Power Consumption

We measured power consumption between the power supply and the wall. This multiplies essentially amplifies any differences in power draw because the powersupply is not 100% efficient. Ideally we would measure power draw of the card, but it is very difficult determine to determine the power draw from both the PCIe bus and the 12V molex connector.

As we can see, the GeForce 7800 GTX delivers on it's promise of higer performance at lower power due to the 110nm manufacturing process. We can't wait to see what NVIDIA's mobile division has planned for this.

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  • vanish - Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - link

    From what i'm seeing the 6800U SLI beats the 7800GTX[SLI] in most normal resolutions. I don't know, but usually when a new generation comes out it should at least beat the previous generation. Sure, it works wonders on huge resolutions, but very few people actually have monitors that can display these types of resolutions. Most people don't have monitors above 1200x1000 resolution, much less 1600x1200.
  • Live - Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - link

    What’s up with the BF2 graphs? The 6800u SLI scores more at 1600x1200 4xAA (76,3) then it does at the same resolution without AA (68,3). That doesn’t make sense does it?

    Sorry for the extremely poor spelling…
  • Dukemaster - Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - link

    Over 2,5 than a 6800 ultra in Battlefield 2 and Splinter Cell, how the hell is that possbile??
  • vortmax - Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - link

    Good job Nvidia with the launch. Now lets see if ATI can match the performance and availability.
  • ryanv12 - Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - link

    From what I see, the 7800GTX is really of benefit to you if you have a monitor that is higher than a 1600x1200 resolution. Fairly impressive though, I must say. I also wasn't expecting double the performance of the 6800's since it only has 50% more pipes. I can't wait to see the 32 piped cards!
  • Live - Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - link

    Looks good. to bad i ahve to wiat a few month until ATI releases the competition.
  • bpt8056 - Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - link

    First post!! Congrats to nVidia for pulling off an official launch with retail availability.

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