Msi Geforce 7900gto 512MB - The Luck Of The English!

Tatty_Two · Sep 28, 2006

Well, I suppose you could say the luck of one englishman, I saw yeaterday on Dabs.com's website the above card which is effectiviely a 7900GTX with underclocked memory (but with supposidly the 1.1ns chips so hiuge O/C potential) for the meesley price of £152.84 so I bought one! I check this morning and the order has been despatched, should reach me in the morning (Friday) only to see that the price has risen on the site to £183.84 already! I am never this lucky so have a

on my face at the moment but TBH for anyone with the money who does not want to wait for DX10 is still seems like a real bargain.

I will give it a good testing when it arrives, if it does not meet expectations I may well just keep my 1800XT and E Bay this becasue these cards are going to be rare and the nearest price I can find to it of any of the VERY few E tailers who have got their hands on them are around £200. I will keep you posted on the cards strenghts/weaknesses unless anyone has got their hands on one already?

supraman · Sep 28, 2006

Damn you! Damn you! Damn you! Damn you! Damn you! Damn you!

I found that yesterday too. Today is my 21st so I decided to wait until today to get one as a birthday present to myself.

:banghead:

The 6800GT will have to do for a bit longer :cry:

Tatty_Two · Sep 28, 2006

sorry about that, as I said, I am never usually that lucky, perhaps I wont let you know how good it is (or bad) when I get it, I don't wanna make matters worse for you!!! But hey, a 7900GTX for half the price, can't be bad.

I will keep my eye out for you, never know, might let you have my 1800xt on the cheap if this new card is as good as I think it will be!

Ketxxx · Sep 28, 2006

my 6800gtwill do for now, dx10 should be here in the next 2 months

ktr · Sep 28, 2006

Ketxxx said:
my 6800gtwill do for now, dx10 should be here in the next 2 months

remember ket, wait for dx10 games/support then buy the card

Ketxxx · Sep 28, 2006

nah no need this time around really, even first gen cards will be good, .8nm soi process, from there its just core tweaks and maybe a move to .65nm. i may wait a month or so to get rid of old batches of r600 so the slightly tweaked (and better clockers) arrive

supraman · Sep 28, 2006

Tatty_One said:
sorry about that, as I said, I am never usually that lucky, perhaps I wont let you know how good it is (or bad) when I get it, I don't wanna make matters worse for you!!! But hey, a 7900GTX for half the price, can't be bad.

£153 was simply phenomenal! They’re now £180 at ebuyer, still an awesome deal considering the quality of the card. Cheaper than a 7900GT, but faster, more memory and a great cooler.

I’m just annoyed at myself for deciding against one for £157 yesterday evening. Please keep us all informed, we need benchmarks and overclocking results ASAP :toast:

Tatty_One said:
I will keep my eye out for you, never know, might let you have my 1800xt on the cheap if this new card is as good as I think it will be!

Thanks. I may take you up on that.

Tatty_Two · Sep 30, 2006

Card did not arrive! It has been despatched but Amtrak who are the carriers "timed out" last night so it looks like a Monday delivery. I will test it using both MSI's new overclocking proggiw which comes on the driver CD and see what she does along with using coolbits as a comparison, both on modded performance drivers, am hoping for a 12000+ 3D Mark 2005 score here.

supraman · Oct 3, 2006

Have you got it yet?

Tatty_Two · Oct 3, 2006

:shadedshu No, not happy, courier has had the thing since last friday and still not delivered, have just been shouting down phone as I paid for 1-3 day service and now its been 5, not happy, hopefully the shouting will get it here tomorrow but I am out tomorrow night with some friends so it aint gonna be until Thursday night before I can set it up.

Ketxxx · Oct 3, 2006

aww poor tatty

perhaps you should threaten them with that club

Canuto · Oct 3, 2006

lol Shout louder

Tatty_Two · Oct 3, 2006

Canuto said:
lol Shout louder

having spent quite a few years in the British Army, be certain of at least one thing...................I CAN SHOUT!!!! LOUD. :rockout:

Tatty_Two · Oct 3, 2006

Ketxxx said:
aww poor tatty

perhaps you should threaten them with that club

thanks for the heaps of sympathy! and I was gonna let you have my 1800XT for a tenner!

Canuto · Oct 3, 2006

Tatty_One said:
having spent quite a few years in the British Army, be certain of at least one thing...................I CAN SHOUT!!!! LOUD.

Cool

Just give'em a big scare... if you already haven't.

Tatty_Two · Oct 3, 2006

But Ket, the club thing was a good idea, may have to give that a try!

Tatty_Two · Oct 4, 2006

Down to 169.99 at DABS now, still more than I paid but a damn good deal nonetheless!

Ketxxx · Oct 4, 2006

Tatty_One said:
thanks for the heaps of sympathy! and I was gonna let you have my 1800XT for a tenner!

DHO!

Tatty_Two · Oct 5, 2006

Finally received today (Thursday) after 1 week, have told DABS not to use Amtrak again, they are a bunch of useless monkeys!

Cannot set it up tonite as I dont have time

just got in from London and its late but hopefully will do a mini review in the next day or so and post it.

Rodster · Oct 5, 2006

Glad to see it finally arrived m8.

Let us know what you think cause I just bought a similar card from newegg.com for $259. It looks like a great deal and should tide me over until I decide if I want Vista.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130065

supraman · Oct 5, 2006

Brilliant, you finally got it (in one piece?).

It’ll be nice to finally get a proper review in English and with some definitive numbers.

BTW, Dabs have raised the price to £180.93 and Ebuyer to £180.94. Komplett now have it too, but for £215.00 :wtf:

HeavyH20 · Oct 6, 2006

The 7900GTO has 1.1ns memory, but, is effectively shut down. Since it only uses 1.9V, it is limited to 1.4 ns specs and timings. So, 800 MHz will be more of the ceiling than a spec.

I have one of these cards and it is now tested out to 705/780. Not bad at all for $250 US.

i_am_mustang_man · Oct 6, 2006

those are sweet
get us some benchies, i just may have to get one of those, esp cuz i think i need to go green because i want sli!

i_am_mustang_man · Oct 6, 2006

ummm

i ordered one

weee!!!

Azn Tr14dZ · Oct 6, 2006

Are you serious? Can I have your GTO2?

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