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NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

does it work with 17 inch studio displays?

I was wondering if this new card works with 17 inch studio displays or do you have to have the new displays to use it? Anyone know, Thanks
 
famousshots said:
I was wondering if this new card works with 17 inch studio displays or do you have to have the new displays to use it? Anyone know, Thanks
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It'll work just fine with it, but you'll need an adapter (if you don't have one already) to add power and USB to the DVI port coming out of the card.

But, seriously... a 6800 Ultra with a 17" monitor? Overkill, perhaps? ;-)
 
If I wanted to get a 20" or 23" display - is there going to be any noticeable difference between the 9600XT, the 9800, and the Gforce for *normal* applications? Read normal is non-gaming, non-video editing.
 
carletonmusic said:
If I wanted to get a 20" or 23" display - is there going to be any noticeable difference between the 9600XT, the 9800, and the Gforce for *normal* applications? Read normal is non-gaming, non-video editing.
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perhaps not with normal apps... but one thing to remember is that Core Image and Core Video will offload lots of video processing to the GPU on your video card. So that might make a difference in the long run once Tiger and other apps start using it.

arn
 
greenmonsterman said:
How much do you guys think I could sell a kidney for on the black market?

also, are there any other organs that I could live without and possibly sell to afford a dual 30" setup?
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I already mentioned it, but in the past two weeks I've dropped roughly $5,000 of my own and other people's money to purchase:

2.5Ghz G5 (AE, BT, 250SATA)

250 Gig LaCie Triple Interface External HD

20" Aluminum Display

40 Gig iPod

The sad part is that not a single apple product is yet in my hands, and I won't likely see it for weeks.

Now I know what pain is. 🙁
 
yes, it might, but don't spend 600 dollars on a "might"

just wait and see....the effective change in your world will be almost Nil if you get this card and don't either a.) need it for the 30" or b.) play modern 3d games.
 
benpatient said:
yes, it might, but don't spend 600 dollars on a "might"

just wait and see....the effective change in your world will be almost Nil if you get this card and don't either a.) need it for the 30" or b.) play modern 3d games.
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Well, it's only $150 more if you were intending to get the ATI Radeon 9800 anyway.

arn
 
arn said:
perhaps not with normal apps... but one thing to remember is that Core Image and Core Video will offload lots of video processing to the GPU on your video card. So that might make a difference in the long run once Tiger and other apps start using it.

arn
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Thanks, arn. I was looking for something to hold onto to justify purchasing the 6800 for my Rev A G5. Hmmmm. Possible speed-up for Tiger. Sounds good enough for me. ** sound of pennies clinking into piggie bank... giant 60,000 penny piggie bank **
 
benpatient said:
yes, it might, but don't spend 600 dollars on a "might"

just wait and see....the effective change in your world will be almost Nil if you get this card and don't either a.) need it for the 30" or b.) play modern 3d games.
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Well, it's a pretty safe "might".. 😉

With more and more being offloaded to the GPU, it's becoming an ever-increasingly important part of the perceived performance of Macs these days. Given the massive performance difference between this and previous Mac cards, it might even be worthwhile 'upgrading' to this card, and 'downgrading' your processor choice if buying a new Mac on a budget.
 
Don't Forget.. There is Always Apple Credit from MBNA.

9.99% OAC 90 Days same as cash up to a 25,000 Credit Line!

All you need to Submit is a short application, 1 arm, 1 leg!

My Dream Setup was only 248$ a month WOOHOO ;P Except they wont give me a dime of credit till I pay off the 45k I owe other various banks!
 
It isnt specialy engineered in the least, the board is electornicaly identical to the PC version the only difference being the BIOS and the resistors at the base to lock the card down into the MAC AGP slot sothat it doesnt function in a PC AGP slot. And of coarse the drivers are completly different.

As for the price its fine, its a bleedin edge video card in the $499 pricerange, also this is not the ULTRA version of the NV40 $599 etc..
 
man...

...on one hand, I'm glad I held on because I'm ordering my dual 2.5 with the new nVidia card. On the other, I can't afford the monitor and the dual 2.5 at the same time.

Man I think I'd probably go insane with twin 30's on my desk. My wife put it in perspective when she pointed to our Toshiba 30" HDTV CRT we have downstairs and said something like 'that's as big as that isn't it?'

Going to hit the apple store next month so I can just see one and drool. Maybe if I get the dual g5 paid off I can then get the monitor 😀
 
Not Really

mikeyredk said:
as of right now the mac as the best consumer graphics card.(period)
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NOPE , Sorry but that would have to the ATI Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition on PC only as of right now.
 
mikeyredk said:
can it run 2 30" inch displays?
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It can if ATI want's it to and at better quality , all ATI need to do it add the Dual DVI to a mac version , and who's to say there won't be a Radeon X800XT PE DDL for mac.


Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra DDL fill rate is 6.4 Gpixels/sec

ATI Radeon X800XT PE fill rate is 8.3 Gpixels/sec

So you tell me if it can?
 
jiggie2g said:
NOPE , Sorry but that would have to the ATI Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition on PC only as of right now.
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Actually, it's more complicated than that. The ATI cards tend to focus on DirectX performance, while NVidia puts more of its energy into OpenGL performace. Since OS X uses OpenGL, the 6800 Ultra will tend to be the better choice than the X800 ATI card. If you read the X800 review on Tom's hardware you'll see the 6800 Ultra beats the X800 when the game is OpenGL-based. The 6800 Ultra also has a dedicated video processor, although the PC test driver didn't seem to be exploiting it.

In general, I think the 6800 Ultra will future-proof your G5 to a greater extent than the ATI cards. Just my opinion.
 
WOW

daveL said:
Actually, it's more complicated than that. The ATI cards tend to focus on DirectX performance, while NVidia puts more of its energy into OpenGL performace. Since OS X uses OpenGL, the 6800 Ultra will tend to be the better choice than the X800 ATI card. If you read the X800 review on Tom's hardware you'll see the 6800 Ultra beats the X800 when the game is OpenGL-based. The 6800 Ultra also has a dedicated video processor, although the PC test driver didn't seem to be exploiting it.

In general, I think the 6800 Ultra will future-proof your G5 to a greater extent than the ATI cards. Just my opinion.
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Nvidia makes thier 1st Good mac card since the Geforce 4 Ti (god was that a long time ago) and now every body wants 2 ride the band wagon. sorry ATI has been the performance leader for nearly 3yrs now and they still are , look at the power requirements on the Nvidia card 450W vs. 350W, pray it will not blow ur Power Supply. lets not forget the Jet Engine sounding Geforce FX 5800.

I don't trust Nvidia anymore with thier rigged benchmarks(they've been busted twice for this , they are just as phoney as Steve'O and his Photoshop tests.) I think they are the next 3Dfx and will eventually get swallowed up by ATI , the same way Nvidia did 3Dfx back in the 90's.

While i will give Nvidia credit for producing a more future proof chipset, you have to remember in 6 months these cards are already old. great chipset but should be even faster considering all the changes and work they put into this new core , meanwhile ATI is still hammering it with an older generation chipset.

Makes u wonder who's the one that's really a generation behind, by the looks of things it seems like this is just Nvidia catching up and ATI releasing the X800XT as a stop gap till it get's the R500 core ready to crush Nvidia once and for all. wait till ATI's R500 core come Jan(maybe in new PM G5 at MWSF '05)
 
Glad I waited

I'm glad I waited until now. I was afraid I'd have to settle for the best video card of yesterday and not have a shot at the best video card of tomorrow. My CTO 2.5 GHz G5 was a little more than $3K. I thought that was a lot of money to spend on a computer until I looked what I had paid for my Centris 610 about ten years ago. I paid about $3K for that too! And that was a 20MHz 68LC040 with 4MB RAM and no CD-ROM!

It's also sad that I'm not in the business of high-end content creation so I'm mainly using the graphics power for gaming. To think that I have an HP Athlon 3K sitting here with an Nvidia 5900SE that plays games beautifully and cost me all of $600 total -- the cost of the fancy 6800 Ultra going in my Mac. I guess my home movie making and photoshopping will see a boost, but let's face it, that's overkill. Bring on Doom III!!!
 
6800 Graphics Card - What to do

Well I have my dual 2.5 CTO 2GB 250GB SATA PM on the way and I think I'll be changing my order also from the ATI Radeon 9800 XT to the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 DDL. Now my dilema is what to do about the two NIB old style 23" HD flat panels I have. Almost worth a shot at eBay to liquidate/upgrade to the new dual 23"s or a 30" single.

Decisions, decisions.....
 
Veldek said:
Well, it's not available until August, while the PC version is available in July.
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But the 6800 Ultra won't be able to support the 30inch Apple display...but the tweaked 6800 Ultra DDL will.

So far the new 6800's for the PC's won't support the res. needed for the 30inch Apple display. So one could say Apple is getting the better card.
I just wonder now if we can OC the 6800's for the Mac?
 
csubear said:
How does one hook up two 30" displays to this thing?
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Two ports on the back, each dual dual-link DVI. Two 30" monitor plugs, each dual-link DVI. One monitor cable per card port. Power, USB 2.0, Firewire branches of the monitor cables plugged into respective ports.
 
TWinbrook46636 said:
So with these high-end cards on the market taking up the space of two slots why don't they add additional space between two of them?
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NVidias goal is to eventually take up 4 spaces with their SLI/PCI-e versions of these cards and is moving to update their chipsets for use with two PCI-e x16 video cards.

But motherboards like ATX ones are based on a standard, and adding space means changing the standard so they no longer meet the standard.
 
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