nVIDIA PRICE DROP-7800GTX512 $399, 7900GT $299, 7900GTX512 $499

[crazydingo]

Originally posted by: yacoub
Hmmm...

http://www.elitebastards.com/#news13986
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28798

New thread perhaps?

 

[xMax]

Looks like the price list now just about official. Not a hoax.

Thats amazing news.

 

[Darkon]

1900xt has 16 pipes, but again (dunno how many times this has been repeated), the # of pipes are really inconsequential and mean very little (and haven't for almost 2 years now). pipelines refer to TMU's (text. mapping units), which completely leaves out the ALU's (arithmetic logic units), which are responsible for shader processing. the term "pipelines" also leaves out another important part of the architecture - vertex units (of which the xt has 8).

by comparison, the 7800 has 24 alu's, and the tmu's... well, the sort of have 24, but they share pixel duties with the 24 alu's.. the x1900 has 16 dedicated tmus and 48 dedicated alu's, which explains the the additional performance of the ati cards...

not sure if 7900s change any of this; most likely not...

G70 has 48 alu's i think you mean shader processors then yes g70 has 24 pixel shader processors ( 2 ALU's each ) compared to whooping 48 pixel shader processors (1,5 alu each) from ATI .

Edit

G70 has also mini alu's no ? what was the use of them again .

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: Darkon

G70 has also mini alu's no ? what was the use of them again .

they do additional math instr. nv claims this adds about 30% perf gain.

 

[Ronin]

4 more days, and all your speculations will either be realized, or tossed in the toilet (I can't believe this thread is still going).

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Ronin
4 more days, and all your speculations will either be realized, or tossed in the toilet (I can't believe this thread is still going).

so what's your take - other than this thread is still going?

what's to stop it?
:Q

i still don't think either price drop rumour is true
[premature at best]

 

[Cygnus X1]

Nothing can stop my thread! MUHAHAHAHA!:evil:

 

[beggerking]

bump.

 

[Capt Caveman]

CompUSA has the PNY 7900GT listed as arriving soon for $349 - http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=338181&pfp=BROWSE

 

[imported_Finny]

Well, of course they'll try to sell them slightly above the theoretical prices, but hey, they're probably just trying to rake in the cash for a hot part. It'll end up going down, i'm sure.

 

[acegazda]

its $260 now...ha

 

[Ichigo]

bumping 3 month old threads for the win!

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: acegazda
its $260 now...ha

WHY WOULD YOU EVEN LOOK FOR A THREAD LIKE THIS, AND THEN POST IN IT BUMPING A NOW-USELESS THREAD????!!!! /rant

 

[Kromis]

Ugh, people can be so inconsiderate...(Lol)