7800 GTX Extreme Edition Head-To-Head - bit-tech.net Forums

WilHarris · 20th Oct 2005, 11:06

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...7800gtx/1.html

Awoken · 20th Oct 2005, 11:56

How much can I get for a kidney on the open market?

Tim S · 20th Oct 2005, 12:09

You should be able to get £365 for one if you go to the right place at the right time.

Nexxo · 20th Oct 2005, 12:09

Not enough. The market is already flooded with organs from geeks wanting to buy this card.

specofdust · 20th Oct 2005, 12:11

The worst bit is, finding a place to sell them, I tried about 15 different Ebays and not a single one had any kidneys for sale, the closest thing they had was a model kidney, stupid fleabay.

Nexxo · 20th Oct 2005, 12:51

Wrong site. You should be browsing Organbay.

Da Dego · 20th Oct 2005, 14:22

Kidneys are a dime a dozen right now...I wonder how I can fare with only one lung...

MrWillyWonka · 20th Oct 2005, 14:40

Can I sell bigz?

Nexxo · 20th Oct 2005, 14:42

I thought you only did chocolate? Or do you mean as a tasty snack?

The_Pope · 20th Oct 2005, 15:24

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Originally Posted by Da Dego

Kidneys are a dime a dozen right now...I wonder how I can fare with only one lung...

How much does a somewhat second-hand appendix go for mate?

Shadowed_fury · 20th Oct 2005, 15:52

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Originally Posted by The_Pope

How much does a somewhat second-hand appendix go for mate?

Better not be much - I've had mine out

MrWillyWonka · 20th Oct 2005, 15:55

I have a kidney, extreme edition. £400 at eorganbuyer.com

Ok, this is turning to a weird thread here...

Nexxo · 20th Oct 2005, 15:57

Yeah, but I hear that the Kidney v1.2 Extreme Edition has some pipeline issues that make it incompatible with Bladder v0.5 and up...

Unless you re-flash your BIOS with the new drivers...

Shadowed_fury · 20th Oct 2005, 15:59

Lucky for me then Nexxo.
I've got newer versions than a few of you guys.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrWillyWonka

Ok, this is turning to a weird thread here...

Nah it rocks

Firehed · 20th Oct 2005, 17:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Da Dego

Kidneys are a dime a dozen right now...I wonder how I can fare with only one lung...

You're going to need to think lower, there are some sterile geeks walking around after some LN2 overclocking incidents.

Great cards and review, but I can't seem to figure out what those advanced AA (TMS, TSS) setting are and how the heck you would turn them on. Or are those ONLY on the 7-series (I'm on my 6600gt machine which may have something to do with it...)

Da Dego · 20th Oct 2005, 17:36

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Originally Posted by Firehed

Great cards and review, but I can't seem to figure out what those advanced AA (TMS, TSS) setting are and how the heck you would turn them on. Or are those ONLY on the 7-series (I'm on my 6600gt machine which may have something to do with it...)

Yeah, those are the ones that transparency-super-sample or something like that, it's the stuff that makes the insides of transparent textures look much, much nicer. It's a 7xxx series update, though ATI users have had it for a while.

serial_ · 20th Oct 2005, 17:39

I think it's just plain sexy. Go ahead and start selling yourselves.

Geek Gigilo Squad!

- serial_

Pookeyhead · 20th Oct 2005, 17:57

I can't recommend the XFX one enough... I'm so glad I paid the extra. If you can cool it, this thing just keeps on clocking... even if you can't, 520+ MHz on the stock cooler doesn't really bother it. I can only speak for mine of course, but I suspect they've selected the chips and RAM that can be overclocked, as it's supplied with with quite a high overclock above a stock 7800 anyway. That's what you're paying for, and it shows.

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Originally Posted by BigZ

We found that XFX's Extreme Gamer Edition was limited to 495/1355MHz. While some may think that 5MHz is not that much of an increase, bear in mind that the video card already has a 60MHz core overclock. We tried to overclock the core on its own, but found that we were stuck at 499MHz as the maximum core speed that would pass NVIDIA's internal driver test. However, we experienced visible artefacts on screen at anything above 495MHz when the memory was clocked at 1355MHz.

You got a bad one then... mine's happily sitting at 540MHz/1400MHz... not fussed. Watercooled, yes, but I had it at 520 on air.

Nexxo · 20th Oct 2005, 18:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by serial_

I think it's just plain sexy. Go ahead and start selling yourselves.

Geek Gigilo Squad!

- serial_

ROFL!

zr_ox · 20th Oct 2005, 21:14

Great review as always.

With watercooling being pretty much mainstream now, it would be great if you could buy the cards without stock coolers? that Leadtek cooler is

such coolers must bump the price up by about £20-30.

Only enthusiasts will opt for these cards. It would be nice for the manufacturers to offer this to the enthusiast market, Gainward did this briefly with Innovatek I think (aint seen it done since...i should probably shut up).

20th Oct 2005, 11:06	#1
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20th Oct 2005, 12:09	#3
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20th Oct 2005, 12:09	#4
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,115	Not enough. The market is already flooded with organs from geeks wanting to buy this card. __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack

20th Oct 2005, 12:51	#6
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,115	Wrong site. You should be browsing Organbay. __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack

20th Oct 2005, 12:11	#5
specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,622	The worst bit is, finding a place to sell them, I tried about 15 different Ebays and not a single one had any kidneys for sale, the closest thing they had was a model kidney, stupid fleabay.

20th Oct 2005, 14:22	#7
Da Dego Brett Thomas Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 3,906	Kidneys are a dime a dozen right now...I wonder how I can fare with only one lung... __________________ "Frankly that seems overkill. iluvtrees2 arguing with spec is the intellectual equivalent of a bunny rabbit taking on a pissed-off lion." - Nexxo

20th Oct 2005, 14:40	#8
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20th Oct 2005, 14:42	#9
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,115	I thought you only did chocolate? Or do you mean as a tasty snack? __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack

20th Oct 2005, 15:55	#12
MrWillyWonka . Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southampton, Hants Posts: 5,746	I have a kidney, extreme edition. £400 at eorganbuyer.com Ok, this is turning to a weird thread here... __________________ Project Red - HL2 - PSOne LCD S-Video Guide Main Rig: Asus Striker Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 OC'd to 2.65GHz, 4GB Corsair XMS, 8800GTS in SLI, 36 & 74GB Raptors

20th Oct 2005, 15:57	#13
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,115	Yeah, but I hear that the Kidney v1.2 Extreme Edition has some pipeline issues that make it incompatible with Bladder v0.5 and up... Unless you re-flash your BIOS with the new drivers... __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack

20th Oct 2005, 17:39	#17
serial_ Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 194	I think it's just plain sexy. Go ahead and start selling yourselves. Geek Gigilo Squad! - serial_ __________________ - Changing the world, one keystroke at a time. - ++Current Project: Tux Files v2.0++ -= Past project: The Tux Files =-

20th Oct 2005, 21:14	#20
zr_ox Whooolapoook Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stalking Orco Posts: 1,117	Great review as always. With watercooling being pretty much mainstream now, it would be great if you could buy the cards without stock coolers? that Leadtek cooler is such coolers must bump the price up by about £20-30. Only enthusiasts will opt for these cards. It would be nice for the manufacturers to offer this to the enthusiast market, Gainward did this briefly with Innovatek I think (aint seen it done since...i should probably shut up).