GeForce 7800 GTX 512 Reviewed

ThinSkin writes "Today Nvidia released its latest combatant in the desktop graphics wars in the wake of ATI's new X1800 line, the GeForce 7800 GTX 512. The clock rate has been upped as well as the memory, partly thanks to a truly massive cooling solution. ExtremeTech's Jason Cross does all the benchmarking on a board from XFX, which is slightly overclocked and includes VIVO capabilities. At $650 list, it also sets a new price record for a new generation desktop graphics card."

Here come the complaints

[elasticwings]

And now for the slew of, "WTF? Who pays that much for a video card!" "If game developers knew what they were doing, we could all play Half Life 2 on my Geforce 2." "This is why consoles are cheaper/more appealing."

Re:Here come the complaints

[plover]

And frankly I don't know why you guys are impressed ... I do play games but really not a big part of my daily life.

Because games ARE a big part of the daily life of many people. (Not ALL people, but many.) Leaving computer graphics aside for a moment, how many sports fans do you know? Football, baseball, hockey, basketball? How many of them covet HDTV sets so they can watch the big game in more detail, or see larger-than-life closeups? And when one of these guys gets a plasma TV, is it coincidence that his friends come over to watch the game at his house?

So then, why is it OK for a football fan to spend $5,400 for an HDTV to watch his games, but not $650 for a World Of Warcraft gamer to want the best graphics for his game? Many of the gamers I know are addicts, spending far more time with their "entertainment gear of choice" than even the football fans with big screen TVs.

Please, feel free to save your money. If you're satisfied with your setup, then hooray for you! You've saved money that other people haven't. But you might want to consider that not everyone has the same spending priorities as you.