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XFX Overclocked GeForce 7950 GX2 (PV-T71U-ZDD9) Review
Author: Gabriel Torres and Cássio Lima
Type: Reviews Last Updated: June 28, 2006
Page: 5 of 10
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3DMark2001 SE

3DMark2001 SE measures video card performance simulating DirectX 8.1 games. It is very effective software for evaluating the performance from previous-generation games, programmed using DirectX 8. In this software we run six tests. We run the software in three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32, first without antialiasing and with no frame buffer, then we put the antialiasing at 4 samples and the frame buffer at triple-buffering. This improves the video quality but lowers the performance. We were willing to see how much performance we lost by putting the VGA to run at the maximum possible image quality. It is important to note that ATI chips can run at 6x antialiasing. Since NVIDIA chips cannot run at this configuration, we had to use 4x antialiasing to use a configuration that is valid to all video cards included in our bechmarks, allowing direct comparison between them.

You may be asking yourself why we added an old program in a review of a latest generation video card. To us, it is as important to know the performance of a video card with the latest games as it is to know its performance in an older game. That’s why we kept this software in our methodology.

The results you check below. Keep in mind that models marked as "OC" are factory-overclocked. GeForce 7900 GT OC from XFX was running at 550 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.63 GHz (815 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7900 GT is 450 MHz/1.32 GHz (660 MHz DDR). GeForce 7950 GX2 OC from XFX was running at 570 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.55 GHz (775 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7950 GX2 is 500 MHz/1.2 GHz (600 MHz DDR).

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark2001SE - 1024x768 Score Difference
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 23,004 3.49%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) 22,967 3.32%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 22,731 2.26%
GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) 22,720 2.21%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 22,347 0.54%
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 22,228  
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 21,858 1.69%
GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) 21,510 3.34%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 21,487 3.45%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 21,433 3.71%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) 21,043 5.63%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 20,299 9.50%
GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) 20,084 10.68%
GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) 20,072 10.74%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 19,865 11.90%
GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) 19,864 11.90%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 19,797 12.28%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 18,630 19.31%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 17,881 24.31%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 17,412 27.66%
GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) 16,840 32.00%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 14,453 53.80%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 14,132 57.29%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 12,545 77.19%

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark2001SE - 1280x1024 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 21,466  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) 21,449 0.08%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 21,038 2.03%
GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) 20,882 2.80%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 20,868 2.87%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 20,647 3.97%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 20,096 6.82%
GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) 19,924 7.74%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 19,768 8.59%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 19,755 8.66%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) 19,465 10.28%
GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) 18,436 16.44%
GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) 18,307 17.26%
GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) 18,228 17.76%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 18,084 18.70%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 17,658 21.57%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 17,005 26.23%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 16,750 28.16%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 15,721 36.54%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 15,464 38.81%
GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) 14,854 44.51%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 11,403 88.25%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 11,274 90.40%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 9,472 126.63%

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark2001SE - 1600x1200 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 20,590  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) 20,369 1.08%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 19,986 3.02%
GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) 19,868 3.63%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 19,570 5.21%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 19,382 6.23%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 18,988 8.44%
GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) 18,793 9.56%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 18,749 9.82%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 18,390 11.96%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) 18,140 13.51%
GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) 16,784 22.68%
GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) 16,649 23.67%
GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) 16,590 24.11%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 16,483 24.92%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 15,524 32.63%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 15,498 32.86%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 14,481 42.19%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 13,694 50.36%
GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) 12,938 59.14%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 12,741 61.60%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 9,059 127.29%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 8,129 153.29%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 6,729 205.99%

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark2001SE - 1024x768 AAx4, FBx3 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 21,165  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) 21,028 0.65%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 20,783 1.84%
GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) 20,451 3.49%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 20,403 3.73%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 20,145 5.06%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 19,671 7.59%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 19,321 9.54%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 19,208 10.19%
GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) 19,103 10.79%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) 18,336 15.43%
GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) 17,187 23.15%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 16,979 24.65%
GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) 16,856 25.56%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 16,834 25.73%
GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) 16,775 26.17%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 16,529 28.05%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 16,408 28.99%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 15,745 34.42%
GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) 15,021 40.90%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 13,635 55.23%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 9,718 117.79%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 8,928 137.06%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 8,210 157.80%

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark2001SE - 1280x1024 AAx4, FBx3 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 19,774  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) 19,440 1.72%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 19,354 2.17%
GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) 18,778 5.30%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 18,447 7.19%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 18,366 7.67%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 18,029 9.68%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 17,682 11.83%
GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) 17,142 15.35%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 17,120 15.50%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) 16,302 21.30%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 16,056 23.16%
GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) 15,117 30.81%
GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) 15,080 31.13%
GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) 14,294 38.34%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 13,833 42.95%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 13,655 44.81%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 13,652 44.84%
GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) 12,892 53.38%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 12,364 59.93%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 10,487 88.56%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 6,915 185.96%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 6,049 226.90%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 5,755 243.60%

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark2001SE - 1600x1200 AAx4, FBx3 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 18,772  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) 18,424 1.89%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 18,090 3.77%
GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) 17,322 8.37%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 16,919 10.95%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 16,299 15.17%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 16,213 15.78%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 15,920 17.91%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 15,734 19.31%
GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) 15,503 21.09%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 15,362 22.20%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) 14,418 30.20%
GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) 11,829 58.69%
GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) 11,663 60.95%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 11,127 68.71%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 10,659 76.11%
GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) 9,891 89.79%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 9,455 98.54%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 8,429 122.71%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 6,620 183.56%
GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) 5,625 233.72%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 3,558 427.60%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 3,205 485.71%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 2,606 620.34%

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