The NVIDIA Corporation, which is one of the leaders in the image processing industry, has recently declared a release of a new graphical processor, GeForce 7800 GTX 512. A new chip is a high performance kernel for many video cards, which can be the best for well-to-do users, who would like to play powerful technological computer shooters (for instance, F.E.A.R. or Quake4).
The producers state that the GeForce 7800 GTX 512 CPU works so fast, that it permits setting records in 3DMark05 only with one card in a system! A common growth of performance for the GeForce 7800 GTX 512 CPU, comparing with the GeForce 7800 GTX, is thirty three percent.
The GeForce 7800 GTX 512 CPU is based on the architecture of GeForce 7 series, which has amazing technologies for creating visual effects, such as DirectX 9.0, Shader Model 3.0, NVIDIA SLI, HDR illumination, NVIDIA PureVideo, etc. Simultaneously, a new chip from NVIDIA supports a fast graphical memory with the volume 512 MB. The video cards on the base of this processor are developed by large companies, such as ASUS, BFG, eVGA, Gainward, Point Of View and XFX.
The most part of video cards GeForce 7800 GTX from different producers look similar to each other. They have a reference design, a standard cooling system and a standard clock. Therefore, some companies provide original instances. It can be said about a new video card eVGA 7800GTX with the original name ?Black Pearl?. The EVGA 7800GTX with a 512 MB memory is provided with a water cooling system and it is a very interesting modification to the reference video card.
The clock rates of eVGA 7800GTX are also different from reference parameters. It works with 600 MHZ for the GPU and 1800 MHZ for the GDDR3 memory. This video card has high chances to become the fastest video card in this segment of the market. Nevertheless, there is one negative feature ? it may become the most expensive product in this area as well.
The XFX GeForce 7800 GTX is another implementation of the chip from NVIDIA that can be an interesting alternative solution. The initial clock rates of this card are not so high as of the eVGA product. The XFX GeForce 7800GTX has high limits for over clocking. It may be accelerated almost to the top parameters of the reference design. Such cards, as the eVGA 7800GTX, are aimed for gamers, though its price is not attractive. Consequently, there are recommendations for obtaining the alternative 7800GT.
The 7800 GT from different producers is another variant of NVIDIA G70 processor with the support for DirectX 9.0c, OpenGL 2.0 and Pixel Shader 3.0 with twenty pixel conveyors and seven blocks of the top programs. Hence, this version has four pixel conveyors and one top block, less than a top flagman model. The version 7800GT has 256 MB of the GDDR3 video-memory with a 256bit interface instead of 512 MB, used by an advanced model.
The average price of NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT is four hundred and fifty dollars, though some producers propose cheaper models. In some cases, the price of the video card 7800GT can be three hundred and sixty dollars. Thus, this model may be a profitable solution for gamers, who would not like to pay a full price for the high-end product.