NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS videocard review

GeForce Go 7900 GS videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 18 April 2006. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G71.

Core clock speed - 375 MHz. Boost clock speed - 375 MHz. Texture fill rate - 7.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 20. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 20 Watt.

Memory type: 256. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 500 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 32.0 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38591

176

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

254

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

916 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

916.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	176
PassMark - G2D Mark	254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	916 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	916.000 Fps

Games performance

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480	161.10
Medium, 640x480	162.20
High, 800x600	155.00
Ultra, 1024x768	116.40

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

550.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G71
Launch date	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	1112
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	375 MHz
Core clock speed	375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Pipelines	20
Texture fill rate	7.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	278 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	256
Shared memory	0