EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX KO ACS3 Edition - NOW AVAILABLE!

[Cheesetogo]

Sweet! I can upgrade to it for free!

 

[Megatomic]

I should have known, the ricers of the PC world would care about trivial issues like how a heatsink looks on a graphics card. Even if the heatsink is virtually invisible when the card is installed, all you see is a shallow profile.

Just put some LEDs or cold cathodes on it, it'll bling out...

 

[kman79]

I can upgrade to it too with the trade up program. Gonna wait and see what the benchmarks are like, and if the cooling really works. Cause me just sending it off would leave me without a video card for a couple of days

 

[Waylay00]

Did anyone see the customizable ACS3 7800GTX? I saw it on one of the eVGA pages. It had pics of four KO's and each one had a different color ACS3 cooler.

Edit - here it is - http://www.evga.com/evtweak/default.asp

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: Rankor
... I would rather get an Arctic Cooler NV version for the 7800s.

yeah, thats what i want. the "detect optimal" tells me 518/13xx anyway, i'd just like a kick ass cooler for it.

 

[raz3000]

Boy did I get lucky! I bought my 6800GT on June 28, and now eVGA says that all products bought after June 22 have a lifetime warranty!

 

[giz02]

LoL

So, Kensai, when and why do the looks of a videocard matter?

If people are very into case modding, then the looks mean a great deal to them.
Of course it really doesn't matter to most folks. No effect on how it performs.
Superficial is subjective. I would say it matters most to those that bring their modded PC's to LAN events to show off their hardware. No biggie. Live and let live.

Looks like the card shroud comes in other colors as well (Yellow, Orange, Black, Green) So you can pick the color that suits your deco

 

[giz02]

Originally posted by: Rankor
The ACS^3 is poop. I would rather get an Arctic Cooler NV version for the 7800s.

NV is poop (imo!!)

I them installed on my 6800's and they bent one of the cards, as well as not providing adequete cooling to a couple of the mem bbga's..

On top of that, it voids your warranty!

Note as well, they list 490+/1300+
Wonder what the + is for (overclock without voiding?)

 

[rise]

does anyone know if the vf700 fits it? i haven't looked under the hood, if you will, so i don't know if it will or not. i prefer them over the silencers.

 

[imported_Ard]

For everyone whining about the looks of the card, get over it. I love a nice looking card as much as the next guy but face facts: you NEVER see the damn card because it's pointing down. As to the benches, temps, and overclocks, see here:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/evg...ce_7800_gtx_ko_acs3_review/default.asp

And for those saying 490/1300 can be done on stock cooling, that's all well and good, but have you stopped to think about the temps those cards are getting? Now, take a look at the temps FS recorded for the KO and I'm sure you'll be impressed.

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: Genx87
Need to see benchmarks before even thinking about it.
With the multiple clock domains I dont want to buy into marketing fluff that doesnt see an actual increase in performance.

If I remember correctly the jump in performance is @ 473-4 and the next is 499 or higher lol ...

Anyway, I recommend this over the AC3 thing

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=69513

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: Frackal

Originally posted by: Genx87
Need to see benchmarks before even thinking about it.
With the multiple clock domains I dont want to buy into marketing fluff that doesnt see an actual increase in performance.

If I remember correctly the jump in performance is @ 473-4 and the next is 499 or higher lol ...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=69513

You're right Frackal. The big jump after 473MHz happens at 500MHz. I've been doing some testing and the 27MHz jumps really are what 7800GTX owners should be shooting for. The jump from 500Mhz to 520Mhz in FarCry (1600x1200 4AA/8AF) gained me a whopping .2 fps, while going from 499MHz to 500MHz gained me 2-3fps. Not a whole lot either way but percentage wise its huge.

490Mhz sounds pretty sweet on paper but it will perform almost exactly the same as a card clocked at 473MHz.