Is this really an "ultra'?

[bdaley]

http://www.gameve.com/store/gameve_viewitem.asp?idproduct=1072&showit=1

Is it really a 5600 Ultra, or just an "ultra" package? Is it a tricky marketing ploy on Gainward's part?

Thanks.

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[lhgpoobaa]

I dunno.
I cannot click on your link, and on this system i cannot highlight the text to cut and paste.
to make something clicky put:
[ u r l ]www.thesite.com[ / u r l ]

(but without the spaces)

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[bdaley]

Sorry, try this:

<A HREF="http://www.gameve.com/store/gameve_viewitem.asp?idproduct=1072&showit=1
" target="_new">http://www.gameve.com/store/gameve_viewitem.asp?idproduct=1072&showit=1
</A>

"I'm a man armed with a fork in a land of soup."

 

[lhgpoobaa]

hmmm they do say its ultra...
though it seems gainward ware up to their usual tricks in the fine print further down:

Gainward offers the end user the choice to either run the board in ¡§Safe Mode Setting¡¨ or
at ¡§Enhanced Setting¡¨ (¡§Golden Sample?¡¨

So that could mean nonultra at "safe" and ultra at "enhanced"
damn confusing.
Anyone else?

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[bdaley]

Yeah, I was confused too.

If it really is an ultra, it's a pretty good deal.

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[mrface]

I agree the wording on that is quite confusing. I dont knoiw but I think poobaa is right enhanced = ultra

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[lhgpoobaa]

Well as they say if it looks too good to be true it probably is.

Most likely to be a non ultra that has the ability to overclock well.
So compare it to other non ultra's. Is it still a good price? If so then its probably a decent deal.

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[Caimbeul]

Be <b>VERY</b> careful! Gainward are renowned for misleading model names. Only Golden Sample stuff is the really high end and even then you have to be careful + they are excessivley over-priced. Go with another brand.

example: I have a Gainward "Golden Sample" GF3 Ti200 in my 2nd machine and they packaging leads you to believe its a Ti500

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[coolsquirtle]

the 5600Ultra is the

Gainward Ultra/"780"

understand now

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[jmecor]

and the price is low too for an ultra version

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[jmecor]

there is another one for gainward:

The ultra 650xp - is not gf4 ti4400 but 4200.

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[tombance]

They may have confusing names but they are not overpriced. When I bought my gainward GF4 ti4200 it cost me around £110 in the UK when exactly the same card from Asus, MSI, and the rest cost around £130. This was also the Golden Sample Version, which allowed me to overclock from 250/513 to 316/609 with no extra cooling.

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[jmecor]

is the Geforce fx 5200 non-ultra a good overclocker?

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[barnettgs]

If I were you, I won't be buying any Gainward product cos they're using their fancy dodgy names scheme and can be misleading. I won't waste a single breath, trying to work out which product they are selling to you!

 

[GeneticWeapon]

I really cant understand why the fvck anyone would diss Gainward, they are so incredibly top notch it's not even funny....(this forum is getting stranger everyday

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[coolsquirtle]

agree with GW 120%

Gainward is la bomb!
(stares at the FX 5900 HSF.......drools)

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