NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

GeForce 7900 GTX videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 9 March 2006. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G71.

Core clock speed - 650 MHz. Texture fill rate - 15.6 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 84 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 51.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
388
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
165
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1015 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1015.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 388
PassMark - G2D Mark 165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1015 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1015.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name G71
Launch date 9 March 2006
Place in performance rating 1332
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 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
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3