256MB 7900GTX for the price of a 7900GT? Ok, maybe not exactly.
Since launching of the 7900 series GPUs, there’s been no small amount of griping about the lack of heatsinks on the “mid-range” (and I use the term very loosely) 7900GT model products. eVGA now has an answer: the 7900GT KO. The new heatsink is full copper and covers both the GPU and heatsink. eVGA claims the new design provides around 6 degrees celcius cooler operation [under load]. If the card does well, which it undoubtedly will, other manufacturers are likely to follow suit with their own designs. As a bonus to those of you who find humor in misprints, read the following snippet from eVGA’s website. Here’s a hint: it was mentioned in the article title.
• The memory is now covered by the innovative EVGA copper heatsink and fan, which allows for better cooling (6 degrees Celsius, on average).
• A hand-selected single NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 3D processor and 256MB of qualified high-performance DDR3 display memory.
• The board is EVTweaked™ to run at a 500MHz core clock and 1500MHz effective memory clock.
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