Official NVIDIA 7900 GS Benchmarks

jmke · 6th September 2006, 14:01

The 7900 GT shows at most a 15% performance improvement over the 7900 GS. The largest performance improvement is under Oblivion at a relatively low resolution. The largest difference seem to appear at 1024x768. As we draw nearer to being pixel and fill rate bound, we see less of a performance difference. Interestingly, Half-Life 2 shows zero performance difference between the GS and GT at high resolutions. These cards are by no means CPU bound under such conditions, so it's our opinion that the GT shows a geometry advantage at low resolutions that dissipates as the burden on pixel processing speed increases. This seems likely because geometry remains a constant factor while we are changing the burden on memory, pixel shaders, z and raster units with resolution.

jmke · 6th September 2006, 14:02

XFX GeForce 7900 GS 480M Extreme

NVIDIA is announcing two GPUs at popular price points today continuing their current GeForce 7 family. The GeForce 7900 GS is today's hard-launch and we’ve got a full retail package XFX brand GeForce 7900 GS that we evaluate in seven games.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

jmke · 6th September 2006, 14:04

more 7900GS coverage:
- http://www.3davenue.com/1688.html
- http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6646 (eVGA e-GeForce 7900 GS Superclocked)
- http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3...s/index.x?pg=1 (XFX)
- http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=958 (XFX)
- http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...leid=868&cid=2 (XFX)
- http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...ws/xfx-7900gs/ (XFX)

jmke · 6th September 2006, 14:07

much like the 6800GS vs 6800GT, in some games the new 7900GS is slightly faster/on par with the GT, in other games it's slower.

Sidney · 6th September 2006, 14:41

Received mine last week; only paid $150 OEM whitebox. No time to open the box yet

jmke · 8th September 2006, 17:34

more 7900GS action:
- http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/...re/1653_1.html (XFX)
- http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/945/ (XFX)

6th September 2006, 14:01	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	GeForce 7900 GS vs 7900 GT The 7900 GT shows at most a 15% performance improvement over the 7900 GS. The largest performance improvement is under Oblivion at a relatively low resolution. The largest difference seem to appear at 1024x768. As we draw nearer to being pixel and fill rate bound, we see less of a performance difference. Interestingly, Half-Life 2 shows zero performance difference between the GS and GT at high resolutions. These cards are by no means CPU bound under such conditions, so it's our opinion that the GT shows a geometry advantage at low resolutions that dissipates as the burden on pixel processing speed increases. This seems likely because geometry remains a constant factor while we are changing the burden on memory, pixel shaders, z and raster units with resolution. __________________

6th September 2006, 14:02	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	XFX GeForce 7900 GS 480M Extreme NVIDIA is announcing two GPUs at popular price points today continuing their current GeForce 7 family. The GeForce 7900 GS is today's hard-launch and we’ve got a full retail package XFX brand GeForce 7900 GS that we evaluate in seven games. http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA== __________________

6th September 2006, 14:07	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	much like the 6800GS vs 6800GT, in some games the new 7900GS is slightly faster/on par with the GT, in other games it's slower. __________________

6th September 2006, 14:41	#5
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Received mine last week; only paid $150 OEM whitebox. No time to open the box yet __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

8th September 2006, 17:34	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	more 7900GS action: - http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/...re/1653_1.html (XFX) - http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/945/ (XFX) __________________

6th September 2006, 14:04	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	more 7900GS coverage: - http://www.3davenue.com/1688.html - http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6646 (eVGA e-GeForce 7900 GS Superclocked) - http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3...s/index.x?pg=1 (XFX) - http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=958 (XFX) - http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...leid=868&cid=2 (XFX) - http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...ws/xfx-7900gs/ (XFX)

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