7900GTX 512MB Now Available

512MB 7900GTX Now Available for order through Sager Dealers on the NP9890, NP9750 & NP5760. Shipment of cards will be available on 7/5.

 

Sweet! Was the XPS the only one that offered this before sager?

 

We think so...

Now Sager and all of the Clevo derivatives will have it.

 

hellz yea, go Clevo owners

-Gophn

 

Glad to hear that the 512MB is now available. You won't see a difference between it and the 256MB version in most games, only at the highest settings/resolution, just to assure the 256MB Go7900GTX owners that they have nothing to regret.

Chaz

 

hahaha, I'm sure you are right. yet with the shipping delay on the wsxga+ screens from sager, I'm regretting not waiting a little longer before ordering. coulda got me a sweet 512 card and skipped all this fretting about when they will ship my pretty new laptop

 

also, it appears the cost of going 512 instead of 256 is only $65 at powernotebooks.com

 

At discount laptops, the 512 comes standard now\. The overall price for configuring the same laptop as I had planned comes to under 100 dollars more. However, if I downgrade to the 256 MB card, it's 200 less than it was. THat's cool.

 

It looks like the 7900GTX 512mb is the new standard for the 5760 even at Sager official site.
The Base cost at Sager site for the 5760-C went from around $1997 to $2109 (its $2007 at DL where I bought my 5760 and $1956 at PN)
Because Sager is doing this I am guesing all the Sager resellers will have the 512mb as standard now also.

Sager is also adding the Quadro FX 25ooM 512mb the same day the 7900GTX 512mb comes out also for an additional $320.

I really can't wait to see benchmark review of similar specs as my 5760 but with the 7900GTX 512mb.
I hope it is not a huge margin in performance difference so I don't cry for Pre-ordering early and not waiting a month.

But as Chazman stated, it should only matter at higher settings and resolution.
There was already a test on 256mb vs 512mb for the 7800GTX and it shows in that review that Chazman is right on the spot.
The 7800GTX is not that big a difference from the 7900GTX I think so the results should be similar.
From what I saw of the review for the 256mb vs 512mb 7800GTX, the main difference was seen at a resolution of 2048x1536.
the FPS gain I saw was very marginal indeed in resolutions lower than this.

 

I am sure its just a typo, but the Quadro is the FX2500M . As soon as it is released we will be conducting a test on the 512MB to see what the difference really is.

 

Ya that was a typo lol.
Im just waking up and checking my favorite community forum while taking care of my 3 yr old son lol

 

The FX2500 is based on the Go7900GTX and gets similar scores in benchmarks. If you are gaming, don't bother with it.

 

For some reason the 512mb 7900GTX isn't worth it. I don't think the card is powerful enough to push out resolutions where the 512mb of GDDR3 would come in handy. In any case:


I'm still waiting for the Merom version of the 5760 before I buy.

 

Thats the 1 thing I couldn't wait for.
From what i understand Merom is just the 64bit brother of Yonah and will need a 64bit OS to use it optimally.

Because I plan to stay using Windows and more than likely get Windows Vista AFTER a few months after its release, probably around its 1st SP1.
That is probably when I will try to upgrade my 5760 to a T7200 2.0ghz Merom CPU.

The way Windows Vista is being developed, I do not see myself upgrading to Vista for at least another year from now or later.

And there has already been a post about how easy it is to upgrade from Yonah to Merom
( I may still actually just send my 5760 to Sager anyways and let them swap it for me to keep my Warranty and ADP when I do that in the future.)

 

Its a entirely different architecture from the Yonah. From what I understand its more like the little brother to the Conroe which is due out in July.

There won't be a difference between 32 vs 64. All a 64bit OS allows is longer computer addresses, which translates into allowing 8Gb of ram instead of a max of 4Gb for 32bit systems.

 

Many models have been confirmed to be Merom-ready, where the Yonah CPU can be simply swapped for a newer Merom CPU without BIOS upgrades. I know there are some Dell's, and I believe I remember hearing the NP 5760 is also one of them that will do this.

 

That is correct. The Sager NP5760 has already been tested with the Merom and no BIOS update will be necessary.