G71 / 7900 GTX news?

[chaparral]

no i agree competition is lame. there should only be one company available. then the pc will become more like the xbox 360 and games programmers will see that new hardware is too expensive to buy so they better get their butts in gear and program games properly to make use of the hardware we currently have.

Then we still be playing at 640x480 with are 4mb voodoo cards and intel 200mmx cpu...

Having competition is the best thing there is...You need to load up some games from a few years ago and see the difference..

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Then we still be playing at 640x480 with are 4mb voodoo cards and intel 200mmx cpu...

yep and i bet if programmed properly FEAR would run full wack on that sort of spec.

stupid bloat ware

 

[Overlag]

Jeeze, my post is still being dragged up!?

Obviously my sarcasm was lost on a lot of people. Maybe it was my fault for not breaking out plenty of at the end of the post...

how can i tell if its sarcastic from simple text?

there are some silly/dumb people on here, and i thought that comment was from one of them... However i see it wasnt....and it was ment as a joke.

a simple or does stand out as making a post sarcastic

 

[Cyber-Mav]

here is an example on sarcasm:

My FX5200 is faster than a x1900xt so why should i get my butt ripped off by ati???

here is an example of seriousness:

The moon orbits the earth which provides a gravitational curry to feed starving children in indonesia, if it wasn't for the moon none of those childern would have mild english cheddar cheese for dinner.

 

[Chaosboss]

here is an example on sarcasm:

My FX5200 is faster than a x1900xt so why should i get my butt ripped off by ati???

here is an example of seriousness:

The moon orbits the earth which provides a gravitational curry to feed starving children in indonesia, if it wasn't for the moon none of those childern would have mild english cheddar cheese for dinner.

hehehe, also the ' ' pic sorta shows it also

 

[testa12]

Looks like the card will come in two forms, launching on 9th March!

7900 GTX 512 and a 7900 256.

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3170

 

[Chaosboss]

sweet!, thanks testa!!

 

[HighlandeR]

Nice but X1900/7900 is pointless till this arrives

Crysis

 

[Chaosboss]

Nice but X1900/7900 is pointless till this arrives

Crysis

yea yea then by then something new will come out which requires something else thats not out yet etc, it's the way it is.

All i know is im going to be happy & content with a nice G71

 

[speeduk]

Don't see what the arguing is about? So what if the G71 is 50% faster or whatever. All it means is the two companies will keep churning faster and faster cards out and the prices should stay competitive.

 

[Naffa]

ahhhh in a year, we'll all be saying "Ha, how silly we were waiting for yet another new DirectX9 card to come out " whilst playing FarCry2 with a G80

 

[D.P.]

This is the review I tried to find earlier:

X-Bit labs are reliable, and have recorded the actual card power draw.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gpu-consumption2006_4.html

X1900XT-X = 120.6W
7800GTX 512 = 94/7

And although it is not shown the standard 256Mb 7800GTX draws about 80 watts.

As can be seen, the 7800 series cards are extremely good at low power consumption. Hence the viability of a 700-750MHz 32 pipe card on 0.09um

 

[Chaosboss]

What do you rekon the mem speeds are going to be of the 7900?

 

[The Asgard]

Well the winds blowing from the south so its going to be fast

 

[Sumanji]

Nvidia denies it seeded forums with chums (clicky)

We're on to you D.P.

Suman

 

[mpy32]

Nvidia denies it seeded forums with chums (clicky)

We're on to you D.P.

Suman

dont think there can be a bigger green fanboy on the net

 

[Dave2150]

dont think there can be a bigger green fanboy on the net

I agree with you 100% - he seems to actually "love" NVIDIA, and defends it to the end. It can do NO wrong, of course

Quite amusing tbh

 

[Dave2150]

This is the review I tried to find earlier:

X-Bit labs are reliable, and have recorded the actual card power draw.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gpu-consumption2006_4.html

X1900XT-X = 120.6W
7800GTX 512 = 94/7

And although it is not shown the standard 256Mb 7800GTX draws about 80 watts.

As can be seen, the 7800 series cards are extremely good at low power consumption. Hence the viability of a 700-750MHz 32 pipe card on 0.09um

Well hats off to NVIDIA for making card that uses 26w less power than the ATI card.

I dont care how much power my card uses to a limit, my PSU (and 90% of people who buy such an expensive graphics card) have 500w+ PSU's, so its not really much of an issue IMO.

NVIDIA are obviously the only option for those who chose to have the quietest and less power hungry system though, I admit.

 

[JimJones]

Would a comparison of the x1800 be better than the x1900 since they are more on par graphic power wise? It's like comparing the latest CPU to the one before and showing that the older one uses less power and not mentioning that the new CPU can do more.

Jim

 

[Wilderbeast]

Well hats off to NVIDIA for making card that uses 26w less power than the ATI card.

I dont care how much power my card uses to a limit, my PSU (and 90% of people who buy such an expensive graphics card) have 500w+ PSU's, so its not really much of an issue IMO.

NVIDIA are obviously the only option for those who chose to have the quietest and less power hungry system though, I admit.

Dave2150, i dont think thats the point of D.P. post. I think he was stating that becuse the NV card uses less power, then theres a greater chance that the 32 pipe rumours and 700+ clock speeds being correct for the 7900 with the move to a smaller die process. Or did i read it wrong?