iamkoza Posted August 14, 2006 Posted August 14, 2006 I'm having a little delimma making my mind up. I currently have a 256 mb 7800 gtx @ 470/1200 I was thinking about purchasing the 512 mb 7900gt for $300, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130034 selling my current card for ~$180 on ebay, also picking up a vf-900 to cool the 7900 ~$40..... So net cost of ~$160. I run games at 1280x1024, with my current card I can run everything high and at 4xAA, usually anything higher and the frame rate suffers.... I couldnt find any bench's to compare the two... My current 3dmark05 is just under 8000 (7950). The big question: Will the extra memory and higher clock speeds of the 7900 gt (560/1500) be enough of a benefit to justify spending $160?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsonte Posted August 14, 2006 Posted August 14, 2006 For a simple answer...Yes, Long anwser, okay I went from having 7800GTXs in SLI, to 7900 GTs in SLI, it it was more of a jump than I thought it would be, I can honestly say at resolutions lower than 1024x1280 I did not notice an extreme difference, I was able to enable a few more video settings, which cleaned up games very nicely...Of coure I am running with only 256mb of memory, and am In line to steup up to a 7900GTX, I say if you do upgrade, go with EVGA and use the Step-Up to you advantage...Its worth the hassle, and while you wait in line you enjoy the 7900GT...They are sending out "fixed" cards so it seems as though you have little to worry about in regards to Artifacts or Crashes... At the current price, its a steal...Go for it and overclock the thing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspevacek Posted August 14, 2006 Posted August 14, 2006 I have a volt modded 7800GT N516. It will pull 600+ core and right at 1300 on the RAM. It will hang with alot of 7800GTX cards in bench marks. I was impressed with my 7800GT. Well this weekend I went on a shopping Spree adn impulse bought a 7900GT KO, I will say the thing clocked right to 599 core and 899 on the RAM and ran 3D Mark 06 with out artifacting, the impressive part was I still have it on Stock cooling till I get my new Block top from Danger Den and I can put the TDX on my AM2. By all means I would to the Jump in a heart beat. I would have reacted sooner had I know how much better the 7900 was compared to the 7800..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkoza Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 looks like i shoulda ordered during lunch, cause newegg is out of stock now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkoza Posted August 16, 2006 Posted August 16, 2006 FYI, it is now back in stock at newegg I picked one up along with a vf-900, can't wait till it gets here!! Anyone want my 7800gtx? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsonte Posted August 16, 2006 Posted August 16, 2006 Sell it.....Im sure some one will buy it.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkoza Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 Yippee, got my card today, ran 3dmark 05, went from 7950 to 9535! once I get the zalman on there, I hope to hit 10k! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDavid218 Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 You're gunna have to do some volt modding for 10k... but it is possible! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/unc...id218/10420.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A6437 Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 Yeah and possibly overclock your processor just a bit and i'm pretty sure its gonna get up there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkoza Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 You're gunna have to do some volt modding for 10k... but it is possible! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/unc...id218/10420.jpg Nice score!! You are probably right about the volt modding. Im gonna see how far coolbits takes me first though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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