256MB 256bit - MPN: PVT71GUDE7
Strengths: CLock speed, double life time warranty, very noticable faster,smaller and lighter than 7800GT
Weakness: none so far
I got this card just several days ago and I cann't wait to put it into my Dell9150. It works just great! I usually play AOE3, NFSMW and CSS a lot. When I use 7800GT and when there are more than 200 units fight on the screen in AOE3, it's getting slow. I suspected it is because not enough RAM(1G) and CPU(820D,2.8GHz).But it turned out upgrade the video card does help a lot. The game runs smoothly now even when 300 units fight in one screen even all the setting turned to high or very high. It's fantastic in my 2005FPW under 1680x1050! It proved some benchmark review that said XFX7900GT's extreme edition has closed performance as 512M 7800GTX! But remember 512M 7800GTX was around $700 and now this 7900GT is only about half price! Also, this 7900GT is smaller than 7800GT and much lighter. it consumes even less power than 7800GT. Overall, it is a bestbuy videocard if you can find and get one around $350 considering it is OOS in most of E-retailers.
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TopStrengths: Good price/performance. The best for ~$300 range. Overclocks like mad. After replacing the core heatsink, I achieved 620Mhz-core, and 1710Mhz-RAM. After volt-modding, I got 720Mhz-core/1800Mhz-RAM!
Weakness: my system is already loud, so I can't notice any difference in noise from the card.
If you volt-modd the core to 1.5V (which I highly recommend, as most everyone is getting stable results), you can get performance greater than stock 7900GTX and X1900XTX!
I now get ~6200marks in 3DMark06, and ~11,000marks in 3DMark05 with my setup using AMD x2 4600+ and rapterHD.
BF2 runs liquid smooth with all settings maxed, resolution @1280x1024!
NOTE: Even if you just overclock with no v-mod, you should mount heatsinks on the mosfets on the back of the card, because they DUMP out the heat, and some people have reported frying them because they didn't use heatsinks.
Results also seem to show that the RAM should not be volt-modded, and you probably want to put heatsinks on the RAM if you O/C it.
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TopStrengths: Great performance, small form factor, price
Weakness: Fan runs at full speed
This is a great price point card. It has top notch performance for a price that won't send you to the poor house. I had a 7800GT for two weeks then this came out. It has better performance for a lower price. Sold the 7800 and got this. It's much better in every way. Although the fan does seem a bit loud in comparison to the 7800 fan it's dead silent. I couldn't be happier with this product.
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TopStrengths: performance, size, very easy to use utility
Weakness: none so far
This card is awesome! Played Oblivion on it and this card sure is up for the task to play next gen titles. Very easy to insatll and the nvidia utility is real easy to use. Runs stable w/ my Asus A8N32 Deluxe mobo. The size of the card is real nice not big compared to other high end cards w/ huge fan. The downside is this card is hard to find. It sells out real fast. Gonna do SLI whenever i get the breads to get another one.
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TopStrengths: Great performance in demanding games, not super-expensive
Weakness: None so far
This card has been great for me so far. I bought it to play the Elder Scrolls Oblivion with all the detail and it does the job fine. It could be better but that is a demanding game in 1280X1024. But it is definitely fully playable, and didn't cost as much as the GTX. Definitely recommended if you can find a decent deal on it.
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TopStrengths: runs cool and relitively quite. Great performance.
I've had this card for about a month and am very happy with it's performance. It over clocks fairly well with software and the volt mods are easy to do if you really want to push your harware.
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TopStrengths: low heat. double lifetime warranty
Weakness: loud
When i first installed this card. I noticed that it is a bit loud. I can hear it over my case fans. Otherwise it is a great card. It isnt much larger than my Audigy 2 sound card. Games have been running very smoothly and temps of my system has not gone up.
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TopStrengths: the latest GPU
Weakness: had to change mobo to use it. had to change PSU for the six pin plug [maybe]
I have had it up for almost a week and was pleasantly surprised by the look it gave everything from the internet to games. I play games at a moderate level--not hardcore-- so you won't hear that raving stuff but like i said I am pleased by the boost from a 6800 card....it looks real good.
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Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
Speed : 3.21GHz-------Mod # SL7AA
Performance Rating : PR4271 (estimated)
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous ATC (8-way sectored, 64 byte line size)
L3 On-board Cache : 2MB ECC Synchronous ATC (8-way sectored, 64 byte line size)
Asus P4GPL-X -- Total Memory : 1023MB GeIL DDR500
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : WDC WD740GD-00FLC0 [69.2GB]
CD-ROM/DVD : PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-117R (CD 40X Rd) (DVD 5X Rd)
CD-ROM/DVD : SONY CD-RW CRX175E
Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Home (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)
Adapter : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
D-Link 4100
Monitor/Panel : Plug and Play Monitor Dell 24"
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT -- PV-T71G-UDE7
Aspire ATX-AS680W-BK
Logitech G15 -- Razer Diamondback -- JBL Creature
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TopStrengths: speed board design
Weakness: price heat!
I bought this one from a local store. It is a nice, rapid video card, but after I bought it a discover that I could get a better one for the same money. I think I will use it for 3 weeks and then I will resell it.
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TopStrengths: Rated one of the best cards for your money by cpu magazine (computer power user-last months issue)believe me it is ultra thin, ultra sleek and quiet.
Weakness: None so far
A high end video card at a mid range price. I put two of these in my new custom computer. I recommend this video card to anyone serious about gaming or graphics.
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Things just get better for NVIDIA with the GeForce 7900GT. This card is sure to be popular amongst performance enthusiasts. If street prices settle around $299 as we suspect they will, the GeForce 7900 GT is going to be immensely popular. The card offers excellent performance with a single slot design, at a very aggressive price point. Performance is marginally better than a GeForce 7800 GTX...
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Very good stable video card
Strengths: Life time warranty
Weakness: Pricey
I have owned this card for a week and very satisfied. It's a great card for today’s demanding games. It's faster than the X1800XL. The added value that the 100MHz + overclock gives can't be matched anywhere.
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