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

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

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.

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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTXNVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI
GeForce Go 7900 Series
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI 48/16 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI compare 48/16 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce Go 7950 GTX compare 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI compare 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 compare 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 compare 48/16 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce Go 7950 GTX compare 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI compare 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 compare 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
CodenameG71MG71M
ArchitectureG7xG7x
Pipelines24 / 8 Pixel- / Vertexshader48 / 16 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed500 MHz575 MHz
Memory Speed600 MHz700 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB2x512 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0
Power Consumption45 Watt90 Watt
Transistors278 Million556 Million
technology90 nm90 nm
Features90nmHDR, Intellisample 4.0, UltraShadow II, PureVideo, CineFX 4.0, PowerMizer 6.0
Notebook Sizelargelarge
Date of Announcement18.04.2006 12.10.2006
Information90nm, 278 Mio Transistoren, MXM-ModulTwo 7950 GTX graphic cards in SLI combination, 90nm, 278 Mio transistors, MXM-Module
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.de

Benchmarks

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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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
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
80  fps
ultra 1280x1024
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
10  fps
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
108  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
67  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
27  fps
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
51  fps
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
38  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
27  fps
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
57.7  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
38.7  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
29.6  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
51.5  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
17.2  fps
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

2005
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
175.5  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
59  fps
569%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
336  fps
med. 800x600
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
55  fps
375%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
206  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
6  fps
2100%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
126  fps
Counter-Strike Source

Counter-Strike Source

2004
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
205  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
139.9  fps
101%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
141.8  fps
med. 640x480
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
135  fps
104%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
140.6  fps
high 800x600
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
139.7  fps
91%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
127.2  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
133.7  fps
83%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
110.7  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce Go 7900 GTX:
326.8  fps
148%
GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI:
482.9  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI → 446%

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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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLIlowmed.highultraQHD4K
F.E.A.R.336206126
Doom 3141.8140.6127.2110.7
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo482.9
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