Geforce 7800GTX Confirmed Specs + Picture

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
I would like to know where they got this information from? They are the only people that have it. It would seem to me that Nvnews would get this information before them or maybe Neowin. That card looks too long to fit and almost any case. Im calling bullsh!t.

-Kevin

No molex either. My 6800GT has TWO molex connects.

 

[Ronin]

One other thing I might throw out there. Initial releases won't show an AGP card whatsoever (meaning, when the cards hit the shelves, it will be PCIe only), and then an AGP variant will be available.

I'd also venture that this is the last release from either company where an AGP variant will even be made available at all.

 

[James3shin]

anyone else like that HS? I think thats pretty snazzy I also agree with keys that the pic is showing the vanilla G70.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Mari0Br0s
the card on the picture is an AGP one....

On my side, I hope it won't use more wattage than the gf6 already use.... the ATI X850 series needs a 300 watts PSU, and the nVidia GF 6800 needs a 480watts PSU!!! I'm tired of changing my PSU!!

No, it's a PCIe card in that picture. The contacts look nothing like those on the Ti4200 I had handy to do a quick comparison. BTW, there is a PCIe power connector on the card.

 

[n7]

I'm sure this isn't confirmed for real, but that length is very disturbing.

I already hate how my 6800GT has forced me to install fewer HDDs in my case, so i am really hoping that is not the actual length.

I likely will be heading the ATI route next round anyway, but it'd be nice to have a better selection.

 

[hans030390]

50% increase??? I'm really doubting that...from what i've heard, the PS3's GPU is based on the G70 and claims to be faster than 6800ultras in SLI...but the desktop G70 isn't? that doesnt make sense...

From those ATI rumors, the R520 looks to be a good deal better...either way, i don't care. I'll just pick up a PS3 and be happy...

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: Ronin
Specs are false. That's all I have to say. Same crap we saw 2 or so weeks ago that won't go away.

absolutely....its definetely fake, just like the 8x2 NV40 rumors that were released and everyone believed it....wait for the cards before believing in this

 

[Emultra]

They should make dual core 7800's. Gigabyte or whatever.

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: Mari0Br0s
the card on the picture is an AGP one....

On my side, I hope it won't use more wattage than the gf6 already use.... the ATI X850 series needs a 300 watts PSU, and the nVidia GF 6800 needs a 480watts PSU!!! I'm tired of changing my PSU!!

are u still in the previous year???....the 6800U doesnt require a 480W PSU, it was just Nvidia being over-cautious...infact the X850XT consumes more power than the 6800U and it wont run on 300W if u got a good amount of xtra peripherals, i got one n i require a 400W!!!

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: Emultra
They should make dual core 7800's. Gigabyte or whatever.

they'll definetely make one now that theyve made with the 6800GT...although it would really be a hefty looking card and would come at a hefty price as well

 

[Zenoth]

I do not believe those specifications are true.

But if they are, then I am definitely waiting for ATi R520.

Also, ATi are better at producing superb GPUs with lower power consumption than nVidia's GPUs. And, personally, it's important to me. Less power consumption, less heat, more room for over-clocking, or just better stability potential at stock speeds.

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: Zenoth
I do not believe those specifications are true.

But if they are, then I am definitely waiting for ATi R520.

Also, ATi are better at producing superb GPUs with lower power consumption than nVidia's GPUs. And, personally, it's important to me. Less power consumption, less heat, more room for over-clocking, or just better stability potential at stock speeds.

I agree. ATI cards are better cards in terms of engineering IMHO.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Rudee

Originally posted by: Zenoth
I do not believe those specifications are true.

But if they are, then I am definitely waiting for ATi R520.

Also, ATi are better at producing superb GPUs with lower power consumption than nVidia's GPUs. And, personally, it's important to me. Less power consumption, less heat, more room for over-clocking, or just better stability potential at stock speeds.

I agree. ATI cards are better cards in terms of engineering IMHO.

better at engineering? wouldnt LARGER chips require better engineering?

Stability potential? If it wasnt 100% stable (hardware wise, of course drivers are a different story) it wouldnt be released.

 

[zendari]

50% increase is about all I expected.

Summer '02: 9700 Pro came out
Summer '04: 6800/x800 (2x performance of the previous)

It seems a bit early for a new batch of cards, right now we should be getting a "refresh" like the 9800 was to the 9700.

Since its only 1 year guess you don't get the 2x again.

 

[Rudee]

I bet the 1024x768 and 1280x1024 benchmarks of the newer cards will be similar to the current cards. As a result of the CPU bottleneck I doubt you will see significant gains from these new cards unless you are really cranking up the resolution.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

those specs still seem tooo modest..but i guess thats alll they feel is needed right now

maybes they have made big strides in efficiency or something

 

[Drayvn]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: Rudee

Originally posted by: Zenoth
I do not believe those specifications are true.

But if they are, then I am definitely waiting for ATi R520.

Also, ATi are better at producing superb GPUs with lower power consumption than nVidia's GPUs. And, personally, it's important to me. Less power consumption, less heat, more room for over-clocking, or just better stability potential at stock speeds.

I agree. ATI cards are better cards in terms of engineering IMHO.

better at engineering? wouldnt LARGER chips require better engineering?

Stability potential? If it wasnt 100% stable (hardware wise, of course drivers are a different story) it wouldnt be released.

I would have thought that better engineering would be to make the chips smaller but with more transistors with more features less heat and it would consume less heat too.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Rudee
I bet the 1024x768 and 1280x1024 benchmarks of the newer cards will be similar to the current cards. As a result of the CPU bottleneck I doubt you will see significant gains from these new cards unless you are really cranking up the resolution.

It's a good thing I game at 1680x1050 then.

I've never understood high-end video card benchmarks that are done primarily at low CPU-limited resolutions.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

heh i would love it if these leaked specs where just a front to dupe everyone....and when release day comes something mega is uncovered

the FX was a 4x2 design then they completely jumped ship and brought a 16x1 design, i think its too early to again jump that far. 24 pipes is probably more reasonable, and im hoping there'll be room on later cards for 32 pipes as and when needed

there is no replacement for displacement it seems in this GPU world, but that doesnt mean you need lots of pipes to go fast, maybes nvidia have pulled of something remarkable with their shader efficiency

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Low clocks, 256MB RAM, only a 50% increase in piplines. When we went from GF FX to GF 6, there was a 100% increase in pipelines. 7800GTX*AWDSCTURBOBOOSTSTI is not the way to go :thumbsdown:

it was more than that wasnt it?

4 pipes to 16 is more than a 100% increase surely

 

[Zenoth]

Better engineering or not, the fact is ... within the latest generation GPUs from nVidia and ATi, the winner clearly is ATi in terms of overall power consumption. It's not an opinion, it's proven black on white in reviews on the web. Especially the very high end GPUs.

My guess, and my hope, is that ATi keeps the pace.

Personally, overall power consumption is important for me. Maybe it's not to others, but in book, it is. So, so far, go ATi for me.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Zenoth
Better engineering or not, the fact is ... within the latest generation GPUs from nVidia and ATi, the winner clearly is ATi in terms of overall power consumption. It's not an opinion, it's proven black on white in reviews on the web. Especially the very high end GPUs.

My guess, and my hope, is that ATi keeps the pace.

Personally, overall power consumption is important for me. Maybe it's not to others, but in book, it is. So, so far, go ATi for me.

That would all be well and good if ATi would push new ideas out the door as often as Nvidia does. The problem is, they follow NV most of the time.

TWIMTBP -> GITG
HardWare TnL -> GeForce was 1st
SLi -> AMR


There are other examples. I like ATi, but I wish they'd innovate every now and again.

 

[Ronin]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: Zenoth
Better engineering or not, the fact is ... within the latest generation GPUs from nVidia and ATi, the winner clearly is ATi in terms of overall power consumption. It's not an opinion, it's proven black on white in reviews on the web. Especially the very high end GPUs.

My guess, and my hope, is that ATi keeps the pace.

Personally, overall power consumption is important for me. Maybe it's not to others, but in book, it is. So, so far, go ATi for me.

That would all be well and good if ATi would push new ideas out the door as often as Nvidia does. The problem is, they follow NV most of the time.

TWIMTBP -> GITG
HardWare TnL -> GeForce was 1st
SLi -> AMR


There are other examples. I like ATi, but I wish they'd innovate every now and again.

*chuckles*

That's just ownage all over the place.

With innovation comes cost. Being the one to plow the road means sometimes you have to take a hit, but you'll still come out on top.

ATi is the more cautious of the two, and it costs them revenue every time.

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: zendari
50% increase is about all I expected.

Summer '02: 9700 Pro came out
Summer '04: 6800/x800 (2x performance of the previous)

It seems a bit early for a new batch of cards, right now we should be getting a "refresh" like the 9800 was to the 9700.

Since its only 1 year guess you don't get the 2x again.

the competition has tremendously increased between the two companies,...its not like in the days of the Geforce 3 and 4 where 2X increase took atleast 2-3years....we should definetely see close or more than 2X performance increase.

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: Zenoth
Better engineering or not, the fact is ... within the latest generation GPUs from nVidia and ATi, the winner clearly is ATi in terms of overall power consumption. It's not an opinion, it's proven black on white in reviews on the web. Especially the very high end GPUs.

My guess, and my hope, is that ATi keeps the pace.

Personally, overall power consumption is important for me. Maybe it's not to others, but in book, it is. So, so far, go ATi for me.

That would all be well and good if ATi would push new ideas out the door as often as Nvidia does. The problem is, they follow NV most of the time.

TWIMTBP -> GITG
HardWare TnL -> GeForce was 1st
SLi -> AMR


There are other examples. I like ATi, but I wish they'd innovate every now and again.

ull forgot SM3...Nvidia is definetely more innovative and courageous of the 2 companies even though it means taking a hit such as the FX series!!