Does anyone know if the NVidia 7800 is available for retail sale yet? I don't see it on newegg.
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Does anyone know if the NVidia 7800 is available for retail sale yet? I don't see it on newegg.
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but not the 7800
it's $600 and PCIE only
please make sure your system's PSU can support it (if I remember correctly nVidia reccomended a ~450W PSU with 24A on the 12v rail)
it is not an amazing performance increase over the 6800 series, and i'd like to note that if your not going for the absolute fastest system on earth don't get a 7800, as a 6800 series card is fine (Radeon X however is not, as it does not support SM3.0, ATi's new chip does though, and it's due in a few weeks)
GeForce 6800 Vanilla and above would be fine as a card
but i'd suggest a 6800GT or 6800 Ultra instead of a 7800GTX
unless you have the money to spend/were saving for an expensive 6800 Ultra
and NO
a 512MB 6800 Ultra will NOT outperform a 7800GTX
Thanks, anyone know when the cheaper NVidia 7800 and GT come out. I was thinking of building a SLI System... Can anyone recommend a good setup such as Motherboard, Power Supply, Processor, case, etc.
Thanks all for your help!