While we were impressed with the quality and features of MSI's 6800 Ultra card, the fact remains that these cards are still nearly impossible for consumers to get their hands on. Demand has greatly outpaced supply for these boards, which means that the boards which are available are selling for well above nVidia's intended $499 MSRP. We can only hope nVidia will get more chips out to manufacturers, who in turn can get more boards to market, therefore getting prices down to a much more reasonable level.

As it is now, nVidia's GeForce 6800GT is still a much better value. As seen in the previous give pages, the 6800 GT gives performance levels at around 90-95% compared to the 6800 Ultra, but is over $100 less expensive. Also, the 6800 GT is available in much larger quantities, meaning consumers can actually get their hands on one. Still, if you're one of those people out there who wants the best there is in a gaming card, nVidia's 6800 Ultra looks like it's the card to beat. While we were doubtful that the 6800 Ultra could best the Radeon X800 XT, it looks like nVidia proved us wrong.