The new 7900GS

[enforcerfx]

The 7900GS is now in stores if any of you were interested in purchasing one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150183

 

[pauldh]

We need some reviews. It cost more than X1800XT and X1900GT. 8O

 

[illicitsc]

isnt it just a 7800gt remake? on 90nm? gonna suck if u ask me.

 

[sirheck]

guess we will have to wait and see

i mean look at the 76gt it is better than the 68gt

 

[pauldh]

But the 7800GS was not better than the 7800GT.

 

[sirheck]

wasnt the 78gs a detuned 78gt?

i mean it was serriously detuned wasnt it?

 

[gorgerax]

I just bought an Nvidia 7900GSl from Woot.com and will be installing it tomorrow or Friday. I'm not a vid card expert but what kind of tests/review/info would you like to see? BTW...I only paid $129.

 

[wildman999]

I'm upgrading atm, and is the 7900gs the best card in this price range?

 

[enforcerfx]

I'm upgrading atm, and is the 7900gs the best card in this price range?

Wait till we get test results back. I wasnt even sure if its a good buy yet. But we will wait and see.

 

[pauldh]

I'm upgrading atm, and is the 7900gs the best card in this price range?

I don't know anything about the 7900GS, but I can't imagine by it's name that it is as good as a 7900GT, which is at best equal to a $200 X1800XT. We shall have to see when reviews come out, but I just have a hunch by the name that the $195 X1900GT will also beat it. What NV needs to do is drop the 7900GT down to $200.

 

[Anoobis]

Here's some old news about the 7900GS from HKEPC.

BTW, if there was a 7900GS at Newegg, it's not there now.

 

[pauldh]

There was one and it was $212, which looking over your link, is outrageously high for that card. It should be nowhere near what you can get for $200.

 

[enforcerfx]

Here's some old news about the 7900GS from HKEPC.

BTW, if there was a 7900GS at Newegg, it's not there now.

Yes, very strange indeed. Its like newegg made a uh-oh and released the card a little too early. Who knows?

 

[weilin]

hmm the g71 core.. im thinking about unlocking it (plz plz plz dont laser it.. that'll ruin my fun). Be nice to have a 7900gt for 180 bucks...

 

[angry_ducky]

isnt it just a 7800gt remake? on 90nm? gonna suck if u ask me.

It's not a 7800GT remake; the clock speeds are considerably higher.

I think that the 7900GS is supposed to compete with the X1650Pro/XT. If the the X1650 is anything like the X1600, then it MIGHT compete with the 7600GT; however it will be blown away by the 7900GS.

IMO, they'll have to price the 7900GS closer to $150; otherwise it won't be worth it over an X1800XT/7900GT.

 

[angry_ducky]

Here's a quick comparison between the 7800GT, 7900GS, and 7900GT.

7800GT:
110nm process, 400MHz GPU, 1GHz memory, 20pp.

7900GS:
90nm process, 450MHz GPU, 1.32GHz memory, 20pp

7900GT:
90nm process, 450MHz GPU, 1.32GHz memory, 24pp

Feel free to correct me if any of these specs are wrong.

 

[weilin]

that means.. if the bus remains a 256bit.. hte 7900gs will severly hurt a 7800gt... which means if hte 7900gs is priced at 200.. the 7800gt should fall to what? 150? which puts the 7600gt at 100?... wow.. im smelling a good time to go shoppin... Plus the 7900gt is a g71. potentially unlockable to a full 7900gt..

 

[pauldh]

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. 7800GT may not budge in price. Supply could dry up completely. Same may soon happen to X1800XT.

 

[weilin]

forgive me if im wrong but wast the 7800gt a while ago? at the release of the 7900gt? dont they stop manufacturing older cards when there's a new model to replace it?

 

[angry_ducky]

dont they stop manufacturing older cards when there's a new model to replace it?

Yes. And that's why the prices of the 7800 series haven't gone down.

 

[enforcerfx]

Ok newegg has the 7900gs back, link

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150183

 

[skinnyjoint]

ya i saw it ealier would love to see some reviews as im wanting to get a 7600gt but if this thing is that much better for the 60 bux why not

 

[buckiller]

Yeah woot had it going for $130 so i guess retail will be more like $160?

 

[Anoobis]

ya i saw it ealier would love to see some reviews as im wanting to get a 7600gt but if this thing is that much better for the 60 bux why not

7900GS < 7900GT <= X1800XT.

If you're in the U.S., X1800XTs can be had on Newegg for less than the 7900GS they're selling.

 

[skinnyjoint]

the one on woot was for OEM, retail theyll be around 200