7900 gtx, too much?

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stopmenow

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i don't want to start a fight here people, but, don't you guys think that the new 7900 is too much? are there games that are going to use that kind of power?

2nd, is my 7800 gtx old?
 
Your 7800 is fine.

And they're only "too much" in the sense that Nvidia is arguably raking in the profits due to the small size on them. So it would be nice if they dropped prices a lot, and also put ATI in a tough spot.
 
yup ur 7800GTX is fine, just like mine... im in no hurry to upgrade (though of cource, the 79GTX is VERY tempting)
 
stopmenow said:
i don't want to start a fight here people, but, don't you guys think that the new 7900 is too much? are there games that are going to use that kind of power?

2nd, is my 7800 gtx old?
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No WAY man!!!!

You card is just fine. These refresh cards bring out the nasty little upgrade bug who sits there on your shoulder going "ooohhh, look at that, it's 10frames faster than what you have, and it's brand new! oooohhh, a die shrink. Oh boy, look at those clocks! Look at those 3dmark scores! Wowweee!"

Your card is great dude, no worries.

I have 6800GT, so I'm entitled to think how you are right now ;). Even though my card still runs every game on high (except CoD2 and Fear...).
 
winston856 said:
These refresh cards bring out the nasty little upgrade bug who sits there on your shoulder going "ooohhh, look at that, it's 10frames faster than what you have, and it's brand new! oooohhh, a die shrink. Oh boy, look at those clocks! Look at those 3dmark scores! Wowweee!"
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Yea. It always seems to get me! I just can't help it!
 
Slo Gun said:
Yea. It always seems to get me! I just can't help it!
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Yeah man, it's kinda sad when you see people with 7800GTX 512's that want to upgrade :p

I mean, you have a fricken 7800GTX 512 for crying out loud!!!

Same goes for the normal 7800GTX....They are still fast cards.

But I purposely skipped the 7800 series so I could get the 7900 series :) It was planned allllll along :D
 
I bit. Couldn't help it. I'm leaving the world of SLI go to back to one kick ass card. Placed my order last night, and expect it to be dropped off on Monday. :) Then the 7800GT's get posted to the forums.

-E
 
I just wish the 7800GTX 512s would come down in price. Well, I wish everything would come down in price.

In a perfect world Quad SLI would be free.
 
spaceman said:
I just wish the 7800GTX 512s would come down in price. Well, I wish everything would come down in price.

In a perfect world Quad SLI would be free.
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Agreed but I had to trade my 6600GT in for the 7900Gt until the perfect world kicks into effect. :rolleyes:
 
DooLocsta said:
Agreed but I had to trade my 6600GT in for the 7900Gt until the perfect world kicks into effect. :rolleyes:
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Hehe, yah, I didn't have to trade in anything, but my 6800GT is getting kinda old so I figured it better be time to upgrade, new specs in sig.
 
running 7800gt currently, gonna wait for the next gen 8000 or whatever GT.
 
im waiting for the 7800gtx to hit 200-250s so i can SLI mine. i never bought the first one anyway =)
 
I bought a 6800 ultra almost 2 years ago when they first came out for $499 msrp. Now its almost 2 years later and the best, newest card is still $499. I say thats good. (I don't count some etailers markup, because its a new product etc.)
 
The 7900 doesn't bring any better IQ or usable features so why bother upgrading from a 7800? If there was something of value, other than a simple die shrink, it might make more sense.
 
The 7900 isn't phenominally better than the 7800 series, and no, your 7800 gtx is not "too old". It's been less than a year and people are already thinking it's obsolete....nonsense! Imo it's better to wait for the G80/R600 and see what new features and improvements other than raw speed that they bring to the table.
 
No such thing as "too fast." It's like saying, "My car is too fast, I don't need to be able to do 0-60 in less than 5 seconds." But I agree with others, your 7800 should be OK and no need to upgrade.
 
R1ckCa1n said:
The 7900 doesn't bring any better IQ or usable features so why bother upgrading from a 7800? If there was something of value, other than a simple die shrink, it might make more sense.
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Well, in my case, I wanted to go back to one video card and reduce the amount of power draw the SLI setup has during both idle as well as load. The TechReport did a nice job showing off both idle and load wattage for all current generation cards, and when I noticed that my SLI rig was pulling 331watts on load and nearly 200watts just idling, well I jumped at the chance of reducing the waste. Also, the die shrink runs a bit cooler than my GT's.

This should be it for me as far as video card upgrades for awhile. I will probably end up skipping the next generation cards so I can get my money's worth out of this.

-E
 
You need to upgrade when you can not get good fps at your desired game settings. When the 7900s came out, your card did not get any slower.

And 3DMark is not a game. ;)
 
winston856 said:
Yeah man, it's kinda sad when you see people with 7800GTX 512's that want to upgrade :p

I mean, you have a fricken 7800GTX 512 for crying out loud!!!

Same goes for the normal 7800GTX....They are still fast cards.

But I purposely skipped the 7800 series so I could get the 7900 series :) It was planned allllll along :D
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Those are the kind of people who spend more time on the forums stroking their e-peens than they do actually playing games with that hardware they spend so much money on. It makes me laugh honestly. Seeing people put up 7800GTXs for sale so they can buy the 7900/x1900, i mean seriously. Why?
 
FoxhoundOp said:
Those are the kind of people who spend more time on the forums stroking their e-peens than they do actually playing games with that hardware they spend so much money on. It makes me laugh honestly. Seeing people put up 7800GTXs for sale so they can buy the 7900/x1900, i mean seriously. Why?
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To have the latest and greatest is what it is.

I hope I never get like that :p
 
winston856 said:
To have the latest and greatest is what it is.

I hope I never get like that :p
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I did it in the hope of running Oblivion at my monitors native res...1920x1200. I don't think I will ven with SLI'd 7900gtx.
 
the only people that went from a 7800GTX 512 to a 7900GTX 512 was just for bragging rights and 200 extra 3Dmark points. i will be staying with my "RARE, HAND PICKED, OCd LIMITED EDITION CARD" and seeing as im limited 1280x1024, this is already too much(until you crank everything up, then its perfect)

and i can always pick another one up from everyone selling for SLI
 
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