BFG Tech® GeForce® 7950 GX2 1GB

[Person]

For those South African's that want the Tech 1st... we are going to get it to you. From the 5th, we have stock of the following card. If you want a price your are going to have to Pm me.


BFG Tech® GeForce® 7950 GX2 1GB

UPC NUMBER: 876758000551

BFG Tech PART NUMBER: BFGR7950GX21GBEI


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Designed for extreme HD gaming, the BFG GeForce® 7950 GX2 combines the power of two GeForce 7950 graphics processing units (GPUs) on a single graphics card. This unbelievable graphics horsepower, along with a 512-bit memory interface and an astounding 1GB of fast GDDR3 memory, enables an incredibly smooth, ultra-realistic gaming experience at resolutions up to 2560x1600.


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• Designed for Extreme HD Gaming
• Built for Microsoft® Windows® Vista™
• True Lifetime Warranty with Free 24/7 Technical Support
• Connectors: 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV
• HDCP Enabled

Free extras:

BFG Teflon® Slick Pads - These pads fit over existing mouse feet and instantly reduce the friction between a mouse and mouse pad — a must for serious gamers.

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Specifications

Processor: Dual NVIDIA® 7950 GX2
Interface Slot: PCI Express®
Memory: 1GB GDDR3
Core Clock: 500MHz
Memory Clock: 1200MHz
RAMDAC: Dual 400MHz
Connectors: 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV
Vertices/sec: 2200 million.
Memory Bandwidth: 76.8GB/second
Maximum Analog Resolution at 32-bit color: 2048x1536@85Hz
Maximum Digital Resolution at 32-bit color: 2560x1600@60Hz

Software Included: NVIDIA® ForceWare® Drivers


Minimum System Requirements

• CPU with 1.8GHz processor speed or higher
• 256MB of RAM
• Microsoft Windows XP
• CD or DVD-ROM drive
• 35MB available hard disk space 50MB for full installation)
• A 450W PCI Express complaint system power supply unit with a combined 12V current rating of 27A or more
• A PCI Express compliant motherboard
• A vacant x16 PCI Express slot
• A vacant slot adjacent to the PCI Express x16 slot. This board occupies two slots: The x16 graphics slot and the slot below it
• A 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector or two available 4-pin molex hard disk drive power connectors (smaller floppy disk drive connector is not sufficient)

[mccrack]

:eek:

WTF

[Person]

and 8800GTX and 8800GT are out on Friday :P

[pupa]

For those South African's that want the Tech 1st... we are going to get it to you. From the 5th, we have stock of the following card. If you want a price your are going to have to Pm me.

Why just blurp it, Shy? Give a good price else I import it meself!

[lilDeath]

Holy ***** damn, mutha a$$....jeepers!!! :eek:
Price, my dear person??
How bouts some SLI for this card heh? ;)

[mccrack]

Solitaire will never look the same again ......

[Person]

For those South African's that want the Tech 1st... we are going to get it to you. From the 5th, we have stock of the following card. If you want a price your are going to have to Pm me.

Why just blurp it, Shy? Give a good price else I import it meself!


oh I will, dont worry.

[mccrack]

Cant seem to find any sort of preview .......

[lilDeath]

It isn't out yet... not enuff time yet for a preview, dude...
don't think they wanna write about how big and bling the boxes are... :D
just some rants from people available. :D
Will have to be patient, dude

[Jah]

Its this if i'm not mistaken
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/02/nvidia_goes_for_four/

[useless]

so in other words these upcoming cards are DX10 compliant?

[mccrack]

It isn't out yet... ok well, out by a coupla hrs but methinks not enuff time yet for a review, dude...
don't think they wanna write about how big and bling the boxes are... :D
just some rants from people available. :D
Will have to be patient, dude


;)

I did say preview

;)

[Jah]

DX10 is going to have to wait till vista, think its only next gen of cards

[pupa]

Its this if i'm not mistaken
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/02/nvidia_goes_for_four/
Yes!

Graphics Cards NVIDIA GeForce GX2 (Quad) 1024 MB GDDR3 500 MHz Core 600 MHz Memory

[lilDeath]

hhhmmm quad SLI ...
does that mean it is going to use 4 PCIE slots... seeing as one card takes up 2 slots...!!! :eek:

[lilDeath]

think its a different card in the link from Jah...
the memory clocks speeds are different from Person's one:
600 MHz vs 1200MHz

[useless]

hhhmmm quad SLI ...
does that mean it is going to use 4 PCIE slots... seeing as one card takes up 2 slots...!!! :eek:


SLI is overrated and too expensive...all i want is a DX10 compliant card in 2007.

[Jah]

Same memory clock, the 1200MHz actually refers to the data rate. You need to double the memory clock to get the data rate.

[lilDeath]

okay, my bad ;)

[Jah]

Its confusing cause different people give different values. If you look at that same article when they show the cards they benchmark against, they use both ways of showing it.
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 512 MB GDDR3 650 MHz Core 800 MHz Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB GDDR3 550 MHz Core 1.7 GHz Memory
think it has to do with the memory bus, but not sure

[lilDeath]

hhmmm...indeed@Jah!!

I was drawn to the price....
"One can obtain a system for around $5,000 but the 30" monitor will run you an additional $2,000+. So, if your wallet is thick and your appetite for graphics insatiable, a system with Quad SLI is right for you. If the 30" monitor is too expensive, there is the Matrox TripleHead2Go that allows the user to hook up three 19" panels for a maximum resolution of 3840x1024."
:eek:

and further on:
"On a final note, Quad SLI is not for the Do-It-Yourselfer. Nvidia has made this clear, and in a dialogue with Brian Burke, Nvidia PR Manager, Quad SLI will only be available from system integrators such as Falcon Northwest, iBuyPower, CyberPowerPC, Dell, Alienware, and Widow. This instantly means a markup in cost, as you have to pay for labor, warranties, and addition items. In return you get a fully working system and the ability to sleep at night knowing that there is someone else responsible to fix the system if you play around with it too much. And for $7,000-10,000, you had better fork over the extra for the better warranty..."

Double :eek: :eek:

[Toxin]

hhhmmm quad SLI ...
does that mean it is going to use 4 PCIE slots... seeing as one card takes up 2 slots...!!! :eek:

No. What they mean by "taking up two slots" is that the card is two slots wide. On most of todays motherboards the PCI and PCIe slots are spaced in such a way that it's still possible to place two of these cards. But at the expence of a normal PCI card or two.

ie. Your slots would look like this(from right to left): PCIe, PCI, PCIe, PCI

So when you place one of these wide cards in one of the PCIe slots, It'll block off the normal PCI slot next too it.

Here's a pic of the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe (http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=0&model=744&modelmenu=1). Just click on Enlargement.

[lilDeath]

yes, and if you SLI them, there goes the other PCIe and PCI slot...
THUS 4 slots

[pupa]

yes, and if you SLI them, there goes the other PCIe and PCI slot...
THUS 4 slots
Buy Asus then its only two slots used for quad. Anyway the other slots would hardly be used, only for a Phys -X card maybe all else in on board, need nothing more!

[pupa]

hhmmm...indeed@Jah!!

I was drawn to the price....
"One can obtain a system for around $5,000 but the 30" monitor will run you an additional $2,000+. So, if your wallet is thick and your appetite for graphics insatiable, a system with Quad SLI is right for you. If the 30" monitor is too expensive, there is the Matrox TripleHead2Go that allows the user to hook up three 19" panels for a maximum resolution of 3840x1024."
:eek:

and further on:
"On a final note, Quad SLI is not for the Do-It-Yourselfer. Nvidia has made this clear, and in a dialogue with Brian Burke, Nvidia PR Manager, Quad SLI will only be available from system integrators such as Falcon Northwest, iBuyPower, CyberPowerPC, Dell, Alienware, and Widow. This instantly means a markup in cost, as you have to pay for labor, warranties, and addition items. In return you get a fully working system and the ability to sleep at night knowing that there is someone else responsible to fix the system if you play around with it too much. And for $7,000-10,000, you had better fork over the extra for the better warranty..."

Double :eek: :eek:
Wrong the DIY quads will be available soon, thats why person is quoting the card availability!

[Ap0c]

Is anybody actually going to buy these?

[mccrack]

Well we dont know the price so who knows if they're interested.

This is actually making me think about hanging off the XPS M1710 with the 7900GTX 512MB, i mean how long could it take for the mobile equivelant too come out .....

[ShockG]

and 8800GTX and 8800GT are out on Friday :P

Nope!
GF8 is NV50, and that hasn't even taped out let alone hit TSMC/UMC/FC.
ie, its still going through ASIC optimization in R&D
GF8 is due in Q4 2006 and that's at least September this year.
Also
I would kill myself if I had to buy this, then Crysis comes out with DX10 content that I can't use because I have a 1000 bhp of DX9 class performance...

[Toxin]

yes, and if you SLI them, there goes the other PCIe and PCI slot...
THUS 4 slots

Yes, 4 slots in total (2 PCIe and 2 normal PCI) but I answered what you asked here:


hhhmmm quad SLI ...
does that mean it is going to use 4 PCIE slots

The answer is no. You won't need 4 PCIe slots. Just 4 slots (again 2 PCIe and 2 normal PCI slots) spaces total.