jcll2002 said:i want to punch someone in the face when they say "oh, its obsolete." please, give me a break.
*claps*
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jcll2002 said:i want to punch someone in the face when they say "oh, its obsolete." please, give me a break.
Silus said:As someone already said, 7950 GT has faster memory, plus they are HDCP ready. The 7900 GTO should be a full blown 7900 GTX, with slower memory and it's not HDCP ready, hence why it's cheaper.
jcll2002 said:i want to punch someone in the face when they say "oh, its obsolete." please, give me a break.
Bo_Fox said:I am almost 100% sure that the eVGA 7900 GT KO 512 MB version also uses the same chip as any 7900GTX's out there.
Right now, I'm overclocking it at 650 MHz with stock voltage (although it cannot go any higher). With the stock single-slot cooler, this 7900GT reaches over 90 degrees Celsius under load at 620 MHz, so I had to slap a Zalman CNPS6000A CPU heatsink on this card in order to cool it down to 60 degrees and be able to overclock it to 650 MHz stable without any artifacting. There are two fans attached to a Zalman bracket, blowing directly across this beautiful flower heatsink.
The memory is also overclocked to 1600 MHz (could reach 1650 max., but it gets HOT!!!). I'd rather run it at just below the maximum for guaranteed stability and guaranteed artifact-free performance in *any* games that I might come across later on.
It seems that on one hand the voltage has been slightly decreased, or on the other hand, the chip was a "bad" 7900GTX that did not run at say, 690 MHz. Supposedly, I would guess that eVGA tests its cards at slightly higher clock speeds in order to ensure that they have some headroom (especially if it sells "overclocked" versions).
Ardrid said:You're actually wrong about that and I'm not quite sure where ppl keep getting that info. The reverse is true. The GTO actually has the faster memory (1.2ns), whereas the GT is using 1.4ns (NVIDIA's reference design is clocked at 700MHz exactly and 1.4ns is rated at ~715MHz).
Like I said, calling this card the deal of a lifetime is an understatement because you're getting a GTX (since 800MHz on the memory is within 1.2ns' max spec: 833MHz, you're pretty much guaranteed to hit it) for $250 (less if you've got a decent card to sell on eBay).
Bo_Fox said:I am almost 100% sure that the eVGA 7900 GT KO 512 MB version also uses the same chip as any 7900GTX's out there.
Right now, I'm overclocking it at 650 MHz with stock voltage (although it cannot go any higher). With the stock single-slot cooler, this 7900GT reaches over 90 degrees Celsius under load at 620 MHz, so I had to slap a Zalman CNPS6000A CPU heatsink on this card in order to cool it down to 60 degrees and be able to overclock it to 650 MHz stable without any artifacting. There are two fans attached to a Zalman bracket, blowing directly across this beautiful flower heatsink.
The memory is also overclocked to 1600 MHz (could reach 1650 max., but it gets HOT!!!). I'd rather run it at just below the maximum for guaranteed stability and guaranteed artifact-free performance in *any* games that I might come across later on.
It seems that on one hand the voltage has been slightly decreased, or on the other hand, the chip was a "bad" 7900GTX that did not run at say, 690 MHz. Supposedly, I would guess that eVGA tests its cards at slightly higher clock speeds in order to ensure that they have some headroom (especially if it sells "overclocked" versions).
Silus said:I was wrong in saying the GT has faster memory, because they both have 1.4 ns memory. The GTO specs should be: core = 7900 GTX, memory = 7900 GT. So I doubt you'll reach 800 MHz with it.
Silus said:I was wrong in saying the GT has faster memory, because they both have 1.4 ns memory. The GTO specs should be: core = 7900 GTX, memory = 7900 GT. So I doubt you'll reach 800 MHz with it.
as you shoulddak125 said:I ordered one 2nd day from ZZF. I'm looking forward to it
Ardrid said:Tightline, from what I understand, the fan is extremely silent. I still would say this is a deal of a lifetime though, as I can't say I'm looking forward to DX10 cards given all the rumors
tightline said:Yeah but you could have had GTX type performance for 4 months now for $229AR on various 7900GT's with a vmod and OC. To me even though I never own one but saw many happy results this was deal of lifetime. I mean performing at GTX and XTX levels when those two were selling for $450+ for half the price.
In my mind, I'm not overclocking since I'm simply bring the memory up to spec ;D
Diseaseboy said:Wonder why Newegg doesn't have them yet?
Diseaseboy said:But Newegg lets me ship to my work address- too much of a hassle with ZZF and MWave. Wife still thinks I'm running a Pentium 3
Blue Falcon said:*looks to see if girlfriend is around..*
Ardrid said:Ok, this is a cold, hard fact: the GTOs use 1.2ns memory. The 7900/7950 GTs use 1.4ns memory. Yes, the GTO, at stock, is clocked at GT memory speeds. But the actual memory on the board is rated at 1.2ns (800/1600MHz). Look at the spec sheets:
EVGA 7900 GT: http://evga.com/products/pdf/256-P2-N580.pdf ; 1.4ns (715MHz)
EVGA 7950 GT: http://evga.com/products/pdf/512-P2-N633.pdf ; 1.4ns (715MHz
EVGA 7900 GTO: http://evga.com/products/pdf/512-P2-N573.pdf ; 1.2ns (833MHz)
Tightline, from what I understand, the fan is extremely silent. I still would say this is a deal of a lifetime though, as I can't say I'm looking forward to DX10 cards given all the rumors
Diseaseboy said:But Newegg lets me ship to my work address- too much of a hassle with ZZF and MWave. Wife still thinks I'm running a Pentium 3
Silus said:Ok, then it seems I was wrong. I read about the 1.4 ns in a couple of sites. Guess it was not true afterall.
Then it is an even better deal. It's a 7900 GTX in disguise, no doubt.
MC FLMJIG said:Yup. They CAN be flashed to GTX on bios.
uniwarp said:x1900xt is a beast and perhaps the most power hungry single core graphics card out there...
according to xbitlabs
blade52x said:Hmm... I am really thinking about getting this... (for possible SLI in the future)