nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

[QuikSilv3r47]

Do you guys have any good info and specs on either/both of these? I've really considered buying one of these 2. If I could miraculously find the money for a 7900 I'll buy it, but if not then I'll prolly go with a 7600 or a 7800.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

Wait until after midninght and you will be flooded with info and links.

[QuikSilv3r47]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

Wait until after midninght and you will be flooded with info and links.

:laugh:
I thought it came out friday?

[LoD]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

Thursday the 9th was what I heard... midnight tonight will be fun.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

Repost:

Ok, mwave did have the 7600gt, 7900gt 256mb and gtx 512 for sale, but the links been yanked. The prices were 200 for the 7600gt, 359 for the 7900gt, and 795 for the gtx, and all those prices are significantly above the retail price.

[cloakster]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

whats the retail price for the 7600 GT?

[imported_Wreck]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

Repost:

Ok, mwave did have the 7600gt, 7900gt 256mb and gtx 512 for sale, but the links been yanked. The prices were 200 for the 7600gt, 359 for the 7900gt, and 795 for the gtx, and all those prices are significantly above the retail price.

Yeah, they seem to be doing that alot lately.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

Found some pics(?):

http://www.computerbase.de/news/hardware/grafikkarten/nvidia/2006/maerz/cebit06_geforce_7900_gtx_7900_gt/

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30130

http://forum.coolaler.com/showthread.php?t=119861&page=6&pp=10

Edit: Someone got one, here are the supposed specs for the BFG GTX:
BFG Geforce 7900 GTX OC
specs off the box:

GPU : Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX
Bus Type: PCI Express
Memory: 512 MB GDDR3
Core Clock: 670 MHZ
Memory Clock: 820 Mhz
Ramdacs: Dual 400Mhz
Api Support: Microsoft Direct x 9.0 and lower open gl 2.0 and lower for windows
Connectors: 2 dual-link dvi-i hdtv
vertices/second: 1440 million
memory bandwidth: 52.4 GB/sec

Edit2: Here are some gtx (sli?) scores:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1321141&postcount=503

Edit3: Monarch had links for them, but they got yanked. But they are still selling a system with dual 7900gtx's:

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=90029

[imported_Wreck]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

Hmm. In 3Dmark 05 my X1900 XTX @ 720/1800 (13,485), beats his 7900 GTX @ 710/1860mhz (12,287). Also he has an FX60 compared to my lowly Opty 170.

[Flanker]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

I just want to know how many pipes this thing ends up having. Before it was 32 pipes, then it turned to 24 pipes, but everyone was still reluctant. I'm pretty sure its going to end up being 24 pipes, but here's hoping.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

I just want to know how many pipes this thing ends up having. Before it was 32 pipes, then it turned to 24 pipes, but everyone was still reluctant. I'm pretty sure its going to end up being 24 pipes, but here's hoping.

It's 24 pipes. Basicly it's a little faster clocks, 90nm, and available compared to the 7800 GTX 512.

[Flanker]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

Yea, the only noticable thing seemed to be the 90nm shrink. Though performance 10% better than the 7800GTX-512MB isn't too bad. Gets reamed by the X1900XT though.

Why'd you buy a X1900XTX? XT is only clocked 25/50 slower so...

[imported_Wreck]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

Yea, the only noticable thing seemed to be the 90nm shrink. Though performance 10% better than the 7800GTX-512MB isn't too bad. Gets reamed by the X1900XT though.

Why'd you buy a X1900XTX? XT is only clocked 25/50 slower so...

I just had a thing about wanting some 1800mhz ram action. I figured if I was spending $500 on a card why not spend $600.

[LoD]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 & 7900

They are priming the 7900 series to step in and replace the 7800's.

7800GTX = 7900GT
7800GTX < 7900GTX
7800GTX 512 < 7900GTX 512

The 7800 series is made with a larger/older/more expensive manufacturing process, so this makes sense. Its just like the 5800 cards were phased out, albeit not for the same reasons. The 7800 have been successful where the 5800 was not, but its the same sort of idea.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: nVIDIA 7600 &amp; 7900

There is only one gtx version, and it has 512mb of memory.