i have a pci card now, is pci-e compatable or no?

Do these cards have HDCP enabled????????

This upsets me, since I JUST built a new computer and was looking for a good card. Darn you woot. No matter after my next paycheck I may as well build another one, so I may just have to buy this.

Can you RUN this SLI with a 7900GTOC ? It is the same chip set but things are different ANYONE know the answers?

I have a 7600GT. Is this better or worse. It might have a bigger number but it's GS and it's a lot cheaper. No idea about video cards but it seems like a good deal if it's better than the one I have.

This card has dual DVI connectors and TV-OUT jack but does not ship with DVI to VGA converters or video cables.

This is important to keep in mind.

also, it could be a woot launch for this brand of card (??)

The new flagship NVIDIA® SLI™-Ready GeForce® 7900 graphics processing units (GPUs) are designed for extreme HD gaming and deliver ultra-realistic gaming experiences and unparalleled image quality at resolutions of up to 2560x1600.

Need a break from gaming? The GeForce 7900 GPU also delivers smooth, high-definition video playback and crisp picture quality thanks to its advanced NVIDIA® PureVideo™ technology.

If you are searching for an extreme HD gaming and video experience on the PC, look no further than a GeForce 7900 GPU.

Available Models: GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7900 GT, and 7900 GS

Looks to me like an awesome woot. But, I need a good card with VIDEO CAPTURE. Any suggestions???

Can anyone tell me what the power consumption is for this card? What's the smallest PSU it is safe to run on?

Is this usefull if you are not a gamer?

remember!!! PCI and PCI-E(express) are different. They have different length slots.

twozerofive wrote:Can you RUN this SLI with a 7900GTOC ? It is the same chip set but things are different ANYONE know the answers?

Different GPUs of the same series can NOT SLI - if not for technological reasons than because NVidia won't let you (they can get more money out of you by making you get another 7900GT).

Anyone know the success rate on unlocking Nvidia cards using bios flashes?

swartz23 wrote:i have a pci card now, is pci-e compatable or no?

way no ;)

i see a chain of upgrades happening...

awesome woot...get two of these cards...crap now i need a mobo with PCi-e and SLi...doesnt fit my socket 478...new CPU...dang SLi needs a special PSU or adapter...new PSU...now I'm on DDR2...new memory...Now i'm out a grand and the only pieces i can reuse are my hard disks, mouse, keyboard, and monitors...

MaxAwesome wrote:

That's the 7600 price bro, not the 7900GS price. You inverted the 6 to be a 9, which when paired is a delicious combo. In this forum, it just makes you look silly

When you are finding these things under rapid time constraints sometimes the numbers do appear inverted! ;)

Hehe. If these things have the power of the mobile chipsets, they will rock in the towers. Cheaper card than the 7900 GTX, but delivers a decent performance that can pritty much kill any game. Just bought a lappy though, nite woot.

BTW..

dell inspiron e1705, geforce GO 7900GS 256MB

could this be modded to a GT?

Crap, the earliest I'll be going to PCI-E for a mobo is next may. By then these won't be much more expensive retail.

Still a good woot. 7900Gts go for 250-300 on newegg, not exactly sure where the GS falls into line though.

Should note this is what Dell currently has in their 2nd and 2rd best XPS systems, so it can't be all that bad (well, we all know it is amazing, but no GT).

For the price, I don't think you can beat a dual 7900GS for $285!!!!! Now I wish I had the cash for the rest of the computer!

From: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20060812130416.html

Nvidia Plans to Sell GeForce 7900 GS in Retail.
Nvidia Readies GeForce 7900 GS for $199

Category: Video

by Anton Shilov

[ 08/12/2006 | 01:05 PM ]

Nvidia Corp., one of the world’s leading suppliers of graphics processing units (GPUs), reportedly plans to release its GeForce 7900 GS graphics card in the retail market after offering the model through system builders for several years now. A report suggests that the GeForce 7900 GS offer pretty high speed amid very low price points.

According to a news-story by HKEPC, the GeForce 7900 GS will emerge in late August while being priced in the range between $179 and $199. The part is mainly needed by Nvidia to compete with ATI’s Radeon X1650-product series known under RV560 code-name. Earlier only large system integrators, such as Dell, sold GeForce 7900 GS graphics cards.

The GeForce 7900 GS has 20 pixel processors, 7 vertex processors and 256-bit memory bus. The GeForce 7900 GS is powered by the latest graphics chip code-named G71, thus, comes with dual-link DVI outputs and other advantages the G71 has over predecessors, particularly, very low power consumption. Earlier it was reported that the model 7900 GS has GPU clocked at 470MHz and memory operating at 1320MHz.

By launching the GeForce 7900 GS ahead of ATI Radeon X1650-series products launch Nvidia puts serious pressure on its rival, particularly, on the Radeon X1800 GTO, which will have to be sold for the price below $179, something, which may not be easy for ATI Technologies, who was planning to increase its gross margins this quarter.

Nvidia did not comment on the news-story.

The 7900GS is a 20-pixel pipeline version of the 7900GT (a 24-pixel pipeline card).

http://tech.china.com/zh_cn/hardware/diy/mydiy/873/20060814/images/13539073_2006081414232970547200.jpg

7600GT cards are 12-pixel pipeline cards, so this is quite an upgrade over them. I don't even need a video card and I'm considering wooting this.

Here is a link to a news release I googled for:

http://laptoplogic.com/news/detail.php?id=678

I too have a (new) 7600GT which I got for $150.00 ...

How much better/worse is the 7900GS?

I'd really like to get this and a new mobo because my 9800 pro is crapping out...however I'm still going to wait for the Direct-X 10 lines because they're going to not just blow everything on today's market out of the water, but create a new ocean.

product haiku:

all the monitors
no home, no video card
won't you adopt one?

skankaholikk wrote:now i have this card....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130032

is it the same thing?

No, that card is a GT, the woot is a GS.

I currently have a 7800GT in my PC. Is this card better than that on it's own? And if not, would it be better if I bought two of them and SLI'ed them?

And now, A woot.com parody of "Waiting" by Foreigner.

Sooo long,
I've been looking too hard, I've been waiting to long.
sometimes I don't know what I will find,
The times I mash "f5"

When you woot sometimes...
When you woooooot sometimes....

Maybe I'm wrong,
Would you tell me if become overdrawn.
My bank account's been hurt before,
this time, I wanna be sure...

I've been wooting! (wooting!) for a card like you...
To come into my life...
I've been wooting for something new...
A thing I'll actually use...

In response to the BIOS flashing idea, I'm pretty sure the success rate is zero. They made a point of making the lock be at a very low level of the hardware, not a simple BIOS setting.

twozerofive wrote:Can you RUN this SLI with a 7900GTOC ? It is the same chip set but things are different ANYONE know the answers?

no you cannot... you have to use the same exact card.

gs<gt<gtx.... great deal in my opinion

Generally, GT is faster than GS. GS is the budget version for Nvidia GPUs if I'm not mistaken. 7900 GS is the lower clocked G71 chip. The 7900s are the latest line of nvidia i think, replacing the 7800.

Ok same card different manufacturer for 112 on NEWEGG.COM. There is another card exact same but has a vga in place of one of the dvi for 105. So the only up to this card is it is a more familiar maufacturer. I dont know if that makes a difference. Hope I helped.

Know why this is 1337?

Diagonal components.

There's a fabricator somewhere who got fed up with perpendicular lines and got his rebel on.

If any of you would read http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/itnews.php?tid=648668 << that link you would see that the reason somebody was selling one on ebay is that the card up until this point was an OEM only unit, meaning you could only get it with a Dell etc. This is the first time the card is being offered by itself before it hits the retail market. Given the target launch price is between 179 and 199, this is a good woot. Sure you're one pixel shader down but you are getting all the nifty new features of the NVIDIA 7 series without dishing out major cash.. I paid 130 for a 6800 extreme recently and this card is faster then that so this is a good deal. BUT its only a good deal if you understand its OEM and you know how to download and install drivers and dont need tech support. If you are a Tech noob, move along.

Here's a description of the 7900GS chipset at techPowerUp!:
http://www.techpowerup.com/?15572

Apparently the 7900GS has been available from OEM's, integrated into systems, but not as separate cards to consumers... so therefore the launch woot is sort of valid.

monidel wrote:I was warned by Woot not to buy if I'm, and I quote, "timorous, irresolute, or easily-daunted." Darn it Woot, you hit me right where it hurts and now I can't buy it! Too bad for me or for you, I'm not sure which. Good night Wooters! Happy Wooting!

I'm with you dude - I'm certainly "timorous, irresolute, or easily-daunted." but I'm sure I can find 3 people on ebay who aren't. 3 for me please...

mkchoiboy wrote:

no you cannot... you have to use the same exact card.

gs<gt<gtx.... great deal in my opinion

Not so. Exact same GPU as marketed, but not exact same card - if you wanted to, you could use EVGA's top-end 7900GTX with BFG's normal one.

Smoothgrandmama wrote:

That's a 7600 gs the one being sold is 7900 much more expensive

Realized that quickly after the post. Had some troubles finding the same exact model. Fixed the post now, thanks for the heads up.

hambones2003 wrote:Ok same card different manufacturer for 112 on NEWEGG.COM. There is another card exact same but has a vga in place of one of the dvi for 105. So the only up to this card is it is a more familiar maufacturer. I dont know if that makes a difference. Hope I helped.

A source/link would be nice, as I was unable to find a 7900GS on Newegg.

Thanks

How does this compare to an ATI Radeon x1300 w/ 256 mb ram? Marginally better? A lot better? Hmm...

this card isn't out yet, it isn't as good as the 7900gt. i think people that said they have this card didn't read correctly. its expected to sell between $179 and $199. this is a good price, even cheaper than the 7600gt which i think this card trumps. i think this card has 20 pipes, so not as many as the 7900gt. here is a link to supposed leaked 3dmark scores http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3903