GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Introduced

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As mentioned before, NVidia is launching the NV35 at E3 to make us forget about the first GeForce FX products. Find out if they do with articles looking at the GeForce FX 5900 Ultra on HardOCP, AnandTech, Tech Report, Bjorn3D, NeoSeeker and Hexus. There's also a special HardOCP article using DOOM 3 as a benchmark.

The core clock rate of the GeForce FX 5900 Ultra will be 450MHz, down 50MHz from the NV30 chip in the GeForceFX 5800 Ultra. The GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256MB should be available in June, if all goes as planned, for only $499 American money. A non-Ultra variant of the GeForce FX 5900 with 128MB should hit the market in June for $399, but core and memory clock speeds for that product have not been finalized. Tantalizingly, NVIDIA has plans to introduce a cheaper 128MB "value" card based on NV35, as well. This card should be available in July for the bargain-basement price of $299.
NVidia's official press release can be found here.

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    May 12, 2003 7:37 AM

    whoa. 5900 fx ultra. how long can these names get?

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      May 12, 2003 8:01 AM

      $50 says Nvidia starts using Street Fighter game title nomenclature.

      Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Plus Alpha 3!

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        May 12, 2003 8:26 AM

        lol

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        May 12, 2003 12:15 PM

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      May 12, 2003 9:38 AM

      they should have ditched the 'FX' ...

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      May 12, 2003 10:44 AM

      i hate the numbering system that ATI and Nvidia decided to use for their video processors.. it's annoying. Duh i have a GeForce 5900 ultra, err.. and an ATI Radeon pro 9800. OMG 5900 < 9800. gah

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        May 12, 2003 10:46 AM

        they'll probably pull a Volvo and go to two-digit model numbers pretty soon.

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        May 12, 2003 10:53 AM

        If numbers get any higher they will have to adopt an exponential naming scheme.

        GayForce 5.9*10^3 Ultra

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