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The rather chunky G80 core |
On the Ultra we find the same 681m transistor, 128 stream processor, 90nm chip as found in G80, only it's a new silicon revision (A3) which has enabled greater clock speeds without an increase in power draw. The A3 is currently only available on the Ultra.
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EVGA's card is a reference design, the only difference to be found is an additional passive heatsink on the back to help keep temperatures down a little. Our review sample lacked this additional heatsink but hopefully we can update this review with new temperature readings at a later date. For now, check this link for pics of the heatsink.
EVGA 8800 Ultra Superclocked |
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655 MHz |
| Shader Clock: |
1650 MHz |
| Memory Clock: |
1125 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth: |
108 GB/s |
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As you would expect, both DVI ports are dual-link, and in the box you'll find to analog VGA adaptors for those of you still running CRT's or the more affordable TFT's out there. You'll also find:
- A paper manual
- A driver CD.
- Some EVGA case stickers
- An S-video to component cable (HDTV)
- An S-Video cable.
- Two 6-pin PCI-e to dual 4-pin model adaptor for those running older power supplies (not recommended with this card!).
The Superclocked os of course, a factory overclocked card. The core clock has been increased from 612MHz to 655 MHz, the shader clocks is bumped to 1650MHz, and memory jumps from 1080MHz to 1125 MHz. These are considerable increases for a card pushed hard already, and memory aside, we can attribute this to the A3 silicon revision.
Warranty is a very nice 10 years in the EU, and lifetime in the US, this assures piece of mind.
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Samsung 0.8ns memory chips |
The memory chips used here are Samsung 0.8ns chips with a theoretical top end of 1250 MHz, so there could be some headroom here for memory overclocking, depends on how aggressive the timings are.
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Image Quality - ATI vs. NVIDIA
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