This new card is being dubbed the "GeForce 7800 GS", and as the name suggests, it makes use NVIDIA's G70 GPU. As it so happens, the 7800 GS GPU is the lowest-end in the series, but it represents the highest end part that one will be able to get for the AGP platform. For those not familiar, the 7800 GTX snags the crown, and the 7800 GT rounds out the middle in this series (both PCI-E parts). The following table compares the basic technical specs between the three G70 GPUs now out in the wild:
Conclusion
Quite simply, NVIDIA has delivered a very good product. As we can see from the results the 7800 performs around where it should in regards to the Nvidia 7800 series. While scoring slightly under the 7800 GT in all results it is just above the 6800 GT which fulfills its destiny as NVIDIA's new flagship AGP product.
The parallelism, increased performance, and new architectural changes of the 7800 series have helped to move 7800GS above the 6800 GT in our test results, if sometimes only by a small margin. As resolutions are increased and features enabled, the 7800 GS expands the gap between the two cards noticeably. The performance is very good considering that the card is priced in the lower range of Nvidia's Flagship 7800 series.
Agher performer, but there are cards which have performance close enough to question this as an upgrade. If you already own a 6800GT, X850XT PE, or even an X800XL/XT you probably won't consider upgrade FROM one of those cards to the 7800GS, unless you really must have SM3.0 and transparency antialiasing. If you are considering an upgrade TO one of those performance cards, the 7800GS makes a lot of sense.
This card is an amazing addition and a very welcome release for the many hardcore gamers who are still using, and committed to staying with an architecture that's seemingly been abandoned by most manufacturers. Something that many of us who have moved onto the PCI-E architecture tend to forget is that AGP is still very much a part of the consumer base. Like we said, not much more than 1 week ago there was mention of how 55% of the channel is still currently AGP (according to The Inq). And let's not forget how often Neoseeker has published a review of the latest generation PCI-E graphics card only to have the first few email feedback start with the phrases "Is an AGP version going to be released?". Well one has been released now, and for those upgrading from a mid performance card such as a 6600GT, this card is very much worth the wait.
For the full review go to : Neoseeker
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[U] 7800 GS 7800 GT 7800 GTX[/U]
Vertex Pipes 6 7 8
Pixel Pipes 16 20 24
ROP Pipes 8 16 16
Core Clock 375 (400) 400 430
Memory Clock 600 (625) 500 600
MSRP $299-$349 $449 $599 [/B]Conclusion
Quite simply, NVIDIA has delivered a very good product. As we can see from the results the 7800 performs around where it should in regards to the Nvidia 7800 series. While scoring slightly under the 7800 GT in all results it is just above the 6800 GT which fulfills its destiny as NVIDIA's new flagship AGP product.
The parallelism, increased performance, and new architectural changes of the 7800 series have helped to move 7800GS above the 6800 GT in our test results, if sometimes only by a small margin. As resolutions are increased and features enabled, the 7800 GS expands the gap between the two cards noticeably. The performance is very good considering that the card is priced in the lower range of Nvidia's Flagship 7800 series.
Agher performer, but there are cards which have performance close enough to question this as an upgrade. If you already own a 6800GT, X850XT PE, or even an X800XL/XT you probably won't consider upgrade FROM one of those cards to the 7800GS, unless you really must have SM3.0 and transparency antialiasing. If you are considering an upgrade TO one of those performance cards, the 7800GS makes a lot of sense.
This card is an amazing addition and a very welcome release for the many hardcore gamers who are still using, and committed to staying with an architecture that's seemingly been abandoned by most manufacturers. Something that many of us who have moved onto the PCI-E architecture tend to forget is that AGP is still very much a part of the consumer base. Like we said, not much more than 1 week ago there was mention of how 55% of the channel is still currently AGP (according to The Inq). And let's not forget how often Neoseeker has published a review of the latest generation PCI-E graphics card only to have the first few email feedback start with the phrases "Is an AGP version going to be released?". Well one has been released now, and for those upgrading from a mid performance card such as a 6600GT, this card is very much worth the wait.
For the full review go to : Neoseeker