDR3
• Memory Width: 384bit
• Memory Bandwidth: 103. 7GB/sec
• INTERFACES/PORTS    
• Video Card Bus Type: PCI Express x16
• DVI Port: 1 x DVI-I Dual Link
• PERFORMANCE    
• Fill Rate: 39.2 Billion pixels/sec
• RESOLUTION    
• DVI (Digital) resolution (Max): 2560 x 1600 Pixels
• COMPLIANCE
• Certifications: RoHS
• Package Includes:
• XFX GF 8800 Ultra Card Only

Dual-Link DVI SupportedYesHDCP ReadyYes

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Benchmarks and Specs

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics card (GPU) is ranked 691 in our performance ranking. Manufacturer: NVIDIA. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra runs at a minimum clock speed of 612 MHz. The graphics chip is equipped with an acceleration system and can operate in turbo mode or during overclocking. The RAM size is 512 MB GB with a clock speed of 1080 MHz and a bandwidth of 103.7 GB/s.

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra has a power consumption of 171 Watts and a process technology of only 90 nm. Below you will find key compatibility, sizing, technology, and gaming performance test results. You can also leave comments if you have any questions.

Let’s take a closer look at the most important characteristics of the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra. To have an idea of ​​which video card is better, we recommend using the comparison service.

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General information

A basic set of information will help you find out the release date of the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics card and its purpose (laptops or PCs), as well as the price at the time of release and the average current cost. This data also includes the architecture used by the manufacturer and the video processor code name.

Specifications

This is important information that determines all the performance characteristics of the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics card. The smaller the technological process of manufacturing a chip, the better (in modern realities). The clock frequency of the core is responsible for its speed (direct correlation), while signal processing is carried out by transistors (the more transistors, the faster the calculations are performed, for example, in cryptocurrency mining).

Dimensions, Connectors and Compatibility

There are so many form factors for PC cases and laptop sizes that it’s important to know the length of your graphics card and how it’s connected (except for laptop versions). This will help make the upgrade process easier, as Not all cases can accommodate modern video cards.

Memory (frequency and overclocking)

The internal memory is used to store data when performing calculations. Modern games and professional graphics applications place high demands on the amount and speed of memory. The higher this parameter, the more powerful and faster the video card. Memory type, size and bandwidth for NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra + turbo overclocking option.

Memory type:		GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount:		512MB
Memory bus width:		384 Bit
Memory frequency:		1080MHz
Memory bandwidth:		103. 7 GB/s

Port and display support

As a rule, all modern video cards have several types of connections and additional ports, for example HDMI and DVI . Knowing these features is very important in order to avoid problems connecting a video card to a monitor or other peripherals.

API Support

All APIs supported by the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics card are listed below. This is a minor factor that does not greatly affect the overall performance.

General gaming performance

All tests are based on FPS. Let’s see how NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra ranks in the gaming performance test (the calculation was made in accordance with the recommendations of the game developer for system requirements; it may differ from real situations).

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Description
5	Stutter — The performance of this video card with this game has not yet been studied enough. Based on interpolated information from graphics cards of a similar performance level, the game is likely to stutter and display low frame rates.
	May Stutter — The performance of this video card with this game has not been studied enough yet. Based on interpolated information from graphics cards of a similar performance level, the game is likely to stutter and display low frame rates.
30	Fluent — Based on all known benchmarks with the specified graphic settings, this game is expected to run at 25 fps or more
40	Fluent — According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphics settings, this game is expected to run at 35fps or more
60	Fluent — According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphics settings, this game is expected to run at 58fps or more
	May Run Fluently — The performance of this video card with this game has not yet been sufficiently studied. Based on interpolated information from graphics cards of a similar performance level, the game is likely to show smooth frame rates.
?	Uncertain — testing this video card in this game showed unexpected results. A slower card could deliver higher and more consistent frame rates while running the same reference scene.
	Uncertain — The performance of this video card in this game has not yet been studied enough. It is not possible to reliably interpolate data based on the performance of similar cards in the same category.
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AMD equivalent

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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra in benchmark results

Benchmarks help determine performance in standard tests of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra. We have compiled a list of the most famous benchmarks in the world so that you can get accurate results for each of them (see description). Pre-testing the graphics card is especially important when there are high loads, so that the user can see how the graphics processor copes with calculations and data processing.

Overall performance in benchmarks

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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra Specifications

$ / 48082 ₽ (rub)

Nuclear Frequency 612 MHz

Technological process 90 nm

Energy consumption (TDP) 171 W

Maximum memory 9000 512 MB GB

. 8.4 %

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra was released in 2007 and by 2023 it has moderate performance (better than 35% of all video cards).
The main advantages of this model are: Price at the time of release: 829, Core clock: 612 , Process technology: 90, Power consumption (TDP): 171, Maximum memory: 512 MB, Value for money: 8.4.

General information

Architecture	Tesla
Codename	G80
Type	Desktop
Release price	829 $
Number of shaders	128
Number of CUDA cores A large number of CUDA cores improve performance in graphics computing, especially affect anti-aliasing and lighting in games, the speed of training neural networks.	612
Core clock	612 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million
Process	90 nm
Floating point performance	387.