NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

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
38534
176
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
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, 640x480161.10
Medium, 640x480162.20
High, 800x600155.00
Ultra, 1024x768116.40

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768550.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name G71
Launch date 18 April 2006
Place in performance rating 1115
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