NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

GeForce 7800 GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 11 August 2005. At the time of release, the videocard cost $449. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G70.

Core clock speed - 400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 8 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 302 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 65 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 32.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
244
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
273
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 244
PassMark - G2D Mark 273

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name G70
Launch date 11 August 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $449
Place in performance rating 595
Price now $80
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 3.16

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 302 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 226 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3