*Hot* 7900GS OEM (From Woot)

[Brainonska511]

I just saw this over on Woot.com:

7900GS OEM - $139 + $5 shipping

A 7600GT through Newegg is at least $150 and the cheapest 7900GT is about $250.

Specs from Woot:
* Manufacturer: MSI
* Series: GeForce 7
* GPU: G71
* Interface: PCI-E x16
* Core Clock: 470 MHz
* Memory Clock: 660 MHz (1320 via DDR)
* Memory Bandwidth: 42.24 GB/sec
* Shader Operations: 9400 Operations/sec
* Pixel Fill Rate: 7520 MPixels/sec
* Texture Fill Rate: 9400 MTexels/sec
* Vertex Operations: 822.5 MVertices/sec
* Framebuffer: 256 MB
* Memory Type: GDDR3
* Memory Bus Type: 64×4 (256 bit)
* DirectX Compliance: 9.0
* OpenGL Compliance: 2.0
* PS Version: 3.0
* VS Version: 3.0
* Process: 90 nm
* Fragment Pipelines: 20 (24)
* Vertex Pipelines: 7 (8)
* Texture Units: 20 (24)
* Raster Operators: 16
* Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP Home, Media Center Edition 2005 or later, Windows XP 64 (64-bit Windows extensions)

Notes:

* Includes graphics card ONLY, download drivers here or here
* To enable advanced features of the card you will need to connect power from the case power supply via a 6-Pin PCI-Express connection ? some system power supplies have them and some require an inexpensive 4-pin to 6-pin adapter
* This card has dual DVI connectors and TV-OUT jack but does not ship with DVI to VGA converters or video cables.

 

[Devil2U]

nVidia GeForce 7900GS 256MB PCI-E x16 Video Card
$139.99+ $5 shipping

www.woot.com

 

[DukeN]

how's this compare to a 7900gt? (i konw it'll be a bit underpowered, but by how much) For this price you could SLI two of em.

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: DukeN
how's this compare to a 7900gt? (i konw it'll be a bit underpowered, but by how much) For this price you could SLI two of em.

Judging by the specs, it should be on par with the 7800GT, I could be wrong though. 3dmark scores were pretty high, on 3dmark05 it scored above 7000 and 06 scoring above 3000

 

[Corporate Thug]

not bad

 

[ShadoWing]

it's a lil better, actually, than the 7800gtx, by the specs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison...hics_Processing_Units#GeForce_7_series

so if it is, then it's quite a good deal, too bad it's OEM

 

[morkus64]

looks like it's just a bit below the 7900gt there... i went for two. I'll see if i like it in SLI. If not, off to fleabay i suppose.

 

[kpb]

Actually it's got faster memory and a little higher core clock but it's only 20 x 7 instead of 24 x 8 (1 quad and 1 vertex shader disabled) so the gtx should be faster. Should definitely beat a 7800 gt tho and at 140$ thats a steal. I'm a little bit leary of the price since even tell wants 200$ for the card as an upgrade over a base card in thier systems. I'd see this as more of a 200ish card compaired to the rest of the line. Inbetween the 7900 gt and the 7600 gt right where it's performance should be.

 

[JammingJay]

Originally posted by: morkus64
looks like it's just a bit below the 7900gt there... i went for two. I'll see if i like it in SLI. If not, off to fleabay i suppose.

Screw it, I bought 2 as well to SLI.

 

[gorcorps]

I know you just copied from woot, but could ya maybe put the links for the drivers there just in case? Seems a little odd the way it is now.

 

[imported_dani]

Originally posted by: ShadoWing
it's a lil better, actually, than the 7800gtx, by the specs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison...hics_Processing_Units#GeForce_7_series

so if it is, then it's quite a good deal, too bad it's OEM

What in your link gives you the impression that it's better than a 7800GTX?

 

[ShadoWing]

lol look: i meant the 256 model....course not the 512.

 

[MechaSheeba]

Hmm, sounds interesting, I ordered one. Based on the specs it should be marginally faster than a 7800gt, and for $145 it's a no brainer. Thanks OP.

 

[imported_nunya]

Anyone have a good idea of hat sort of performance benefit would this give me over my 6800gt?

 

[Dragoon42]

omg...man i want to jump on this so bad. I did some searches on google, this seems pretty decent. The retail is supposed to be $179-$200, but this is only 90 day warranty and oem. What is MSI normal warranty?

 

[Dragoon42]

btw the main difference between this and the 7900gt is that the 7900gs has 20 pipelines and 7 vertex compared to 24 and 8 in 7900GT

 

[detective richard kimble]

wOOt!
i got one. first post! why the heck doesn't anadtech acknowlege yahoo mail?

dragoon42, can you provide some link for the $179 retail package? thanks in advance

 

[Dragoon42]

Originally posted by: detective richard kimble
wOOt!
i got one. first post! why the heck doesn't anadtech acknowlege yahoo mail?

dragoon42, can you provide some link for the $179 retail package? thanks in advance

I wish i could find it again. I ran across it when I was doing some info searching. I think it was from the Powerup forums. Other then that I didn't find out too much info. Man I'm wanting one of these so bad, but I gotta resist. Need to wait till october to upgrade instead of now =(

 

[legcramp]

Product did not come out yet, this is a woot launch off where they launch a brand new never sold before product.

 

[CKDragon]

Originally posted by: detective richard kimble
wOOt!
i got one. first post! why the heck doesn't anadtech acknowlege yahoo mail?

dragoon42, can you provide some link for the $179 retail package? thanks in advance

Welcome to AT, now it's killing me:

Dr. Richard Kimble = "The Fugitive"
Detective John Kimble = "Kindergarten Cop"

Who's Det. Richard Kimble?

 

[AkumaX]

lol, the 7900gs was supposed to be hard-launched on aug 30

these are definitely surpluses from dell (check out the oem driver)

 

[manly]

Dual dual-link DVI?

 

[Dragoon42]

Originally posted by: detective richard kimble
wOOt!
i got one. first post! why the heck doesn't anadtech acknowlege yahoo mail?

dragoon42, can you provide some link for the $179 retail package? thanks in advance

Found it!

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[Ragnoros]

Great the day after I buy a videocard....

 

[Airs]

90 day warranty = ouch