That's been out for a month or more. That nothing more than a 7800GTX 256MB card with 512MB installed. It's not next generation, same original PCB, GDDR3 type, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by HeavyH20
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That's been out for a month or more. That nothing more than a 7800GTX 256MB card with 512MB installed. It's not next generation, same original PCB, GDDR3 type, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by HeavyH20
There is no previous 512mb GTX......it's the new one. Shows same pic as the Leadtek Extreme......Quote:
Originally Posted by freecableguy
ok, Tim, ignore me, you know more than me....believe what you want
Tim, yes there was...original PCB and memory clocked at 1250MHz. THAT is the original one, not the new one UNDER NDA.
Also, FCG would know....he went on a mega-hunt for these coolers ;)
I dont think it ever was listed at Leaktek site, nor do i think it was ever sold one.
Hm....strange...anyway, doesn't matter...never saw one in retail channels....the official 512mb should be better :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ubermann
What i mean is that i dont think it ever existed =)
That is what I thought as well..... :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ubermann
Been looking, but can't find anything about it...
There originally was suppose to be, that's why the original pcb has room for 8 more memory sticks. It was to give board partners the option to add more ram, but no one ever went for it.
Either way, this *should* undoubtedly be a LOT better than the "old" 512mb card. Tim to give you an idea, google a search for 7800gt SLi results, in some cases the 7800GTX beat out 7800GT SLi(and NOT low res, we're talkin high rez + AA/AF) because the 7800GT lacked the memory bandwidth compared to the GTX. That measley 200mhz difference put the sli ahead of 40 pipes of G70 power, or should I say that 1000mhz isn't fast enough to handle 40 pipes of g70 power, and brings it down below the 7800GTX....
In alot of cases the G70 is heavily ram bottlenecked, and that just proves it.
well, the pcb was also used for the quadro 4400/4500 so the 512mb ram capacity was used in those markets, but the 'ultra' 512mb gtx looks to be an altogether better beast yet again - although I dont understand why Nvidia would use 1.1ns ram when they would still get the performance lead with 1.4ns ram - and would undoubtedly save a little money.
Simple one, go for the kill.
They know ATi can't release the R600 til next winter no matter what, that means after the R580 ATi has nothing to show til next winter... This is going to make ATi show their full hand on the R580 in 1Q(as in, not much headroom for it), meanwhile NVidia still have another big card to show. R580 may be in a bit of a bind, I'll tell you that much. NVidia are going to make sure ATi gets minimal sales over the next year, they're literally going for the kill.
Granted, ATi could just overclock the x1800xt about 100 mhz and 100mhz on the ram and try and compete with that, but that'd hurt their standard XT sales and they NEED all the sales they can get. People don't want to see another XTPE.
Basically, this is like a game of spades. NVidia first dropped the King, here comes the Ace, and next is the Joker.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27552
Reportedly, 7800GTX 512MB quantities will be VERY LOW, as the card will be "limited edition"
Therefore, expect very high prices, probably in the $700+ range due to shortage.
There is no "going in for the kill" here, there won't be enough GPUs to make the rounds to do that.
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Our story was confirmed by several sources and we learned that Taiwanese companies could sell many more of these cards but can get just a handfull of chips. It’s a limited product and it's meant to be limited.
Shadow, that was posted on page 15...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...58#post1127058
lol since when do we trust the Inq on all this....safe bet is to just wait and see what will happen....ofcourse it's going in for the kill....if you already are going to spend 600bucks better spend 50 more to get the best of the best....it's not like if you can buy an X1800XT that you can't buy an 7800512.... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowmage
We all know prices suck etc from both sides...let's just see what will happen. :)
My guess is that NVIDIA simply doesn't have enough GPUs capable of running at such high frequencies. In order to not tarnish its "steller launch reputation", NVIDIA is spinning it to sound like a "good thing"
Exactly tim..
We've heard sources "Rollo" say they'll be in quanity, Gibbo also said the same...
We've heard everyone say different things on this card.
We'll see soon enough who's right.
Gibbo always says these things "we'll have more cards than anyone else, ocuk will get them first, its coming out on the 7th, blah, blah...". I doubt i could throw Gibbo very far and i trust him just as much. (grabbing large fistful of salt from Perkams bag....)
I worry about the $ to £ conversion rate that always manages to sting us over here, you guys will get it for $649 and we'll probably get it for £500+, seeing as XT's are about £450 in some places here (cough*Gibbo*cough). Too much money.
del.
True.....I hope it's gonna be good...otherwise I'm gonna bash my head against the monitor till it bleeds :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by DilTech
j/k...
Analyzing NVIDIAs previous launches it is okay to say that they will try their hardest not to mess this up unlike ATI. I am by no means a fanboy last year I only bought ATI cards because they crushed all the competition but now times have changed.
also - limited quantities will prolly equate to "enough for the peeps who will actually pull the trigger on buying them".. which is a pretty small part of the market I am going to guess.
Limited could just mean a smaller supply than the 7800gtx 256, which would make sense... Not many people buy the top-tier cards. As long as they can put more than 20 card every week in 3 stores it *should* theoritically be fine.
So I guess MWAVE is selling the cards early... check out this thread someone called MWAVE and verified the clocks speeds are 550/1800! Too bad about the price though :(
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=59593
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=3000415
edit* I just called them. 30 in stock!
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yup i called as well .. 550/1800 instock and ready to ship .. lol for over 800 total
I think MWave is just goudging. Just wait til they're no longer the only ones selling them.
holy cattle.. so they're not just bsing us.. well, they sort of are... that price is bs. lol