The official "I got a 7900 GT/GTX" thread

Kombatant · Mar 29, 2006, 08:57 AM

Well, since many people have started getting those beasts, I thought I'd be a good idea to have another sticky so you can brag and make people jealous

So post away!

Lowfat · Mar 29, 2006, 09:42 AM

Mine shipped out today

I am going to pray that it comes tomorrow, but more likely thursday.

anyways its a BFG 7900GT OC. I plan on going the very simple volt mod with the first week or so.

BWX · Mar 29, 2006, 10:43 AM

I will have one soon! Doing the step up eVGA program...

Hey, anyone have a working PCI card they want to sell? I need one while my card is being shipped and the 7900GTX is being shipped to me... :-(

~~Alien1~~ · Mar 29, 2006, 10:49 AM

I will have a 7900GTX soon
Unfortunately it's difficult to find in European shops

I have seen only some XFX 7900GTX sollutions but i have not heard so many good words

and some other small upgrades that i am planning...

Lowfat · Mar 29, 2006, 07:51 PM

already got my card

Lowfat · Mar 29, 2006, 11:51 PM

not impressed with BFG. Cap fell off as soon as i took it out of the box. Although I soldered it back on without a hassle. This things run mightly cool to boot. With my modded VF700Cu stock it doesn't reach higher than 41°C

I also can overclock to 580/878 (know i can take it higher but that is the sliders maximum lol).

Paladinchan · Apr 4, 2006, 12:05 AM

hey guys..i was told to come here for some advice with my 79GT.....

i had it and i did a 1.4V mod to it usin some conductive ink...it worked...WOOT then i was bored someday and did it too 1.5V and it toped out to 75 C...so i used some alchol and got it off...now at 1.2V i got at EVGA's stock settins and when i try to OC it more i get loads of green and red and blue dots all over the screen at destop.....????

any thoughts what could have happended....it runs at load around 55 C...so its not overheatin... i think i hurt a somethin like a cap......

Lowfat · Apr 4, 2006, 07:49 AM

Are you sure you removed all the conductive ink off the board, and never touched the ink to any other points except for the soldering points they you were suppose to? This site doesn't have a whole lot of hardware guru's like xtremesystems.org has, might want to check with them, as it definately doesn't sound driver related.

BTW what clocks were you able to do @ 1.5V? I am currently @ 1.4V and it does 666/1920.

the big Firefly · Apr 4, 2006, 02:57 PM

i wish i could get one....

Ferret_Style · Apr 5, 2006, 01:45 AM

Just ordered my XFX 7900 GT tonight WOOT!! will go nice in my new system

Ferret_Style · Apr 9, 2006, 03:34 AM

Got my 7900 installed today ... OMG is it nice! 4311 on 3dmark06

Necrosis · Apr 9, 2006, 06:05 AM

Sweet man..

OT: Every time I see you post of think of a little Ferret dancing Disco.

Sticky Mick · Apr 9, 2006, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kombatant

Well, since many people have started getting those beasts, I thought I'd be a good idea to have another sticky so you can brag and make people jealous

So post away!

Me? Jealous? Nahhh, nothing wrong with my GeForceFX5500

It`s a great card. It`s just not very good at running Oblivion, F.E.A.R and it prolly aint gonna run S.T.A.L.K.E.R when that gets released

WTF? where did that come from?

WTF? Alright, alright, so

. I don`t care, go ahead and laugh, But I`ll have the last laugh when I get my Nvidia 89000

BWX · Apr 9, 2006, 11:05 AM

Lay off the shrooms

IceMan_DMX · Apr 21, 2006, 05:54 AM

Got my 7900 GTX OC a couple of days ago. Runs good. Got 6576 on 3DMark06.

mkk · Apr 21, 2006, 06:52 PM

My preciousss should arive on monday. Had waited like forever for 7900GT's to get in stock, and when seeing dates being pushed back at all major nordic firms to may or even june(!) I got aggrevated and ordered a 7900GTX that at least was available in low numbers. I had kinda sworn to never pay this much for a card, but my anger helped me sway to the dark side.

This also meant that I had to settle for a single core Athlon64, but I just couldn't stand waiting any longer. Last night I had a dream about that system playing Oblivion.

Ferret_Style · Apr 21, 2006, 10:10 PM

Oblivion with HDR is absolutely amazing... like i had my daughter looking at the computer for 10 minutes while i looked at all the animals for her

Lowfat · Apr 22, 2006, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferret_Style

Oblivion with HDR is absolutely amazing... like i had my daughter looking at the computer for 10 minutes while i looked at all the animals for her

what settings are you running it at? I still get choppy with my 7900GT @ GTX clocks @ 1280X1024, large textures, HDR, fully tweaked .ini. Maybe my single core p4 is holding me back though

Ferret_Style · Apr 23, 2006, 04:46 PM

I have it setup for standard INI. I turned HDR and 1280x1024 (my lcd size) and set the textures on medium. Have not tried large. everthing else is pretty maxed. I get a little stuter when i go to wide open areas.

mkk · Apr 24, 2006, 01:32 PM

In some areas Oblivion ought to be a massive CPU hog just as Morrowind was, like when looking towards the middle of a larger town with a number of people in the view. I'm sitting here sharpening my Blade of Woe before commencing a raid on the post office...

Edit: Raid was successful. The XFX 7900GTX sure is a well built card.

Gardinen · Apr 26, 2006, 01:49 PM

Ordered an XFX 7900GTX yesterday. Seems to be a nice card and I can't wait to try it out. Should be interesting to se how it performs compared to my X1600XT

BWX · Apr 26, 2006, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gardinen

Ordered an XFX 7900GTX yesterday. Seems to be a nice card and I can't wait to try it out. Should be interesting to se how it performs compared to my X1600XT

Performance wise it will blow it away.. image quality won't be as high unless you turn ALL the speed up optimizations off-- but even then the 7900 will be very fast, so not to worry.

Gardinen · Apr 26, 2006, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWX

Performance wise it will blow it away.. image quality won't be as high unless you turn ALL the speed up optimizations off-- but even then the 7900 will be very fast, so not to worry.

Hmm sounds cool. I will hopefully get the card this friday, so that I can test it over the weekend.

BWX · Apr 26, 2006, 10:57 PM

I should have mine within a month or so- I only have until May 24th to do the trade up program, at EVGA.. but I need to buy an old PCI card first so I can at least use my PC.

Gardinen · Apr 27, 2006, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWX

I should have mine within a month or so- I only have until May 24th to do the trade up program, at EVGA.. but I need to buy an old PCI card first so I can at least use my PC.

Trade up program??

BWX · Apr 27, 2006, 10:50 AM

http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp

"step-up program" I should have said.. Basically I can get a 7900GTX for 75 dollars.. trading in my 7800GTX.. (within 90 days of purchase form a retailer)

edit- and I can't wait!

Vehicon · Apr 28, 2006, 03:04 AM

I just got my XFX 7900GT. I think it was a good upgrade from my ATI X1600XT.

Gardinen · Apr 28, 2006, 07:27 PM

I've just installed the XFX 7900GTX into my comp. And MAN!!! That fan on the card is silent when idle. Very nice!

BWX · Apr 28, 2006, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gardinen

I've just installed the XFX 7900GTX into my comp. And MAN!!! That fan on the card is silent when idle. Very nice!

Did you run any benchmark? Like 2005 and 2006? How about OC'ing it? Just wondering, if you do OC, how fast does it go?

And congrats..

Gardinen · Apr 29, 2006, 07:58 AM

I ran 3D Mark 03 and got around 22.000 points. And that's pretty good compared to around 9.000 points with the X1600XT

Mar 29, 2006, 08:57 AM	#1
Kombatant DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Athens, Hellas Posts: 644 Rep Power: 62	The official "I got a 7900 GT/GTX" thread Well, since many people have started getting those beasts, I thought I'd be a good idea to have another sticky so you can brag and make people jealous So post away! __________________ There is no spoon... Kombatant's Lair

Mar 29, 2006, 09:42 AM	#2
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	Mine shipped out today I am going to pray that it comes tomorrow, but more likely thursday. anyways its a BFG 7900GT OC. I plan on going the very simple volt mod with the first week or so. __________________

Mar 29, 2006, 10:43 AM	#3
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I will have one soon! Doing the step up eVGA program... Hey, anyone have a working PCI card they want to sell? I need one while my card is being shipped and the 7900GTX is being shipped to me... :-( __________________

Mar 29, 2006, 10:49 AM	#4
~~Alien1~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 365 Rep Power: 0	I will have a 7900GTX soon Unfortunately it's difficult to find in European shops I have seen only some XFX 7900GTX sollutions but i have not heard so many good words and some other small upgrades that i am planning... Last edited by Alien1; Mar 29, 2006 at 10:54 AM.

Mar 29, 2006, 07:51 PM	#5
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	already got my card __________________

Mar 29, 2006, 11:51 PM	#6
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	not impressed with BFG. Cap fell off as soon as i took it out of the box. Although I soldered it back on without a hassle. This things run mightly cool to boot. With my modded VF700Cu stock it doesn't reach higher than 41°C I also can overclock to 580/878 (know i can take it higher but that is the sliders maximum lol). __________________

Apr 4, 2006, 12:05 AM	#7
Paladinchan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	hey guys..i was told to come here for some advice with my 79GT..... i had it and i did a 1.4V mod to it usin some conductive ink...it worked...WOOT then i was bored someday and did it too 1.5V and it toped out to 75 C...so i used some alchol and got it off...now at 1.2V i got at EVGA's stock settins and when i try to OC it more i get loads of green and red and blue dots all over the screen at destop.....???? any thoughts what could have happended....it runs at load around 55 C...so its not overheatin... i think i hurt a somethin like a cap...... __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @ 2.65GHz Geil DDR 400 1GB (4*256MB) 408MHz EVGA 7900GT 500/1500MHz Creative Labs Audigy 4 Zalman 9500 LED and Zalman 700Cu LED

Apr 4, 2006, 07:49 AM	#8
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	Are you sure you removed all the conductive ink off the board, and never touched the ink to any other points except for the soldering points they you were suppose to? This site doesn't have a whole lot of hardware guru's like xtremesystems.org has, might want to check with them, as it definately doesn't sound driver related. BTW what clocks were you able to do @ 1.5V? I am currently @ 1.4V and it does 666/1920. __________________

Apr 4, 2006, 02:57 PM	#9
the big Firefly DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: south africa Posts: 946 Rep Power: 0	i wish i could get one....

Apr 9, 2006, 06:05 AM	#12
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Sweet man.. OT: Every time I see you post of think of a little Ferret dancing Disco.

Apr 9, 2006, 11:05 AM	#14
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Lay off the shrooms __________________

Apr 21, 2006, 05:54 AM	#15
IceMan_DMX DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Got my 7900 GTX OC a couple of days ago. Runs good. Got 6576 on 3DMark06. __________________ [color=#FF0000]DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR-AMD X2 4400 Koolance EXOS II-Enermax Liberty 620W XFX 7900GTX (675mhz-1.7ghz) Creative SB X-Fi Platinum-4 Gb XMS 3500 LL PRO[/color]

Apr 21, 2006, 06:52 PM	#16
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	My preciousss should arive on monday. Had waited like forever for 7900GT's to get in stock, and when seeing dates being pushed back at all major nordic firms to may or even june(!) I got aggrevated and ordered a 7900GTX that at least was available in low numbers. I had kinda sworn to never pay this much for a card, but my anger helped me sway to the dark side. This also meant that I had to settle for a single core Athlon64, but I just couldn't stand waiting any longer. Last night I had a dream about that system playing Oblivion.

Apr 24, 2006, 01:32 PM	#20
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	In some areas Oblivion ought to be a massive CPU hog just as Morrowind was, like when looking towards the middle of a larger town with a number of people in the view. I'm sitting here sharpening my Blade of Woe before commencing a raid on the post office... Edit: Raid was successful. The XFX 7900GTX sure is a well built card. Last edited by mkk; Apr 26, 2006 at 04:30 AM.

Apr 26, 2006, 01:49 PM	#21
Gardinen DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Trollhättan, Sweden Posts: 512 Rep Power: 0	Ordered an XFX 7900GTX yesterday. Seems to be a nice card and I can't wait to try it out. Should be interesting to se how it performs compared to my X1600XT

Apr 26, 2006, 10:57 PM	#24
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I should have mine within a month or so- I only have until May 24th to do the trade up program, at EVGA.. but I need to buy an old PCI card first so I can at least use my PC. __________________

Apr 27, 2006, 10:50 AM	#26
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp "step-up program" I should have said.. Basically I can get a 7900GTX for 75 dollars.. trading in my 7800GTX.. (within 90 days of purchase form a retailer) edit- and I can't wait! __________________ Last edited by BWX; Apr 27, 2006 at 10:55 AM.

Apr 28, 2006, 03:04 AM	#27
Vehicon The Cable Guy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA IL. Posts: 466 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	I just got my XFX 7900GT. I think it was a good upgrade from my ATI X1600XT. __________________

Apr 28, 2006, 07:27 PM	#28
Gardinen DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Trollhättan, Sweden Posts: 512 Rep Power: 0	I've just installed the XFX 7900GTX into my comp. And MAN!!! That fan on the card is silent when idle. Very nice!

Apr 29, 2006, 07:58 AM	#30
Gardinen DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Trollhättan, Sweden Posts: 512 Rep Power: 0	I ran 3D Mark 03 and got around 22.000 points. And that's pretty good compared to around 9.000 points with the X1600XT