eVGA GeForce 7900 GTO 512MB - $255 shipped from ChiefValue

[BigRigDriver]

Originally posted by: Karaktu

Originally posted by: BigRigDriver
Is this a worthy upgrade from a 7900GT @ 500/725 ???

IMHO, only if you want the 512 meg and/or bigger stock cooler. You can always vMod your currently card to 1.4v on the core and get GTX performance.

Thanx

 

[Craig234]

It's way better than paying for the new card's cost. What else can you ask for? More discount from eVGA? It is not a volumed e-retailer like N/E in order to give you that discount.

Why is it way better? In effect you are just buying the later card at full MSRP, the only benefit getting a 'loaner' card in the meantime.

For example, say you buy this 7900GTO for $240 now, and then the 8xxx comes out with MSRP list of $499, but you could get it at a great sale for $349.

Then you have to buy the new card for the $499 price, getting back the $240 you spent on the 7900 GTO - you spent $150 for getting a 7900 GTO loaner for a little while.

I'd probably rather buy the new card on sale than get a not so free loaner.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: Craig234
Why is it way better? In effect you are just buying the later card at full MSRP, the only benefit getting a 'loaner' card in the meantime.

For example, say you buy this 7900GTO for $240 now, and then the 8xxx comes out with MSRP list of $499, but you could get it at a great sale for $349.

Then you have to buy the new card for the $499 price, getting back the $240 you spent on the 7900 GTO - you spent $150 for getting a 7900 GTO loaner for a little while.

I'd probably rather buy the new card on sale than get a not so free loaner.

It's a fact that graphics cards depreciate really fast.
If you do not need a graphics card, I don't think anyone is suggesting that you get this one, or any other one.

But, those who do need an upgrade, take advantage of this opportunity to upgrade to this.

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: Craig234

It's way better than paying for the new card's cost. What else can you ask for? More discount from eVGA? It is not a volumed e-retailer like N/E in order to give you that discount.

Why is it way better? In effect you are just buying the later card at full MSRP, the only benefit getting a 'loaner' card in the meantime.

For example, say you buy this 7900GTO for $240 now, and then the 8xxx comes out with MSRP list of $499, but you could get it at a great sale for $349.

Then you have to buy the new card for the $499 price, getting back the $240 you spent on the 7900 GTO - you spent $150 for getting a 7900 GTO loaner for a little while.

I'd probably rather buy the new card on sale than get a not so free loaner.

Why would someone want to do that?
Do your own research prior to do the step-up, always.

In my last step-up, I paid a total of $60 delta, including $10 shipping from a 7800gtx ($449 paid) to 7900gtx ($499 MSRP) step-up last March.

 

[BassBomb]

260$ in canada for 7900GTO seems better than 240 in US

 

[Kenazo]

Tigerdirect.ca is selling this card for $259.97Cdn... Which works out to be a pretty good buy for us Canadians.

 

[dr150]

Could someone please recommend a great bang/buck mobo for this video card???..........

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: dr150
Could someone please recommend a great bang/buck mobo for this video card???..........

You may post this over the Motherboards forum to get better yields.

 

[tbogstad]

Originally posted by: Craig234

It's way better than paying for the new card's cost. What else can you ask for? More discount from eVGA? It is not a volumed e-retailer like N/E in order to give you that discount.

Why is it way better? In effect you are just buying the later card at full MSRP, the only benefit getting a 'loaner' card in the meantime.

For example, say you buy this 7900GTO for $240 now, and then the 8xxx comes out with MSRP list of $499, but you could get it at a great sale for $349.

Then you have to buy the new card for the $499 price, getting back the $240 you spent on the 7900 GTO - you spent $150 for getting a 7900 GTO loaner for a little while.

I'd probably rather buy the new card on sale than get a not so free loaner.

and also $499.99 video cars are never onsale for $350.00 on release, so that senario is not going to happen, it usually takes 3 months for the first price drop., and to get full value from a used video card, even if it is only 3 months old, is a great deal.

I have done the step-up twice, and got awesome deals both times.

I got a 7900GT for $150.00 because of the $150.00 REBATE I GOT ON THE 6800 I TRADED IN.

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: tbogstad

Originally posted by: Craig234

It's way better than paying for the new card's cost. What else can you ask for? More discount from eVGA? It is not a volumed e-retailer like N/E in order to give you that discount.

Why is it way better? In effect you are just buying the later card at full MSRP, the only benefit getting a 'loaner' card in the meantime.

For example, say you buy this 7900GTO for $240 now, and then the 8xxx comes out with MSRP list of $499, but you could get it at a great sale for $349.

Then you have to buy the new card for the $499 price, getting back the $240 you spent on the 7900 GTO - you spent $150 for getting a 7900 GTO loaner for a little while.

I'd probably rather buy the new card on sale than get a not so free loaner.

and also $499.99 video cars are never onsale for $350.00 on release, so that senario is not going to happen, it usually takes 3 months for the first price drop., and to get full value from a used video card, even if it is only 3 months old, is a great deal.

I have done the step-up twice, and got awesome deals both times.

I got a 7900GT for $150.00 because of the $150.00 REBATE I GOT ON THE 6800 I TRADED IN.

:beer:
step-up FTW
Bottom-line = just like everything else in life you just do it, wisely

 

[Zap]

My core can clock to around 715MHz or so. Memory "only" in the 700MHz range - forgot exactly, around 760MHz maybe? It's in my gaming rig in my trunk - got back from the LAN party at about 5am this morning. Used it for around 8 hours of gaming at those speeds, and my Opteron 144 at 2.7GHz. All on a 300W PSU.

 

[Safeway]

I just ran a few quick benchies. Keep in mind, I have had no time to tweak any settings. I finished installing Windows on my new rig, and benched right away.

3DMark2006:

6638 3DMarks
SM2.0 = 2730
HDR/SM3.0 = 2622
CPU = 2542

 

[Craig234]

It seems we agree on the facts - you're buying the uupgraded card at full list and the only benefit is a 'loaner' card for up to three months before you do - and it's just a matter of opinion how useful that is. I'm glad the people who like the program have it.

 

[InSuboRdiNaTioN]

Originally posted by: Zap
My core can clock to around 715MHz or so. Memory "only" in the 700MHz range - forgot exactly, around 760MHz maybe? It's in my gaming rig in my trunk - got back from the LAN party at about 5am this morning. Used it for around 8 hours of gaming at those speeds, and my Opteron 144 at 2.7GHz. All on a 300W PSU.

What BIOS version do you have? In case you haven't seen, most people who cannot reach GTX memory speeds have a newer BIOS (.13). Downgrading to an older one (.08) fixes the problem.

 

[tbogstad]

Originally posted by: Zap
My core can clock to around 715MHz or so. Memory "only" in the 700MHz range - forgot exactly, around 760MHz maybe? It's in my gaming rig in my trunk - got back from the LAN party at about 5am this morning. Used it for around 8 hours of gaming at those speeds, and my Opteron 144 at 2.7GHz. All on a 300W PSU.

I get almost exactly the same results.

711 on the core and 784 on the memory useing Riva Tuner to autoclock it. I am on a Antec True 550watt PSU though.

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: tbogstad

Originally posted by: Zap
My core can clock to around 715MHz or so. Memory "only" in the 700MHz range - forgot exactly, around 760MHz maybe? It's in my gaming rig in my trunk - got back from the LAN party at about 5am this morning. Used it for around 8 hours of gaming at those speeds, and my Opteron 144 at 2.7GHz. All on a 300W PSU.

I get almost exactly the same results.

711 on the core and 784 on the memory useing Riva Tuner to autoclock it. I am on a Antec True 550watt PSU though.

Using tweaksrus 92.91 (x64), I was able to do 700/820 (stable enough to pass 3dmark06 twice w/o freezez or BSOD). Backing off to 690/800 eversince for daily usage or gaming.

 

[Ricochet]

I was able to overclock to 710/825 with Riva Tuner and got it stable. For those using Riva Tuner, how do you get it to apply the settings on windows startup? I click the check box to do so, but every time after a reboot I have to manually start Riva Tuner up again, which starts up with the original default setting.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: ricochet
For those using Riva Tuner, how do you get it to apply the settings on windows startup? I click the check box to do so, but every time after a reboot I have to manually start Riva Tuner up again, which starts up with the original default setting.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...hreadid=1452022&enterthread=y&arctab=y

 

[Ricochet]

Thanks, Navid. I will use your instruction when I get home.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: ricochet
Thanks, Navid. I will use your instruction when I get home.

Rivatuner is extremely powerful. I like its temperature graph.
ATITool is much simpler to set up. The only shortcoming of ATITool, in my opinion, is that its temperature graph does not have as much resolution.

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: Safeway
I just ran a few quick benchies. Keep in mind, I have had no time to tweak any settings. I finished installing Windows on my new rig, and benched right away.

3DMark2006:

6638 3DMarks
SM2.0 = 2730
HDR/SM3.0 = 2622
CPU = 2542

So how does this score stack up?

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: Safeway
I just ran a few quick benchies. Keep in mind, I have had no time to tweak any settings. I finished installing Windows on my new rig, and benched right away.

3DMark2006:

6638 3DMarks
SM2.0 = 2730
HDR/SM3.0 = 2622
CPU = 2542

So how does this score stack up?

One word: Great
Yoiu must have E6600 or better? My SM2 & SM3 are about the same as yours, except the cpu which is around 1700.

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: videopho

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: Safeway
I just ran a few quick benchies. Keep in mind, I have had no time to tweak any settings. I finished installing Windows on my new rig, and benched right away.

3DMark2006:

6638 3DMarks
SM2.0 = 2730
HDR/SM3.0 = 2622
CPU = 2542

So how does this score stack up?

One word: Great
Yoiu must have E6600 or better? My SM2 & SM3 are about the same as yours, except the cpu which is around 1700.

Main system components:

Asus P5W-DH Deluxe
Intel E6600
OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 (2 x 1GB)
eVGA 7900GTO (700/800)

I haven't really pushed my CPU yet ... just basic overclocking from 266 -> 320, keeping RAM at DDR2-800. Timings are ridiculously messy. I've only had an hour or two to fiddle with it.

I was suprised that my PC Power & Cooling 510 Deluxe only had a 20-pin ATX cable. Oh well, it works without the additional 4-pin adapter. The GTO is powered by two unused Molex leads.

 

[Ricochet]

After running 8 hours of rthdribl.

3DMark2006:

6338 3DMarks
SM2.0 = 2375
HDR/SM3.0 = 2633
CPU = 2727

Link

RIG
Gigabyte DS3
C2D E6400 @3.28GHZ
OCZ Platinum (2x1GB)
eVGA 7900GTO @710/825

 

[tran1981]

Did u guys use atitool to test for artifacts?