NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT videocard review

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

38591

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	596
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