new XFX 7800 GT [new PCB]

[Arkangyl]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150124

I just saw the card pop up on the egg the other day. In further looking at it not only does it use a 4-pin molex instead of a 6-pin PCI-E power cable but it also has a totally different PCB layout, the first 7800 GT to do so as far as I know.

Has anyone had any experience with this card in terms of OCing at all? I'm curious if it fares better or worse than stock PCB design [the Gigabyte blue PCB 7800 GT use the default layout].



oh, and if this doesnt belong in Xtreme 3D Team would a mod please move, thanks.

[Tim]

dead link

[Poki]

Link works for me right now. It looks like the PCB has been chopped 10% in length with a weaker powersupply on it. I have the feeling this is will peter out quicker on max core/mem speeds than the larger PCB.

[trakslacker]

interesting. It seems unlikely that it would OC noticeably better than other Gt's on a reference PCB, b/c they all do pretty darn well as it is.

[Supertim0r]

killer look

[igor0203]

I don't think that this 7800GT will OC less than previous "revision".

[slimais]

Perfect! I hope XFX will make the 7800GTX 512Mb version lik that, i am interesed...

[Dissolved]

nice looking card. i wonder how it would oc.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

I bought one, but I have to wait until I get back home for Christmas break to put it in. Next Friday can't come quickly enough, I hope the new cards are good.

[IvanAndreevich]

Seems like a cheaper and simplified version, if anything. Before any positive results I'd stick with the "old" revision.

[Cybercat]

I wonder what's the point of changing it to a four pin connector instead. Even if you don't have a six pin connector on your power supply for these PCIe cards they all come with adapters.

[teko]

Got one one the way from Germany, I should have had it today, but as I'm in process of moving I srcrewed up the address, so I'll have it in a week or so..

[Madmaxz]

i got 500/1.20 so far

[teko]

Is that without any mods??

[\Karting_freak]

any mods?
cooling?
what ram does it have? samsung? 1.4ns?

[Madmaxz]

no mods, stock cooling, 42c idle 60c load

[Madmaxz]

heres a pic

[stingush]

wow, this card looks great! i like green
there's something else we should know about this version?

[revenant]

it looks like they went back to a twin MOSFET design, like the GTX has, but no sink on them.. none the less, that will allow for more confident vmodding, and OCing for that matter..

[babyelf]

lol we've got them here first (for once)

[Aphex_Tom_9]

i must say i do like a good-looking pcb...

[Arkangyl]

Just to let some people know; my friend got this card for his new rig.

I got to play with it a little [helped him build the rig]. Config is;
Antec Sonata
Antec SmartPower 2.0 450w
X2 3800+ (stock)
Chaintech Zenith nF4 Ultra
2gb g.skill value ram (3-4-4-8)
Forceware 81.95

the only case cooling is the 120mm that came with the case, stock VGA cooler [VERY nice looking copper jobber, looks like the X1800XL sink], the card itself is hawt [no camera with me though :\]

so anyways;

484 / 1.26

FEAR, at 1280x960, everything maxxed, soft shadows, 4x / 8x
36fps avg, 7% below 25fps, 62% midrange

HDR stress test averaged 70fps

Guild Wars, 1280x1024, everything maxxed 4x/8x, in solo zones was at 60fps (v-sync was on), in city zones was 30-35fps

that's all we had time to run. overall I was rather impressed with the card. the ram seemed to go much farther than other GT's (1.2 is the normal cap, right?). Core seemed a tad low but 484mhz isn't that bad at all (hoping for 500mhz :P ). Especially for settings that had to be 24/7 stable.

EDIT :: Apparently the motherboard is using an older BIOS so it only sees the X2 3800+ as a 2ghz single-core A64, if anyone is interested I can probably get some more bechmarks come Dec 26th; might even have a X1800XL to compare it to

[Perc]

how would two of these in sli mode fare against ati's 1800 series? been wanting to try sli or cf for a while now but just cant bring my self to buy 2 600 dollar 1800 cards these 7800gts for 300 a pop seem like a good alt. been trying to decide between these 7800s and the new 6800gs cards for a cheap alt to sli to try out...

thx perc,

[ReelMonza]

go for the gt's...

[biohead]

how would two of these in sli mode fare against ati's 1800 series? been wanting to try sli or cf for a while now but just cant bring my self to buy 2 600 dollar 1800 cards these 7800gts for 300 a pop seem like a good alt. been trying to decide between these 7800s and the new 6800gs cards for a cheap alt to sli to try out...

thx perc,

you already have one 1800