The Card

The EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX looks just like NVIDIA's GeForce 7800 GTX (our reference card) out of the box, with the exception of an EVGA sticker on the heat sink.

There are not a lot of flashy pictures of CG monsters or women on the box - just the name of the card and a picture of it on the left. Tasteful or boring - depends on your preference. It doesn't come with any games bundled, but odds are that if you're going to be shelling out the cash for this card, you probably already have some games in mind.

An interesting thing about this card is the fact that it comes factory overclocked. The reference card's core clock speed is set at 430MHz, and this card comes set at 450MHz. This fact alone could give this card the edge over the other 7800's out there. The memory clock speed is set at 1.2GHz for both cards out of the box.

EVGA also released two other variations of this card. One of them has its core clock set at 430MHz, which is the same as NVIDIA's GeForce 7800 GTX ($575 256-p2-n525-ax). The other one ($620 256-p2-n538-ax) is exactly the same as ours ($600 256-p2-n528-ax) except that it comes bundled with Battlefield 2. This is actually a pretty good deal if you don't have Battlefield 2 yet, as it's only $20 more than the card without the game. The suggested retail price of both the 430MHz and 450MHz cards are actually the same, ($600) but some vendors sell the 430MHz card for less.

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  • masteraleph - Sunday, July 17, 2005 - link

    Where's the comment about Dual-Link DVI on one of the outputs? Shouldn't the fact that this card can run the Apple 30" display be noted somewhere in the review?
  • semo - Saturday, July 16, 2005 - link

    the upcoming 7800 from evga will have (with the green cooler) asymmetric cooling system (acs). xbitlabs has reported on it yesterday i think
  • tommyw - Saturday, July 16, 2005 - link

    I was reading this article http://www.digit-life.com/news.html?119317
    and would be interested to know if Anandtech has any comments on it. According to that, if I understood properly, it is not possible to change the clocks by 1MHz steps, but by 27MHz steps. And that different parts of the core work on different frequencies.

    Interesting how will this change OCing? New challenges, yes :-) !!
  • L3p3rM355i4h - Saturday, July 16, 2005 - link

    Last page type "pricy"
  • Son of a N00b - Saturday, July 16, 2005 - link

    yeah OC'ing is an addiction...I still OC my 6800's a bit to play CSS even though I do not have to everytime I play (i never leave it set to startup for stability issues)....but I cannot play if my cards are not OC'ed

    anyways AWESOME article and idea for it guys! cant wait to see BFG's
  • JustAnAverageGuy - Saturday, July 16, 2005 - link

    Typo, page 3

    7800 GXT

    Typo, page 4

    "PowerStreams"
  • PrinceGaz - Saturday, July 16, 2005 - link

    If I was going to spend about $600 on a gfx card, I think I would enable at least 4x AA in games that work correctly with it. If ncessary drop down to 1600x1200 from the tested 1920x1440 or 2048x1536; my monitor does support 2048x1536 and at a good refresh rate (85hz), but the jaggies are far more noticeable at 2048x1536 without AA, than they are at 1600x1200 with 4x AA.
  • Samus - Saturday, July 16, 2005 - link

    I can't believe they put up all those charts and failed to compare it to ANYTHING other than a 7000 series card. As #2 stated, exactly how many people are going to overclock this card? How many people care?

    I can tell you a lot of people care to know how well it fares against a 6800.
  • Zebo - Saturday, July 16, 2005 - link

    XFX 7800GTX is much better

    470/1250 default OC and a pretty decent game controller included. Some dudes are hitting 490/1300 pretty easy with mild OCing.

    #2 -- I agree for most part.. It's different taking a 1.8 A64 to 2.8, scores will massivly improve..but some of us like to OC everything no matter what..it's an addiction trust me.:P
  • drifter106 - Saturday, July 16, 2005 - link

    #5 thanks for the comment on your card and its overclocking ability...some people just don't know how to comprehend the written word...maybe they need to get their shit together before they make themselves look silly

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