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Eveything about nVidia 7800 GTX for the day: reviews and more

@ 2005/06/22

HTPCnews along with many of the other main review sites on the net was invited to Nvidia's Editors Day where they showed off their new 7800GTX video card. This is our take on the new technology that comes with this new era of video cards, how it will affect the gaming industry as well as the HTPC industry. We cover a good deal of parts dealing with Custom resolutions and the need to no longer use an application like Powerstrip with the new 75 series Forceware drivers. Nvidia didn't stop there, they even built in 10ft Gui's for Microsoft's Media Center 2005 to control resolutions of their cards... Also included are benchmarks on how well the 7800GTX performed on our test bench while running full HDTV resolutions on a few of the latest games.

http://www.htpcnews.com/main.php?id=..._editors_day_1

We just released the first bench we made on GeForce 7800GTX in standard mode and FSAA 4x. Just look at FSAA one, it’s quite interesting

URL : ici

Looking back, the video card race between NVIDIA and ATI has usually meant a new chip once a year and a refresh once every six or so months. Usually the refresh has been the same chip with some minor tweaks and increased clock speeds when they’ve gotten better yields out of the design over time. Those of you who follow the industry however might have noticed that since NVIDIA released the first GeForce 6 cards in spring 2004 there haven’t been any refresh-products coming out. Instead NVIDIA choose to release SLI-support on their motherboards. It is easy thus to think that the new GeForce 7 chips are nothing more than a refresh product. As the name suggests though this isn’t the case. The GeForce 7 is a new chip with improvements beyond mere increased clockspeed.

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=806

we've released a new article, where we have a look at new NVIDIA GeForce
7800 GTX GPU:
http://www.planet3dnow.de/artikel/hardware/geforce_g70/
Header:
http://www.planet3dnow.de/artikel/ha...0gtxlogo3d.jpg

If you need a translator for German to English you will find one here:
http://www.google.de/language_tools?hl=en
http://world.altavista.com/

HTPCnews along with many of the other main review sites on the net was invited to Nvidia's Editors Day where they showed off their new 7800GTX video card. This is our take on the new technology that comes with this new era of video cards, how it will affect the gaming industry as well as the HTPC industry. We cover a good deal of parts dealing with Custom resolutions and the need to no longer use an application like Powerstrip with the new 75 series Forceware drivers. Nvidia didn't stop there, they even built in 10ft Gui's for Microsoft's Media Center 2005 to control resolutions of their cards... Also included are benchmarks on how well the 7800GTX performed on our test bench while running full HDTV resolutions on a few of the latest games.

http://www.htpcnews.com/main.php?id=..._editors_day_1

Parallel to the upcoming Launch of the new Nvidia G70 Graphic Card -Monster (Geforce 7800) we have the suitable cooling solution ready and available today -> The new Cool-Matic G70 Special Coolers ! Power and silence come together an meet in perfection. Made in Germany !"

Url: http://www.amdgamer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1213

The first article is called "Inside the GeForce 7800 GTX" and
is a fully technical overview of the new GPU - definitely one for the
graphics geeks:

Comment from Sidney @ 2005/06/22

The horse or the cart first .......
I believe it is the production yield factor.

But the real kick is the fact that the new product performs much better than the previous.

Comment from jort @ 2005/06/22

ati needs more factories

Comment from Sidney @ 2005/06/22

Nvidia

http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom...ion=&symb=NVDA

http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom...ion=&symb=NVDA

ATI

http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom...ion=&symb=ATYT

ATI is trading at 62% of 52-week high - $12.8
Nvda is trading at 92% of 52-week high = $27.40

Hence, PANIKING for ATI.

Bottom line - the business team in ATI fails in getting the products out on time and Nvda has been capitalizing on ATI weakness.

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/22

current X850XT PE in Crossfire = 6800U in SLI

so... ATI is basically the AMD of GPU's; they have better products, but are too late to mass produce them and push them to large resellers.

they got XBOX and that's a win for sure, but there are about 10x as many Dell system's being sold with nVidia chips. And nVidia going hand in hand with Intel (nForce4 SLI for Intel) will make it even harder to penetrate the market that would make a difference.

nothing like a good underdog, to stick it's head up once in a while (R9700Pro) and shock the world

Comment from The Senile Doctor @ 2005/06/22

you subjugators

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/22

lol

Comment from Sidney @ 2005/06/22

Panic

Comment from The Senile Doctor @ 2005/06/22

let's wait and see what ati does

Comment from Sidney @ 2005/06/22

$599 as stated

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814122224

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/22

I think after reading Anand's review, you'll be quite pleased

now if only somebody would compile all benchmarks results.. hmm.. a challenge?

Comment from Sidney @ 2005/06/22

Thanks for the help - too many of them coming at the same time

Hexus.net has a 14-page PREVIEW alone.

http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD0xMjk4

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/22

[H] seems down, here's another: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1830187,00.asp

Comment from jmke @ 2005/06/22

don't leave out: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2451

We do commend NVIDIA for getting product out there before launching it. But now we move on to the least pleasant side of this launch: price. The GeForce 7800 GTX will cost a solid $600. Of course, we do expect retailers to charge a premium for the early adopters. Prices we are seeing at launch are on the order of $650. This means those who want to build an SLI system based on the GeForce 7800 GTX will be paying between $1200 and $1300 just for the graphics component of their system.

Comment from Sidney @ 2005/06/22

Inevitably, high performance comes with a price. A price of US$599 to be exact. This is no short amount of change. At $599, the GeForce 7800 GTX is for the gamer with lots of cash who wants the best features and performance now. For those of you that have worked hard and long enough to afford two 7800 GTX for SLI; you will be experiencing immersive gaming environments that will take your breath away.

Obviously, it is up to you to decide what you need and what you can afford. If you want the best gaming video card on the market, the GeForce 7800 GTX is it right now. You may be wondering about cheaper versions of the GeForce 7800 series. Currently, NVIDIA is only announcing the GeForce 7800 GTX as their flagship model. You can pretty much assume that there will be lesser versions sold for less money down the line, each one being slower than the 7800 GTX of course. AGP versions of the 7800 family, if any, have not been discussed either.

NVIDIA’s GeForce 7800 GTX holds the performance and features crown. Already NVIDIA is on their second-generation Shader Model 3.0 hardware and ATI hasn’t even released their first generation Shader Model 3.0 cards yet. The 7800 GTX is a shining example of great engineering and the future continues to look very bright for NVIDIA should they continue to follow the examples set by their 6800 and 7800 GPUs.

The most important feature about this entire launch, in our opinion, is the instant availability of GeForce 7800 GTX video cards. These video cards are literally available today and there is no waiting. If you want the absolute best gaming experience your computer can provide today, you will need to make sure that a GeForce 7800 GTX is tucked inside.

http://hardocp.com/article.html?art=Nzg0LDE=

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