[H]ard|OCP reviews Nvidia's GeForce 7800 GTX 512 MB.
NVIDIA simply refuses to give ATI a chance. Right now, NVIDIA seems very focused on remaining on top by providing the best gaming experience to gamers. Only one week ago, NVIDIA released a new midrange GPU to compete directly with ATI?s midrange card (which isn?t even out yet). As our results showed from that evaluation, the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS outpaces the Radeon X1600 XT in every game, especially newer games like F.E.A.R. and Quake 4. Here we are only a week later, and we have another NVIDIA hard launch to evaluate.
Up until now, the GeForce 7800 GTX 256 MB GPU has been NVIDIA?s top of the line offering. This GPU has proven itself many times over by providing a great gaming experience in the latest games. Over a month and a half ago, ATI announced their new top of the line GPU, the Radeon X1800 XT 512 MB; this GPU is now finally available. The Radeon X1800 XT has all the latest features, Shader Model 3.0, HDR with Anti-aliasing and comes with 512 MB of GDDR3. Our gaming performance comparisons showed that it was very comparable to the GeForce 7800 GTX 256 MB GPU. In some games, the X1800 XT came out on top; in some games, the GeForce 7800 GTX outperformed the X1800 XT; in some games, both cards performed equally well. Neither one really stood apart from the other in terms of the game play experience. Just like the GeForce 6800 versus the Radeon X1600 XT, it didn?t seem like NVIDIA really needed to release anything new to compete well. However, the NVIDIA of late is not one to simply clutch and grab to maintain their late-round lead; instead, they have been very aggressive by continuing to take the fight to ATI...
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