As i benched my good old 7800GS i was totally confused about some results. Hardwarespecs say that the 7800GS had a pipeline configuration of 16/6 (G70 or G71 Core). But in the normal 7800GS subcategory there many results of "pimped" 7800GS aka Gainward 7800GS+ (24/8 with G71) and 7800GS GLH (20/7 with G70 and G71!!!).

For example this: http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=800127

Or even this one: http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=816811

 

Is it possible to remove this cards into another category? Because that are not normal ones and its nearly impossible to get good scores with a real "7800GS". I mean even 8800GT and 9800GT had their own categorys - wtf? Same Freq. mostly same Chips - yes there are some 8800GT with G92b and 9800GT with G92(without "b") chips....

 

Sry for my bad english

Edited April 3, 200916 yr by LordHelmchen

Nobody has to say something about this?

Yes this is a really good idea. The performance class between this cards are really heavy, so its impossible to achieve with a Gs 16/6 Card a 24/8 Card Score.

Dont ignore this....

I will start now reporting all Scores with 7800GS+ and not regular 16/6 Pipeline Chips.

I dont understand this. There not official Nividia cards but they are in the same category as the normal official ones? They are official not existent if u ask Nvidia. They are not Userunlocked they are Manufactor-unlocked...

Yeah, u can unlock an x800GTO(BIOS Flash), but try to unlock an normal 7800GS - impossible - and thats the Point.

I dont understand this. There not official Nividia cards but they are in the same category as the normal official ones? They are official not existent if u ask Nvidia. They are not Userunlocked they are Manufactor-unlocked...

 

 

It's important to note that this is the only X800 GTO in this review that comes factory overclocked in the sense that it has 4 extra pixel pipelines compared to the others, but the engine and memory clock speeds of all of these cards are the same (400MHz/490Mhz).

 

From the rules, these cards must compete in the original category regardless of how they have been modified. Bios mod, volt mod or unlocked pipes all treated the same.

Ok...so i can Flash my 8800GTS 512 to an 8800GT 512, if i just modify the name. So now the Card is displayed as an 8800GT in GPU-Z - wtf? THIS IS OKAY????

Or i modify my 6600GT to a 6200 - no Problem...no one can check this...

Beside the stupid X800GTO exsample (just think about that u can unlock a x800gto but not a 7800GS^^) the Gainward 7800GS are not 7800GS - they are 7800GS+.

So now kickass argument: GTX 260 - they are not official renamed - they are still named GTX 260 - Why there are seperate categories? Are u kidding me....?

 

Pls rate Graphic Cards on Hardwarespecs and not on fucking names....

The gainward 7800GS+ GS is GeForce 7900 GS AGP clear ? she has 512MB RAM und 24/8 All first scores in 7800 Categorie

 

the normal 7800GS has 16/6 and can't unlock.

 

For example gainward 7800GS+ GS and gainward/Geforce 7900GS has different names but are the same cards.

Check Nvidia Site - only 192SP listed...sry...

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_260_us.html "...Gaming that shakes you to the core

With more gaming horsepower than ever before and 896 MB of memory, the GeForce GTX 260 GPU’s 192 processing cores make games such as..."

Nvidia officially called this "new revision" but no new name...sry for u. No new name = no new category, that was the rule, right?

 

...it reminds me on..hm 7800GS+/7800GS?

 

JUST SAY that you dont wanna change it because 7800GS is old...to much work for dead categorys.

Pls rate Graphic Cards on Hardwarespecs and not on fucking names....

 

Looks pretty competitive to me?

http://www.hwbot.org/listResults.do?gpuModelId=681&applicationId=1&filterUser=true&filterBlocked=true&sli=false&limit=100

 

JUST SAY that you dont wanna change it because 7800GS is old...to much work for dead categorys.

How about we just say no one will change it because you fall short 110mhz on the core?

 

Your patience overwhelms me at times jmke

Look 3DMark06 then say sth about 110MHz less...even Quad vs Dualcore no chance.

If most cards can't even theoretically be unlocked, then they should not have to compete against cards where everything is enabled by default. A split is needed, no doubt!

I would normally agree knopflerbruce, if it's needed to keep it competitive.

In this case his own scores prove it is. He took a bronze and a silver plus some odd points and he still is below the clocks of some of the other cards.

Look my CPU and the others...and then check 3dMark05 and 06, and not CPU limited Benchmarks... over 30% gain over my Score with a crappy Dualcore and a pimped 7800GS...thats comeptetive?

MY 3DMark06 Score: 4689 Marks with Quadcore@3,6Ghz

Best 3DMark06 Score: 6174 Marks with Dualcore@3,536Ghz

Now say "competetive" again. Its impossible with an normal 7800GS -even if u could overclock it to 1GHz GPU u wont achieve such results. And thats the Point.

 

BTW: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=15464&page=1 No new name The Reviewers gave this "new" card a name to seperate it from the old one. U wont find an officiall nvidia statement where they call the "new" GTX 260: "GTX 260 216". If u have an officiall nv link or sth, please share with me.

 

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,656838/Geforce-GTX-260-bald-mit-mehr-Shader-ALUs-Update-Bestaetigung-von-offizieller-Seite/Grafikkarte/News/

http://www.pctreiber.net/news/46-grafikkarten/209-offiziell-nvidia-beschleunigt-geforce-gtx-260

I dont know about ur german knowledge but Nvidias PR Manager says: "No new name for the GTX 260 update"

Edited April 12, 200916 yr by LordHelmchen

Short examble which show the difference easy.

 

 

3Dmark 2006 - 5777 marks - OCPerformance - (GeForce 7800 GS @ 575/726mhz) A64+ 4400+ @ 3,1Ghz => Gainward 7800GS+ GS (24Pipes8Shader)

3Dmark 2006 - 5354 marks - OCPerformance - (GeForce 7800 GS @ 700/750mhz) A64+ 3800+ @ 3,1Ghz => nVidia 7800GS (16Pipes6Shader)

 

NO Chance.

 

3Dmark 2005 - 10004 marks - OCPerformance - (GeForce 7800 GS @ 575/726mhz) A64+ 4400+ @ 3,1Ghz => Gainward 7800GS+ GS (24Pipes8Shader)

3Dmark 2006 - 9519 marks - OCPerformance - (GeForce 7800 GS @ 700/750mhz) A64+ 3800+ @ 3,1Ghz => nVidia 7800GS (16Pipes6Shader)

 

No Chance

 

The systems are almost the same.

If I'm not mistaken, nVIDIA released the 9800gtx+, which was added even if the 9800gtx non plus was already there. Then it's fair that 7800gs+ is added as well. Especially since there is no doubt that there are HUGE differences between the cards.

Quick facts:

 

There are 3 sorts of 7800GS:

The normal official 7800GS 16/6 - cant be unlocked.

The pimped 7800GS from gainward 20/7 (7800GS glh) - cant be unlocked but still has more pipes.

The uber 7800GS from Gainward 24/8 (7800GS+) - full chip, no restrictions.

 

Also there are some 7950GT AGPs out there - perfectly fit for the 7800GS+ with 24/8.

There is also a 7900GS AGP out - 20/7 pipes and nearly identical with the gainward 7800GS glh (some mhz slower).

http://forums.vr-zone.com/news-around-the-web/135501-nvidia-prepares-7900gs-7950gt-agp.html

Just change pimped 7800GS results in this better matching existing categories, 7950GT AGP still not existing @ HwBot?

hmm, didn't notice that there are so much existing different 7800 gs cards. quite confusing:confused:

 

does gpu-z recognize the specs of the ones with 20/7 or 24/8 right?

GPU-Z is right in ROPs, but not in Chip I have a G70 7800GS 16/6 but in GPU-Z it is 90nm G71.

[x] All for separate categories of those cards.

 

(even though it'll cost me some points)

Any decision yet?

And ?? Any decision yet?

And??

 

New AGP categories??

 

7800GS 16/6 , 7800GS 20/7 , 7800GS 24/8