Geforce 7800 GTX 512 MB - Info Here

[perkam]

It seems we'll see quite a bit of 7800s piling up in FS when this hits... Hopefully this wont contribute to the price gouging thats beginning with the XT at some retailers.

Perkam

[Tim]

It seems we'll see quite a bit of 7800s piling up in FS when this hits... Hopefully this wont contribute to the price gouging thats beginning with the XT at some retailers.

Perkam

You do a good job Perkam (in keeping an eye on this thread)

You can pick of a GTX for cheap in the FS section...wow

[Dumo]

It seems we'll see quite a bit of 7800s piling up in FS when this hits... Hopefully this wont contribute to the price gouging thats beginning with the XT at some retailers.

Perkam

Done that

[Sheik]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27443

AFTER a little research we managed to get information from several retailers and e-tailers. The 7800GTX 512MB is already SKUed [Yes, we've turned Stock Keeping Unit into a verb, Ed.], and the delivery date is set for Monday, November 14th. Several Nvidia partners told us about shipping boards in full quantity in week 46, so it seems like X1800XT got competition even before it has shipped into retail.

Back in July, we have reported here that little NV47 chip had far more juice than relatively modest clock speed of original GTX. The Green Goblin launched its 7800 series over five months before Captain Canuck gave an answer in the sight of X1K series - it was more than obvious that Nvidia kept silent about the true capabilities of the NV47/G70 chip.

However, we have managed to see some boards dubbed "Faster G70 with 512MB", which were clocking to heavens high.

One board even had the GPU clocked to sky-high 800 MHz, which sent shivers down my spine. 110 nano process doing 800 MHz clock? Vulcans would say "highly illogical", but we didn't care at the time and decided to trust our very eyes instead of sources who claimed differently.

In September, some reps even claimed that the product was cancelled. In the end - all stories come true.

The supposedly cancelled UItra was simply re-named to 7800GTX 512MB. While I personally feel this is a crap name and devalues of this product, I'll leave this to Nvidia's marchitecture pandits, minions and spinners. This is the 7800Ultra, no matter how it is called now. The price is set at $599 to $649, € or £400 much more expensive than X1800XT, but Nvidia believes it has a reason to keep the price sky-high.

The new G71 or "Faster G70" is a pure thoroughbred. If you remove the cooling solution which was introduced with Quadro FX 4500, you'll see that Nvidia modified the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) a bit in order to fit spanking new 1.1ns Samsung GDDR3 modules, which will be clocked between 800 and 900MHz.

Since the memory is declared to work at 909MHz, you can expect some serious overclocking there, and passing the once unimaginable 60GB/s barrier. Don't be too suprised if you see enthusiast forums boiling with reports of 1GHz memory clock soon after introduction.

However, the show isn't stopping here - some manufacturers decided to clock the GPU higher and lowered the speed of the memory to keep the board stable in volume production. Of course, if you get a jackpot sample, you can expect GPU core easily surpassing the 600 MHz mark and it will be truly interesting to see how will 16-pipe R520XT cope with "Faster G70 with 512MB" at the same GPU clock speed, as we reported over four months ago.

You can be for sure that at least three "us

Imagine that

[Tim]

Updated the first post....price is SKY high...but also the clocks..



it's NOT called the Ultra
Price is....do I want to mention it?? :p :

The price is set at $599 to $649

Still getting one

The new G71 or "Faster G70" is a pure thoroughbred. If you remove the cooling solution which was introduced with Quadro FX 4500, you'll see that Nvidia modified the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) a bit in order to fit spanking new 1.1ns Samsung GDDR3 modules, which will be clocked between 800 and 900MHz.


Default clocks are set at 550/1800MHz, and every manufacturer can choose a variation. Do not expect these boards to have a single-slot cooling, since that would be close to suicide.

All that we can say is: 7800Ultra will be a truly remarkable product. For 1080p and 1900x1200 monitor users who want Transparency AntiAliasing and Anisotropic Filtering cracked to the max. µ

[Ubermann]

The only one saying it was Ultra was you =)

Now is this G71 or G70 ??
Im really impressed with what they did to this core.

[Tim]

The only one saying it was Ultra was you =)

Pleas be friendly...if it was just me, I think everyone was confused on this one...not only me.

Weird thing with this core..I wonder what's up with that....G71...hm.

[Ubermann]

Will there be problems running this ones SLI ?
Cooler is pretty big.

[Tim]

Will there be problems running this ones SLI ?
Cooler is pretty big.

They will fit...but how will the cooling be? If it draws air from the outside...no problem...But I believe it will get pretty hot in there...

This is gonna be one ridiculous card

[Ubermann]

Maybe reversing the fan on the card above will keep it cooler.

[HKPolice]

R580 is said to be a 'small speed bump'. Like comparing 9800 to 9700, so I wouldn't expect much from it. Still gonna be 16 pipes.

Just to add a new perspective but I am hoping this new "G71-ish" Ultra they are about to put out will finally put pressure on ATi to release the R580 sooner than expected.

Its been said that the R580 is working fine and was not done by the team who botched the R520. Hopefully ATi can pull the 32pipe R580 very soon, otherwise there's gonna be a slaughter worse than Ive ever seen. Im sure the nVidia guys are getting payback for the FX fiasco and are enjoying every moment of it.

On a technical end ATi may have won but their poor designs bit them in the ass. You'd think that after netburst people would finally get the picture. Higher fill-rates and clocks are *not* what work. It may in the short term but one day its gonna rear its ugly head and it will not be pretty.

I think they have pushed the R300 design way too far and they need to find a more efficient structure because clearly they cant get the cards to scale at all, much less with the full pipelines.

The NV40 core is also on its way out as well. It has maybe one more die shrink left before they are going to be forced to re-design it (based off of clocks and heat loads) from the ground up just like ATi will be forced to do after the R580

[Tim]

So...what this basically could mean is no new king from ATI till late next year? R600?

Damn....wtf is this....I never expected this to happen....this is one crazy card. I expected a modest speedbump with maybe 1.4ns ram...but not this

This is just incredible...

[Ubermann]

I dont think anyone expected this, it sure came as a flashbang.

[Tim]

man that fan is HUGE, I doubt it will ever get very hot with that size + heatpipes

also I just might turn to be right about the 512mb gtx beeing available before x1800xt in retail (to me 2 stores that offer x1800xt doesn't mean available)

I agree...it's highly likely that I can get this card in the UK before the X1800XT...which is still scheduled for the 28th of November...could be earlier..but I don't think before the 14th....but WHO cares...I'm not getting a X1800XT....I'm getting a nVidia GTX 512meg

[flopper]

Uberman
What you mean by not liking your GTX in games?

It seems for me that atis solution has some improvement to do in the drivers section.

[Ubermann]

I dont like the mouselag or fps drops when using higher resolutions.
Ok for single player but not in intense multiplayer.
Thats my only problem with the card.

[Tim]

Pics are not the 512meg just the Leadtek Extreme edition...pics are only for reference...

It was said the cooler doesn't work by taking in air from above the card, but rather by pulling air in from the interior, over the card and then exhausting it out the back.

(Thanks to Brett van Kirk EOCF )

[mrlobber]

Holy cow

If a 600/1700 mhz monster 7800GTX comes out on the same dates as a widespread X1800XT availability (in Europe at least), ATI is going to be completely

[Hicks]

term but one day its gonna rear its ugly head and it will not be pretty.

I think they have pushed the R300 design way too far and they need to find a more efficient structure because clearly they cant get the cards to scale at all, much less with the full pipelines.

The R520 is brand new, it's nothing to do with the R300.

[[XC]Atomicpineapple]

Oh MAN, X1800XL FS anybody? (joke, I wish I could sell and trade up to the 512 GTX, but I'm broke now )

[Cybercat]

The R520 is brand new, it's nothing to do with the R300.

Well, it is brand new, but I wouldn't say it has nothing related to the R300.

[Hicks]

Well yeah, but the way he said it, was the R520 is just a updated version of the R300 design, like the previous cards before.

[RaZz!]

I never really liked my GTX in gaming.

mh, why? this question isn't meant to give offence, i'm just curious.

[Cybercat]

it's based on the rather stupid geforce5 series

It is?

[Sneil]

mh, why? this question isn't meant to give offence, i'm just curious.

I dont like the mouselag or fps drops when using higher resolutions.
Ok for single player but not in intense multiplayer.
Thats my only problem with the card.

that's why

so can anyone give a reasonable expectation as to what frame jump we might see? +520mhz 1.1ns mem, +150mhz gpu. im talking maxed out everything @ 1600 res?? im thinking maybe another 10fps..?