The Last Bout of ‘03 – NVIDIA’s GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
by Derek Wilson on October 23, 2003 9:30 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
The GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
As we have mentioned, the GeForce FX 5700 Ultra is based on the NV36 GPU. The core speed of the GPU on the eVGA card we tested was 475MHz. With 128MBs of DDR2 RAM running at 450MHz (900 MHz effective data rate), there is plenty of bandwidth to be had from this solution. As far as cooling goes, we can take a look at a typical 5700 Ultra board layout to see what we can expect:
The heatsink fan combo is fairly low profile, and this card will fit into an AGP slot without disturbing the neighboring PCI slot. Of course, we recommend leaving that slot open anyway, but its nice to have the option to use it if you need it. Though its not visible in this image, there is a heatsink on the back as well.
As far as the GeForce FX 5700 non-ultra version, we expect the clocks to hover somewhere around 425 core, 275 (550 effective) memory. NVIDIA has informed us that they are leaving these timings up to the OEMs, so we may see some variation in the playing field.
For testing our GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, we used the exact same setup as in our previous 9600XT review.
Now on to the architecture…
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Anonymous User - Sunday, October 26, 2003 - link
Stop acting like a moron and coming to conclusions on your own. If you actually had a method to checks IPs, you would see that I only posted ONCE. (#96). Maybe other people posted more than once, but assuming that the 10 posts are only from one person is complete BS. Unless you have proof, keep your mouth shut.Anonymous User - Sunday, October 26, 2003 - link
Please, #98 is right. Look at #'s 87-97; all of them were posted within an hour. Then look at the rest of the responses toward the end of this thread. Puhlease.Anonymous User - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
#98 just wanted to say that cause hes overwhelmed with how many people are posting with common sense.Anonymous User - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
#98 which one would that be?Anonymous User - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
LMAO! Some loser is posting messages pretending to be a different person each time! LOL, nice try, you were caught. Next time try changing your IP address, you look stupid.Anonymous User - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
and these days you can easily find a ati 9700 for around $220ishAnonymous User - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
Argh wtf.. this review is clearly biased. Very disappointing AT.. very.."The GeForce FX 5700 Ultra will be debuting at $199 after a mail in rebate. If $200 is your hard limit, and you need a midrange card right now, the 5700 Ultra is the way to go if you want solid frame rates."
Its 200 dollars AFTER the rebate comes in the mail. If you only have money to buy a $200 card, how the hell are you suppose to buy a 5700? Don't know, don't care..
Grrr.
Anonymous User - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
#76How dare you say ATI driver performance is not up to NVidia's?
After all that cheating fiasco, replacing shader code, IQ optimization, Clipping planes, program detection, etc etc etc.
WAKE UP dammit.
Anonymous User - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
#6260,000 and alone? Yet defending [A] on their crap?
Now I understand why you live alone...even if you didn't want to it'll be hard to find a partner that can stand such a lame attitude.
I agree on the part of doing some investigations before investing. Yet you contradict yourself if you see no IQ diferences....for the hardware you might be able to buy, you should see it miles away. I do in a cheapo 17" monitor.
You should be investing more in your eyes man....
Anonymous User - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
#53No, it won't help, but for sure the website might GET A CLUE about what they are definitively not doing right.