The 7900GT launched just about a month ago seems to be eyed by a lot of enthusiasts holding a mid-range budget. For these group of gamers and 3D lovers, squeezing every bit of performance and image quality out of their hardware seems to be a growing trend. We unlocked the Beast within the card and let it ravage us with 800MHz of GPU power! As a result of this fine die process, the heat output reduces and the potential of the clock speed capability of the chip improves compared to chipsets of the 110nm of the very recent yester months. In short, the G71 core using relatively lower voltage and humbler cooling has the potential to reach clock speeds the older G70 core struggled to hit even with increased voltage and exotic and extravagant cooling. If you have been following our past articles on the G70s, you would have read that very exotic solutions had to be used to hit the 800MHz ballpark, such as dual stage compressor cooling, dry ice and liquid nitrogen. How well do these new cards overclock comparatively then? What is needed to hit this level of speed, since the 7900GT comes clocked around the same speed as the 7800GTX?

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