Nvidia 7950

[Usual Suspect]

It says this new card has 2*7900 gtx chips yet the only models for sale go up to a core speed of 570mhz. Is there any full speed cores in the pipe line 650,670 and maybe even a 700mhz??

Usual

 

[DrEvil]

It says this new card has 2*7900 gtx chips yet the only models for sale go up to a core speed of 570mhz. Is there any full speed cores in the pipe line 650,670 and maybe even a 700mhz??

Usual

I think i read this on the guru3d review - basically they're underclocked due to heat output concerns - the coolers are fairly basic - nothing like the monster coolers on the GTX cards.

 

[Lewcifer]

Eh...aren't they 7900GT chips? And they're mobile chips aswell, to reduce heat output.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Yeah they aint GTX's, more like GT's, but a bit faster.

 

[kinggost]

wel for around £400 it like haveing sli gts

 

[DrEvil]

Hey - just going by the carp I've read at the review sites...

I don't care, they score high enough for a single card and perform well in games

 

[Usual Suspect]

GTX chips ive read... they are much faster than a single GTX so i would have thought they are just underclocked GTX's as like the other man said the heatsink and fan look rather poor.

 

[Lewcifer]

They're 7900GT Mobile (ones used in laptops) chips. Mobile chips were used to keep heat output and power requirements down. Hence the lack of a huge cooler on it.

 

[Usual Suspect]

They're 7900GT Mobile (ones used in laptops) chips. Mobile chips were used to keep heat output and power requirements down. Hence the lack of a huge cooler on it.

No its two G71 cores which are the same cores used in the 7900GTX. They are running quite a bit slower (100-150mhz) than the top oc'd GTX's.