Gainward BLISS - 512MB 7800 GT now at OcUK!!

Gibbo · 15 Feb 2006 at 15:29

HI there

Check out our VGA section, I am sure that your gonna impressed by this beast of a card and even more so at the price.

Gainward BLISS GeForce 7800 GT "Goes Like Hell" 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GWGFFX7647) (GX-026-GW)

The NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GPUs supercharge gaming - delivering unparalleled performance and advanced visual effects for next generation games. Featuring a revolutionary superscalar architecture and backed by the NVIDIA Forceware software the Geforce 7800 GPUs deliver ultra-realistic effects, unmatched features, and rock solid stability so you can play your game the way it's meant to be played. This "Goes Like Hell" edition features not only 512MB of memory but that memory also runs at a super-fast 1300MHz making this the quickest 7800 GT on the market and with the extra memory gives it the performance edge over 7800 GTX cards but without the high price tag. This is a limited Edition and only 2000 units will be produced worldwide so be quick if you want the quickest 7800 GT on the block.

- Core clock 450MHz+
- 20 Pixel Pipelines
- 512MB 1300MHz+ GDDR3 Ultra Fast 1.4ns Memory
- 256-Bit Memory interface
- 7 Vertex Shaders
- Memory Bandwidth - 41.6GB/sec
- Fill Rate - 9.80 billion pixels/sec
- RED PCB, and copper/red heatsink for improve cooling and style/looks

ETA: Monday 20th February 2006!!

Price: £229.95 (£270.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)

evil513 · 15 Feb 2006 at 15:33

Hm....Gibbo, it looks like you've changed your mind about Gainward

Gibbo · 15 Feb 2006 at 15:36

evil513 said:
Hm....Gibbo, it looks like you've changed your mind about Gainward

Yes definetely, they under new management now from a much more sucessful company and the people at Gainward are also now much more focussed and I think that this could be 3rd time lucky. With a new company backing them, new management and an entire new product range things are looking good. Plus all RMA/Returns are now to our demands so we can look after our customers ourselves to very high standards.

evil513 · 15 Feb 2006 at 15:44

That really is great. Gainward's always been making an effort for going beyond "the standart". Love the 1.6ns memory

EDIT: 1.4ns oh-oooh

AndyOcUK · 15 Feb 2006 at 15:47

Gainward are the best cards I've ever had!!!!! Never had a problem with one.

UOcUK Poopscoop · 15 Feb 2006 at 15:48

So am I right in thinking people will have to RMA boards straight to Gainward?

Gibbo · 15 Feb 2006 at 16:14

UOcUK Poopscoop said:
So am I right in thinking people will have to RMA boards straight to Gainward?

Both OcUK and Gainward will accept RMA's and both of us will look after the customers very well.

Goksly · 15 Feb 2006 at 16:18

£270 aye.... shows how good the value of the X1800XT was at £290

Gibbo · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:48

Hi there

Is 8500 3D Mark 2005 points good for a 7800 GT?

Metalface Mark · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:55

Its a good score, but you can have a 7800GTX for that kind of money.

Im delighted i got the X1800 from you at the 279 price

Nixeh · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:58

anyone got any high res benchies for this card. Wanna know how well it fares against the x1800xt and the x1900xt

Goksly · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:01

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Is 8500 3D Mark 2005 points good for a 7800 GT?

My X1800XT gets 9400 at stock, but thats with a 2.7ghz opty. For a proper comparison you will have to disclose the CPU you used

Gibbo · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:48

Goksly said:
My X1800XT gets 9400 at stock, but thats with a 2.7ghz opty. For a proper comparison you will have to disclose the CPU you used

Just an FX-57, all stock I presume with some overclocking on both CPU and VGA it would see 9000+

King_Boru · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:56

mmmm, saucy

Bennah · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:04

Sounds like a great card to me

Would this 7800 GT 512MB beat a 7800 GTX 256MB then ?

Gibbo, could you do a quick test my friend. Please.

Use the FX57 based rig. FX57 stock. Same mem speed timings etc, just changing the GPU. Run a Gainward 7800 GT 512MB at stock and could you compare it against a 7800 GTX 256MB, just a normal GTX 256MB at stock too? Use 3D Mark 05 or 06 as a test.

Much appreciated if you could do the quick little compare. Thanks

Gibbo · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:15

Bennah said:
Sounds like a great card to me

Would this 7800 GT 512MB beat a 7800 GTX 256MB then ?

Gibbo, could you do a quick test my friend. Please.

Use the FX57 based rig. FX57 stock. Same mem speed timings etc, just changing the GPU. Run a Gainward 7800 GT 512MB at stock and could you compare it against a 7800 GTX 256MB, just a normal GTX 256MB at stock too? Use 3D Mark 05 or 06 as a test.

Much appreciated if you could do the quick little compare. Thanks

It depends which GTX you put it up against.

This 7800 GT has 450MHz core clock and 1300MHz memory. Compared to a GTX's normal 430MHz core clock and 1200MHz memory, plus this 7800 GT has extra 256MB, total of 512MB. The only upper hand the 7800 GTX has is another 4 pixel pipelines (24 vs 20).

Head to head they are very similar all depends on the games and benchmarks you run. As ultra high resolution will take advantage of the extra memory, wheras some games need better fill rates which the GTX has with the more pipelines and some games preferre clock speeds which the GT has to its advantage.

On 3D Mark 2005 a GTX scores approx 8300-8600 I believe, so this 7800 GT is performing roughly the same, a tad slower in some games and a tad quicker in others. But £229 +VAT for a 512MB card is a superb price!!

Nixeh · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:16

think ill stick with the x1900xt

Gibbo · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:20

Nixeh said:
think ill stick with the x1900xt

I would hope so, this card does not compete with X1900's........

lego · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:29

Gibbo said:
I would hope so, this card does not compete with X1900's........

Glad you said that

Bennah · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:44

Gibbo said:
It depends which GTX you put it up against.

This 7800 GT has 450MHz core clock and 1300MHz memory. Compared to a GTX's normal 430MHz core clock and 1200MHz memory, plus this 7800 GT has extra 256MB, total of 512MB. The only upper hand the 7800 GTX has is another 4 pixel pipelines (24 vs 20).

Head to head they are very similar all depends on the games and benchmarks you run. As ultra high resolution will take advantage of the extra memory, wheras some games need better fill rates which the GTX has with the more pipelines and some games preferre clock speeds which the GT has to its advantage.

On 3D Mark 2005 a GTX scores approx 8300-8600 I believe, so this 7800 GT is performing roughly the same, a tad slower in some games and a tad quicker in others. But £229 +VAT for a 512MB card is a superb price!!

Yea, with the GT having the higher clocks I wondered if that would bring it upto GTX level as the GTX has 4 extra pipes.

So you say it would be on par with a 256MB GTX then? For £270 its a great card. 512MB too. Now only to get the money to buy one.

Props to Gibbo and the rest of the OcUK team for yet again bringing the best hardware available to us.

Thanks Guys. Keep up the good work