GeForce FX 5800 Ultra ships, then disappears.

Here's something from 3dchipset .

BFG TECHNOLOGIES DELIVERS FIRST GEFORCE FX 3D GRAPHICS CARDS TO RETAIL CUSTOMERS

Lake Bluff, IL - (February 25, 2003) - BFG Technologies, Inc, a prominent supplier of advanced 3D graphics cards for PCs, announced today that it has begun shipping the Asylum(tm GeForce(tm) FX 5800 Ultra to fulfill the orders of customers who pre-purchased the product from Best Buy between January 15 and February 9, 2003.

"We are proud to be the first company to deliver this significant new graphics product into the hands of our customers," said Shane Vance, executive vice president of sales for BFG. "We know how important it is to the pre-order customer to be one of the first to own the latest graphics technology, and our efforts to deliver these products before anyone else have paid off. With this first-to-market win, BFG continues its quest to become the 3D graphics card provider of choice for the avid PC gamer."

BFG Technologies and Best Buy launched the successful pre-order program both online at www.bestbuy.com and in Best Buy stores around the country. Retail customers who took advantage of the program were treated to a free, limited edition "pre-order box" filled with valuable rebate coupons and BFG Asylum collectibles.

What was not mentioned was that the Ultra has now disappeared from retail existance as reported by HardOCP and Tom's Hardware. It's a shame.

Rage3D also mentions that ATI R350-based video cards may, as reported by HardOCP, go on pre-sale by March 3rd. However, no one, including yours truly, seems to be able to find the info mentioned at HardOCP. That would be wild, though.

I lost the fraggin' quote, but there was also some boasting on ATI's part that the R350's release would mark a point where ATI could consistently have the fastest cards until "the end of the calendar year." I don't buy that, but let the games begin!

Because they discontiuned the GFFX and are concentrating on the NV35 now(supposedly). But I guess thats a good thing, as we will see it a whole lot faster now, instead of next year. I would surely think Nvidia would definitely have the NV35 ready right before Doom 3 comes out, which is sometime around July. And by that time, it will be too early for ATI to release another card, as the R350 will barely be 3 months old. This whole thing might actually be good for the whole Vid card industry because now instead of both companies coming out with cards every 6 months, we will start seeing one come out every 3 to 4 months.

The Ti 4200 is still a top seller anyways

BTW, Alienware is using the GFFX 5800 Ultra in their PC's.