NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 78 vs 68

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 January 2008 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	78 vs 68

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

9.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 254 vs 26

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	254 vs 26

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	78	68
PassMark - G3D Mark	26	254

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	C73	G71
Launch date	13 January 2008	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1492	1493
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$259
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Transistor count	112 million	278 million
Texture fill rate		9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		49 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1320 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3