NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 videocard review

GeForce 7950 GX2 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 5 June 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $599. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G71.

Core clock speed - 500 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 110 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 512 MB. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 38.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38723

202

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

413

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	202
PassMark - G2D Mark	413

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G71
Launch date	5 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	376
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.54
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 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	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3