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NVIDIA 7900 GT VGA Card Roundup

Videocards/VGA Reviews by jmke @ 2006-07-23

We compare four 7900 GT video cards ranging from the price competitive Club 3D to the outrageously overclocked EVGA version; between those two extremes there are interesting products from Sparkle and MSI which also sport factory overclocked speeds. Read on to find out how they perform in games, how high they overclock and if their cooling is effective and quiet.

Club 3D and MSI

Club 3D 7900 GT - Reference design and speed

Product page at Club-3d.com

Club 3D follows nVIDIA reference design by the letter as seen by the specifications and cooling solution. The card comes in a sleek looking black box

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Inside the compact box you?ll find the essentials:

a sheet with installation instructions

two DVI->VGA converters

two molex to one PCIe power converter cable

a break-out connector for s-video/composite and component (HDTV Output)

Driver CD and Cyberlink Power back (PowerDVD, PowerDirector, PowerProducer, MediaShow)

Two games are included: WWF Panda and Colin McRae 2005

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The Cooler is made from copper, with a tin base and small fins to dissipate heat.

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While it has not the largest bundle of software or sport any factory overclocking, the Club 3D 7900 GT is the cheapest card in this roundup.

MSI 7900 GT - Bigger cooler and overclocked

Product page at MSI.com.tw

MSI?s product line up for the nVIDIA range of the GPUs is impressive, four different 7900 GT models are listed at their site, the one for review here is step up from the reference design. NX7900GT-VT2D256E is the model we received in large box:

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Inside they packed the following goodies:

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A complete manual and quick reference guide

two DVI->VGA converters

two molex to one PCIe power converter cable

A quite long s-video out cable and VIVO HD ready Composite/Component cable

MSI driver and tools CD, Star DVD software

GT Legends racing game

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This model from MSI comes with an overclocked GPU (500Mhz) and Memory (1530Mhz (2*765Mhz)), to help keep the card cool they have slapped on a larger cooler which also covers the memory chips

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The MSI card was priced ~?10 more than the Club 3D at the time of writing.

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