XFX 512MB 7800GTX Specs

[maverik-sg1]

Managed to get me hands on the BIOS for Nvidia's answer to the 512MB X1800XT.

The important thing here for me was the stock clocks (580Core with 1780Mhz RAM).

It is likely that this will be the gamer extreem version as stock for the general product will be 550/1600 - can't wait to see teh results from this (droooools).

MAV

 

[Warlord Shigs]

Managed to get me hands on the BIOS for Nvidia's answer to the 512MB X1800XT.

The important thing here for me was the stock clocks (580Core with 1780Mhz RAM).

It is likely that this will be the gamer extreem version as stock for the general product will be 550/1600 - can't wait to see teh results from this (droooools).

MAV

nice find mav, where did u get the bios from?

 

[GoLLuM4444]

nice find mav, where did u get the bios from?

Same place you get all nVidia BIOSs. http://mvktech.net/

 

[K404]

1780MHz on the RAM????? Stock???

Kenny wants!!!!

 

[maverik-sg1]

Piccie to keep you going

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OUR COLLEAGUES at MVKtech.net forums managed to get the picture of Nvidia's upcoming Geforce 7800 GTX 512 MB card. But Nvidia made the site take it off. However, you can find the original thread and the picture here

The card has a monstrous cooler and we believe we have seen this card before, someone leaked it before but Nvidia has categorically denied it and said that this is a Quadro card but we now know it is not.

The same chaps managed to grab a BIOS from an XFX Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB and the chaps learned that XFX card obviously clocked even higher than the specs, it's working at 580MHz core and 1730MHz memory in 3D, the throttle frequency is 500MHz core and 1730MHz memory while in 2D card, you switch to a 275MHz core and 1730MHz memory.

Since you can already download that BIOShere this means that XFX cards are almost available and that the company is just waiting for Nvidia's whistle to start selling them in retail. A week or two from now anyway.

I think the next 8 weeks or so of benching goodness between this and the X1800XT will be very interesting indeed.

 

[stocky]

That's so pretty, I want one or two

How can the company nVIDIA just deny any knowledge of it - there is photographic evidence, surely that is blatant lying?!

 

[Grov]

Sweet.

I really wanna see how much better it is, than a 25mb GTX, at 490/1350, as that's what i run 24/7 gaming clocks. Wanna see Quake 4, FEAR at 1600x1200 with AA/AF. Might have to sell mine if it's a lot better, and not to expensive.

 

[chris_ah1]

Whoa. those clock speeds are impressive for a delectable 24 pixel pipe part along with all those 8 scrummy vertex engines.

nvidia all the way

After all, if the x1800xt is only 625/1500 and if there's little reason this nvidia card can't be pipped past 650 then hoooarrr!

 

[Master_G]

That cooler looks like the one Leadtek uses on its 7800s.

Nice to see them putting some good ram on it, is it 1.3ns stuff like on the X1800s? That stuff clocks very nicely from what i have seen so far.

G

 

[maverik-sg1]

Whoa. those clock speeds are impressive for a delectable 24 pixel pipe part along with all those 8 scrummy vertex engines.

nvidia all the way

After all, if the x1800xt is only 625/1500 and if there's little reason this nvidia card can't be pipped past 650 then hoooarrr!

The current batch of GTX's suffer with bandwidth, using the RAM it has now you dont feel the real benefit of the extra pipes - I ripped my ram up to 1550mhz and the improvements are awesome... time to play with delta setting next

You can't just write off the X1800XT (especially Gollums forthcoming cascade project) as some will get these benching with crossfire at 890mhz/1950mhz per card (droooools).

But I think it's safe to say that using water or air cooling the Nvidia will own ATI in this round (as chipsets run cooler) - but of course crossfire looks dangerously impressive so for multi GPU you have to look at the bigger picture.

Regarding ram - I think ATI uses 1.2ns ram, the Nivida RAM I believe will be faster still (1.16ns?)

 

[chris_ah1]

yes mav - sorry, I should've made it clearer what i meant in terms of trouncing at a normal consumer level rather than with exotic cooling as there will be so few doing it.

As for multi-gpu stuff for SLI and crossfire - am I the only one who has a deep dislike/suspicion of the companies going that way? It just seems a bit...meh to me??? It seems more of a marketing gimmick for the world other than those who want to be no. 1 in benches or have the biggest bestest rig.

 

[Grov]

Maybe while benching, most people use there 7800GTX's for gaming, and modern games, are shader power related, and raw power lacking, as opposed to memory bandwith.

 

[maverik-sg1]

Maybe while benching, most people use there 7800GTX's for gaming, and modern games, are shader power related, and raw power lacking, as opposed to memory bandwith.

Not true - it's been proven that with AA and AF enabled (or AA with HDR) bandwidth counts expecially at 1600x1200.

Cheers

Mav

 

[maverik-sg1]

yes mav - sorry, I should've made it clearer what i meant in terms of trouncing at a normal consumer level rather than with exotic cooling as there will be so few doing it.

As for multi-gpu stuff for SLI and crossfire - am I the only one who has a deep dislike/suspicion of the companies going that way? It just seems a bit...meh to me??? It seems more of a marketing gimmick for the world other than those who want to be no. 1 in benches or have the biggest bestest rig.

I dont like it, I dont think anyone 'likes' having to buy two cards.

But for 1600x1200 AA and AF enabled (or AA and HDR) for most new games (doom3, BF2, COD2, quake4, F.E.A.R etc....) two cards are required for playable frame rates.

Although if you are playing 1280x1024 one cards is good enough with some nice eye candy enabled.

 

[Grov]

Not true - it's been proven that with AA and AF enabled (or AA with HDR) bandwidth counts expecially at 1600x1200.

Cheers

Mav

Never said it doesn't count, but shader power is more important, with modern games.

But whatever, the clocks are impressive, we just need some reviews. Im gonna see what's next out, i.e nvidiaw 0.09 tech card.