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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI

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Two NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS graphics cards are bounded by SLI. This shows only in SLI supported games a clear performance advantage and makes it partially faster than a GTX version. The smaller version of the 7900 GTX with less shader- and vertex-pipelines and according data sheet less current consumption. It is only useful for big laptops, because of the high current consumption of each graphic card.

Current games like Far Cry, Splinter Cell - Chaos Theory, Oblivion, Call of Duty 2 or Half Life 2 - Lost Coast can be played with high details and resolutions without any problem. Antialiasing and anisotrope filter can be set in all games except Oblivion (with >30fps).

List of SLI supported games: SLIZone.com

The chip also features the PureVideo Technology but has less features as the PureVideo engine in the current 8600M GT chip. > Comparison of PureVideo features

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI

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Two NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX graphics cards are bounded by SLI. This showed the best benchmark and game scores (in 2006 and before the introduction of the 7950 GTX SLI) but also needs twice as much current as a single 7900 GTX graphics card. Therefore, the battery runtime is very low!

It is one of the best mobile graphic cards line from NVIDIA (of the 7000 series). It enables the user to play all current (10/2006) games fluently in the highest resolutions and options e.g. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast (max settings inkl HDR) with 65 fps with 4x antialiasing and 8x anisotrop filters. Even with antialiasing and anisotrop filters the SLI combination clearly is better than single cards. The heat is correspondingly high. Therefore it can be used only in DTR laptops (at moment only one 19" laptop). At moment, there is nothing better for gamers.

 

Due to the fact, that the SLI combination renders each frame on a different graphics card, the frametimes between two frames may differ. Therefore, the game at 30fps may stutter a bit, the so called micro stuttering.

The features of the SLI combination is comparable to a single GeForce Go 7900 GTX.

 

The performance can be compared partially even with the Desktop 7950 GT video cards (partially a bit better, according NVIDIA).

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

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NVidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX is the predecessor of the 7950 GTX and has still a very good DirectX 9 performance. The card enalbes the user to play e.g. Doom3 in 1600x1200 fluently. The card was used in large notebooks (because of heat issues).

The chip also features the PureVideo Technology but has less features as the PureVideo engine in the current 8600M GT chip. > Comparison of PureVideo features

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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLINVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLINVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
GeForce Go 7900 Series
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI 48/16 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI 48/16 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce Go 7950 GTX 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI 40/14 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GTX 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GS 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI 48/16 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI 48/16 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce Go 7950 GTX 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI 40/14 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GTX 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GS 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI 48/16 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI 48/16 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce Go 7950 GTX 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI 40/14 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GTX 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GS 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
CodenameG71MG71MG71M
ArchitectureG7xG7xG7x
Pipelines40 / 14 Pixel- / Vertexshader48 / 16 Pixel- / Vertexshader24 / 8 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed375 MHz500 MHz500 MHz
Memory Speed500 MHz600 MHz600 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit256 Bit256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3GDDR3GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB2x512 MB512 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0
Power Consumption40 Watt90 Watt45 Watt
Transistors556 Million556 Million278 Million
technology90 nm90 nm90 nm
Features90nm90nm90nm
Notebook Sizelargelargelarge
Date of Announcement01.06.2006 01.06.2006 18.04.2006
InformationSLI = 2 Grafikkarten im Verbund, 90nm, 2.278 Mio Transistoren, MXM-ModulZwei 7900 GTX Grafikkarten im SLI Verbund, 90nm, 278 Mio Transistoren, MXM-Modul90nm, 278 Mio Transistoren, MXM-Modul
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.de

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 24400     avg: 24456     median: 24456 (25%)     max: 24512 Points
26600 Points (28%)
min: 25000     avg: 29490     median: 29490 (31%)     max: 33980 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 22000     avg: 22068     median: 22068 (12%)     max: 22136 Points
24000 Points (13%)
min: 18200     avg: 18878     median: 18877.5 (10%)     max: 19555 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 9991     avg: 9996     median: 9995.5 (11%)     max: 10000 Points
10585 Points (12%)
min: 7909     avg: 8436     median: 8504.5 (9%)     max: 8824 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI
3DMark 06
5000 Points (7%)
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI
6820 Points (9%)
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
min: 4700     avg: 4766     median: 4755.5 (6%)     max: 4852 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI
3DMark 06
5076 Points (7%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
min: 4320     avg: 4503     median: 4503 (6%)     max: 4686 Points

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI → 115% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX → 97% n=4

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
80  fps
ultra 1280x1024
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
10  fps
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
108  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
67  fps
high 1280x1024
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
27  fps
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
high 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
51  fps
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
med. 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
38  fps
high 1280x1024
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
27  fps
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
low 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
57.7  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
38.7  fps
high 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
29.6  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
51.5  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
17.2  fps
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

2005
high 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
175.5  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
206  fps
29%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
59  fps
med. 800x600
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
118  fps
47%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
55  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
70  fps
9%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
6  fps
Counter-Strike Source

Counter-Strike Source

2004
high 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
205  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
95.5  fps
146%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
139.9  fps
med. 640x480
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
94.9  fps
142%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
135  fps
high 800x600
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
94  fps
149%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
139.7  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
94.6  fps
141%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
133.7  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
293  fps
112%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
326.8  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX → 97%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 38%

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTXlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Anno 14048010
F.E.A.R. 21086727
Left 4 Dead51
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare3827
Supreme Commander - FA Bench57.738.729.6
Crysis - GPU Benchmark51.517.2
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark175.5
F.E.A.R.59556
Counter-Strike Source205
Doom 3139.9135139.7133.7
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo326.8
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Doom 395.594.99494.6
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