NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GX2 & Forceware Rel. 90 @ HotHardware

**MIG-31** · Jun 5, 2006, 04:52 PM

Review: HotHardware
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In January of this year, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NVIDIA and Dell jointly unveiled an ultra high-end gaming system equipped with a pair of specialized graphics adapters that were each powered by a pair of GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs and 1GB of memory. The final configuration consisted of two "cards", four GPUs, and a total of 2GB of graphics memory. NVIDIA dubbed the technology "Quad-SLI", and gave Dell an exclusive on the technology for a short period of time.

BWX · Jun 5, 2006, 05:11 PM

http://www.evga.com/products/moreinf...01G-P2-N592-AX

hmmm...

**MIG-31** · Jun 5, 2006, 05:14 PM

i was only wondering about when the 1gb cards were going to be talked about or released... looks good but is going to be over kill on the price for the time being IMO.

BWX · Jun 5, 2006, 05:55 PM

Yeah that is crazy.. 600 bucks..

The thing is, if this were released 30 days ago, I would have one. The reason is because of EVGA's step up- For 100 dollars more than I am paying now to step up from a 7800gtx to a 7900GTX, I could step up to a 7950 gx2. So A person with a 7800gtx or 7900GTX from EVGA that bought their card 90 days ago or sooner could get every penny they paid for their card and pay the difference and get a 7950 gx2...

A lot of people will be doing that.. it lets you spread the financial pain out over a few months, and it doesn't seem as bad, LOL..

When you start thinking about the fact that this one card is over 20% faster in FEAR than an x1900 XT cross fire setup though... and close in many other games, the value is pretty clear.
It is one seriously fast card. I can't imagine how fast it will be OC'd in Quad SLI.... That's going to be nuts.. And something I will never see in person.. no way in Hell, that's too much money.

EDIT- I just found out in the EVGA forums that apparently this card is not available as a step up card.. Oh well.

599 retail price though...
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...ricewatch&NR=1

same store-
ATI X1900XTX 572 bucks
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...Code=ATI-PCI-E

Basically in the single card market, ATI just got housed.

Drakon · Jun 5, 2006, 09:18 PM

I read in another review that the 7950 GX2 does get to be pretty hot though.

~~Alien1~~ · Jun 5, 2006, 09:20 PM

Very expensive
and probably need a case with some extra cooling

Anyway we will hear about G80 and R600 soon..
I do not think it's worth the money

BWX · Jun 7, 2006, 08:01 AM

People can now step up to this EVGA card..

http://www.evga.com/community/messag...TOPIC_ID=16085

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Very expensive

So is an X1900XTX (very expensive) and this card just about doubles that card's performance, as well as Nvidia's previous fastest card, the 7900GTX (even the OC versions)..

So by that logic the X1900XTX or any other top of the line video card is not worth buying either?

As far as cutting edge expensive video cards, it is the best bang for the buck there is. $600 is a lot, but so is $500 for a card that is only half as fast. You can always make the argument that something faster is coming on the horizon, that will never ever change.

Jun 5, 2006, 04:52 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,819 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GX2 & Forceware Rel. 90 @ HotHardware Review: HotHardware _______________ In January of this year, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NVIDIA and Dell jointly unveiled an ultra high-end gaming system equipped with a pair of specialized graphics adapters that were each powered by a pair of GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs and 1GB of memory. The final configuration consisted of two "cards", four GPUs, and a total of 2GB of graphics memory. NVIDIA dubbed the technology "Quad-SLI", and gave Dell an exclusive on the technology for a short period of time. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jun 5, 2006, 05:11 PM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	http://www.evga.com/products/moreinf...01G-P2-N592-AX hmmm... __________________

Jun 5, 2006, 05:14 PM	Thread Starter #3
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,819 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	i was only wondering about when the 1gb cards were going to be talked about or released... looks good but is going to be over kill on the price for the time being IMO. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jun 5, 2006, 05:55 PM	#4
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Yeah that is crazy.. 600 bucks.. The thing is, if this were released 30 days ago, I would have one. The reason is because of EVGA's step up- For 100 dollars more than I am paying now to step up from a 7800gtx to a 7900GTX, I could step up to a 7950 gx2. So A person with a 7800gtx or 7900GTX from EVGA that bought their card 90 days ago or sooner could get every penny they paid for their card and pay the difference and get a 7950 gx2... A lot of people will be doing that.. it lets you spread the financial pain out over a few months, and it doesn't seem as bad, LOL.. When you start thinking about the fact that this one card is over 20% faster in FEAR than an x1900 XT cross fire setup though... and close in many other games, the value is pretty clear. It is one seriously fast card. I can't imagine how fast it will be OC'd in Quad SLI.... That's going to be nuts.. And something I will never see in person.. no way in Hell, that's too much money. EDIT- I just found out in the EVGA forums that apparently this card is not available as a step up card.. Oh well. 599 retail price though... http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...ricewatch&NR=1 same store- ATI X1900XTX 572 bucks http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...Code=ATI-PCI-E Basically in the single card market, ATI just got housed. __________________ Last edited by BWX; Jun 5, 2006 at 06:18 PM.

Jun 5, 2006, 09:18 PM	#5
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	I read in another review that the 7950 GX2 does get to be pretty hot though.

Jun 5, 2006, 09:20 PM	#6
~~Alien1~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 365 Rep Power: 0	Very expensive and probably need a case with some extra cooling Anyway we will hear about G80 and R600 soon.. I do not think it's worth the money