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ASUSTeK Computer has not yet confirmed plans to release dual-chip GeForce 7800 GT-based graphics card officially, but various web-sites publish various details concerning the novelty. Apparently, the product is expected to be made in very limited quantities and is projected to cost nearly €1000.

A news-story posted by French web-site Matbe.com claims that ASUS will make 2000 of EN7800GT Dual graphics cards and will ship only 50 of them to France. Those who would like to acquire the most powerful graphics card will have to pay the price of €999, according to the report.

ASUS EN7800GT Dual is based on two GeForce 7800 GT graphics processing units each equipped with 256MB of GDDR3 memory. The board features two DVI-I outputs as well as bundled with external power supply due to high power consumption. The print circuit board (PCB) of the product is large and the graphics card may not fit into typical computer cases.


ASUS EN7800GT Dual. Picture by Matbe.com

NVIDIA’s GeForce 7800 GT graphics chip features 20 pixel and 7 vertex processors enabled. By contrast, its more powerful predecessor – NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX – comes with G70 chip that features 24 and 8 pixel and vertex pipelines respectively. Less powerful GeForce 6800 GT and Ultra products only have 16 pixel and 6 vertex processors.

Recommended retail price for the GeForce 7800 GT product is €449, hence, ASUS’ product with two such chips costs even more than two separate graphics cards, which may indicate that those, who acquire such a product seek primarily for prestigious limited edition hardware, but not exactly extreme performance.

ASUS’ most powerful graphics card to date is expected to be available shortly.

ASUS did not comment on the news-story.

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card looks like a killer

how get 2 and SLI them!
[Posted by: Sandokan  | Date: 09/26/05 01:39:58 AM]

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" who acquire such a product seek primarily for prestigious limited edition hardware, but not exactly extreme performance."

2 of them could probably be used in SLI, for those who seek extreme performance.
[Posted by: Silver  | Date: 09/26/05 04:41:34 AM]
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" The print circuit board (PCB) of the product is large and the graphics card may not fit into typical computer cases."

Bragging rights only. Just don't forget your AC adapter when leaving for a LAN.
[Posted by: cyfrus  | Date: 09/27/05 05:27:54 PM]

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