NVIDIA GeForce 9200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9200 and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9200

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 159
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 502 vs 331
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 502 vs 331

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	169 vs 159
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	502 vs 331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	502 vs 331

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	39 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

159

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

502

331

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

502

331

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9200	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	169	159
PassMark - G2D Mark	27	39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	502	331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	502	331

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9200	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	C78	G73
Launch date	17 April 2007	22 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1683	1681
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$84.99
Price now		$84.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.06
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	177 million
Texture fill rate		4.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2