NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

GeForce 7900 GS videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 1 May 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $259. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G71.

Core clock speed - 450 MHz. Texture fill rate - 9 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 49 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1320 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 42.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
254
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
68
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 254
PassMark - G2D Mark 68

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name G71
Launch date 1 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $259
Place in performance rating 1493
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt
Transistor count 278 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1320 MHz
Memory type GDDR3