NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX videocard review

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

38534

388

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

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