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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI

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Two NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphic cards in SLI combination grant highest performances coupled with highest current consumption. So, the performance is similar to the top DirectX 9 desktop graphic cards (without SLI in desktop).

The 7950 GTX is the top graphic card of the series 7000 from NVIDIA for laptops. It offered at the time of presentation a high performance to play all DirectX 9 games in high resolutions and details. Especially, regarding Antialiasing and Anisotrop filters the combined cards are clearly better than single cards. They are used for big and heavy laptops (because of the heat creation, at moment only in a 19" notebook). The card combination was succeeded by the 8800M GTX SLI card combination.

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.

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

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This is the smaller version of the 7900 GTX with less shader- and vertex-pipelines and less current consumption. Nevertheless it is not apt for small notebooks.

The performance is near to the 7800 GTX, but needs clearly less energy. It is used for 17" notebooks, because a lot of heat arises.

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

Compared to the Desktop GeForce 7900 GS graphics card the mobile version has a smaller core and memory speed (375 versus 450 MHz chip, 500 versus 660 MHz memory speed) and is therefore a bit slower.

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

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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLINVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GSNVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI
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
Pipelines48 / 16 Pixel- / Vertexshader20 / 7 Pixel- / Vertexshader40 / 14 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed575 MHz375 MHz375 MHz
Memory Speed700 MHz500 MHz500 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit256 Bit256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3GDDR3GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory2x512 MB512 MB1024 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0
Power Consumption90 Watt20 Watt40 Watt
Transistors556 Million278 Million556 Million
technology90 nm90 nm90 nm
FeaturesHDR, Intellisample 4.0, UltraShadow II, PureVideo, CineFX 4.0, PowerMizer 6.090nm90nm
Notebook Sizelargelargelarge
Date of Announcement12.10.2006 18.04.2006 01.06.2006
InformationTwo 7950 GTX graphic cards in SLI combination, 90nm, 278 Mio transistors, MXM-Module90nm, 278 Mio Transistoren, MXM-ModulSLI = 2 Grafikkarten im Verbund, 90nm, 2.278 Mio Transistoren, MXM-Modul
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.de

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 22934     avg: 24505     median: 23613.5 (25%)     max: 27860 Points
min: 24400     avg: 24456     median: 24456 (25%)     max: 24512 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
34585 Points (18%)
min: 13472     avg: 14103     median: 13907 (7%)     max: 15126 Points
min: 22000     avg: 22068     median: 22068 (12%)     max: 22136 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
10256 Points (11%)
min: 4857     avg: 5937     median: 6159 (7%)     max: 6337 Points
min: 9991     avg: 9996     median: 9995.5 (11%)     max: 10000 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI
3DMark 06
min: 4994     avg: 6737     median: 6737 (9%)     max: 8480 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
min: 3762     avg: 3895     median: 3800 (5%)     max: 4123 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI
5000 Points (7%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI
3DMark 06
7472 Points (10%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
min: 3510     avg: 3519     median: 3519 (5%)     max: 3528 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI
5076 Points (7%)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS → 51% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI → 76% 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.

F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
336  fps
84%
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
246 315 ~ 281 fps
61%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
206  fps
med. 800x600
100%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
206  fps
64%
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
130 133 ~ 132 fps
57%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
118  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
126  fps
44%
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
55 55 ~ 55 fps
56%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
70  fps
Quake 4

Quake 4

2005
low 640x480
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
127.7  fps
med. 800x600
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
127.9  fps
high 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
126.5  fps
ultra 1024x768
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
117.5  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
141.8  fps
114%
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
161.1  fps
67%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
95.5  fps
med. 640x480
100%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
140.6  fps
115%
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
162.2  fps
67%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
94.9  fps
high 800x600
100%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
127.2  fps
122%
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
155  fps
74%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
94  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
110.7  fps
105%
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
116.4  fps
85%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
94.6  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
482.9  fps
114%
GeForce Go 7900 GS:
550  fps
61%
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI:
293  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS → 95%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 44%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI → 66%

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLIlowmed.highultraQHD4K
F.E.A.R.336206126
Doom 3141.8140.6127.2110.7
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo482.9
< 30 fps
< 60 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GSlowmed.highultraQHD4K
F.E.A.R.28113255
Quake 4127.7127.9126.5117.5
Doom 3161.1162.2155116.4
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo550
< 30 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS SLIlowmed.highultraQHD4K
F.E.A.R.20611870
Doom 395.594.99494.6
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo293
< 30 fps
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