The final piece

gwhea38411 · March 9th, 2006

Ok my astute brethern, I'm looking to make a decision on my last piece of the puzzle-THE VIDEO CARD!!!! Taking 14u2c's suggestion, it will be a Geforce 7800, the question is wether it will be the GT or GS. Can you'all help work through the differences?

**Capper** · March 9th, 2006

You can't use a GS Edition, those are for AGP base boards.
I'd actually recommend either the eVGA or XFX 7900GT. But if you are set on the 7800GT, I'd recommend XFX....I've been using a pair of those for the past 6 months and love them. XFX has the double lifetime warranty, and their cards include a great bundle of games

gwhea38411 · March 9th, 2006

How would a single 7900 compare against 2 7800's?

**Capper** · March 9th, 2006

If you can wait until Monday (hint, hint) You'll find out as we review the eVGA 7900GTX.... just for you, I'll put it up against a pair of 7800GTs in SLI

**gvblake22** · March 9th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capper

If you can wait until Monday (hint, hint) You'll find out as we review the eVGA 7900GTX.... just for you, I'll put it up against a pair of 7800GTs in SLI

WOO HOO!!! Can't wait to see that one! :mrgreen:

gwhea38411 · March 9th, 2006

Was wanting to make the final order this weekend :(.

Tyreal · March 9th, 2006

w00T! This should be a good review :D

I've never been the kind of person to drop 1000 dollars on top of line components but its always interesting to see how they perform.

**gvblake22** · March 9th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwhea38411

Was wanting to make the final order this weekend :(.

I wish I could give you my recommendation, but I have not had enough time to read all the reviews on the 7900 series cards nor have I had the chance to price them out. I'll look over the situation and try and get back to you tomorrow or something :)

gwhea38411 · March 9th, 2006

I see the 7900GTX is going for $550 to $700 for the Evga/XFX/Bfg on newegg.

gwhea38411 · March 9th, 2006

Looking forward to ur help Blake. It seems going with a single 7900GTX will aproximate the dual 7800GT's. Where am i Going wrong?

March 9th, 2006	#1
gwhea38411 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 97	The final piece Ok my astute brethern, I'm looking to make a decision on my last piece of the puzzle-THE VIDEO CARD!!!! Taking 14u2c's suggestion, it will be a Geforce 7800, the question is wether it will be the GT or GS. Can you'all help work through the differences? MOBO: Asus A8N32-SLI CPU: Opteron 165 HDD: WD 320GB/16MB/SATA RAM: 2GB OCZ Gold XTC PC4000 ROM: NEC 3550a DL DVD/CD Burner Video: Geforce 7900GT Extreme Case: Thermaltake Armor/aluminum PSU: Thermaltake 600w purepower OS: Windows XP Professional

March 9th, 2006	#2
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,868 Blog Entries: 6	You can't use a GS Edition, those are for AGP base boards. I'd actually recommend either the eVGA or XFX 7900GT. But if you are set on the 7800GT, I'd recommend XFX....I've been using a pair of those for the past 6 months and love them. XFX has the double lifetime warranty, and their cards include a great bundle of games INTEL E8400 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 4GB DDR3-1600 // Palit HD 4870 // Antec 1200 // Seagate 750GB HDD // Zalman CNPS9700 // BFG ES 800W PSU

March 9th, 2006	#3
gwhea38411 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 97	How would a single 7900 compare against 2 7800's? MOBO: Asus A8N32-SLI CPU: Opteron 165 HDD: WD 320GB/16MB/SATA RAM: 2GB OCZ Gold XTC PC4000 ROM: NEC 3550a DL DVD/CD Burner Video: Geforce 7900GT Extreme Case: Thermaltake Armor/aluminum PSU: Thermaltake 600w purepower OS: Windows XP Professional

March 9th, 2006	#4
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,868 Blog Entries: 6	If you can wait until Monday (hint, hint) You'll find out as we review the eVGA 7900GTX.... just for you, I'll put it up against a pair of 7800GTs in SLI INTEL E8400 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 4GB DDR3-1600 // Palit HD 4870 // Antec 1200 // Seagate 750GB HDD // Zalman CNPS9700 // BFG ES 800W PSU

March 9th, 2006	#6
gwhea38411 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 97	Was wanting to make the final order this weekend :(. MOBO: Asus A8N32-SLI CPU: Opteron 165 HDD: WD 320GB/16MB/SATA RAM: 2GB OCZ Gold XTC PC4000 ROM: NEC 3550a DL DVD/CD Burner Video: Geforce 7900GT Extreme Case: Thermaltake Armor/aluminum PSU: Thermaltake 600w purepower OS: Windows XP Professional

March 9th, 2006	#7
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	w00T! This should be a good review :D I've never been the kind of person to drop 1000 dollars on top of line components but its always interesting to see how they perform. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

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