ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 450 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 7.21 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
30x more pipelines: 240 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 292 vs 128
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 vs 220

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 November 2007 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	601 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.21 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	292 vs 128
PassMark - G2D Mark	344 vs 220

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

292

128

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

344

220

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
PassMark - G3D Mark	292	128
PassMark - G2D Mark	344	220
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2648

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	R600	G73
Launch date	6 November 2007	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	777	779
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	601 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	240	8
Texture fill rate	7.21 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	720 million	177 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128 / 64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0