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Graphics Nvidia XFX 7800 512 mb woooooo

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Graffix, 13 Nov 2005.

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  1. Graffix

    Graffix What's a Dremel?

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    well i know somewone whos got one and at this point in time its sitting on 550/1800 :) he just waiting for all the drivers to come out. this is sure to be a card to break the 10k mark :D
     
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  2. MrWillyWonka

    MrWillyWonka Chocolate computers galore!

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    I have an inkling the bit-tech team has one too. :)
     
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  3. hitman012

    hitman012 Minimodder

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    Will be interested to see how it benches against a 256MB 7800 at the same clock speed in games such as BF2...
     
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  4. Fr4nk

    Fr4nk Tyrannosaurus Alan !

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    Ooo, nice, And i just got a x800Gto :wallbash:

    -Fr4nk
     
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  5. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    I *don't* think I will have time for that in tomorrow's article, but I'll see what I can do... ;)
     
    Tim S, 13 Nov 2005
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  6. alastor

    alastor Minimodder

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    I knew it! :p
     
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  7. hitman012

    hitman012 Minimodder

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    Sneaky... looking forward to the review :)
     
    hitman012, 13 Nov 2005
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  8. Firehed

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    I see the NDA Nazi's approaching bigz...
     
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  9. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    I'm not even going to be able to bring a full review - hard drive in my test system just 'died' half way through for no apparent reason. To say I'm livid is an understatement - I'll bring you as much as I can :(
     
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  10. alastor

    alastor Minimodder

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    Nooooo.....damn that sucks. Hope you can find a replacement soon for a full review. Sure it'll still be top notch anyway.
     
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  11. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    £5 says there's nothing in it.
     
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  12. hitman012

    hitman012 Minimodder

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    That's what I was hoping :p
     
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  13. neonplanet40

    neonplanet40 Minimodder

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    Well if their is faster memory and core clockspeeds on the 512mb GTX then there should be an increase in performance over the 256mb. But i cant say the extra memory making much of a difference in it. But i do think it will be faster than the 256mb GTX in the likes of FEAR and Call of Duty 2.

    Neo
     
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  14. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    No.. I'm hoping I'm wrong!!! I'm all for things getting faster... it bothers me not a bit that I've only just bought the 256 version... I just can't see it. The 256 versions of the 9800pro didn't exactly pwn the 128 versions for instance.

    Guess will wait and see when Tim is released from the clutches of the dreaded NDA.
     
    Pookeyhead, 14 Nov 2005
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  15. Kameleon

    Kameleon is watching you...

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    Exactly - it's the massive clockspeed hike that's gonna make the difference, not the extra memory. Though I could see that memory making Doom 3 and other games with "Ultra" settings quite nice-looking...;)
     
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  16. Highland3r

    Highland3r Minimodder

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    From what I've seen from a feew snippets of pre-NDA data, the clockspeeds do make a difference, but not as much as you might think. The arcitecture doesnt seem to scale quite as well as the x81xx cards do, if you gave the X1800XT a similar core and memory speed bump for example you'd gain a lot more.
    Thats probably just twaddle, but either way the cards stupidly fast :D
     
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  17. neonplanet40

    neonplanet40 Minimodder

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    When is the NDA up? Im waiting here all patiently for reviews! Thought it would be mid day or something.

    Neo
     
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  18. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    soon
     
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  19. neonplanet40

    neonplanet40 Minimodder

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    Lol well i go to work at 2 do u think it will maybe be up by then? Or will it be up when ig et home?

    Mark
     
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  20. eek

    eek CAMRA ***.

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    From what i just read on the inq its 2pm GMT when the NDA is officially over... give sites a few minutes to make their reviews 'live' etc, so i'd guess we will see reviews between 2-3!!

    I'm looking forward to the results but tbh I know this product is gonna be way over priced and there is no way i'm ever gonna get one :p
     
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