7950GT is coming

[maverik-sg1]

Guru3d reports:

Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on August 18, 2006 - 3:37 PM ​

NVIDIA is in a very luxurious position as it seems to answer every single move ATI makes. Yesterday we already chatted a little about the 7900 GS. NVIDIA is beginning an active promotion of its GS and 7950 GT solutions based on G71 GPU. These cards will compete with X1900 Pro and X1650 XT.

It became clear that NVIDIA will introduce yet another graphics card. A mighty impressive one I might add at 300 USD. The new GeForce 7950 GT will be launched at mid-September and comes with a 550 MHz graphics core and 700 MHz (x2) gDDR3 memory with 512MB. 24 and HDCP support will be on-board.

This positions the board in-between the 7900 GT (450/1320) and 7900 GTX (650/1600), and for 299 that's a lot of bang for your bucks.

http://www.guru3d.com/admin/imageview.php?image=8284​

Source: it.com.cn

Mav's Comments:

Maybe this is Nvidia stealth attack on discontinuing the unreliable 7900GT, at teh same time introducing a better clocked unit at the right price?

 

[Master_G]

Looks like a decent card, but i cant believe they are still using that useless cooler, not great temps and a tonne of noise.

G

 

[stocky]

Looks like a decent card, but i cant believe they are still using that useless cooler, not great temps and a tonne of noise.

G

These card manufacturers are not very good with their coolers are they?! 8)

Although I suppose it leaves more overclockability open for us overclockers! :B

 

[niko-time]

These card manufacturers are not very good with their coolers are they?! 8)

Although I suppose it leaves more overclockability open for us overclockers! :B

Yep, just bung on a VF900 and your set, I suppose the poor coolers are a way of keeping costs down (even though they are still too high).

Im more looking forward to the X1950XTX. Lets see ATI's side of the story.

 

[DonS1mpson]

I think ATi will drop the Price of the X1900XT to compete with this new card. Is there any talk of ATi releasing a X1950XT? Couldn't it be cheaper just to drop the Price of the X1900XTX?

 

[K404]

??? The X19 series will drop in price (already are) to make way for the X1950.

IMHO these (the xx50 series) cards are a waste. They`re hard to cool "properly", and quad SLI doesnt work properly anyway.

the 7900GT/GTX SLI is a better option IMHO, despite the higher price.

 

[maverik-sg1]

??? The X19 series will drop in price (already are) to make way for the X1950.

IMHO these (the xx50 series) cards are a waste. They`re hard to cool "properly", and quad SLI doesnt work properly anyway.

the 7900GT/GTX SLI is a better option IMHO, despite the higher price.

You must be all confused K404.

The 7950GT is a single card with a single GPUand a single PCB and is a replacement for the 7900GT (no capacitor/vrm issues).

Mav

 

[stocky]

IMHO these (the xx50 series) cards are a waste. They`re hard to cool "properly", and quad SLI doesnt work properly anyway.

the 7900GT/GTX SLI is a better option IMHO, despite the higher price.

Really... I was busy and missed the release of these 7950's, are they not as good as 7900GTX SLI, that doesn't seem to make sense?

 

[stocky]

The 7950GT is a single card with a single GPUand a single PCB and is a replacement for the 7900GT (no capacitor/vrm issues).

Mav

Ok, this is getting even more confusing - I've seen pics and they look like there are two boards? Or am I getting the cards muddled?

 

[K404]

Oh...sorry. There I go jumping to conclusions again.

Righty. Looks like the 7950GT is indeed a single card, looks like a lower clocked 7900GTX, with a smaller HSF. The name is confusing, which patently doesnt help. Thankyou nvidia, for kneecapping the value of both the 7900GT and the 7900GTX with one easy, pointless release.

To me, 7950GT sounds like a dual-board effort with 256 RAM or something. (excuses excuses)

a "real" 7950..the dual-board one (2 PCBs..2 cores, 1GB GDDR3) is equal to an SLI of 7900GTX at the same clocks, but is seen as a single card. In that sense, its good, but harder to clock because of the dual boards. and using 2 of them for quad-SLI is a waste right now.

 

[Master_G]

I have to say i thought it was a 2 board thing until i checked the link, the naming is almost as stupid as the HSF on it.

G

 

[stocky]

So basically we have:

7950 = Best single slot (dual board)

7950GT = Lesser single slot (single board)

7950GTX = :?

7950GS = :?

 

[maverik-sg1]

GX2 = Single Slot Dual GPU

GTX = Best in class

GT = Hi End

The numbers that preceed this denote it's family (eg: 79XX, 76XX, 73XX) the X's are replaced by PCB revisions (eg where 7900, the 00 denotes first generation G71 PCB, 7950 denotes revised PCB) The core remains the same although better PCB could also enable better or more stable clocks.

Simple really

 

[stocky]

You've made it clearer - the straight 7950 is actually named the GX2 refering to the two boards...

What does this mean in terms of the 7950GS?

 

[maverik-sg1]

You've made it clearer - the straight 7950 is actually named the GX2 refering to the two boards...

What does this mean in terms of the 7950GS?

AGP? or maybe 7950's that never quite made it to GT level? I was not aware of a 7950GS TBH only 7900GS.