Fast forwarding to the present day, it was no less than 4 days ago that NVIDIA contacted us and told us that our GeForce FX 5800 Ultra was in the mail and we'd have the weekend to get our review ready. Not willing to step down from a challenge we put our other tests aside and readied the systems to begin our long awaited review of the GeForce FX.

By now you already know everything there is to know about the architecture of NV30 and the GeForce FX, but in case you aren't be sure to take a look at our GeForce FX Technology Preview to familiarize yourself with the chip. With this review we'll focus on answering the questions we've all had for the past several months - pricing, performance and in the end, how well the GeForce FX compares to the Radeon 9700 Pro. So without further ado, we introduce you to the GeForce FX 5800 Ultra and its sibling, the GeForce FX 5800.