NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 450 MHz
18.7x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 668 MHz
20.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 479 vs 23

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 October 2007 vs 18 January 2006
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 668 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	479 vs 23

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 98 vs 56

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	98 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

479

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	479	23
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	98
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	G72
Launch date	29 October 2007	18 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	1380	1381
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	5.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	668 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit