7300/7600 News And Info

[onethreehill]

7600GT Pics, Specs
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=908

[Cybercat]

MUCH more reasonable clockspeeds.

[Starscream]

Some manufacturers have told us that boards and final products have been ready to ship for several months but NVIDIA has held off on launch. No details were given as to why.

anyone got an idea as to why?
would it b as simple as that they wanted to give the partners the chance to sell the 6800gs?

[Cybercat]

If that's vendor clockspeeds, I wonder if the reference clocks are still 500/1000.

Seems weird that they would overclock the memory 400MHz. That's quite a lot.

[Starscream]

If that's vendor clockspeeds, I wonder if the reference clocks are still 500/1000.

Seems weird that they would overclock the memory 400MHz. That's quite a lot.

yeah but the specs that said default clocks are 500/1000 (i think metro gave those)
also said that the default ram was 1.4ns and when those specs were i posted i asked why the reference design used 1.4ns ram but was only clocked to 1000mhz were as the ram was rated for a much higher clockspeed.

[Cybercat]

Giving your vendors some headroom is one thing, but 40%? A bit much...

[Starscream]

btw according to theinq Nvidia is gonna try to boost H.264.
they r gonna bundle a full version of their software for free with the 7600GT and GS.

their last purevideo driver lost vs avivo but nvidia said they are gonna bring out a new version wich should b alot better then the current one.

its said this new version will arive aroudn cebit time.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29852

[metro.cl]

maybe 1.4ns ram is cheaper now (or they had a lot of it in stock), dont really know why or maybe they created a mosnter for oc card

[Starscream]

according to theinq the 7600GT will have a core clock of 560+ mhz.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29900

and according to some people (dunno if its their fantasy/hope or truth) there will b some sort of castrated 256bit higher end card to compete with the X1800GTO incase that card sells wel.

[cirthix]

128bit

[perkam]

128bit

Yup...expect the same disparity as the X1600 between 3d05 performance and actual gaming performance.

Perkam

[Starscream]

btw there are rumors that 128bit 7300 cards could apear.

this cause the 7300 pcb is the same as the 6200 pcb and there were 128bit 6200 cards.
as the 7300 and 6200 are pin to pin compatible.

although it could ofcourse be that the 7300 GPU isnt able todo 128bit but lets hope it is.

[perkam]

The only reason Nv doesnt want 128-bit 7300 cards is because they'll get too close to 7600 performance...Sort of like how an X1300 pro vs an x1600xt..a lot of times only a 10 to 15 fps difference between the two due to faster ram on the x1600xt...the x1600pro and the x1300pro are even closer !!

Perkam

[perkam]

I'm leaving space in sticky section for xtreme stuff, so 7900 stays, 7600 and 7300 has to go...more on this on xs cebit coverage though...so dont worry

Perkam

[sabrewolf732]

The only reason Nv doesnt want 128-bit 7300 cards is because they'll get too close to 7600 performance...Sort of like how an X1300 pro vs an x1600xt..a lot of times only a 10 to 15 fps difference between the two due to faster ram on the x1600xt...the x1600pro and the x1300pro are even closer !!

Perkam

Actually, In several cases the x1600xt is close to 2x faster than a 1300pro Im tired of waiting, I ordered a 6800 256 from newegg for $99 after ar. Ill prob get a 7600 when it comes out

[perkam]

Actually, In several cases the x1600xt is close to 2x faster than a 1300pro Im tired of waiting, I ordered a 6800 256 from newegg for $99 after ar. Ill prob get a 7600 when it comes out

Ordered a refurb Powercolor X800GT for the same price Lmk when you get it. If mine isn't doa, how bout we compare results

Perkam

[sabrewolf732]

Ordered a refurb Powercolor X800GT for the same price Lmk when you get it. If mine isn't doa, how bout we compare results

Perkam

For sure

[onethreehill]

Some sneak preview of what the card look like.

Nice blue box...


Here comes the card...

http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1236816

[sabrewolf732]

http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1236816

her picture looks weird.

[perkam]

http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1236816

Nice

Perkam

[sabrewolf732]

Nice

Perkam

lol perkam

[arisythila]

LOL 7800GTX 512 is no where to be found... wtf. you can buy a 256mb verson easily. but it's pretty hard to find the 512.

[sabrewolf732]

LOL 7800GTX 512 is no where to be found... wtf. you can buy a 256mb verson easily. but it's pretty hard to find the 512.

And you would want one why?

[sabrewolf732]

that's what I said till perkam edited it lol

[perkam]

that's what I said till perkam edited it lol

Yup...and Now there all gone

Keep it on topic gentlemen.

Perkam