GeForce 7800 GTX 512: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce 7800 GTX 512 sales 14 November 2005 at a recommended price of $649 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Curie architecture and made with 110 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.6 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 228 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 108 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce 7800 GTX 512: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | |
GPU code name | G70 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 14 November 2005 (18 years ago) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | |
Current price | $250 (0.4x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce 7800 GTX 512's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 7800 GTX 512's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Core clock speed | 500 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 302 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 108 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 12.00 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | |
Length | 228 mm | |
Width | 2-slot |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 7800 GTX 512: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR3 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MBps | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 7800 GTX 512. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce 7800 GTX 512, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | |
Shader Model | 3.0 | |
OpenGL | 2.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
OpenCL | N/A | |
Vulkan | N/A |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce 7800 GTX 512 according to our statistics.