NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

GeForce 7800 GTX videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 22 June 2005. At the time of release, the videocard cost $599. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G70.

Core clock speed - 430 MHz. Texture fill rate - 10.32 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 302 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 86 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 38.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38592
291
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
196
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1244 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1244.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 291
PassMark - G2D Mark 196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1244 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1244.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name G70
Launch date 22 June 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Place in performance rating 1234
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm
Texture fill rate 10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 86 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 228 mm

API support

DirectX 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3