Cards that "never officially existed"?

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Paktu

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What cards can you think of that were produced (usually in very small quantities) but were never actually launched? Here's what comes to my mind:

Geforce 7800 GS
Radeon X700XT
Geforce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition
Voodoo 5 6000

What am I missing here?
 
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Matthias99

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Originally posted by: Paktu
What cards can you think of that were produced (usually in very small quantities) but were never actually launched? Here's what comes to my mind:

Geforce 7800 GS
Radeon X700XT
Geforce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition
Voodoo 5 6000

What am I missing here?
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The 6800UE did (eventually) make it to market. Of course, the cards are simply factory-OCed 6800Ultras (sometimes with better cooling), so it's not like this is a completely different product.

The V5 6000 only made it as far as engineering samples. There are a handful of them in existence, though. 3DFX folded at that point, so it's not quite the same situation as the other cards on this list.
 
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Munky

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Last summer a bunch of sites claimed they had working samples of the r520 with 32 or 24 pipes. Not sure if they were just BS'ing, but if those cards were real, what were they? AFAIK the r520 was designed as a 16 pipe card from the start.
 
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CP5670

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Was the 6800UE ever an official nvidia part or only something created by EVGA?
 
Cookie Monster

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Thanks thug,

"What cards can you think of that were produced (usually in very small quantities)" I am sure the X800XT PEs were in short supply, and was released but didnt know they are still around even today being sold.

How about a X1600XT?


 
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Fattysharp

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This one is going back a few years, and was my first and favorite highend card that i ever bought.

ATI Radeon VIVO

There was no model associated with it and it was one of the first radeon cards released. I believe it was limited but not 100% sure.
 
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Gamingphreek

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Originally posted by: Paktu
What cards can you think of that were produced (usually in very small quantities) but were never actually launched? Here's what comes to my mind:

Geforce 7800 GS
Radeon X700XT
Geforce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition
Voodoo 5 6000

What am I missing here?
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Ok no...

The 7800GS was never produced, and was never launched. It was merely engineering samples given to some reviewers.

The X700XT was launched but never really made it in force because ATI cancelled it in favor of the more power X8xx series cards

THe 6800UE was never an official product and was never actually produced. Manf merely OCed their cards (EVGA OC, BFG OC) and added that as part of the title. Nvidia never launched, or produced a 6800UE

The Voodoo5 6000 was launched but, as Matthias said, they were only engineering samples.

Cookie Monster: The X1600XT while it has been launched hasn't had time to make it to the market yet. Not even close to this category.

The X800XTPE was launched, and was official. It is available, just not as common as the XT's. Doesn't fit this category either.

-Kevin
 
rbV5

rbV5

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Originally posted by: Fattysharp
This one is going back a few years, and was my first and favorite highend card that i ever bought.

ATI Radeon VIVO

There was no model associated with it and it was one of the first radeon cards released. I believe it was limited but not 100% sure.
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I owned the original Radeon VIVO (still have it), and it was called the Radeon 64 and they were readily available.
 
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Fattysharp

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Originally posted by: rbV5
Originally posted by: Fattysharp
This one is going back a few years, and was my first and favorite highend card that i ever bought.

ATI Radeon VIVO

There was no model associated with it and it was one of the first radeon cards released. I believe it was limited but not 100% sure.
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I owned the original Radeon VIVO (still have it), and it was called the Radeon 64 and they were readily available.
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I had always thought they were hard to get. Must have been only around my area. I have only ever seen the one i had and a few on ebay. Good to see I am not the only one who has been around a few years ;)

 
rbV5

rbV5

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Originally posted by: Fattysharp
Originally posted by: rbV5
Originally posted by: Fattysharp
This one is going back a few years, and was my first and favorite highend card that i ever bought.

ATI Radeon VIVO

There was no model associated with it and it was one of the first radeon cards released. I believe it was limited but not 100% sure.
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I owned the original Radeon VIVO (still have it), and it was called the Radeon 64 and they were readily available.
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I had always thought they were hard to get. Must have been only around my area. I have only ever seen the one i had and a few on ebay. Good to see I am not the only one who has been around a few years ;)
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In fact, they came out later with the "SE" model w/ 5ns Ram that was all the rage for a bit (thats the one I got myself).

IIRC, they were launched after Radeon 32 DDR and before the AIW Radeon (which I owned several of also)
 
ddogg

ddogg

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Originally posted by: w00t
Originally posted by: Paktu
What cards can you think of that were produced (usually in very small quantities) but were never actually launched? Here's what comes to my mind:

Geforce 7800 GS
Radeon X700XT
Geforce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition
Voodoo 5 6000

What am I missing here?
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the 7800GS did come out:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2616
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dude...do u have any reading skills????

quote from article "Today we bring you an engineering prototype that only exists inside NVIDIA, but roadmaps and driver sets indicate this card is the eventual GeForce 6800GT replacement. Not knowing when this part will actually arrive, or how close to final this part is, means that we could see some small revisions in the card between now and release."
whats does that mean?? nvidia is planning to release the card, it has not yet been launched or officially announced by nvidia.
 
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Steelski

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Originally posted by: Fattysharp
Originally posted by: rbV5
Originally posted by: Fattysharp
This one is going back a few years, and was my first and favorite highend card that i ever bought.

ATI Radeon VIVO

There was no model associated with it and it was one of the first radeon cards released. I believe it was limited but not 100% sure.
Click to expand...

I owned the original Radeon VIVO (still have it), and it was called the Radeon 64 and they were readily available.
Click to expand...

I had always thought they were hard to get. Must have been only around my area. I have only ever seen the one i had and a few on ebay. Good to see I am not the only one who has been around a few years ;)
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Here is a strange thing. I belive that the Vivo was actually hardlaunched by ATI.
I had one of those cards and i tell you what. my friends GTX (2 series) was a bit faster but not a lot and i always had better image quality (i can still play quake 3 with 2xAA on that). I loved that card and now i am going to give it to my wife to be as she is only using a rage pro.
The good old days when cards did not cost the earth although i bought the card for £300(really high end at the time). This in my oppinion was the card that really launched ATI into a new phase in their exsistence. Anyway, i dont want to go into a flame war of what was what back then.

cards that never existed...........................................?
http://www.dvhardware.net/article.php?sid=1914 the sapphire radeon9800MAXX
how about this one.
I wonder if that card actually worked. We know that ATI have been making simulaters with many of these chips together so i guess it would be feasable.
there is always something sexy about a card with two cores. or four (voodo 6000).
I will try to think of more.
 
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nRollo

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Originally posted by: CP5670
Was the 6800UE ever an official nvidia part or only something created by EVGA?
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Gainwards CoolFX had the same stock clocks as EVGAs UE
 
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nRollo

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Originally posted by: ddogg
Originally posted by: w00t
Originally posted by: Paktu
What cards can you think of that were produced (usually in very small quantities) but were never actually launched? Here's what comes to my mind:

Geforce 7800 GS
Radeon X700XT
Geforce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition
Voodoo 5 6000

What am I missing here?
Click to expand...

the 7800GS did come out:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2616
Click to expand...

dude...do u have any reading skills????

quote from article "Today we bring you an engineering prototype that only exists inside NVIDIA, but roadmaps and driver sets indicate this card is the eventual GeForce 6800GT replacement. Not knowing when this part will actually arrive, or how close to final this part is, means that we could see some small revisions in the card between now and release."
whats does that mean?? nvidia is planning to release the card, it has not yet been launched or officially announced by nvidia.
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Actually they're not, Brian Burke, nV PR manage, has announced they were given out by mistake as door prizes at a trade show, and they are not planning to launch that product.

I think Dug777 had a link to the quote in a thread he started about this.
 
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Steelski

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Originally posted by: Rollo
Originally posted by: CP5670
Was the 6800UE ever an official nvidia part or only something created by EVGA?
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Gainwards CoolFX had the same stock clocks as EVGAs UE
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hmmmmmmmmm. is that the watercooled ones?
Come on Rollo, i know you can think of a card that noone else has thought of. Think man think. something hyperedition or soopercrap edition.
I am trying to think if S3 or matrox or someone else had something special.
Maybee even intel have some kind of mega toxic graphics edition stuff.

ooooohhhhh....i just thought of something that never came to fruition. The voodoo PC dual graphics cards. although not technicaly a graphics card
 
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nRollo

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Originally posted by: Steelski
Originally posted by: Rollo
Originally posted by: CP5670
Was the 6800UE ever an official nvidia part or only something created by EVGA?
Click to expand...

Gainwards CoolFX had the same stock clocks as EVGAs UE
Click to expand...

hmmmmmmmmm. is that the watercooled ones?
Come on Rollo, i know you can think of a card that noone else has thought of. Think man think. something hyperedition or soopercrap edition.
I am trying to think if S3 or matrox or someone else had something special.
Maybee even intel have some kind of mega toxic graphics edition stuff.

ooooohhhhh....i just thought of something that never came to fruition. The voodoo PC dual graphics cards. although not technicaly a graphics card
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Sure PowerVR2 and the Rendition Redline.

 
Powermoloch

Powermoloch

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Originally posted by: munky
Last summer a bunch of sites claimed they had working samples of the r520 with 32 or 24 pipes. Not sure if they were just BS'ing, but if those cards were real, what were they? AFAIK the r520 was designed as a 16 pipe card from the start.
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XBOX360?
 
AznAnarchy99

AznAnarchy99

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Originally posted by: Sc4freak
Originally posted by: Steelski
Also the infamously launched X850 XT PE 512MB.
Only a handfull made and given away.
This was the card that was used in an overclocking event last year i think.

added link

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21438
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Ah, yeah, the 512mb version of the 6800 Ultra too.
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those were released, its just that no one in their right mind would spend $700 on them when the 7800GTX was launching in a matter of weeks
 
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