Friday, June 17th 2005
R5XX > 7800 Ultra > R520 > 7800 GTX > X850 XT
Yea, confusing title I know, but that seems to be the way things are going. The Inquirer is reporting that NVIDIA will take the performance crown with the 7800 GTX, and in SLI even dominate the CrossFire X850XT's. After this, they say ATI will release the R520 regaining their performance crown. I think most of us pretty much knew this, however here's where the twist comes in. NVIDA will release their 'reserved' 7800 Ultra, which will more than likely be an overclocked 7800 GTX that retakes their lead. Yields on a card like this should actually be decent, however it's upcoming combatant may not be as lucky. Last in this graphics card food chain is said to be a new card based on the R520 with speed improved enough to surpass even the 7800 Ultra. However, with these most likely insane speeds on a new 90nm process, yeilds should be less than great, making this card more of a figurehead than anything actually obtainable, atleast for the early part of the product cycle. Once again, like all things yet to be released, I'm sure we'll all know once the official announcements are made, and until then we can just gossip.
19 Comments on R5XX > 7800 Ultra > R520 > 7800 GTX > X850 XT
-Dan
-Dan
Don't expect a leap in performance from the 6800 to the 7800 to be as huge as the leap that happened when nVidia went from the 5950 to the 6800...
Check this link for benchmarks and SLI pictures!
i dont think that atm we really need this
-Dan
www.techspot.com/story17737.html
While we are on the subject of the Computex trade show, it seems that the next-generation graphics processor from NVIDIA has also been spotted at the event. The 7800 series is expected to be announced by NVIDIA during the next few days. One quick bit of information that is readily available is that the high end models will not carry the "Ultra" name any longer, and will instead use the add-on "GTX". There will also be a basic 7800 model, as well as a "GT" model.
i think that says it all :) i dont like it though i liked ultra its known and is reliable wont be getting it anyway to expensive
-Dan
They used something similar before, the Geforce 2 GTS
Dont get it now,if you wait a few months nVidia will come out with the 7800Ultra and then the GTX will drop in price :)
ohh btw on cs source with full detail on and 1024 resolution the 7800GTx on cs_aztec which is the hardest on graphics oh his system at the bridge shooting the water the lowest we could get it was 139 FPS no card will come near that 50 to 60 FPS for a A6800 Ultra 20 FPS on a 5950 ultra its a amazing card
It's rumored that it might be a faster GPU than Ati's R520, but that remains to be seem, now that Ati has taped out that core for a third time, and is getting over 600 Mhz according to some reports:Source
Oh, and btw, the card you're referring to is to be known as the 7800 GT, a lower clocked version of the GTX, that'll have only 20 pipelines enabled:Source
I agree, its not a huge jump from a 6800 ultra, but it is still nice.
my personal scores on 3d mark 05
OC'd 6800 gt----> 5300
stock 7800 gtx-----> 8200
The card is worth the money (though i won mine for winning a lan)
hope that helps.
i heard crossfire isnt as good as sli but its cheaper which is good but only ATI i believe have the boards that support it thats the last i heard on crossfire as for sli well if u have the cash go for it. Buy 1 7800GTX or Ultra when its out now and buy another at Christmas when is half the price