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.

 

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
78
68
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26
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 1494 1495
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