The NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS: A Closer Look
by Josh Venning on September 19, 2006 5:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Albatron
The first 7900 GS we are looking at today is from Albatron.
This card looks like a standard reference 7900 GS, with a small heat sink and fan taking up little space on the board. The heat sink has the Albatron logo over a swirly blue and white background. Most of the 7900 GS cards we have for this review come with a factory overclock on the core, but our Albatron 7900 GS comes clocked at reference speeds (450/660).
The card also comes bundled with the necessary adapters and cables, as well as one racing game: TOCA Race Driver 3. We aren't sure how good this game is, but it might be a nice bonus to Albatron's 7900 GS package. As of right now, we don't have a price for this card, but we should begin seeing it for sale on Newegg very soon.
The first 7900 GS we are looking at today is from Albatron.
This card looks like a standard reference 7900 GS, with a small heat sink and fan taking up little space on the board. The heat sink has the Albatron logo over a swirly blue and white background. Most of the 7900 GS cards we have for this review come with a factory overclock on the core, but our Albatron 7900 GS comes clocked at reference speeds (450/660).
The card also comes bundled with the necessary adapters and cables, as well as one racing game: TOCA Race Driver 3. We aren't sure how good this game is, but it might be a nice bonus to Albatron's 7900 GS package. As of right now, we don't have a price for this card, but we should begin seeing it for sale on Newegg very soon.
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Josh Venning - Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - link
Thanks for the comment. We didn't include FSAA tests in this article because it isn't a full analysis of 7900 GS performance, but a comparison between different 7900 GS products. For an in-depth look at the 7900 GS performance in more games and settings take a look at the 7900 GS launch coverage(http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2827...">http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2827..., and the 7950 GT article which has some 7900 GS SLI numbers (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2833...">http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2833....As far as driver settings, we test with default driver settings with the exception of vsync which is disabled. We do the same with ATI hardware; we leave catalyst AI on its default setting. We find this is the best way to keep our tests consistent for an article like this.
giantpandaman2 - Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - link
I wonder if part of the difference in heat/power consumption had to do with how much power was supplied to the fans. Slow running fan=low power=high heat. Faster fan=higher power=low heat.Meh, I'm not sure a tiny fan could ever put a dent in a 20 watt difference though.