7900 prices are now up

easyrider · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:09

sja360 said:
the chips on the 7900gt and gtx are bound to be totally different i'd have thought so they could save costs.

not necessarily both have G71 core and run GDDR3 memory

Fx-Overlord · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:10

sja360 said:
the chips on the 7900gt and gtx are bound to be totally different i'd have thought so they could save costs.

They are the same core, but the foundry can probably produce 7900GTs by the bucketload compared to the GTX varient, so that's where costs can be saved. I would also imagine the GTX has a bit more vcore since it has a far far larger cooler.

easyrider · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:10

ben_j_davis said:
XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB XXX

- GeForce 7900 GTX Core running at 700MHz
- 512MB GDDR3 Extreme Memory running at 1800MHz

point being? :confused:

AWPC · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:11

Strange that most of the 7900GTX512s have less memory bandwidth than the 7800GTX512s in the 51GBs range. Exception being the XFX7900GTX512 extreme edition @ 60Gbs ish.

Not very happy with Nvidia @ the moment as they obviously stitched up the 7800GTX512 pricing in Jan when they can suddenly sell 7900GTX512 for up to £150 cheaper in the space of 4 weeks!!

Think my next card will be anything but Nvidias!

ben_j_davis · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:12

easyrider said:
point being?

Sorry, didnt mean to post that. I was going to agree with you that with a bit of an overclock you could probably reach that speed.

look at this though, true they only have 12 pipelines compared with 24 for the 7900's.

- GeForce 7600 GT Core running at 590MHz
- 256MB GDDR3 Extreme Memory running at 1800MHz

Better value than a 6800 GS

smids · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:16

ben_j_davis said:
Sorry, didnt mean to post that. I was going to agree with you that with a bit of an overclock you could probably reach that speed.

look at this though, true they only have 12 pipelines compared with 24 for the 7900's.

- GeForce 7600 GT Core running at 590MHz
- 256MB GDDR3 Extreme Memory running at 1800MHz

Better value than a 6800 GS

But half the pipes of the 7900 series. That's where performance is killed.

Certainly better than a 6800GS though

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no_1_dave · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:16

I would love one of those GTs if they had 512mb of memory.
So it'll probably be a X1900 XT for me as the GTX is a bit pricey

easyrider · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:33

no_1_dave said:
I would love one of those GTs if they had 512mb of memory.
So it'll probably be a X1900 XT for me as the GTX is a bit pricey

I read somewhere they are releasing a 7900 GT with 512mb in the future not to sure how true that is because this may harm GTX sales

ben_j_davis · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:36

smids said:
But half the pipes of the 7900 series. That's where performance is killed.

Certainly better than a 6800GS though .

Would two 7600GT's be better than a normal 7900GT?

smids · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:36

easyrider said:
I read somewhere they are releasing a 7900 GT with 512mb in the future not to sure how true that is because this may harm GTX sales

OcUK have one listed with 512MB :confused:

EDIT - no they don't smids you idiot.

@ ben_j_davis - sorry, no idea...but we will know in the next week but it does look likely - think 6600GT SLi vs 6800GT.

easyrider · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:39

smids said:
OcUK have one listed with 512MB EDIT - no they don't smids you idiot.

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That a typo and will get fixed!

easyrider · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:40

ben_j_davis said:
Would two 7600GT's be better than a normal 7900GT?

I'm thinking that. But I doubt it TBH.

MeatLoaf · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:43

Seriously thinking of selling my 7800GT to get a 7900GT unless i can pick up another 7800GT for about £130

easyrider · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:48

MeatLoaf said:
Seriously thinking of selling my 7800GT to get a 7900GT unless i can pick up another 7800GT for about £130

I would sell your 7800 GT but it depends on how much you would get for it.

Fx-Overlord · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:55

ben_j_davis said:
Would two 7600GT's be better than a normal 7900GT?

Looking at the theoritical numbers and accounting for the SLi speedups are in the order of 60-80% i think the 7900GT would be slightly faster.

LoadsaMoney · 9 Mar 2006 at 12:56

Thats a bit steep.

Gibbo · 9 Mar 2006 at 13:04

easyrider · 9 Mar 2006 at 13:12

he he !

I like the artistic stacking lol

D.P. · 9 Mar 2006 at 13:30

sja360 said:
the chips on the 7900gt and gtx are bound to be totally different i'd have thought so they could save costs.

They are absolutely identical in every way.

Dutch Guy · 9 Mar 2006 at 13:37

D.P. said:
They are absolutely identical in every way.

Yeah, best clocking ones get to be GTX's with a higher core voltage and the lower clocking ones GT's