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Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Iconic Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX hits 20 years old today — PS3 GPU forbearer was 'graphics champion' of performance and efficiency in its day

www.tomshardware.com

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Iconic Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX hits 20 years old today — PS3 GPU forbearer was 'graphics champion' of performance and efficiency in its day

www.tomshardware.com

Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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But it is only useful for retro rigs now, with its 256 or 512MB of VRAM and driver support withdrawn over a decade ago.
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    I missed the 7000 series. Went with 6600 GT when I was building a new PC in early 2005.

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      Good news for you that we’re almost back at the 7000 series again. You can catch one this time around.

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        Circle of life. I am guessing it will be 22-23 years or so.

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