Nvidia launches 512MB GeForce 7800 GTX

GPU upgrade boosts clock speeds and increases onboard memory from 256MB to 512MB.

Holiday shopping for the PC enthusiast just got much more expensive.

Graphics manufacturer Nvidia has added a new flagship GPU to its current line of GeForce 7800 graphics processors. The new GPU features higher clock speeds and support for up to 512MB of GDDR3 memory--and a higher price tag.

Manufacturing improvements have allowed Nvidia to increase the GPU clock speeds from 430MHz to 550MHz, and the card can now handle up to 512MB of faster 850MHz GDDR3 memory thanks to a new dual-slot board design. The core clock and memory bandwidth increases will provide immediate performance benefits over other video cards in the latest, hardware-intensive PC games including F.E.A.R. and Quake 4.

The GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB has a $649 MSRP from Nvidia, but actual retail prices will vary since the GPUs have to pass through a board manufacturer and a retailer before it reaches the customer.

A quick check of various online retailers reveals that cards are in stock with prices ranging from $699 to $749.

8 Comments

  • Leoknight86

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 11:04 pm PT

    what about the freaken 7900

  • ryan-man

    Posted Apr 1, 2006 7:47 am PT

    The geforce price is a rip off

  • rj1991

    Posted Mar 22, 2006 4:22 pm PT

    NestyBoy55-haha i got it on my alienware laptop.
    -I find that quite impossible, you cannot, I repeat, YOU CANNOT, put that big of a graphics card into any laptop let alone an Alienware.
    -If you can, well, i stand corrected.

  • ChipsDubbo

    Posted Mar 20, 2006 6:37 pm PT

    $699 to $749... *sighs*

  • NestyBoy55

    Posted Mar 10, 2006 1:02 am PT

    haha i got it on my alienware laptop.

  • jade_dragoon

    Posted Feb 11, 2006 6:26 pm PT

    Wow. Thats alot of power!!!

  • Karl319

    Posted Jan 8, 2006 8:09 pm PT

    *Drool*

  • jsnx

    Posted Dec 26, 2005 5:56 pm PT

    wow what a card

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