GeForce 7800 GTX Review

ThinSkin writes "ExtremeTech has the first review of nVidia's latest GPU architecture, the Geforce 7800 GTX. Benchmarked against nVidia's previous 6800 Ultra and ATI's latest Radeon X850 XT PE, the 7800 GTX comes out as the fastest video card to date. The unit ships today with a price tag of $599. While nVidia may enjoy this brief moment in the limelight with the fastest card, it may be short-lived once ATI comes out with their latest GPU technology, code-named R520, which is suspected to come out within the next two months."

Comments

Costs as much as a new low end PC or 2!

[mister_llah]

Hmm, $600?

I think I have a spare kidney. ...

Bastards.

Wonderful

[WayneTheGoblin]

So now I can almost play Doom 3.

Brief moment in the limelight

[Anonymous Coward]

That's not limelight but the healthy green glow of a power supply pushed to the limit.

In the year 2025...

[It doesn't come easy]

While nVidia may enjoy this brief moment in the limelight with the fastest card, it may be short-lived once ATI comes out with their latest GPU technology, code-named R092064262670, which is suspected to come out within the next two minutes.

GLOOM 3

[DRAGONWEEZEL]

now you can play Doom 3 with the long awaited feature ingame_lights=1.

So you can have the whole scene rendered and lit too!

Summary:

[beef3k]

Your games will run about 15-20 fps faster, or a general 30% performance gain.

Conclusion: Spend your money on beer instead.

R520

[williamhooligan]

it may be short-lived once ATI comes out with their latest GPU technology, code-named R520

What a crap codename. If I was inventing what was going to be the fastest chip around, I'd have called it "Codename: BASTARDFIRE" or "SHITSTORM" or something. Let the marketing guys mod it down to R520 upon release.

Re:RSX

[VAXcat]

It's a crime that the sacred letters RSX are being used for anything on the PS3, or on cars...RSX11M V3.2 forever!