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The NVIDIA GeForce 7900 Series

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-shinies-for-the-precious dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HardOCP has posted their evaluation of the new GeForce 7900 technology. They fully cover widescreen gaming this time around too. 'NVIDIA has worked hard to try and produce a more powerful, albeit power-efficient GPU in the 7900 GTX and GT, and they've succeeded. They run cooler; are smaller, have less transistors, and they don't make you stuff cotton in your ears. The 7900 GTX and GT are just more efficient while being lightning fast.'"

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  1. and the heat by Amouth · · Score: 5, Funny

    i bet with the SLI i can still cook two eggs at once. :)

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    '...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
  2. More Sources, no karma whoring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name =Sections&file=index&req=listarticles&secid=13

    http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2717

    http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/326/

    http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=213

    http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/9529

    http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/03/09/ati_and_nvi dias_same_day_mega_launch_mayhem/

  3. Re:XBOX 360 by Knight+Thrasher · · Score: 5, Insightful

    PCs already surpass the XBox 360 in graphics. It's just the nature of the console beast. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to be able to afford a 360 myself, but in terms of raw power, computers win every time. Now, simplicity and ease of use...

  4. You should see nethack on this thing.. by saboola · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where as the main character looked like this before (screenshot below):

    @

    Now on this new video card it looks like this:

    @

    best 500 bucks I have ever spent

  5. Re:Actually... by Woy · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the Laptop based solutions can roast a sausage to accompany those eggs ands biscuits.

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    "If God created us in his own image we have more than reciprocated." - Voltaire
  6. So look up the card for your job by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 5, Informative

    Namely, the Quadro. The GeForce series are their gamer cards. That's their target market, well at least with the higher end ones. Hence, they send them to gamer sites and they get reviewed for gamers. nVidia's professional line of cards are the Quadros. They are the same chips as the GeForces, but use different drivers, certified for pro apps, and have features available not found on consumer cards like HDSDI output.

    Now if you feel like saving money by getting the gamer card instead of the pro one, I don't have a problem with that, however don't get angry that everyone else taks about it and reviews it as though it were a gamer card since, in fact, it is. If you want a card taht's treated like a pro card, look at a Quadro.

    1. Re:So look up the card for your job by Deliveranc3 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wait wait, I know where he's coming from. I'm in the market for a beat up sedan to grow pot in but none of the review sites show what frequencies the roof lights put out.

      Lousy auto industry.