NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT videocard review

GeForce 7950 GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 6 August 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $114.95. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G71.

Core clock speed - 550 MHz. Texture fill rate - 13.2 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 65 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1400 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 44.8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

348

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

153

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	348
PassMark - G2D Mark	153

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G71
Launch date	6 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$114.95
Place in performance rating	1035
Price now	$114.95
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 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	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3