[NVIDIA GeForce 7900 Series Specs] & prices

[admiral25]

i cant find the "old" 7800 512 gtx anywhere (its already been phased out) so i guess i'll wait for the 7900's. if anybody knows how the 7900 compares to a 7800 gtx 512 lemme know!



sorry...u guys continue your philosiphical discussion now..

8% to 10% faster, if you need I can get you a link

 

[sirkillalot]

juicy Pengwin and picture_perfect

AS stated in the headline and earler threads The Inq. says the upcoming nVidia GeForce 7900GT $299.0 will perform better than the current nVidia GeForce 7800GTX . so why get 1 of those and the 7900gtx about$ 499.

ps............

Nvidia Geforce 7900 cards are very overclockable

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29985

 

[juiceh]

WHEN are they going to be out? It's unveiled at CeBit in a week, but when will i be able to buy one? Either 7900 gtx or gt..

 

[picture_perfect]

sounds awsome. im interested in the power consumption figures which should be better too. gotta keep the rig cool 😛

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

"in the u.k you can get a X1900......." thats now you can get one. I still remember a year ago when ATI told the world about their Crossfire cards on paper and it wasnt really available till late 2005!!!!!!

And how long after SLi did you have SLi MoBos, longer? Guess we forgot that too. And with the X1900 available before launch then I guess I'll here the same criticism if the G71 is not available in large quantity on March 8th or is it just a one-way mirror?
And the GTX 512 and the GF7600 were equal paper launches, both companies do it, and one product launch from either doesn't change that.

We all want product, but I could care less if they tell me about it 2 months before but guarantee a delivery date. Tell me now what the R600 and G80 will have and guarantee their availability on Dec1st and I'd be far more happy than waiting until Dec1st for info and availability.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

sounds awsome. im interested in the power consumption figures which should be better too. gotta keep the rig cool 😛

Yes they should have better power consumption, but it will be a bit of a different situation with the process shrink and the far higher clock speeds. We can't really predict even until we know the voltages for sure, however I'd expect the GF7900 to fall somewhere in between the GF7800 and X1900 for power consumption.

 

[juicy]

Man I guess I'm waiting for the 7900 GT then. I can't believe Nvidia would price something like that lower than the 7800 GTX, wouldn't the 7800 GTX be totally obsolete then???

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

All depend on performance levels really.

But for nV it would be a good thing because if they can get similar performance it may cost them less since using the 90nm fab it may be cheaper per chip despite all the improvements.

We'll see, but at this point in time it's worth waiting just to see what does show up on March 8th.

 

[sirkillalot]

More news......


another new product.

It's the GeForce 7900 GTX Duo, a graphics card with two 7900 GTX GPUs.
Normal Quad SLIs have four different graphic cards, especially designed by Nvidia. This new SLI will let you plug two new cards, each with two GPUs in your Nforce 4 SLI motherboard and it should work.
Those cards will need a lot of power

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30025

 

[Maxiius]

7900 duo ... Quad SLI...

Selling 2 7800GTX 512s for anyone interested

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

It's the GeForce 7900 GTX Duo, a graphics card with two 7900 GTX GPUs.

Yeah I saw that to day and particularly liked this statement by Fuad;

"Normal Quad SLIs have four different graphic cards, especially designed by Nvidia.

Well there is no Quad SLi right now, so how is there a 'normal' one? Even the Dell 600 solution is SLi+SLi not Quad SLi. The hardware just isn't there to do it. Even Gigabyte's vaunted Quad board is 4x 8X PEG slots, and doesn't allow you to do 4 card in SLi (um anyone else see a card with 2 SLi connectors on it that I didn't?) Remember SLi stands for ScalableLinkInterface, and there's no Quad SLi possible as long as the GPU remains the same design, so it has to use the slower PCIe lanes to communicate and wait for PCIe traffic.

This new SLI will let you plug two new cards, each with two GPUs in your Nforce 4 SLI motherboard and it should work.

'Should', that's reasuring. Even if is can achieve AFR or PGC rendering it's still never going to be as fast as TRUE Quad-SLi which would improve the communication between the 2 SLi'ed board and each other.

Those cards will need a lot of power

That's an understatement to be sure. I think we've finally found a rig that NEEDs PCPower&Coooling's 810 and 1KW PSUs.

 

[Maxiius]

What about the Asus Dual 7800GT, that was a 2 gpu core and was SLI'd I think by THG here?

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Well the Asus 7800GT uses the SLi interface on the chip with an onboard link.

I have seen no reviewer succesfully get that to act as true SLi, only add 2 cards together and have them communicate across the PCIe lanes. As the examples where the bridge is removed or isn't used, performance suffers due to this fact.

 

[Maxiius]

Ah k, what did THG get it to read, read something like 3 out of the 4 cores? Thats the closest thing I can think of to "Normal Quad SLI" hehe.

 

[Dresden]

seriously, if you are considering "quad SLI", you need to examine grape's statesments. What is the point of having quad SLI if the cards aren't able to utilize all of the bandwidth that PCIe x16, (or dual x16 lanes) offer? Omg, SLI and crossfire don't even act as two cards really, if gives more like a 30% increase, what the hell? Imagine four GPU's all vying for the same amount of bandwidth as one card. Stupid. Nvidia is ridiculous. Slum marketing.

 

[xSunnYx]

What i read about the 7900, is that it is a lame refresh of the 7800 GTX, with a mere 8% to 10% extra performance.. o.0 Which explains why they are gonna place a 499 price tag to it. To give that lil extra edge for people to buy an 7900 over a 1900XT

http://tweakers.net/nieuws/41348 <- It's dutch tho

btw, i doubt the 7900GT will outperform a 7800GTX tho, why give a card a $299 pricetag if it outperforms a 7800GTX priced $399? That would just be stupidity o.0

 

[sweatlaserxp]

7600 GT? That sounds interesting, I haven't personally heard of this model yet. Someone shoot me a link if there's more info on it, because I'm lazy.

 

[sirkillalot]

7600 GT? That sounds interesting, I haven't personally heard of this model yet. Someone shoot me a link if there's more info on it, because I'm lazy.

im even more lazy use google or read back

 

[sweatlaserxp]

According to the Inq it will be nVidia's new upper mid-range offering. This may be because, as I've read, nVidia won't be offering the 6800GS indefinitely 🙁 . Unlike the 6800GS, though, the 7600GT will only have a 128-bit mem. interface like the X1600 cards. Also unlike the 6800GS is the G73 architecture. I'm not sure about the transistor count, but the clockspeeds look pretty similar. Even if it matches the 6800GS, that would be satisfying as long as they can launch it at a good price point. ATi's 12-pipe X1800GTO with 256-bit mem. interface is near launch however, so anyone looking to buy a mid-range card might do best to wait a month or two. Otherwise I say buy a 6800GS or a cheap X850XT which have been popping up on Newegg.

There's also the 7600GS which apparently outperforms a 6600GT by 10-15%, but it's 8-pipe, 4 fewer than the 7600GT. Both of these new nV cards seem to have a small footprint, too (probably due to the 128-bit mem. int.)

So there you have it- my regurgitated info.

 

[sweatlaserxp]

Actually, if you think about it the 7800GT won't remain in the high-end category too much longer as the price continues to drop, probably sooner than later.

 

[sirkillalot]

Actually, if you think about it the 7800GT won't remain in the high-end category too much longer as the price continues to drop, probably sooner than later.

HERES SOME PRICES



Dabs.com has posted pre-order pages on their website a full six days before the show is due to begin on Thursday 9th March.
Starting at the top-end, the MSI GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB is available for pre-order for £393.98 inc vat. To sweeten the deal even further, all orders above £250 qualify for free delivery this weekend.
In comparison, Dabs sell the MSI 7800 GTX 256MB for £329.00. Of course, the extra 256MB of 1.1ns Samsung GDDR3 memory doesn't come cheap - a GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB from ASUS costs a whopping £505 inc vat. Next to that, £400 for a 7900 with half a gig is a bargain.
Dabs list the MSI GeForce 7900 GT 256MB for £237.09 inc vat - barely £3 more than the existing MSI GeForce 7800 GT 256MB. As befits the name change, we are expecting all 7900-series cards to outperform their respective 7800-series counterparts. we expect the GeForce 7900 GT 256MB to be even more popular

 

[sleepdeprived82]

Its intresting useless dabs.com already has prices, yet overclockers.co.uk who are normaly way ahead when it comes to pre orders have nothing.

Still the prices indicate the 7900 will be nothing special and ATI will keep the crown.
Wonder if they will release a non-existant 7900gtx 1gb to get that crown back.

 

[pengwin]

dont care i will always buy Nvidia

ATi's are massively over priced

 

[sleepdeprived82]

LOL you seen the price of the magical 7800gtx 512mb

I would say both ati and nvidia price their corresponding cards at the same price. The thing that can make them more expensive than each other is the card makers e.g HIS are more expensive becuase they put a big cooler on it.

 

[Heyyou27]

ATi's are massively over priced

That's funny, I recall having a difficult time finding a 7800GTX512 under 750$.