NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT quick look

**MikeC** · 08-11-05, 12:06 AM

Today, NVIDIA will be announcing the GeForce 7800 GT. As with the GeForce 7800 GTX, the GeForce 7800 GT will be available for purchase from a number of on-line retailers, which carries a suggested retail price of $449.

New NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Available for Back-to-School Season

The MSRP of the GeForce 6800 GT is being lowered to $299 and the GeForce 6800 is dropping to $199.

The GeForce 7800 GT (bottom card) operates at a core frequency of 400MHz and is outfitted with 256MB of DDR3 memory running at 500MHz (1GHz effective).

With 7 vertex processing units and 20 pixel pipelines, the GeForce 7800 GT boasts the same feature-set as the GeForce 7800 GTX.

NVIDIA recommends a 350W power supply for systems that have a single GeForce 7800 GT.

Test System

The test system consists of an Athlon 64 4000+, Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, 1GB of DDR400 RAM, Windows XP SP2, and reference driver 77.77. AA and AF were set to application-controlled and the image setting was set to high quality.

Two games were chosen that are well-known for the demands they place on the graphics sub-system. In-game graphics settings were at their highest level, which includes Ultra water detail in Far Cry.

The reference card arrived on Tuesday. Had I paid attention to a known issue that NVIDIA furnishes in their driver release notes, more time could have been devoted to benchmarking

Doom 3 Performance

Far Cry Performance

An interesting observation concerning the GeForce 7800 GT is revealed when its price and performance are compared to the GeForce 7800 GTX. At $449, the GeForce 7800 GT is roughly 75% of the price of the GeForce 7800 GTX, which was $599 at launch. However, based on the benchmark results from Doom 3 and Far Cry, the GeForce 7800 GT delivers approximately 92% of the performance of the GeForce 7800 GTX in Doom 3 and 88% in Far Cry.

If a similar price/performance ratio is found in other previews, the GeForce 7800 GT will be a big win for NVIDIA and a big win for consumers

**Rytr** · 08-11-05, 12:30 AM

Looks like some decent numbers especially for Doom3 at 12x10, 4AA/8AF.

**jAkUp** · 08-11-05, 04:02 AM

Not an official review or anything, but here is a few benchmarks and the specs

Here are the specs:

A few benchmarks here:

Fotis · 08-11-05, 04:08 AM

Nice job!

E-vga 7800GT is clocked at 445/1070.It gets 7239 on 3dmark05 and 14817 on 3dmark03.

**jAkUp** · 08-11-05, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fotis

Nice job!

E-vga 7800GT is clocked at 445/1070.It gets 7239 on 3dmark05 and 14817 on 3dmark03.

I hope somebody can figure out how to unlock that quad and vertex though

Fotis · 08-11-05, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jAkUp

I hope somebody can figure out how to unlock that quad and vertex though

Would be great!The current version doesn't allow the unlocking of the 6th quad but its an old version so I think we should wait a bit.

KickAssCop · 08-11-05, 04:51 AM

evga 7800gt in stock

**jAkUp** · 08-11-05, 04:52 AM

Thats a nice price! I was hearing $450 at launch.

Lfctony · 08-11-05, 05:03 AM

That's a really nice price, it also helps to shut some people up.

macatak · 08-11-05, 07:07 AM

Apparently the pipes are unlockable....

http://www.hkepc.com/hwdb/7800gt-5.htm

PeterJensen · 08-11-05, 07:14 AM

Just great....The midrange card is almost as fast as my 7800GTX

And if you unlock the pipes it is just as fast in some things.

PeterJensen · 08-11-05, 07:17 AM

And if one overclock the GT to 430 (and unlock the pipes) on the core, im almost shure it will be right up there with the 7800GTX.

_Phil_ · 08-11-05, 07:24 AM

You mean you didn't think of that when you bought it? The same happened with the 6800GT/Ultra...

NoWayDude · 08-11-05, 07:31 AM

Both cards are CPU limited, look at the graphs for 3DM01,03,05.Even for the GT astock settings.

5150 Joker · 08-11-05, 07:37 AM

Haha well sucks for those that splurged a lot of $ on SLI but even I spent over $600 and its value has or will plummet with the release of a 7800 GT with unlockable pipes. Oh well I'll just wait for the GTX prices to come down even more so I can get another for SLI action. Anyway, GT + low price + unlockable pipes = R520 DOA. BTW this guy has a 7800 GT already but hasn't had success in unlocking the pipes yet: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=938944

08-11-05, 12:06 AM	#1
MikeC Administrator Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,131	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT quick look Today, NVIDIA will be announcing the GeForce 7800 GT. As with the GeForce 7800 GTX, the GeForce 7800 GT will be available for purchase from a number of on-line retailers, which carries a suggested retail price of $449. New NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Available for Back-to-School Season The MSRP of the GeForce 6800 GT is being lowered to $299 and the GeForce 6800 is dropping to $199. The GeForce 7800 GT (bottom card) operates at a core frequency of 400MHz and is outfitted with 256MB of DDR3 memory running at 500MHz (1GHz effective). With 7 vertex processing units and 20 pixel pipelines, the GeForce 7800 GT boasts the same feature-set as the GeForce 7800 GTX. NVIDIA recommends a 350W power supply for systems that have a single GeForce 7800 GT. Test System The test system consists of an Athlon 64 4000+, Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, 1GB of DDR400 RAM, Windows XP SP2, and reference driver 77.77. AA and AF were set to application-controlled and the image setting was set to high quality. Two games were chosen that are well-known for the demands they place on the graphics sub-system. In-game graphics settings were at their highest level, which includes Ultra water detail in Far Cry. The reference card arrived on Tuesday. Had I paid attention to a known issue that NVIDIA furnishes in their driver release notes, more time could have been devoted to benchmarking Doom 3 Performance Far Cry Performance An interesting observation concerning the GeForce 7800 GT is revealed when its price and performance are compared to the GeForce 7800 GTX. At $449, the GeForce 7800 GT is roughly 75% of the price of the GeForce 7800 GTX, which was $599 at launch. However, based on the benchmark results from Doom 3 and Far Cry, the GeForce 7800 GT delivers approximately 92% of the performance of the GeForce 7800 GTX in Doom 3 and 88% in Far Cry. If a similar price/performance ratio is found in other previews, the GeForce 7800 GT will be a big win for NVIDIA and a big win for consumers

08-11-05, 12:30 AM	#2
Rytr SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: River City Posts: 2,284	Re: Test Looks like some decent numbers especially for Doom3 at 12x10, 4AA/8AF.

08-11-05, 04:02 AM	#3
jAkUp eat. sleep. overclock. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chino, California Posts: 21,766	7800GT Benchmarks Not an official review or anything, but here is a few benchmarks and the specs Here are the specs: A few benchmarks here: Attached Thumbnails __________________ 965xe \|\| evga x58 classified \|\| 2x evga gtx 295 \|\| 6gb g.skill \|\| win7 x64 Last edited by jAkUp; 08-11-05 at 03:36 PM.

08-11-05, 04:08 AM	#4
Fotis Radeforce 5870 GTX Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Greece Posts: 1,279	Re: 7800GT Benchmarks Nice job! E-vga 7800GT is clocked at 445/1070.It gets 7239 on 3dmark05 and 14817 on 3dmark03. __________________ Intel Core i7 920 @3.8GHz\|Corsair H50\|DFI UT X58-T3eH8\|3x2GB Mushkin DDR3 1600 7-8-7-20\|Connect3d Radeon HD5870 1GB\|Geforce 9800GT 512MB PhysX\|Intel SSD X25M 80GB\|Seagate Ext. 1TB eSata\|Corsair TX 750W\|Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 7000\|Silverstone Grandia GD-01 MX Black\|Windows 7 x64 Pro

08-11-05, 04:51 AM	#7
KickAssCop Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 414	Re: 7800GT Benchmarks evga 7800gt in stock __________________ Intel Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz (400X8 FSB) \| Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Rev 2.0 \| BFG 9600GT OC2 512 MB 730/1825/2100 \| 250 GB WD SATA2 16 MB \| 80 GB Seagate SATA 8 MB \| 4 GB G.Skill DDR2 800 @ 1000 5-5-5-15 \| Liteon 16X DVD RW \| Compaq V1100 21" \| Logitech MX 518 \| Aspire 520W PSU

08-11-05, 04:52 AM	#8
jAkUp eat. sleep. overclock. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chino, California Posts: 21,766	Re: 7800GT Benchmarks Thats a nice price! I was hearing $450 at launch. __________________ 965xe \|\| evga x58 classified \|\| 2x evga gtx 295 \|\| 6gb g.skill \|\| win7 x64

08-11-05, 05:03 AM	#9
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08-11-05, 07:07 AM	#10
macatak Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: QLD Australia Posts: 1,352	Re: 7800GT Benchmarks Apparently the pipes are unlockable.... http://www.hkepc.com/hwdb/7800gt-5.htm __________________ WinXP Home Edition SP2/Athlon 3500+Newcastle/MSI K8N Diamond/BFG7800GTX OC/Antec 550TrueControl 2.0/1GIG DDR400Kingmax/Acer AL2016W LCD/SB Live!/Audigy2 ZS

08-11-05, 07:14 AM	#11
PeterJensen I'm a Viking. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 4,030	Re: 7800GT Benchmarks Just great....The midrange card is almost as fast as my 7800GTX And if you unlock the pipes it is just as fast in some things. __________________ New system : AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.8Ghz BLACK EDITION - 8 GB Kingston DDR3 - 1 x Velociraptor 150GB - Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P - 1 x XFX 5850 1GB DDR5 - Coolermaster HAF932 with NorthQ CPU Watercooling.

08-11-05, 07:17 AM	#12
PeterJensen I'm a Viking. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 4,030	Re: 7800GT Benchmarks And if one overclock the GT to 430 (and unlock the pipes) on the core, im almost shure it will be right up there with the 7800GTX. __________________ New system : AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.8Ghz BLACK EDITION - 8 GB Kingston DDR3 - 1 x Velociraptor 150GB - Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P - 1 x XFX 5850 1GB DDR5 - Coolermaster HAF932 with NorthQ CPU Watercooling.

08-11-05, 07:24 AM	#13
_Phil_ Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 83	Re: 7800GT Benchmarks You mean you didn't think of that when you bought it? The same happened with the 6800GT/Ultra...

08-11-05, 07:31 AM	#14
NoWayDude Charlie don't Surf! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: UK Posts: 860	Re: 7800GT Benchmarks Both cards are CPU limited, look at the graphs for 3DM01,03,05.Even for the GT astock settings. __________________ Beer,helping ugly people getting laid since the dawn of time My Rig Gigabyte DS3IS3, C2D 6600 @ 3150,2048 megs Geil C4 800mhz DDR2,SB Audigy 2, 525 Hyper PSU,XFX8800GTS 160 Sata Samsung + 120 Seagate ATA + 80 Sata Seagate, Atapi DVD Rom x16 ,Samsung DVD/RW x12x8 3DM03 37619 3DM01 54536 3DM05 17958 3DM06 11687

08-11-05, 07:37 AM	#15
5150 Joker 100% Certified nVidiot Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Davis, California Posts: 812	Re: 7800GT Benchmarks Haha well sucks for those that splurged a lot of $ on SLI but even I spent over $600 and its value has or will plummet with the release of a 7800 GT with unlockable pipes. Oh well I'll just wait for the GTX prices to come down even more so I can get another for SLI action. Anyway, GT + low price + unlockable pipes = R520 DOA. BTW this guy has a 7800 GT already but hasn't had success in unlocking the pipes yet: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=938944 __________________ CLICK FOR MY HEATWARE! Desktop: DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR \| AMD64 3000+@2.6ghz \| Leadtek 7800 GTX \| 2 GB Crucial PC3200 \| 2x120 GB 8mb WD \| Dell 2005FPW 20" LCD \| Antec "TrueControl" v2 550w PSU \| Lian Li PC75 modded case with H20 Cooling Laptop: XPS Gen 2 \| Samsung LCD \| P-M 2.13 \| nVidia 6800 Go Ultra \| 2 GB DDR2 \| 60GB 7200RPM HD \| 8x DVD-RW/CD-RW\| Dell Wireless 1450 a/b/g \| Windows XP Home \| 3 Yr Warranty/Complete Care. Last edited by 5150 Joker; 08-11-05 at 07:48 AM.

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