GeForce 7800 GTX reviews and previews

[NikolaX]

The NDA is now up, and the GeForce 7800 GTX can be unleashed from its cage. Check out our up-to-the-minute list of all the reviews and previews from around the web below, to fill your boots with as much G70 goodness as you can take

http://www.beyond3d.com/previews/nvidia/g70/
http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xMjk4
http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/geforce-7800gtx/index.x?pg=1
http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?id=384
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/229/
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050622/index.html
http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=697&cid=2
http://www.nvnews.net/previews/geforce_7800_gtx/index.shtml

 

[Icarusintel]

thank you, still not ready to upgrade yet though, but these are some good reads

 

[NikolaX]

and check the ATI, but nvidia is out now and ATI still cant get a working sample, so...

Radeon X900 XT-PE
• 32 Pixel-Pipelines
• 10 Vertex-Shader Einheiten
• 90nm low-k bei TSMC
• 500 Mhz Chiptakt
• 700 MHz (1,4 Ghz) Speichertakt
• 512 MB GDDR-3

Radeon X900 XT
• 32 Pixel-Pipelines
• 10 Vertex-Shader Einheiten
• 90nm low-k bei TSMC
• 450 Mhz Chiptakt
• 600 MHz (1,2 Ghz) Speichertakt
• 512 MB GDDR-3

Radeon X900 Pro
• 24 Pixel-Pipelines
• 10 Vertex-Shader Einheiten
• 90nm low-k bei TSMC
• 450 Mhz Chiptakt
• 600 MHz (1,2 Ghz) Speichertakt
• 256/512 MB GDDR-3

Radeon X900
• 16 Pixel-Pipelines
• 8 Vertex-Shader Einheiten
• 110nm low-k bei TSMC
• 500 Mhz Chiptakt
• 500 MHz (1,0 Ghz) Speichertakt
• 256/512 MB GDDR-3

 

[Raxxman]

I'm skipping this generation, as good as it looks, the jump isn't as high as I think they were hoping, and SLI still feels like a waste of money.

Still good for nVidia, they haven't gone and redone a FX

 

[Icarusintel]

hmmm.... maybe around the time UT2k7 is coming out i'll get one

 

[duffers20]

I think I will upgrade when I have to, there is goign to be a game that I want that my good old faithful 9800pro won't be able to run at half decent settings, then I will upgrade. I can't afford to buy a £350 now, then another one in 6 months.

 

[NikolaX]

but when ATI come with 32 pipes , Nvidia will pop with 7900 with 32 pipes, so i think Nvidia is looking good...

 

[NikolaX]

NVIDIA ForceWare 77.72 WHQL Candidate officially released

It's no good having a shiny new graphics card without a shiny new set of drivers to go with it, and NVIDIA haven't disappointed this time around with the release of their ForceWare 77.72 driver set to coincide with the release of the GeForce 7800 GTX. Here's the list of major changes to this driver set.

WHQL Candidate
- Support for GeForce 7800 GTX and GeForce 6200 AGP
- Improved SLI performance and broader SLI validation and optimizations for the latest games
- Compatible with Intel and AMD dual core CPUs
- HDTV Display Setup Wizard with preview mode
- Fullscreen HDTV underscan control panel lets users optimize their high definition television for Windows desktops
- Allows end users to keep or remove old driver application profiles when the driver is updated
- Improved TurboCache™ performance
- Support for inverse 2-2 pulldown detection and correction when using the the PureVideo Decoder
- More control when creating custom timings for digital flat panels
- nView Desktop Manager support during Windows Remote Desktop sessions
- Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support

You can download the driver for Windows 2000 and XP from here