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eVGA GeForce 7800 GT CO 256MB / SLI / Dual DVI / HDTV video card

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 | Reviews, Video Cards

The 7800 range of GPUs from nVidia are their latest range of GPUs, delivering more performance than their now slightly older 6800 series. But at a higher price tag

The video card market is one that is moving fast. As often as they can bot nVidia and ATI are coming out with new technologies to give that extra something in your games.

At a glance this video card includes…

• nVidia GeForce 7800 GT processor
• 256MB of memory
• SLI capability (you’ll have to get 2 identical cards to use it
• Dual DVI support (2 flat panel monitors)

The GeForce 7800 runs at a respectable 400MHz with memory access at 1GHz.

The biggest difference will come in when using it in the SLI setup which links two of the cards together using a small bridge.

The performance outdoes the performance of the Radeon X850 by about 10% in tests using modern games. It’s performance is up to 40% better than that of the 6800, also from nVidia. This is a great increase. Compared to the relatively small increases experienced from new CPUs, this boost in performance is like a giant leap forward for video cards and gaming.

Real life performance in games will be increased from an upgrade to this board. If you are into modern games then this may be a worthwhile investment for you. I say investment, because at just under 400 bucks, it is. The card supports Shader Model 3.0 introduced in Directx 9.0c.

As noted before the increase in performance with 2 cards in SLI makes a further boost in performance of 50%. However, this is not really required, not even for the coolest new games. It’s quite refreshing to not have to upgrade to 2 cards.

So in terms of performance benefit for games, this card is worth it. You definitely won’t be disappointed.

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