NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX videocard review

GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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 - 500 MHz. Boost clock speed - 500 MHz. Texture fill rate - 12 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 24. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 45 Watt.

Memory type: 256. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 600 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 38.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

264

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38719

270

Name	Value
PassMark - G2D Mark	264
PassMark - G3D Mark	270

Games performance

1. Left 4 Dead (2008)
2. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
3. Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

4. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
5. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
6. Doom 3 (2004)
7. Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

Left 4 Dead (2008)

High, 1024x768

51.00

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Medium, 1024x768	38.00
High, 1280x1024	27.00

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Low, 1024x768	57.70
Medium, 1024x768	38.70
High, 1024x768	29.60

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	51.50
Medium, 1024x768	17.20

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

175.50

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480	139.90
Medium, 640x480	135.00
High, 800x600	139.70
Ultra, 1024x768	133.70

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

326.80

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G71
Launch date	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	619
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	500 MHz
Core clock speed	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	278 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz
Memory type	256
Shared memory	0