7900GT and 7900GTX hard launch

[NeezyDeezy]

Originally posted by: openwheelformula1
I saw some close up pictures of EVGA's 7900GT, but I didn't see the chip required for hdcp. Oh well, I'll keep waiting. Too bad I just fried my 6600GT. I had a Zalman passive heatsink on it and I wanted to make my computer even quieter, so undervolted my intake fan. I was playing UT2004 for couple hours and suddenly my computer shut itself down. I looked down and there was a puff of smoke rising up from the graphic card. It won't display anything anymore, so I got a temporary 6800GS for now.

lol didn't you know the 6600gt is one of the hottest running cards evar?

 

[djspl]

Originally posted by: CP5670
That heatsink sure looks lame. A far cry from what they have on their CO 7800GTs.

the CO heatsink is not very good, I was hitting 75C under load with it. I just installed the AC NVsilencer on my CO and now I don't break 62C running 510/1.14 (ambient temps ~70C) after an hour of ATI tool.

 

[openwheelformula1]

neezydeezy, actually the NV43 runs pretty cool.

 

[JBT]

Newegg's showing a alot of these in stock now. PNY 7900GT's for $299

 

[McArra]

XFX OC'd version will run near GTX 512Mb clocks, very very very near.

Great OCers for sure

 

[FalllenAngell]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Pricing is kind of disappointing. 7900GT is using 1.5ns memory and 7900GTX is using 1.2ns

Wow.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...&N=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

Seven 7900GTXs in stock on launch day for $499 - $599, with clocks ranging from 650/1600- 690/1760, and the price is "disappointing" to you?

I think with 512GTXs selling out in minutes at $750, these will go fast at $499.. IMO

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...&N=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

Seven 7900GTs from $299 - $359 is pretty good as well.

 

[R3MF]

when does the NDA expire, i'm desperate to drop money on a 7900GT today?

 

[Capt Caveman]

If you saw where my comments where listed in the thread, it was the Monarch prices that I was referring to.

 

[FalllenAngell]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
If you saw where my comments where listed in the thread, it was the Monarch prices that I was referring to.

Sorry, no offense intended.

 

[hemmy]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker
Has anyone seen the new ThermalTake VGA water cooler? Here is a link. One of those and a GT would run about $400 and likely would hit GTX speeds fairly easily.....

It performs terribly, wont even cool high end cards enough to prevent crashing

 

[hemmy]

There is a 7900GTX for 499 at newegg, 7600GT 199 and 7900GT 299

 

[ta8689]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130279

 

[BenSkywalker]

It performs terribly, wont even cool high end cards enough to prevent crashing

Link? It rocks according to these guys. A full 20C cooler under load with a 7800GT OCd to 490core.

 

[Methusela]

I'm really curious why BFG released their only 7900gt @ 475mhz core and 1360mhz ram speeds?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143048

That's not even CLOSE to the competition. Who would pay the price premium on BFG branded cards for so much slower parts?

 

[imported_Finny]

Originally posted by: Wreckage
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5893/ncix79003aa.jpg

That would look nice for a birthday present.

I think a little bit of me just died...

 

[Ronin]

Originally posted by: openwheelformula1
any of the new 7900 and 7600 HDCP compliant?

Nope, nor do they need to be, yet.

ATi's the only one with an HDCP compliant card, and it's not what you'd call a performance monster. (that, and it's not released to the public, either).

 

[abaez]

Damn, I just bought a evga 7800gt co from monarch, how much do you guys think the 7900gt co will msrp for so I can do the stepup?

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: Ronin

Originally posted by: openwheelformula1
any of the new 7900 and 7600 HDCP compliant?

Nope, nor do they need to be, yet.

ATi's the only one with an HDCP compliant card, and it's not what you'd call a performance monster. (that, and it's not released to the public, either).

Well technically NVIDIA has the first HDCP part for sale. But you can only get it in a Sony computer (go figure).

Since HDCP is seperate from the GPU, pretty much any GPU can be called "compliant".

 

[BenSkywalker]

Since HDCP is seperate from the GPU, pretty much any GPU can be called "compliant".

No, the GPU must have support for HDCP- the issue is the lack of support for HDMI on vid cards which is handled off chip.

 

[slash196]

Wow, yet another hard-as-diamonds launch from nVidia. Good show boys (not that I'm going to be buying any )

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker

Since HDCP is seperate from the GPU, pretty much any GPU can be called "compliant".

No, the GPU must have support for HDCP- the issue is the lack of support for HDMI on vid cards which is handled off chip.

HDCP encryption can be handled by a seperate chip on the card.

 

[A5]

Originally posted by: abaez
Damn, I just bought a evga 7800gt co from monarch, how much do you guys think the 7900gt co will msrp for so I can do the stepup?

$299 for the base model, $339 for the "Superclocked" version.