Nvidia unveils GeForce 7800 GTX graphics chip

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Posted by euphoria on Jun-23-2005 16:05:

Nvidia unveils GeForce 7800 GTX graphics chip

http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/0...vidia/index.php

Nvidia Corp. has taken the wraps off its latest high-end mainstream graphics chip, the GeForce 7800 GTX. Although Nvidia�s introduction centers on the lucrative PC game market, Nvidia�s graphics hardware is also Mac-compatible, so this announcement may give Mac users an insight as to what�s to come on their platform soon.

Introduced at an event in San Francisco, Calif. earlier this week, the GeForce 7800 is the desktop variant of the Nvidia-designed �RSX� graphics chip that will grace Sony�s PlayStation 3 video game console, currently in development and expected to debut in 2006.

New technology under the hood

Featured technology on the new graphics chip includes CineFX 4.0, the latest generation of Nvidia�s pixel and vertex shading technology, which is used by software developers to generate realistic lighting and texturing effects on 3D models. Intellisample 4.0 is Nvidia�s anti-aliasing technology, which helps smooth the jagged lines sometimes present in polygonal models displayed on computer screens. The 7800 also supports High Dynamic Range (HDR) � technology used in high-end Hollywood and advertising visual effects labs to produce more precise, detailed color and lighting effects.

Nvidia claims the GeForce 7800 GTX uses about 300 million transistors � the most advanced graphics chip the company has yet designed. Clocked to run at 430MHz, the chip was made using 110-nanometer technology, smaller than previous chips. That smaller size enables the chip to work faster at lower temperatures. Nvidia expects to have 90-nanometer chips in play by the end of 2005.

The GeForce 7800 GTX chip is already in production and is featured on PC graphics cards coming from various manufacturers already. The first crop of boards cost about US$600 retail.

PCI Express

One wild card for Mac users is the 7800 GTX�s reliance on an expansion technology called PCI Express. This interface technology has gained much traction in the PC space over the past year, but it�s still yet to debut on the Macintosh � Power Mac models are expandable using AGP-based video card sockets and PCI-X expansion card ports.

Nvidia is also now leveraging a technology called Scalable Link Interface (SLI), that allows two PCI Express-based graphics cards to work in tandem to produce images faster. It�s unlikely that SLI will be supported on the Mac until Apple makes the move to PCI Express, and Apple has given no indication when it will do so.

Posted by jonze on Jun-23-2005 16:08:

so is my porn going to look better now?

Posted by euphoria on Jun-23-2005 16:13:

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Originally posted by jonze234
so is my porn going to look better now?

Your porn will look soooo good now the chick will jump out of the monitor and sit on your cock

Posted by igottaknow on Jun-23-2005 16:17:

quote:
Originally posted by ZzZ The Goddess
Your porn will look soooo good now the chick will jump out of the monitor and sit on your cock

its funny graphic cards are getting more expensive than the actual computer they reside in.

Posted by jonze on Jun-23-2005 16:19:

quote:
Originally posted by ZzZ The Goddess
Your porn will look soooo good now the chick will jump out of the monitor and sit on your cock

thats what i like to hear

Posted by euphoria on Jun-23-2005 16:25:

quote:
Originally posted by igottaknow

its funny graphic cards are getting more expensive than the actual computer they reside in.

I know its crazy well I aint gettin it, I just posted it to be infromative. My comp isnt built for graphics really anyway its built for sound

quote:
Originally posted by jonze234
thats what i like to hear

Posted by igottaknow on Jun-23-2005 16:34:

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Originally posted by Nou
Yea, time to drop another 500 some on a GFX card... damn too bad I still have AGP, better look into getting a PCI-E MB now...

I wouldn't upgrade to PCI-E, its a waste because the bottle neck is the card itself not the slot. Just like sata, today's hard drives are too slow to take advantage of the extra bandwidth.

Posted by DjConfessions on Jun-23-2005 17:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Nou
Yea, time to drop another 500 some on a GFX card... damn too bad I still have AGP, better look into getting a PCI-E MB now...

700

Posted by BeatFreak on Jun-23-2005 17:24:

$600!? Fuckin A!!

Posted by Dj_Spekuless on Jun-23-2005 18:05:

holy shit

my 6800gt sucks now then :S

Posted by 3xx3r7 on Jun-23-2005 23:15:

This is so retarded. Battling who has a better 3DMarks score or better fps reminds me of dick-measuring contest. This new video card will not introduce anything drastically new in performance, except for couple more fps in your games. And it costs $600. For what?

Posted by yujie__ on Jun-24-2005 01:25:

why get it now when it will be cheaper and better cards come out by end of summer. also there no point in getting it unless u play with all the eye candy on, on you 24" LCD 4ms monitor with a P4-4.5ghz or athlon64 fx60 cpu and lots of bling

Posted by TigerClaw on Jun-25-2005 05:58:

The problem with these cards now, They now require that you connect it to the power supply.

Posted by wwu.punisher on Jun-25-2005 07:24:

quote:
Originally posted by Nou
its been like that for a while now....

A long while... and how is that a "problem"? 350W power supplies are standard these days. I know people who have as much as 600W running their systems.

And as far as the purpose behind this new card is concerned... if you've seen the tech demos for some of the new games coming out over the course of the next year or so (Unreal III, Unreal Tournament 2007, FEAR, etc.), you would know that there is a desperate need for this kind of technology. Computer games are advancing by leaps and bounds... and consumer-level video cards are barely able to keep up.

I currently run a 6600GT AGP with 1GB of PC2700 and a 2.4GHz Athlon XP. I can run any game out there at 40-60FPS constant on full detail settings I will probably put two 6800s into an SLI configuration in my next system with an Athlon 64 and 2GB of PC3200... which would outperform this new card, but not by much.

Posted by malek on Jun-25-2005 09:31:

omfgwtfbbq

Posted by Xenocreator_PG_ on Jun-25-2005 11:43:

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Originally posted by Dj_Spekuless
holy shit

my 6800gt sucks now then :S

FUCK! Im thinken the same thing. & I only just got mine a little while ago!!

Posted by Aquarian on Jun-25-2005 12:32:

quote:
Originally posted by BeatFreak
$600!? Fuckin A!!

That was pretty much the price of the GF3 when it first came out. Latest technology is always excessively expensive. Now I laugh at everyone who bought at GF3 for 600$ because I waited just one year and got it for 100$.

Posted by CleverName on Jun-25-2005 18:43:

quote:
Originally posted by 3xx3r7
This is so retarded. Battling who has a better 3DMarks score or better fps reminds me of dick-measuring contest. This new video card will not introduce anything drastically new in performance, except for couple more fps in your games. And it costs $600. For what?

Couldn't have said it better myself!

Posted by TigerClaw on Jun-25-2005 19:27:

quote:
Originally posted by wwu.punisher
A long while... and how is that a "problem"? 350W power supplies are standard these days. I know people who have as much as 600W running their systems.

And as far as the purpose behind this new card is concerned... if you've seen the tech demos for some of the new games coming out over the course of the next year or so (Unreal III, Unreal Tournament 2007, FEAR, etc.), you would know that there is a desperate need for this kind of technology. Computer games are advancing by leaps and bounds... and consumer-level video cards are barely able to keep up.

I currently run a 6600GT AGP with 1GB of PC2700 and a 2.4GHz Athlon XP. I can run any game out there at 40-60FPS constant on full detail settings I will probably put two 6800s into an SLI configuration in my next system with an Athlon 64 and 2GB of PC3200... which would outperform this new card, but not by much.

350watts wouldn't be enough to power those Geforce 6800series cards, You need a minimum of 480 watts on a power suply to power those cards. The new 7800series cards require a 400 watt power suply, But in order to be able to use those in SLI mode, It requires a minumum of 500 watts.

Posted by Kooshtie on Jun-25-2005 20:55:

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I currently run a 6600GT AGP with 1GB of PC2700 and a 2.4GHz Athlon XP. I can run any game out there at 40-60FPS constant on full detail settings I will probably put two 6800s into an SLI configuration in my next system with an Athlon 64 and 2GB of PC3200... which would outperform this new card, but not by much.
hardware geeks are the worst kind. Who cares, as long as ur fucking computer runs decent, has enuf space for music and you can see the shit on ur screen, i dont see the need to makeup for self esteem in computer parts. On the realz, some people need to look at life with a broader perspective than the computer at which theyre sitting at, then again to some the computer is their life so maybe thats why.

Posted by Killer Angel on Jun-25-2005 22:34:

I'm still running a GF2 Ultra haha. Go me.

Posted by Pariah Cleric on Jun-25-2005 22:43:

I play game!!!111 Gogogogogogo5555555

Posted by nchs09 on Jun-25-2005 22:55:

congrats... paw posted 2ice in ur thread which means.. it sucks

Posted by Basstard on Jun-26-2005 01:43:

im running on a Ahtlon 64 3500+ with 1Gb Ram. I have 2 256 geforce 6800 ultras running SLI. its teh fucking shite!

Posted by igottaknow on Jun-26-2005 02:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Basstard
im running on a Ahtlon 64 3500+ with 1Gb Ram. I have 2 256 geforce 6800 ultras running SLI. its teh fucking shite!

you may have a faster graphics card but my dick is bigger than yours.