Gainward BLISS 7800 GS+512MB AGP Silent
Gettin' back to the basics, for our 100th blog!

512MB of video ram and a sliencer made by Arctic Cooling! This has the makings of a great, near silent video card.

The Gainward BLISS 7800 GS+ Silent follows the mindset of the GeForce 7800 GT and GTX. It is a good looking card with outstanding performance and comes in a dual slot design. The cooler isn't deducted from the reference design from NVIDIA, but is based upon the very successful Silencer series designed by Arctic Cooling. The main difference related to the GeForce 7800 GT and GTX is the interface; whereas the GT and GTX are PCI Express based cards the GeForce 7800 GS is all about the AGP connection.

The full blown Gainward BLISS 7800 GS+ Silent looks impressive. The actual PCB is almost completely hidden away behind the dual slot cooling solution. Peeking out at the bottom we see the AGP interface connection. On top of the cooler, or better the cooling exhaust displays the Gainward brand making sure that we all know it is a Gainward product. It is rather interesting to see a dual slot cooling on the GeForce 7800 GS, as the reference design by NVIDIA comes with a single slot cooling solution. Although such a cooler following the Arctic Cooling line of products does stand for silent operation and some reasonable overclocking potential.

The table above shows where to situate the GeForce 7800 GS products according to NVIDIA's design. When looking at the processing power of the GeForce 7800 GS you may notice that with only 16 pipelines it would mean a downgraded GeForce 7800 GT. And that it's in fact when it comes down to the numbers. From that perspective the GeForce 7800 GS is leaning closer to the GeForce 6800 GT, which is also featuring 16 pixel pipelines. However, it is a different story when looking at the BLISS 7800 GS+ Silent, which comes with a G71 core and the full blow 24 pixel pipelines. That alone will leave the default GeForce 7800 GS far behind in term of raw performance and gaming experience.

Read all about it here, courtesy of mvktech.com:

-Eric