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XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT REVIEW

"The XFX GeForce 7900 GT takes on the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro. The XFX GeForce 7900 GT GPU is clocked 5% slower, has 5% slower memory and 34% less Pixel Shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro. Tested with 3dmark 2006."

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.10
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v178.13 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
MEMORY 2 x 1GB OCUK PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3
DIRECTX v9.0c

3DMARK 2006

FINAL SCORE

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT5260
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO5539

SHADER MODEL 2.0

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT2124
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO2110

SHADER MODEL 3.0

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT2271
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO2583

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO

COMMENT - "The XFX GeForce 7900 GT puts in a brave fight against the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro and even manages a slim 1% victory in the SM2.0 test. However with the remaining tests the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro beats the XFX GeForce 7900 GT by between 5% to 14%."

3DMARK 2006 GAMES

RETURN TO PROXYCON

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT17
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO17

FIREFLY FOREST

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT18
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO19

CANYON FLIGHT

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT20
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO25

DEEP FREEZE

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT25
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO28

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO

COMMENT - "With the 3dmark 2006 SM2.0 game benchmarks the performance between the XFX GeForce 7900 GT and Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro is close. However with the SM3.0 3dmark 2006 game benchmarks the XFX GeForce 7900 GT is easily beaten by the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro by between 11% to 20%. It would appear that the extra 12 Pixel Shaders found on the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro are put to good use with 3dmark 2006."

3DMARK 2006 FILL RATE

SINGLE TEXTURING

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT5101
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO4345

MULTI TEXTURING

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT10664
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO6857

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO

COMMENT - "The XFX GeForce 7900 GT puts in a great performance easily beating the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro by between 15% to 36%."

3DMARK 2006 SHADERS

PIXEL SHADERS

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT308
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO317

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO

COMMENT - "The XFX GeForce 7900 GT has 34% less Pixel Shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro the XFX GeForce 7900 GT but finishes 3% slower."


XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006 RESULT
PAGE 3 - LIGHTSPEED, PASSMARK, SHADERMARK AND POWERVR FABLE
PAGE 4 - AQUAMARK3, DOOM 3, PREY AND SERIOUS SAM 2
PAGE 5 - CRYSIS, LOST PLANET AND SUPREME COMMANDER FORGED ALLIANCE
PAGE 6 - TRACKMANIA NATIONS FOREVER, WORLD IN CONFLICT AND FINAL RESULT

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