nVidia Geforce 7950GT cards hit the stores

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The nVidia Geforce 7950GT cards have been released. If they follow the same pattern as the previous nVidia cards, these should be low-cost screamers. Most of the 7900gt cards have a tremendous overhead in OC-ablity. Lets all hope that the 7950GTs follow in their older siblings footsteps.

Here are some specs on three cards just released, They all look like reference designs...

$299 at teh 'Egg

BFG Tech BFGR7950512GTOCE Geforce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143071)

>> NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
>> PCI Express®
>> Memory 512MB GDDR3
>> Core Clock 565MHz (vs. 550MHz standard)
>> Memory Clock 1430MHz (vs. 1400MHz standard)
>> RAMDAC Dual 400MHz
>> Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and lower, OpenGL® 2.0 and lower for Microsoft Windows®
>> Connectors 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV
>> 1170 million vertices/sec.
>> 45.7GB/second memory bandwidth

eVGA 512-P2-N635-AR Geforce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130061)

Performance
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
560 MHz GPU
24 Pixel Pipelines
400 MHz RAMDAC

Memory
512 MB, 256 bit DDR3
1450 MHz (effective)
46.4 GB/s Memory Bandwidth

Interface
PCI-E 16X
DVI-I, DVI-I, HDTV-7
SLI Capable

Resolution & Refresh
240 Hz Max Refresh Rate
2048x1536 x 32bit x85Hz Max Analog
2560x1600 Max Digital

Leadtek Winfast PX7950GT TDH 512MB Geforce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143071)

GPU NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Graphics Bus PCI Express
Memory size 256/512MB DDR3
GPU/Memory clock 550/1400MHz
Output Dual Dual-Link DVI, HDTV
Memory Interface 256-bit
Data bandwidth( GB/sec.) 44.8
Fill Rate(billion texels/sec) 13.2
Vertices/sec (billion) 1.14
Pixels per clock (peak) 24
RAMDACs (MHz) 400
Process Technology 90nm
CineFX 4.0 Engine
Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Intellisample 4.0 Technology HCT
nView Multi-display Technology
Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) 3.0
Microsoft® DirectX®9.0c Optimizations and Support
OpenGL® 2.0 Optimizations and Support

[UnknownSouljer]

Wow, killer price.

[VoOdoO]

Yep, on paper/store shelves the cards look to be the ones to have, and I believe that the performance on them is up there too. That BFG card you mention above is pre-overclocked as well.

Must admit tho, I don't like the name. Fair enough, in recent years graphics cards have had nothing but confusing names, but this one could be very easily confused. The 50 in the name suggests that it is dual gpu, which it isn't. Still, very nice cards at those prices.