NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS videocard review

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

38583

254

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

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	1495
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