nVIDIA 7800 GTX and GT reach end of life

[Madwand1]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29799

By Fuad Abazovic: Monday 20 February 2006, 13:04
NVIDIA partners made their last G70 orders and have had their last chunk of Geforce 7800 GTX 512, 256 and 7800 GT cards. Those cards will be available in retail as long as supplies last and it is clear that Nvidia and its partners want to clear the inventory. This certainly means that Nvidia is about to start shipping its faster G71 based products.

It has Geforce 7900 GTX as the flagship card and it also has less expensive 7900 GT card and there is no space for the mutual coexistence with the 7800 GTX and GT. The new cards ought to be faster than the previous one and, more than likely, even cheaper.

Geforce 7800 GTX 256 and certainly Geforce 7800 GT are great cards, available, priced more or less reasonably and made quite a good reputation very quickly, so we have to say good bye to them.

Oops, re-post. More to come, I'm sure.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1807536&enterthread=y

 

[TheRyuu]

Repost?

Edit: Yup

 

[Ronin]

Yes, he noticed before you posted. GG reading the whole post, wizboy.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: Ronin
Yes, he noticed before you posted. GG reading the whole post, wizboy.

He edited it after I hit the reply button. Or I just didn't read the hole thing. I'm too dam stupid to tell

 

[Ronin]

Nah, he edited before you replied. I hopped into the thread before you replied, and he'd already edited.

 

[Steelski]

Calm down children......... grow up you too or i will tell your parents. ...
"Mommy mommy, he posted first........that man was dead when I got here" heard it all before.

As for the news. I am not really that suprised. it happens to every product when its superseded. what it could affect is the lifetime warranties for some products.

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: Ronin
Nah, he edited before you replied. I hopped into the thread before you replied, and he'd already edited.

Said edited on the 14 while his post was 13.

 

[Ronin]

He edited twice, Hacp. You're late into the thread. The first edit was 11:13. Shoo.

 

[Madwand1]

Geez, it's not worth fighting over! I posted, saw the other thread, and then edited it to say "repost", pausing for a moment to find the "embarrased" icon, saw the "repost?" question, thought that my edit might have been too vague, and re-edited it to link the other thread. Really not worth the meta-discussion.

As to "lifetime" warranties -- if that meant that 7900's might be provided as replacements for failed 7800's, I'm sure nobody would complain. Some companies, like BFG, do say that they really mean lifetime of owner (or something like that); others say they mean "product lifetime" of video card. I'm not sure how clear the second definition is in the advertising / fine print, and how easily it can be legally defended. I'd think that it crosses the line towards misleading marketing (esp. if/when other vendors have the other definition) and might be challenged.

So has anyone taken up this issue in another thread and gotten some results pass/fail ? This probably is an important question for 7800 owners and prospective late buyers / bargain hunters.

 

[moonboy403]

yea....let it rip!

i'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of the G71

step up is such a nice program!