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| NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Graphics Card |
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Unlike cards tested by most hardware sites which come directly from third-party manufacturers, NVIDIA gave us the GeForce 7800 GT reference card which actually had a much lower clock speed than some of the cards in the market. So, please keep that in mind when you compare the benchmarks in this review with those from other websites. As far as the reference card is concerned, its performance falls right in between that of the 7800 GTX and the 6800 Ultra. This is exactly what NVIDIA wants. The GeForce 7800 GTX needs a healthy lead over its smaller brother to ensure that you will feel justified in paying more for it. If the GeForce 7800 GT could perform a little better, we won't have a hard time recommending it instead of its more expensive brother. NVIDIA is a lot smarter this time. They are actually tailoring the performance of the 7800 GT according to its cost bracket. So, would we recommend the GeForce 7800 GT? Well, the answer is pretty simple. If you can't afford the GeForce 7800 GTX, there's no harm settling for the GeForce 7800 GT. You get all the features of the 7800 GTX for a much lower cost. All you have to do is put up with the loss of bragging rights and better frame rates. For more details, read our Comprehensive Review! |
| MSRP |
• NA |
| Lowest PriceGrabber Price |
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| Review |
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| Architecture |
• G70 |
| Manufacturing Process |
• 0.11 Micron |
Transistor Count |
• 302 Million |
DirectX Support |
• 9.0c |
| Interface |
• PCI Express |
| Vertex Pipelines |
• 8 |
| Vertex Shader Version |
• 3.0 |
| Pixel / Texture Pipelines |
• 20 x 1 |
| Pixel Shader Version |
• 3.0 |
| Core Speed |
• 400 MHz |
| Fill Rate |
• 8000 MTexels/s |
| Memory Bus Width |
• 256-bits |
| Memory Type |
• GDDR3 |
| Memory Speed |
• 500 MHz (1 GHz DDR) |
| Memory Bandwidth |
• 32 GB/s |
| Features |
• Microsoft®
DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 Support |
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