NVIDIA 7800GTX 512MB Released!

NVIDIA set out to top the Radeon X1800 XT, and, from our game play testing, they have managed to do so. By our count, three of the games from our test evaluation suite showed the Radeon X1800 XT and 512 MB GeForce 7800 GTX at “equal” playable settings, Battlefield 2, EverQuest II, and Serious Sam 2 (when HDR is disabled with AA). The remaining five games showed the 512 MB GeForce 7800 GTX offering a higher level of game play with more performance. None of the games we evaluated showed the Radeon X1800 XT performing at a higher level than the 512 MB GeForce 7800 GTX, — they performed equally well or the Radeon X1800 XT was slower. We were quite impressed by the Quake 4 and F.E.A.R. results in particular.

Now the choice comes down to X1800XT vs. 7800GTX 512MB. The 7800GTX 512 looks to be about $50 more expensive, but it does perform better in a few tests. For $649 though, this hobby just keeps getting more and more expensive! Check out the full review at Hard|OCP, Bit-Tech, Driver Heaven, Guru 3D, PC Per, Hexus and Tech Report.